In fact, Windows Vista is the foundation of modern Windows. From Windows XP to Vista was revolutionary (a lot of things were rewritten), but since Vista, despite many improvements and changes, Windows 11 really isn't too different from Vista. December 17, 2024 5:42PM
Yep, Windows Vista laid the foundation for modern Windows with major changes like the new bootloader (still the same for legacy BIOS boot) and the updated driver model. Before Vista, Windows NT 3.51 was foundational. In fact, some components from NT 3.51, like Resource Monitor, can be launched today unmodified in Windows 11. I don't if there is another OS where can take a system tool written in 1995 an launch on its latest version from 2024. You might to check this Windows NT 3.51 video: th-cam.com/video/qIbeV1BYyOo/w-d-xo.html
Very good point you make, Windows Vista introduced many of the features modern versions of Windows use natively nowadays.. in many ways, Windows Vista remains more feature-rich compared to newer versions of Windows.. it was simply ahead of its time.
When Aero launched in 2007 with Windows Vista, it was notoriously demanding on GPUs. Many lower-end or older systems struggled to handle it smoothly, leading to complaints about performance. Now, with much more powerful hardware widely available, it might seem counterintuitive that Microsoft has shifted to a simpler, flatter design... I think the design trends are all about minimalism nowadays.
@@copiuum Not even, the effects are pretty much the same, in the same places, just worse looking. I mean, if my 2006 iMac can run Windows 7 no problem, surely Windows 10 would run on any GPU from the last 15 years? Performance issues in modern Windows come from the 200 bloatware programs and compatibility nonsense that runs at all times in the background, decimating performance on low end and old CPUs. And it is constantly doing something with your HDD, it's enough to bog down even a SATA SSD. It's such a terrible OS, even macOS runs way better on most PCs and that is really saying something.
@masterkamen371 its always on with phonelink, gamebar, global.rulesengine etc & microsoft compatibility telemetry , everytime I start it i have to load into task manager to kill that nonsense & cant even switch the task manager off.
@@copiuumsimple design should have better performance, but in windows simple design for some reason means worse performance. I have a such old laptop and I didn't see any difference in terms of performance between aero enabled or disabled.
One problem was that Microsoft partnered with OEMs to label PCs that ran XP into Windows Vista Capable PCs (like change the stickers), but those PCs were underpowered for Vista. So alot of people thought that Vista was a bad os because they couldnt get Aero to run and other 3D stuff
Yeah, and many laptops came with absolutely terrible iGPUs like the GMA 950. Even dedicated cards like the GeForce Go 7200, which was in my laptop with a Vista sticker, weren’t good enough.
so true i buy my first laptop with vista and have only 2gb ram with that windows he worck the 60% only if open windows i upgrate later with another 2gb and worck little beter
Am I the only one here who was just blown away by the fact that window server 2008 is still actively maintained? I had no idea it still received security updates!
That 7960x is not eco friendly, so I'll pass.. :) Fun fact: this 14th Gen CPU + this Z790 motherboard can run Windows NT 4 from 1996 with multi-CPU support...
For me, Windows Vista is the most beautiful version of Windows that has ever existed. The high-contrast Aero design with the many green elements and the small animations was so much nicer than the stripped-down design of Windows 7.
Yep, it felt much more visually engaging compared to the simpler design of Windows 7. It's interesting how different design choices can resonate with people in different ways, and Vista’s visual appeal definitely stands out for many!
I wish I had a Titan Pascal card to experiment with. Right now, they’re going for around $260-$300, so I’m not sure if it’s worth buying one just for a video-especially since I’d probably only make about $8 back...
I bought a gamer pc just before Vista came out. The thing was a beast for it's Era. Unlike some people, when I bought Vista and installed it on my system it was amazing!! Ran Smooth as butter!.... and to this day I still say Vista was the best looking UI Microsoft ever put out! Hands Down!
The good old days when the only bloatware was Solitaire and maybe a Weather Gadget. Simpler times, maybe because a few years before the US government accused Microsoft of illegally monopolizing the web browser market for Windows so they had to make Internet Explorer optional.
So nostalgic! I loved this system more than any other systems because of its unique design. When it first released, my big brother and I bought a new laptop with Vista installed. It was a mind-blowing change moving from XP to Vista back in 2007. Later Windows 7 dropped, and my brother switched to it, but I kept using Vista till 2013 till it died officially.
Yep, Vista was visually stunning, but it often came preinstalled on underpowered hardware. I vividly remember an Acer laptop with just 512MB of RAM and a sluggish Radeon Mobility X1300. Running Vista on that setup felt like watching a snail race!
Windows Vista was a great OS marred by OEM's pushing out XP machines with suboptimal RAM and iGPU specs that tarnished it's reputation. In my use on a high end machine it was flawless and had a look that was fresh and felt like home. Windows 8 was when I had issues with the GUI being too optimized for tablets and started deviating from the usual Microsoft charm. By Windows 10 it was all over.
Totally agree-Vista got a bad rap mostly because of OEMs cutting corners. Not to mention that the "onboard" GPU were terrible back then. It’s funny how much perception can shift when hardware isn’t up to the task. Windows 8, though, yeah... the tablet-first design felt jarring and alien to the classic Windows experience. By Windows 10/11 I still don't get it why the Start Menu is so confusing...
Yes it is and it worked for me on my ASRock Z790 PG Sonic Motherboard with a 12th Gen Core i7 CPU using the Original Install Disc and a PCI-E PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard Adapter Card and a VIA PCI-E USB 2.0 Controller Card Adapter like you used for this video and some of your other videos with a recommendation and no need for me to integrate anything!!! And also made a disc with all the unofficial drivers and updates and patches to copy them to the desktop!!!
Nice! Which PCI-E to PS/2 adapter did you use? These adapters are actually PCI-E to USB adapters. Most of them use the ASIX MCS9990 chip, which is a genuine PCI-E to USB 1.1/2.0 controller. Because the MCS9990 natively supports PCI-E, there's no need for a separate PCI-E to PCI bridge chip, unlike adapters that use a native PCI chip like the VIA6212. Many of these adapters also include a USB header, so you can connect a USB bracket or use the USB 2.0 cable from your case.
Me too! I actually recorded most of the footage three weeks ago but just couldn’t find the time to put it all together-life has a way of getting in the way... :) Right now, I’m battling a cold, and my voice is worse than usual, but I recorded the voice over anyway. Next I think it will be Windows 7.
The biggest issue even after getting drivers would be the Windows scheduler, I mean even Windows 10 is a NO for Intel 12/13/14 cpus. When I upgraded a friends PC to i7 12700k a while back Windows 10 didn't use the full power of the cpu while he was rendering with 3ds max, the only fix was to update to Windows 11
Windows 10 64bit is still officially supported by any motherboard released this year, even the newest ones with Z890 chipset for the 15th Gen CPU - the "Ultra 200" series. So it shouldn't be a problem to use any kind of CPU in Windows 10. But indeed - turbo mode is implemented through ACPI - and OSes like Vista do not have updated ACPI support, but still from what I've tested so far turbo seems to work in Vista.
