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My SSD is full, And I want a fresh start, I want a change from windows 10. An old laptop of mine had windows vista and Im not going to lie, I really like it and want to try it on my system, But is security and compatibility still ok? Are my games going to actually run properly? I know it doesnt support DX12, Thats fine. 

 

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Vista is dead. 

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1 minute ago, MrIceCremeLollipop said:

My SSD is full, And I want a fresh start, I want a change from windows 10. An old laptop of mine had windows vista and Im not going to lie, I really like it and want to try it on my system, But is security and compatibility still ok? Are my games going to actually run properly? I know it doesnt support DX12, Thats fine. 

 

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Windows Vista has not been supported since April and it no longer receives security patches.

 

If you encounter vulnerabilities then you will have to upgrade to a newer Windows version to remain supported/protected.

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3 minutes ago, MrIceCremeLollipop said:

My SSD is full, And I want a fresh start, I want a change from windows 10. An old laptop of mine had windows vista and Im not going to lie, I really like it and want to try it on my system, But is security and compatibility still ok? Are my games going to actually run properly? I know it doesnt support DX12, Thats fine. 

 

Thanks.

Windows Vista is officially end of support, just like Windows xp. it's insecure, and doesn't get support and compatibility with the latest security updates from Microsoft. the latest OS you can run that has support is Windows 7. 

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Vista's security updates ended in April this year, so no, it's not okay from a security perspective.

 

As for compatibility, I'm not sure. You're likely to see more and more programs not work with it as Windows 10 takes over. 

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Just now, firelighter487 said:

Window Vista is officially end of support, just like Windows xp. it's insecure, and doesn't get support and compatibility with the latest security updates from Microsoft. the latest OS you can run that has support is Windows 7. 

Thats a shame, Could I make 7 look like vista at all?

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2 minutes ago, MrIceCremeLollipop said:

Thats a shame, Could I make 7 look like vista at all?

yes you can. put a vista wallpaper on there, and set the taskbar to "use small icons". done. 

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Vista was not good for gaming, or anything really. And yes, you can make Windows 7 look like Vista. You can use UXThemePatcher and download a Vista theme for Windows 7. 

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6 minutes ago, MrIceCremeLollipop said:

My SSD is full, And I want a fresh start, I want a change from windows 10. An old laptop of mine had windows vista and Im not going to lie, I really like it and want to try it on my system, But is security and compatibility still ok? Are my games going to actually run properly? I know it doesnt support DX12, Thats fine. 

 

Thanks.

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As everyone has pointed out, Vista is out of support, and I know from experience that there are fewer programs that support it. Chrome doesn’t even support it. Drivers for a modern system wouldn’t even exist for such an old OS. 

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16 minutes ago, MrIceCremeLollipop said:

My SSD is full, And I want a fresh start, I want a change from windows 10. An old laptop of mine had windows vista and Im not going to lie, I really like it and want to try it on my system, But is security and compatibility still ok? Are my games going to actually run properly? I know it doesnt support DX12, Thats fine. 

take windows 7 instead. it's almost like vista, but better.

they did a lot of things right with 7 where they previously screwed up on vista. and 7 is still supported while vista is dead and burried. 

 

or try windows 8.1 and install classic shell to get a proper start menu. 

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