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Can't install browser on Windows Vista

Yasin40
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Hi guys

I'm having a bizarre in windows vista 32 bit where I can't seem to install any browser other than chrome, and it doesn't work right either

When I try to use chrome it gives me constant security warnings because obviously vista isn't supported anymore, and it won't let me download nvidia drivers

I click download and it just keeps loading

It lets me download firefox and opera browser installers, but whenever I click on those (as admin or not) it shows the windows loading thing for a sec and then acts like nothing happened

I just want to use a browser on my old gaming rig but I can't get it to work. I have XP on another drive in this same PC and that works just fine. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated

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Either the browsers don’t support 32bit (unlikely) or they just stopped working when support ended (likely)

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I'm just speaking from experience so what I say may not work 100%

Please try searching up the answer before you post here but I am always glad to help

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17 minutes ago, Kanna said:

Either the browsers don’t support 32bit (unlikely) or they just stopped working when support ended (likely)

I downloaded the latest versions that support my operating system and architecture and a few versions that came before just to be sure but the setup/installer won't even launch for some bizarre reason

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1 minute ago, Yasin40 said:

I downloaded the latest versions that support my operating system and architecture and a few versions that came before just to be sure but the setup/installer won't even launch for some bizarre reason

At this point just upgrade your os

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I'm just speaking from experience so what I say may not work 100%

Please try searching up the answer before you post here but I am always glad to help

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Something must be wrong with your Vista installation. Maybe some services are disabled?

Try, for example, Waterfox classic. But I think that it's not browser problem, but system.

 

No, it's not advice "please upgrade", because that may be advice only when I was sure that it Vista fault, and I doubt it. Just check using procmon what happens when you're trying to install program. Maybe some VC++ libraries are missing? What if you try to insall Opera 12.17 (old, discontinued, obsolete, but for sure with Vista support)?

 

 

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