@O_mores I repeat, the scheduler required to run the 12/13/14 gen Intel Cpu's has not been implemented to Windows 10 as a measure to force people to upgrade to Windows 11. While it will work just fine for day to day use, in heavy CPU tasks after some time it will only work on the E cores...
From what it states on the Intel websites, it works on Windows 10 as well, but it's not optimized ... whatever that means: " Intel's Thread Director is a microcontroller built in each Alder Lake processor (12th Generation Intel Core processors ) that is optimized for Windows 11 Task Scheduler to decide which thread goes where (P-core or E-core). Thread director also works with Windows 10 Scheduler, but it is not optimized for it."
@@O_mores indeed and it's actually bugged as I previously stated, my friend was having issues with the P cores in 3ds max after a few minutes of full power it turned off the P cores, this was fixed only after updating to windows 11, we did an upgrade, not clean install and after around 30 minutes everything was working as it should
show us how to install Windows 7 on modern hardware platform laptops! i installed Windows 7 on intel gen-7 platform laptop ASUS GL503VS/S5AS (i7 7700HQ) everything went well, but i can't use the touchpad
Actually my next video will be about Windows 7 on this Intel 14th Gen hardware. Did you installed the "ASUS Precision TouchPad Driver Version V11.0.0.30 176.78 KB 2019/10/16 " ?
well... i tried installing that driver by running Install_PTP.bat as administrator, it didn't work, the touchpad device didn't appear in the device manager btw, the pnputil.exe isn't executable under Windows 7 64 bit thank you anyway
@@liliwinnt6 From what I've read online there is a general problem with the touchpad across many Asus models from this generation. There might be a hardware problem as well. Where do you look in the device manager? rog-forum.asus.com/t5/rog-strix-series/gl503vs-dh74-touchpad-issue/td-p/712577
i forgot to mention, it worked perfectly normal under Windows 10, it just not showing up under Windows 7 and, to answer your question, i looked at the following sections: Human Interface Devices Mice and other pointing devices Other devices
Curiously, something similar happened to me trying to install it on a 2012 PC, but what made it impossible was that the AMD E2 1800 was not supported.Add to that the fact that when I tried it in a virtual machine it worked like a charm, the truth is that it only worked badly on single-core X86 processors that didn't have DX10 or a minimum of 2GB of RAM. Below that Windows 7 works the same or worse than Vista and nobody says that 7 has the WDDM thing that prevents it from being installed on XP hardware... So strange... Vista deserved more credit than 7, SP2 made it incredible.
When Windows Vista was released in 2007, mid-range to high-end PCs were more affordable than they are today. For instance, the Core 2 Duo E6750 (2.66 GHz, 4MB cache, FSB 1333) cost around $180, while the Q6700 quad-core was priced at about $500. Additionally, motherboards and graphics cards were far cheaper. I remember purchasing an Asrock 4CoreTwins-P35, a full ATX motherboard with a P35 chipset, FSB 1600, and dual PCI-E 16x slots, for just $75 (I know this for sure because I wrote a blog post about it). A 7900GS, which was only about 15% slower than the top-end 7950GT, cost $199! Fast forward to today, the most affordable Nvidia 5000 series card is expected to cost around $700, while a comparable card to the 7900GS-let's say, the 5080-could be priced between $1200 and $1500. Yet, in 2007, most people didn’t have the latest hardware, and the same is likely true in January 2025. My primary CPU, for example, is a Ryzen 9 3900X from 2019. Back in 2007, Vista was running on hardware from 2004-2005 or 2006 at best - which was just to slow for Vista's standards.
Definitely! I used a GTX980 to get most out of it, as shown at the end of the video. However, most of the footage was shot using a 7900GS, which is also compatible with Windows 98.
Absolutely! I don't have the 14th gen configuration anymore, it was just passing by, but I will try it on the 13th Gen config which is more or less the same thing...
It looks like, after all, Microsoft will let us install Windows 11 without TPM in a official way because many business won't simply replace millions of PC just to have TPM.
I still think that if Windows Vista had been released in mid-2009 when computers already had better configurations it would have had a great reputation...
Yes, indeed. Windows Vista suffered from performance issues at launch, largely due to hardware limitation. I mean now in 2024 people usually don't run Windows on 2024 released hardware - I write this comment using a Ryzen 9 3900X from 2019. In 2007 regular users still had hardware from 2004-2005 and even 2007 entry level and mid range hardware wasn't powerful enough. And it was also a time when cheap and dodgy laptops flooded the market.
@@O_mores Yes, here in Brazil there were new computers being sold with only 512MB of RAM and a Celeron D processor... We all know that you need at least 1GB of RAM and a dual core processor to run Windows Vista Home Basic at least...
Windows 10 is my main, but I have multi boot setup with all Windows operating systems installed on separate SSDs. So I can boot into Vista, or 98 or XP anytime I feel like.
Fun fact: I rediscovered them by rewatching my own Vista video from a year ago. I believe I originally downloaded them from the MSFN forum. If you're interested, feel free to find me on Facebook (search for Omores), and I’ll share a .zip with you there.
@O_mores I don't have Facebook unfortunately but it is interesting that it was found on a MSFN forum. I'll try to do my research and maybe watch the other Vista video to find a few clues directing me to the drivers. Thanks for the offer though.
Don't get me wrong, Windows 7 was brilliant but I think Vista was a little bit better looking, just the interface. But still I was a big fan of Win 7 and still am today although I've been rocking Windows 11 eversince it came out (and 10 before 11 came out).
Totally get where you're coming from! Vista's interface did have that sleek, glassy Aero vibe going for it-it was like the cool, stylish cousin of Windows 7. But Win 7 really nailed the balance between looks and performance. I'm working right now a Windows 7 video using Windows 10. :)
@ Win 7 was a great OS from start until finish, but I think Vista was more like an attempt to continue the legacy that was Win XP but it failed right after release. System reqs were way too high and drivers were a disaster.
I need to find out what ISO you use, since anything below Windows 10 i try to install on my tablet causes crashes on first boot with INTERNAL_POWER_ERROR message.
I used a stock Windows Vista SP2 ISO for this installation. So far, I’ve successfully installed Windows 98, Millennium, XP, Vista, and 7 on this 14th Gen configuration. The process was straightforward because the motherboard supports CSM (Compatibility Support Module), essentially providing a classic BIOS environment that have maximum standard compatibility.
I haven't attempted to slipstream the NVMe drivers for direct installation onto an NVMe SSD, but I believe it's achievable. In the worst-case scenario, you could install Vista on a regular SSD with all the necessary drivers, including NVMe, and then transfer/clone that installation to the NVMe SSD. It should boot.
I wonder if this is possible on a Ryzen CPU? It probably is now that I think about it, but there wouldn't be much point to it, this is still extremely overkill for Vista-era software already
I don’t see why not. In fact, the CPU shouldn’t matter too much - the motherboard, particularly the ACPI revision, is more critical. The newest AMD CPU I have is a Ryzen 9 3900X, and I can confirm 100% that Windows Vista (both 32-bit and 64-bit) works perfectly on an X470 motherboard. I’ve also installed Vista on a B450 motherboard with a 2023 BIOS update, and everything has been running smoothly so far.
980Ti is a badass, the highest scores in 3DMark 2001 SE are achieved with this GPU (overclocked). So you can't beat it with an RTX 4090 in Directx 7 rendering... For now I have only 2 x GTX 980 from Asus.
@@O_mores I have two identical MSI GeForce GTX 980Ti Gaming X, I bought them for SLI setup, with Windows Vista, but the SLI cables still didn't arrived 🤷🏼♂️. I already had built a system, for Windows XP/Vista/7 based on X58 Gigabyte board and Xeon CPU.
I’m planning to build a PC with an X58 motherboard-I miss those days! I was an early adopter of the Socket 1366 platform, running an i7-920 paired with a 40GB Intel SSD. I even had a sticker from Intel that said, 'My SSD rocks!' That said, I do remember being a bit disappointed with how overclocking worked on those motherboards. The transition from a 400MHz FSB to a 100MHz QPI felt like a step back in some ways.
How do I install Windows 7 on my 8th gen Intel system? I know my UHD 630 will work with a patched driver, but keyboard and mouse don't work, due to USB3 support. How do I get it to work?
Do you have a PS/2 port to install Windows 7 first and deal later with USB 3 support? On my Z790 motherboard, Windows 7 and USB 3 worked perfectly together. I used some AMD's USB 3 drivers specifically made for Windows 7, and USB 3 support was up and running smoothly.
Yep, I’m swimming in optical drives over here-Blurays, SATA, USB ones, and even a FireWire optical drive for that extra retro flair! Makes installing Vista, and 7 a total breeze. While others are hunting for USB drivers that need to be slipstreamed into a custom ISO and still might not work in the end. So I’m out here popping in discs like it’s 2005.
Nothing wrong with Vista only if you have a powerful hardware to handle it especially PC has more system RAM capacity. I only had complaints is it just simply ran lagging on weak hardware (I don't own Vista, however, I fixed my family friends' laptops/desktop) when Vista launched in back the old day. Which is why I skipped Vista and straight to Win 7. My favorite Win OS is Win 7 and Win XP Pro. I'm currently using Win 10 but I still don't like it at all despite this and yet I still use it for just decent gaming performance and daily use. I probably will move to linux OS as soon as when M$ started stopped patch the security updates for Win 10 and trying to push Win 11 upgrade...even though Win 12 might be possible to be around at corner...
Fist of all, very good video. Even though I have no plan on doing anything like this. Well done for making an interesting video. I was actually one of those few people who really liked Vista (64). I had zero issues with programs, ie games, and even had better compatibility with some older games than I had with XP. Well, not the 16-bit ones, but that's not Vista's fault as my XP was always 32. I actually kept Vista 64 till about 2015 when I switched to Windows 8. Yes, not 10. That came back a couple of years ago after the release of Windows 11. Anyway, thanks for the video. Did you by any chance try to get the iGPU working with it?
My first experience with Windows Vista was on a late-2007 Asus laptop equipped with a T7250 CPU and a GeForce GO 7300. It came preinstalled and looked stunning, especially on the glossy display-my first time using one. However, Vista was too heavy for that hardware while using a high end CPU. The 14600KF lacks an integrated GPU (iGPU). While I haven’t tested it on Intel systems, I can confirm that AM5 iGPUs do not function in CSM mode.
Coincidence? I think not. The Vista Forums are clearly a front for the Algorithm Illuminati, and you’ve just stumbled onto their grand plan to control our video suggestions. Watch your back!
Check out my previous Windows Vista video: th-cam.com/video/_BEWByhdFig/w-d-xo.html - where I demonstrate a lesser-known method to start the installation directly from the HDD. As long as your keyboard is detected during setup, you can install Vista using this approach without relying on an optical drive or USB devices.
If your laptop only has an M.2 slot, one option is to perform the installation on another PC that supports a standard SSD. Install Vista on the SSD there, ensuring all necessary drivers, including NVMe, are installed. Once complete, clone the installation to your M.2 NVMe SSD. Finally, insert the NVMe SSD back into your laptop-and it should boot...
Just a coincidence I guess. In Spanish Vista means "view" so Windows Vista was named to evoke a "view" or "perspective" and the end result was a more visually appealing interface.
I have old HP printer which latest drivers are Vista64. These drivers still works on Windows 11. Let's try installation of Windows 10/11 drivers on Vista64.😂
Printer drivers have always been unique when it comes to compatibility. Interestingly, the only drivers from Windows NT 4.0 (released in 1996) that are compatible with Windows 2000 are the printer drivers. Generally, though, drivers tend to be more forward-compatible than backward-compatible. For example, you’re more likely to use a Windows 7 driver on Windows 11 than a Windows 11 driver on Windows 7.
I've used also a GTX 980 on this configuration: 11:30 | That 7900GS is there for Windows 98 so I can play games like Half Life 2 with everything maxed out: th-cam.com/video/ZBGmhiASz7U/w-d-xo.html
@O_mores sorry for not watching till the end but still gtx 980 is not modern hardware but i still apreciate for making this experiment to see how win vista runs on i5 14th gen and that very cool mobo still this was a experiment. Keep up the good work!
I get that putting a sticker on a CD can affect balance, but the sticker is so light that it’s usually not a big issue. Some printed CDs can be just as unbalanced. Of course, at high speeds, the sticker could come loose or cause wobbling! So far it didn't happen.
@@O_mores It's like you responded to the question to agree with me. At high speeds it can come loose and create wobble which is enough to destroy discs and the drives. I've seen it. Saw it alot during the end of the Cd-Rom drives era when they were comonly 52x the speed or regular drives.
Thanks! I didn’t realize any workarounds were needed. The last time I installed Vista was on a 13th Gen CPU, which is essentially the same as the 14th Gen, and it worked without issues. That was on an i3-13100F with only 12MB of L3 cache. The same WINSAT problem happens with Windows 7, but if the assessment tool fails, it just gives up and lets the setup continue.
This multi-boot PC, running Windows 98, XP, Vista, 7, and Windows 10, makes the setup entirely feasible. The first PCI-E slot houses an NVIDIA 7900GS GPU, serving as the primary video card for operating systems up to Vista. For Windows 7 and 10, I can switch to the RTX as the primary GPU within the OS.
I'm genuinely excited about a project like this! Though I could install Windows 98 every week and never get bored. :)) If you happen to have a link to the Rhapsody ISO just give me a sign...
@@O_moresThere are ISOs over on the internet archive, Big Brother does not let us post links here, but it should be easy to find. But I think you would appreciate the DR1 .vmdk that someone posted over there. The easiest way that I've found to install OPENSTEP 4.2 on a PC was to first install it in VirtualBox, get the generic colour display driver installed and then dd the HDD image onto a real IDE drive. The only reason I did that was NeXT's crazy floppy formats and you needed two of those (probably 2.88 MB) floppies to boot. Now, consider that I was installing this on a K6-2 PC with ISA, PCI and an ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP display adapter. Even this already lacked driver support for the GPU, because AGP drivers did not even exist as far as I can tell.
@@O_mores So I tried writing down my experiences with running NeXT on PC, but our Big Brother does not like longer comments. Would Facebook be a good place to contact you?
You're not alone! Vista's design was actually ahead of its time. The problem was that Vista was pretty demanding for the hardware of the day (compared to Windows XP), which left a lot of people frustrated. By the time Windows 7 came around, many users had access to quad-core processors, DDR3 RAM and much more powerful GPUs. If Vista had been released in 2009, it might have had a completely different fate.
I think I can give it a try, but it depends on how similar these releases are to XP. If they share the same ACPI support, the installation will likely fail on this hardware. However, if MPS support is still present, I should be able to achieve multi-CPU functionality, as I successfully did with vanilla XP.
The 14500 CPU uses the 12th Gen CPU architecture with less cache (11.5MB) but better power consumption. The 14600 is essentially a rebranded 13th Gen CPU with increased cache (20MB) and higher power consumption. Usually the difference between a xx500 vs xx600 CPU is a few hundred Mhz but this time it's more than that...
Thanks for the suggestion! You should check out my earlier videos-actually this is me getting better, like a fine wine... :) Some subscribers actually tell me they find my voice interesting (who knew?!), so I’m sticking with it for now...
I think you still can activate Windows Vista by phone. For XP - for which phone activation is no longer working - I know for sure that the algorithm was decoded and you can now activate by opening the activation phone screen - and input those numbers on a tiny app that will give the codes as if you have phoned to the MS servers. Basically nothing is patched to activate Windows by using this method.
For a retro-modern multi-boot setup, Intel is the better choice. It offers superior performance in V86 mode, and its motherboards retain MPS (Multiprocessor Specification) support, so you can run even NT 3.51 with multiprocessor capabilities. I already did it: Also, AM5 high-end motherboards seem to lack PS/2 ports, although I may not have search enough for one... On the blue side... you can easily find Intel motherboards with Z790 and even the latest Z890 chipsets (for the new LGA 1851 socket) equipped with a PS/2 port and CSM support.
@@O_moresif you want me to send it to you, I have a google spreadsheet of every am5 motherboard, and yes it does have a column that shows those with Ps2 ports. I'll put it below but TH-cam will probably delete my comment
Yes, and there is much better hardware support, I mean you can use nVidia RTX 3000 series in Windows 7 which is something for an OS released in October 22, 2009.
Ha, I thought you were asking yourself why Vista on this hardware! 😆 But yeah, if it’s about my voice, this is old news... This time let's blame it on the winter vibes - I'm cold, stuffed up, and probably sounding worse than usual!
@@O_mores it's not about your voice but Intonation. you always pitch up after almost every word, which is really irritating and makes it hard to follow what you're saying. English speakers usually start a sentence with a higher pitch and drop it towards the end, or pitch up if it's a question. Look at a spectrogram to see what i mean.
In fact, Windows Vista is the foundation of modern Windows. From Windows XP to Vista was revolutionary (a lot of things were rewritten), but since Vista, despite many improvements and changes, Windows 11 really isn't too different from Vista.
December 17, 2024 5:42PM
Yep, Windows Vista laid the foundation for modern Windows with major changes like the new bootloader (still the same for legacy BIOS boot) and the updated driver model. Before Vista, Windows NT 3.51 was foundational. In fact, some components from NT 3.51, like Resource Monitor, can be launched today unmodified in Windows 11. I don't if there is another OS where can take a system tool written in 1995 an launch on its latest version from 2024. You might to check this Windows NT 3.51 video: th-cam.com/video/qIbeV1BYyOo/w-d-xo.html
Very good point you make, Windows Vista introduced many of the features modern versions of Windows use natively nowadays.. in many ways, Windows Vista remains more feature-rich compared to newer versions of Windows.. it was simply ahead of its time.
It was really ridiculous there for awhile with all the difference versions on Windows and Microsoft’s other products.
I miss the Aero Glass interface so much. Damn Microsoft to hell for taking that away. 8, 8.1, 10, and 11 are just flat and ugly.
When Aero launched in 2007 with Windows Vista, it was notoriously demanding on GPUs. Many lower-end or older systems struggled to handle it smoothly, leading to complaints about performance. Now, with much more powerful hardware widely available, it might seem counterintuitive that Microsoft has shifted to a simpler, flatter design... I think the design trends are all about minimalism nowadays.
ugly (flat) is worse? simple design means better performance
@@copiuum Not even, the effects are pretty much the same, in the same places, just worse looking. I mean, if my 2006 iMac can run Windows 7 no problem, surely Windows 10 would run on any GPU from the last 15 years?
Performance issues in modern Windows come from the 200 bloatware programs and compatibility nonsense that runs at all times in the background, decimating performance on low end and old CPUs. And it is constantly doing something with your HDD, it's enough to bog down even a SATA SSD.
It's such a terrible OS, even macOS runs way better on most PCs and that is really saying something.
@masterkamen371 its always on with phonelink, gamebar, global.rulesengine etc & microsoft compatibility telemetry , everytime I start it i have to load into task manager to kill that nonsense & cant even switch the task manager off.
@@copiuumsimple design should have better performance, but in windows simple design for some reason means worse performance. I have a such old laptop and I didn't see any difference in terms of performance between aero enabled or disabled.
One problem was that Microsoft partnered with OEMs to label PCs that ran XP into Windows Vista Capable PCs (like change the stickers), but those PCs were underpowered for Vista. So alot of people thought that Vista was a bad os because they couldnt get Aero to run and other 3D stuff
Yeah, and many laptops came with absolutely terrible iGPUs like the GMA 950. Even dedicated cards like the GeForce Go 7200, which was in my laptop with a Vista sticker, weren’t good enough.
so true i buy my first laptop with vista and have only 2gb ram with that windows he worck the 60% only if open windows i upgrate later with another 2gb and worck little beter
Am I the only one here who was just blown away by the fact that window server 2008 is still actively maintained? I had no idea it still received security updates!
Server oriented Windows builds are just built different haha
No wonder, we are still using Windows Server 2008 in production for running Word macros automatically
On some older projects, we even use Server 2003
Esu till 2026, in fact my vista will get updates till 2026
My organisation have a server 2003. It’s still running in production
windows 2000 on threadripper 7960x😃
That 7960x is not eco friendly, so I'll pass.. :) Fun fact: this 14th Gen CPU + this Z790 motherboard can run Windows NT 4 from 1996 with multi-CPU support...
@@O_mores its expensive just say it
@@rayid8429 RDIMM uses a lot of power compared to mid-range desktops, also a bigger I.o die can use more power, but can also idle at like 1 watt
@@rayid8429not everybody can drop 1k on a cpu alone 😂
@@rayid8429I don't think buying 7960X just for shits and giggles is a wise choice.
For me, Windows Vista is the most beautiful version of Windows that has ever existed. The high-contrast Aero design with the many green elements and the small animations was so much nicer than the stripped-down design of Windows 7.
Yep, it felt much more visually engaging compared to the simpler design of Windows 7. It's interesting how different design choices can resonate with people in different ways, and Vista’s visual appeal definitely stands out for many!
you can use pascal based titan with the modded nvidia drivers for vista
I wish I had a Titan Pascal card to experiment with. Right now, they’re going for around $260-$300, so I’m not sure if it’s worth buying one just for a video-especially since I’d probably only make about $8 back...
@@O_mores might only make 8 dollars back but you will also get a titan lol, and even so, can always resell it
I guess I will hunt for one anyway.
@O_mores I see the Titan XP going for about 160-200 USD on average on ebay
@@O_moresyou can use the 900 series gtx cards which are cheaper, on vista and xp with modded drivers
I bought a gamer pc just before Vista came out. The thing was a beast for it's Era. Unlike some people, when I bought Vista and installed it on my system it was amazing!! Ran Smooth as butter!.... and to this day I still say Vista was the best looking UI Microsoft ever put out! Hands Down!
Ah, a true Vista enthusiast! You were ahead of the curve - while the rest of us were busy fiddling around with Windows XP.
Look at that when u installed a windows and didn't come with 200 apps that i won't use.
The good old days when the only bloatware was Solitaire and maybe a Weather Gadget. Simpler times, maybe because a few years before the US government accused Microsoft of illegally monopolizing the web browser market for Windows so they had to make Internet Explorer optional.
Then use Windows LTSC ISOs, They're the ones without pesky 200+ apps, and support upto 2035.
So nostalgic! I loved this system more than any other systems because of its unique design. When it first released, my big brother and I bought a new laptop with Vista installed. It was a mind-blowing change moving from XP to Vista back in 2007. Later Windows 7 dropped, and my brother switched to it, but I kept using Vista till 2013 till it died officially.
Yep, Vista was visually stunning, but it often came preinstalled on underpowered hardware. I vividly remember an Acer laptop with just 512MB of RAM and a sluggish Radeon Mobility X1300. Running Vista on that setup felt like watching a snail race!
Aero was perfect!!!! Bring it back!!
both the versions of aero were beautiful. peak desktop graphics design
Windows Vista was a great OS marred by OEM's pushing out XP machines with suboptimal RAM and iGPU specs that tarnished it's reputation. In my use on a high end machine it was flawless and had a look that was fresh and felt like home. Windows 8 was when I had issues with the GUI being too optimized for tablets and started deviating from the usual Microsoft charm. By Windows 10 it was all over.
Totally agree-Vista got a bad rap mostly because of OEMs cutting corners. Not to mention that the "onboard" GPU were terrible back then. It’s funny how much perception can shift when hardware isn’t up to the task. Windows 8, though, yeah... the tablet-first design felt jarring and alien to the classic Windows experience. By Windows 10/11 I still don't get it why the Start Menu is so confusing...
Yes it is and it worked for me on my ASRock Z790 PG Sonic Motherboard with a 12th Gen Core i7 CPU using the Original Install Disc and a PCI-E PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard Adapter Card and a VIA PCI-E USB 2.0 Controller Card Adapter like you used for this video and some of your other videos with a recommendation and no need for me to integrate anything!!! And also made a disc with all the unofficial drivers and updates and patches to copy them to the desktop!!!
Nice! Which PCI-E to PS/2 adapter did you use? These adapters are actually PCI-E to USB adapters. Most of them use the ASIX MCS9990 chip, which is a genuine PCI-E to USB 1.1/2.0 controller. Because the MCS9990 natively supports PCI-E, there's no need for a separate PCI-E to PCI bridge chip, unlike adapters that use a native PCI chip like the VIA6212. Many of these adapters also include a USB header, so you can connect a USB bracket or use the USB 2.0 cable from your case.
Why are you in Vista
Why not? 😄 It's a multiboot setup, so Vista isn't taking over the whole system-just popping in for some nostalgia from time to time!
I was waiting for this video!
Me too! I actually recorded most of the footage three weeks ago but just couldn’t find the time to put it all together-life has a way of getting in the way... :) Right now, I’m battling a cold, and my voice is worse than usual, but I recorded the voice over anyway. Next I think it will be Windows 7.
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The biggest issue even after getting drivers would be the Windows scheduler, I mean even Windows 10 is a NO for Intel 12/13/14 cpus. When I upgraded a friends PC to i7 12700k a while back Windows 10 didn't use the full power of the cpu while he was rendering with 3ds max, the only fix was to update to Windows 11
Windows 10 64bit is still officially supported by any motherboard released this year, even the newest ones with Z890 chipset for the 15th Gen CPU - the "Ultra 200" series. So it shouldn't be a problem to use any kind of CPU in Windows 10. But indeed - turbo mode is implemented through ACPI - and OSes like Vista do not have updated ACPI support, but still from what I've tested so far turbo seems to work in Vista.
@O_mores I repeat, the scheduler required to run the 12/13/14 gen Intel Cpu's has not been implemented to Windows 10 as a measure to force people to upgrade to Windows 11. While it will work just fine for day to day use, in heavy CPU tasks after some time it will only work on the E cores...
From what it states on the Intel websites, it works on Windows 10 as well, but it's not optimized ... whatever that means: " Intel's Thread Director is a microcontroller built in each Alder Lake processor (12th Generation Intel Core processors ) that is optimized for Windows 11 Task Scheduler to decide which thread goes where (P-core or E-core). Thread director also works with Windows 10 Scheduler, but it is not optimized for it."
@@O_mores indeed and it's actually bugged as I previously stated, my friend was having issues with the P cores in 3ds max after a few minutes of full power it turned off the P cores, this was fixed only after updating to windows 11, we did an upgrade, not clean install and after around 30 minutes everything was working as it should
The coolest and most beautiful Windows ever
show us how to install Windows 7 on modern hardware platform laptops!
i installed Windows 7 on intel gen-7 platform laptop ASUS GL503VS/S5AS (i7 7700HQ)
everything went well, but i can't use the touchpad
Actually my next video will be about Windows 7 on this Intel 14th Gen hardware. Did you installed the "ASUS Precision TouchPad Driver Version V11.0.0.30 176.78 KB 2019/10/16 " ?
i'll try since you've provided me with this title
actually it was even not detected as any "Unknown device" in the device manager
well... i tried installing that driver by running Install_PTP.bat as administrator, it didn't work, the touchpad device didn't appear in the device manager
btw, the pnputil.exe isn't executable under Windows 7 64 bit
thank you anyway
@@liliwinnt6 From what I've read online there is a general problem with the touchpad across many Asus models from this generation. There might be a hardware problem as well. Where do you look in the device manager? rog-forum.asus.com/t5/rog-strix-series/gl503vs-dh74-touchpad-issue/td-p/712577
i forgot to mention, it worked perfectly normal under Windows 10, it just not showing up under Windows 7
and, to answer your question, i looked at the following sections:
Human Interface Devices
Mice and other pointing devices
Other devices
Curiously, something similar happened to me trying to install it on a 2012 PC, but what made it impossible was that the AMD E2 1800 was not supported.Add to that the fact that when I tried it in a virtual machine it worked like a charm, the truth is that it only worked badly on single-core X86 processors that didn't have DX10 or a minimum of 2GB of RAM. Below that Windows 7 works the same or worse than Vista and nobody says that 7 has the WDDM thing that prevents it from being installed on XP hardware... So strange... Vista deserved more credit than 7, SP2 made it incredible.
When Windows Vista was released in 2007, mid-range to high-end PCs were more affordable than they are today. For instance, the Core 2 Duo E6750 (2.66 GHz, 4MB cache, FSB 1333) cost around $180, while the Q6700 quad-core was priced at about $500. Additionally, motherboards and graphics cards were far cheaper. I remember purchasing an Asrock 4CoreTwins-P35, a full ATX motherboard with a P35 chipset, FSB 1600, and dual PCI-E 16x slots, for just $75 (I know this for sure because I wrote a blog post about it). A 7900GS, which was only about 15% slower than the top-end 7950GT, cost $199!
Fast forward to today, the most affordable Nvidia 5000 series card is expected to cost around $700, while a comparable card to the 7900GS-let's say, the 5080-could be priced between $1200 and $1500.
Yet, in 2007, most people didn’t have the latest hardware, and the same is likely true in January 2025. My primary CPU, for example, is a Ryzen 9 3900X from 2019. Back in 2007, Vista was running on hardware from 2004-2005 or 2006 at best - which was just to slow for Vista's standards.
Windows Vista should work an absolute treat on a modern machine. 😊
Definitely! I used a GTX980 to get most out of it, as shown at the end of the video. However, most of the footage was shot using a 7900GS, which is also compatible with Windows 98.
At last, the Ultimate Vista PC.
Vista finally found its core audience-14th Gen cores, to be exact. :)
intel garbage @@O_mores
So you are with the red team?
Very nice video! I hope you would try install Windows 7 64bit and XP x64 SP2 with Intel Core i5-14400 or Core i3-14100. 😁
Absolutely! I don't have the 14th gen configuration anymore, it was just passing by, but I will try it on the 13th Gen config which is more or less the same thing...
Vista is still my favorite windows to date
Well, Vista was ahead of its time in many ways, even if it had its share of quirks.
I miss Windows Aero so much!
Being spoiled by high speed USB installations, going back to optical media installs gives me PTSD.
Well, I just installed Windows 7 from the original DVD. Since I still have it, I figured it wouldn’t feel right not to put it to use.
you can install all os on pc that work or having tool for install without tpm or other crash
It looks like, after all, Microsoft will let us install Windows 11 without TPM in a official way because many business won't simply replace millions of PC just to have TPM.
Im still use Aero DWM om w11 but still buggy. Not like w10 and w8/8.1.
Even after all these years, Aero still knows how to crash the party... :)
It’s funny how when I was reinstalling vista on my laptop that came with it I had to use usb since the installation would fail if I used the dvd drive
Usually is the other way around, but if you have proper USB support should work.
I still think that if Windows Vista had been released in mid-2009 when computers already had better configurations it would have had a great reputation...
Yes, indeed. Windows Vista suffered from performance issues at launch, largely due to hardware limitation. I mean now in 2024 people usually don't run Windows on 2024 released hardware - I write this comment using a Ryzen 9 3900X from 2019. In 2007 regular users still had hardware from 2004-2005 and even 2007 entry level and mid range hardware wasn't powerful enough. And it was also a time when cheap and dodgy laptops flooded the market.
@@O_mores Yes, here in Brazil there were new computers being sold with only 512MB of RAM and a Celeron D processor...
We all know that you need at least 1GB of RAM and a dual core processor to run Windows Vista Home Basic at least...
Is it your main operating system now? I wanted to return to Windows Vista
Windows 10 is my main, but I have multi boot setup with all Windows operating systems installed on separate SSDs. So I can boot into Vista, or 98 or XP anytime I feel like.
Great video!
Thanks for the visit!
Question : where did you find the USB 3 drivers ?
Fun fact: I rediscovered them by rewatching my own Vista video from a year ago. I believe I originally downloaded them from the MSFN forum. If you're interested, feel free to find me on Facebook (search for Omores), and I’ll share a .zip with you there.
@O_mores I don't have Facebook unfortunately but it is interesting that it was found on a MSFN forum. I'll try to do my research and maybe watch the other Vista video to find a few clues directing me to the drivers. Thanks for the offer though.
Don't get me wrong, Windows 7 was brilliant but I think Vista was a little bit better looking, just the interface. But still I was a big fan of Win 7 and still am today although I've been rocking Windows 11 eversince it came out (and 10 before 11 came out).
Totally get where you're coming from! Vista's interface did have that sleek, glassy Aero vibe going for it-it was like the cool, stylish cousin of Windows 7. But Win 7 really nailed the balance between looks and performance. I'm working right now a Windows 7 video using Windows 10. :)
@ Win 7 was a great OS from start until finish, but I think Vista was more like an attempt to continue the legacy that was Win XP but it failed right after release. System reqs were way too high and drivers were a disaster.
I need to find out what ISO you use, since anything below Windows 10 i try to install on my tablet causes crashes on first boot with INTERNAL_POWER_ERROR message.
I used a stock Windows Vista SP2 ISO for this installation. So far, I’ve successfully installed Windows 98, Millennium, XP, Vista, and 7 on this 14th Gen configuration. The process was straightforward because the motherboard supports CSM (Compatibility Support Module), essentially providing a classic BIOS environment that have maximum standard compatibility.
Could you send me a download link on George King’s nvme drivers for vista, would be much appreciated :)
Yes, I can, but sometimes YT won't display the links in the comments... so better search for "Omores" on FB and I will give the .zip.
Will do, thanks!
But can you also install the system partition c: on the nvme?
I haven't attempted to slipstream the NVMe drivers for direct installation onto an NVMe SSD, but I believe it's achievable. In the worst-case scenario, you could install Vista on a regular SSD with all the necessary drivers, including NVMe, and then transfer/clone that installation to the NVMe SSD. It should boot.
I wonder if this is possible on a Ryzen CPU?
It probably is now that I think about it, but there wouldn't be much point to it, this is still extremely overkill for Vista-era software already
I don’t see why not. In fact, the CPU shouldn’t matter too much - the motherboard, particularly the ACPI revision, is more critical. The newest AMD CPU I have is a Ryzen 9 3900X, and I can confirm 100% that Windows Vista (both 32-bit and 64-bit) works perfectly on an X470 motherboard. I’ve also installed Vista on a B450 motherboard with a 2023 BIOS update, and everything has been running smoothly so far.
I had working Windows Vista 64 bit on Ryzen 5 2600, B450 chipset motherboard, and working USB 3.x drivers. For video I used GeForce GTX 980Ti.
980Ti is a badass, the highest scores in 3DMark 2001 SE are achieved with this GPU (overclocked). So you can't beat it with an RTX 4090 in Directx 7 rendering... For now I have only 2 x GTX 980 from Asus.
@@O_mores I have two identical MSI GeForce GTX 980Ti Gaming X, I bought them for SLI setup, with Windows Vista, but the SLI cables still didn't arrived 🤷🏼♂️. I already had built a system, for Windows XP/Vista/7 based on X58 Gigabyte board and Xeon CPU.
I’m planning to build a PC with an X58 motherboard-I miss those days! I was an early adopter of the Socket 1366 platform, running an i7-920 paired with a 40GB Intel SSD. I even had a sticker from Intel that said, 'My SSD rocks!' That said, I do remember being a bit disappointed with how overclocking worked on those motherboards. The transition from a 400MHz FSB to a 100MHz QPI felt like a step back in some ways.
Foarte tare :))
You sound kinda like Gru, did you steal any moons recently?
Everything is purely coincidental, of course. Btw, according to some folks I also sound like Borat. :)
Y!! Stick with 7. Viva LA Dos FTW!! My old s-cool fave.
It looks like a brand new OS. I miss Aero
How do I install Windows 7 on my 8th gen Intel system? I know my UHD 630 will work with a patched driver, but keyboard and mouse don't work, due to USB3 support. How do I get it to work?
Do you have a PS/2 port to install Windows 7 first and deal later with USB 3 support? On my Z790 motherboard, Windows 7 and USB 3 worked perfectly together. I used some AMD's USB 3 drivers specifically made for Windows 7, and USB 3 support was up and running smoothly.
i don’t have one but i have the ps/2 keyboard and mouse, well windows 10 1803 works on my amd pc so i’ll just use vmware
Jesus , u have optical drive 😮😲
Yep, I’m swimming in optical drives over here-Blurays, SATA, USB ones, and even a FireWire optical drive for that extra retro flair! Makes installing Vista, and 7 a total breeze. While others are hunting for USB drivers that need to be slipstreamed into a custom ISO and still might not work in the end. So I’m out here popping in discs like it’s 2005.
Nothing wrong with Vista only if you have a powerful hardware to handle it especially PC has more system RAM capacity. I only had complaints is it just simply ran lagging on weak hardware (I don't own Vista, however, I fixed my family friends' laptops/desktop) when Vista launched in back the old day. Which is why I skipped Vista and straight to Win 7. My favorite Win OS is Win 7 and Win XP Pro. I'm currently using Win 10 but I still don't like it at all despite this and yet I still use it for just decent gaming performance and daily use. I probably will move to linux OS as soon as when M$ started stopped patch the security updates for Win 10 and trying to push Win 11 upgrade...even though Win 12 might be possible to be around at corner...
Fist of all, very good video. Even though I have no plan on doing anything like this. Well done for making an interesting video.
I was actually one of those few people who really liked Vista (64). I had zero issues with programs, ie games, and even had better compatibility with some older games than I had with XP. Well, not the 16-bit ones, but that's not Vista's fault as my XP was always 32.
I actually kept Vista 64 till about 2015 when I switched to Windows 8. Yes, not 10. That came back a couple of years ago after the release of Windows 11.
Anyway, thanks for the video. Did you by any chance try to get the iGPU working with it?
My first experience with Windows Vista was on a late-2007 Asus laptop equipped with a T7250 CPU and a GeForce GO 7300. It came preinstalled and looked stunning, especially on the glossy display-my first time using one. However, Vista was too heavy for that hardware while using a high end CPU.
The 14600KF lacks an integrated GPU (iGPU). While I haven’t tested it on Intel systems, I can confirm that AM5 iGPUs do not function in CSM mode.
@@O_mores Thank you for the info. That's a shame. Well, kind of. As I said I have zero plans on doing anything like this.
Take care.
Ok ok ive changed my mind.
Its a *subpar* cpu choice, alright?
What would you have picked? 14600KF was like 220$ a month ago.
Great video
subscribed!!
I was visiting the Windows Vista Forum and then this video appears lol
Coincidence? I think not. The Vista Forums are clearly a front for the Algorithm Illuminati, and you’ve just stumbled onto their grand plan to control our video suggestions. Watch your back!
can you make a tutorial please ?
i want to install vista on my laptop
Check out my previous Windows Vista video: th-cam.com/video/_BEWByhdFig/w-d-xo.html - where I demonstrate a lesser-known method to start the installation directly from the HDD. As long as your keyboard is detected during setup, you can install Vista using this approach without relying on an optical drive or USB devices.
@O_mores my laptop only has m.2
If your laptop only has an M.2 slot, one option is to perform the installation on another PC that supports a standard SSD. Install Vista on the SSD there, ensuring all necessary drivers, including NVMe, are installed. Once complete, clone the installation to your M.2 NVMe SSD. Finally, insert the NVMe SSD back into your laptop-and it should boot...
@@O_mores there's no way to install directly from the laptop ? 🤔
You can try to install it on a virtual machine on your laptop. I think it's doable, but this is not my thing, so I can't give you any tips.
Wow windows Vista runs better on 2024 hardware 🎉🎉🎉😊❤
Vista waited 17 years for the hardware to catch up. Patience pays off! :)))
I didn't know it was VI-STA or it's just a coincidence?
Just a coincidence I guess. In Spanish Vista means "view" so Windows Vista was named to evoke a "view" or "perspective" and the end result was a more visually appealing interface.
@@O_mores why not both? I can believe there was a line of thought from Windows 6 > VI > VIsta
I have old HP printer which latest drivers are Vista64. These drivers still works on Windows 11. Let's try installation of Windows 10/11 drivers on Vista64.😂
Printer drivers have always been unique when it comes to compatibility. Interestingly, the only drivers from Windows NT 4.0 (released in 1996) that are compatible with Windows 2000 are the printer drivers. Generally, though, drivers tend to be more forward-compatible than backward-compatible. For example, you’re more likely to use a Windows 7 driver on Windows 11 than a Windows 11 driver on Windows 7.
now why would anyone do that? be practical
Why not have some fun? 😄 It’s a multiboot setup, so Vista is just one of the options-great for a little nostalgic trip now and then!
That geforce 7900 gs doesent count i guess
I've used also a GTX 980 on this configuration: 11:30 | That 7900GS is there for Windows 98 so I can play games like Half Life 2 with everything maxed out: th-cam.com/video/ZBGmhiASz7U/w-d-xo.html
@O_mores sorry for not watching till the end but still gtx 980 is not modern hardware but i still apreciate for making this experiment to see how win vista runs on i5 14th gen and that very cool mobo still this was a experiment. Keep up the good work!
Putting a sticker on a cd is crazy.
I get that putting a sticker on a CD can affect balance, but the sticker is so light that it’s usually not a big issue. Some printed CDs can be just as unbalanced. Of course, at high speeds, the sticker could come loose or cause wobbling! So far it didn't happen.
@@O_mores It's like you responded to the question to agree with me. At high speeds it can come loose and create wobble which is enough to destroy discs and the drives. I've seen it. Saw it alot during the end of the Cd-Rom drives era when they were comonly 52x the speed or regular drives.
4:12 i have a solution! press alt + f4 before the rate of the PC and that works perfectly on a VM so it should on modern hardware
Thanks! I didn’t realize any workarounds were needed. The last time I installed Vista was on a 13th Gen CPU, which is essentially the same as the 14th Gen, and it worked without issues. That was on an i3-13100F with only 12MB of L3 cache. The same WINSAT problem happens with Windows 7, but if the assessment tool fails, it just gives up and lets the setup continue.
@O_mores No problem!
now game on this pc with the latest graphics card
This multi-boot PC, running Windows 98, XP, Vista, 7, and Windows 10, makes the setup entirely feasible. The first PCI-E slot houses an NVIDIA 7900GS GPU, serving as the primary video card for operating systems up to Vista. For Windows 7 and 10, I can switch to the RTX as the primary GPU within the OS.
@O_mores we all know the og is windows 7 so make it with 7
Here's an idea: Mac OS X developer preview (Rhapsody) on a new PC. Or OPENSTEP, it's all the same anyways, just with a differing desktop environment.
I'm genuinely excited about a project like this! Though I could install Windows 98 every week and never get bored. :)) If you happen to have a link to the Rhapsody ISO just give me a sign...
@@O_moresThere are ISOs over on the internet archive, Big Brother does not let us post links here, but it should be easy to find. But I think you would appreciate the DR1 .vmdk that someone posted over there.
The easiest way that I've found to install OPENSTEP 4.2 on a PC was to first install it in VirtualBox, get the generic colour display driver installed and then dd the HDD image onto a real IDE drive.
The only reason I did that was NeXT's crazy floppy formats and you needed two of those (probably 2.88 MB) floppies to boot.
Now, consider that I was installing this on a K6-2 PC with ISA, PCI and an ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP display adapter. Even this already lacked driver support for the GPU, because AGP drivers did not even exist as far as I can tell.
@@O_mores So I tried writing down my experiences with running NeXT on PC, but our Big Brother does not like longer comments. Would Facebook be a good place to contact you?
@masterkamen371 Sure, search Omores on Facebook.
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Windows Server 2025 on MBR a.k.a Legacy BIOS 😂
As far as I know, Windows Server 2025 support Legacy BIOS so it won't be problem. It's basically the same thing as WS2022.
@@O_moresOh okay, I thought MS try to put TPM 2.0 as a mandatory for WS2K25
Im probably in the minority that i really liked the look of Vista
You're not alone! Vista's design was actually ahead of its time. The problem was that Vista was pretty demanding for the hardware of the day (compared to Windows XP), which left a lot of people frustrated. By the time Windows 7 came around, many users had access to quad-core processors, DDR3 RAM and much more powerful GPUs. If Vista had been released in 2009, it might have had a completely different fate.
challange install windows codename longhorn pre reset on this hardwere
I think I can give it a try, but it depends on how similar these releases are to XP. If they share the same ACPI support, the installation will likely fail on this hardware. However, if MPS support is still present, I should be able to achieve multi-CPU functionality, as I successfully did with vanilla XP.
I got the 14500 I dislike it
The 14500 CPU uses the 12th Gen CPU architecture with less cache (11.5MB) but better power consumption. The 14600 is essentially a rebranded 13th Gen CPU with increased cache (20MB) and higher power consumption. Usually the difference between a xx500 vs xx600 CPU is a few hundred Mhz but this time it's more than that...
Open core it!
😭 the ui is so beautiful 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
i miss win 7 too best & beautiful 😭
phuk microsoft
Vista might not have been perfect overall, but design-wise, it was a masterpiece. Definitely miss that vibe too!
I suggest selling your mic and using ai voice to narrate everything
Thanks for the suggestion! You should check out my earlier videos-actually this is me getting better, like a fine wine... :) Some subscribers actually tell me they find my voice interesting (who knew?!), so I’m sticking with it for now...
the big bang theory sucks.
He is from Romania 🗿🗿🗿
Remember this slogan: "Romania - Land of choice"? That's why I have Windows 98&XP&Vista&7 and many others all installed on the same PC. :)
I am using in vm ware
And is not kinda slow in VMware? I mean you really need a good GPU to get smooth Aero action.
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Виндовс Виста максимальная русский x86/x64 Лицензия: на рабочем столе и присутствует скачать где давай
I think you still can activate Windows Vista by phone. For XP - for which phone activation is no longer working - I know for sure that the algorithm was decoded and you can now activate by opening the activation phone screen - and input those numbers on a tiny app that will give the codes as if you have phoned to the MS servers. Basically nothing is patched to activate Windows by using this method.
@O_mores английский сложно
@O_mores русский только
Why Intel? WHY?!
For a retro-modern multi-boot setup, Intel is the better choice. It offers superior performance in V86 mode, and its motherboards retain MPS (Multiprocessor Specification) support, so you can run even NT 3.51 with multiprocessor capabilities. I already did it: Also, AM5 high-end motherboards seem to lack PS/2 ports, although I may not have search enough for one... On the blue side... you can easily find Intel motherboards with Z790 and even the latest Z890 chipsets (for the new LGA 1851 socket) equipped with a PS/2 port and CSM support.
@@O_mores i was curious and yep, it makes sense, yes you are right. Nice vid btw
@@O_moresif you want me to send it to you, I have a google spreadsheet of every am5 motherboard, and yes it does have a column that shows those with Ps2 ports. I'll put it below but TH-cam will probably delete my comment
@iliketurtles50000 - Yes, sure! Please! I like this type of spreadsheets. If you want to send me links look for me on FB. Search for "Omores". Thanks.
@@O_mores you may want to post my link here as it appears TH-cam shadowbanned my prior comment to other people
Use windows 8...
Windows 8 it's another story is has official support for USB 3, NVME, actually many backported drivers for Vista are recycled from Windows 8.
@O_mores it's next after athlon 64 (socket 939) era... And future after NTFS also.
Interesting
Wait for Windows 98 video on this motherboard... :)
Old Hardware Old OS
New hardware, old OS-it's like putting a rocket engine in a vintage car.
Cool
please just let us forget this os
Vista's like that one guest who won't leave the party.
You sound like Borat.
Most people say that I sound more like Gru from Despicable Me! But hey, Borat is a close second, I guess.
uh is uh because uh is uh
Where is uh? I’ve been searching the whole video and only found a rare species of 'uh' hiding in the wild.
i think windows 7 better
Yes, and there is much better hardware support, I mean you can use nVidia RTX 3000 series in Windows 7 which is something for an OS released in October 22, 2009.
You sound like a scammer
If I were a scammer, I’d be the only one spending hours tinkering with Windows Vista instead of trying to convince you to upgrade ASAP to Windows 11.
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Yes, you are!
whoawhoawhoawiwiwiwiwiwiiiii
that’s what you sound like
Ha, I thought you were asking yourself why Vista on this hardware! 😆 But yeah, if it’s about my voice, this is old news... This time let's blame it on the winter vibes - I'm cold, stuffed up, and probably sounding worse than usual!
@@O_mores To be honest I like listening to your voice :)
@@O_mores it's not about your voice but Intonation. you always pitch up after almost every word, which is really irritating and makes it hard to follow what you're saying. English speakers usually start a sentence with a higher pitch and drop it towards the end, or pitch up if it's a question.
Look at a spectrogram to see what i mean.