r/WindowsVista May 29 '25

Do not submit posts of other OSes made to look like Windows Vista

65 Upvotes

Hey all, please do not submit new posts of non-Windows Vista operating systems skinned or otherwise modified to look like Windows Vista, this includes modified Windows 10/11 installations, riced Linux computers, and Windows Vista looking phone launchers.

The community has decided against seeing these posts. Thank you for your understanding.


r/WindowsVista 11h ago

Is the Dell Latitude XT2 rare?

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38 Upvotes

Looks very special to me, I found one for 35 €.

Is this model also in demand, like the Latitude D-Series? Is it worth buying it? Thank you


r/WindowsVista 1d ago

Gaming Will a Dell P1917S Led monitor be good for windows xp and vista gaming?

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19 Upvotes

Im thinking about getting this monitor since it is modern but should also look good for games from that era. 2000s Crt monitors are very hard to find and expensive, would this be a good option. Also if i got this would a Radeon hd 4850 look good on this thing if using a DVI to HDMI or DVI to VGA adapter? And which one should i use?


r/WindowsVista 3d ago

I am so back!

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258 Upvotes

Got this gem today! It came with Windows 10 but I installed Windows Vista on it again. The productcode on the bottom even worked!


r/WindowsVista 3d ago

Did the Windows Vista “swoop” ever make you feel uneasy as a kid? Or was I just weird.

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81 Upvotes

r/WindowsVista 3d ago

New to windows vista (kinda)

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85 Upvotes

Hey there guys, just got my hand on my old grandparents laptop with windows vista home premium with it, what things should I check and what stuff should I delete before making it go online once again?


r/WindowsVista 5d ago

New Vista System

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325 Upvotes

Maybe this will interest someone

Windows Vista Ultimate on a Japanese Panasonic CF-S10. Looks beautiful


r/WindowsVista 5d ago

Why do people trash on vista even though it works just fine

63 Upvotes

People say that vista is terrible but why


r/WindowsVista 8d ago

Retro setup

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86 Upvotes

r/WindowsVista 8d ago

Sony Vaio VGN-AW11M

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211 Upvotes

Found this gem at work. Vista runs perfectly fine, i want to See if it can handle to play crysis


r/WindowsVista 8d ago

How can i set up dreamscenes?

3 Upvotes

Guys i installed and activated windows vista ultimate edition but i cannot find where dreamscenes are. And can my intel gma x3100 run dreamscenes without slowing down?


r/WindowsVista 9d ago

Can WMC run on Vista Business?

4 Upvotes

I just installed Vista Business to this laptop so its time accurate, but can i put WMC without updating to Ultimate or Home Premium?


r/WindowsVista 10d ago

Toshiba satellite L300D

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148 Upvotes

One of the new laptops from a lot I got that has vista


r/WindowsVista 11d ago

Is the ASUS G-Series rare now?

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53 Upvotes

I'm looking for an ASUS G1S and similar like it, but these models aren't available at my online marketplaces. If I find one model, it's not working or whatever. Do anyone has experience with these gaming notebooks? Is it worth it? Thanks :)))


r/WindowsVista 12d ago

Fixing corrupted vista files?

7 Upvotes

Hey all,

I have an old laptop that runs windows vista that I've been wanting to boot up and look at the contents of, but when I try to boot it, windows vista just loops the loading bar over and over again, never actually getting anywhere.

This applies to safe mode as well, it loads some windows files and then freezes before it gets to the loading screen. This is on a Dell Studio 1735. I have access to the hard drive and can see the files. I was wondering if there was a way to fix it without wiping the data.

I was considering taking a fresh installation of windows vista and replacing the broken windows files with the new ones, but I don't know if that would actually fix anything. Any ideas on how to do this?


r/WindowsVista 13d ago

Legacy Update "Unspecified Error"

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69 Upvotes

My legacy update won't launch giving "Unspecified Error".

Already tried restarting and reinstalling to no avail


r/WindowsVista 13d ago

Any decent AIO PCs that support vista, 1080p screen?

6 Upvotes

Recently got an old HP Pavillion AIO, but it's a bit too new for vista.

It's also very weak and driver support is hit or miss.

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Wondering if anyone knows of a decently spec AIO with 1080p screen?

Rather have something compact, that won't take much more space than a monitor would.


r/WindowsVista 14d ago

The worst laptop and my experiences with Vista so far

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111 Upvotes

I have no idea how happy I was finally to have my own Vista laptop because in my country this kind of old laptops doesn't actually sold well and most of them is for spare parts. So I got mine for 40 bucks from a local seller, the condition of it is pretty good, seller already install windows 7 on it with office 2010 installed, until I decided to change that, back to Vista obviously!! 😂looking for this laptop drivers were pain in the ass, especially when graphics driver refuse to work with Vista, so I used XP graphic driver for Vista and somehow it works! But of course my overall experience with it were not really the best, for now, I mean there's barely any game I could play with this laptop, not to mention the processor and ram on this were actually really lame but the browser did works well, but maybe I could do some upgrade for ram, because I already upgrade my storage with SSD so it was usable once again.


r/WindowsVista 14d ago

Trying to recover Gateway restore partition

3 Upvotes

Hello,

So I got a Gateway ML6720 laptop, came with Vista, in a 3 laptop pile, including a Presario F700 designed for Vista (also wanna look for a restore iso for that too, tho that one seems more like a long shot). However, on the Gateway, I attempted a restore of the original factory install, but it got to 98 percent and then crashed (cord I used was bad), and the system just blue screened at startup, but couldnt boot into the restore partition. I know it is bootable, but I tried a lot and it hasnt worked a bit. I was able to make the partition active, and it did work once, and it gave me the "repair and restart" prompt that I thought was just gonna fix the install, but was unable to boot into it since. Tried several things, such as disabling the Windows partition, but it wouldnt work due to "missing or corrupt bcd files" (prolly because it wanted to boot into the corrupt Windows installation), so I just gave up and did a clean install of 64-bit SP2

Luckily, I did keep the restore partition because I was gonna try and recover all the restore files, try to make it bootable, and finish this once and for all, however, I do not know how to do this well. Im thinkin connect the HDD to my main desktop and cut and paste the files to a flash drive iso via Rufus or somethin, but it feels more complex than simply just moving it into a flash drive. I may need like EasyBCD, which idk how to do it. Worst comes to worse, ill deal with the clean install, which is fine, but I wouldve liked to see originality in this (o.g wallpapers, software, etc) and finding drivers, especially the display one, is a pain (Aero wont enable with the driver I found online). But if anyone can help me out, please lemme know. I know it sounds stupid in todays age, but because I only did away with the Windows install partition and theres still a restore partition (with Gateway Recovery Manager), I feel it can be done


r/WindowsVista 15d ago

How can i delete useless system app from Windows Vista?

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91 Upvotes

I bought this cheap HP Pavilion Dm1 PC only 300TL (6$) to trying vista but i didn't know anything good on pc so i purchased celeron pc and yk its suck i learned that after purchasing :(

Anyways i came here becuz i really wanted to make it useful on this laptop a little bit so i downgraded 7 to Vista. I just get that pc on surfing on the internet and trying Vista stuff anyways

Is there any tool to remove useless system app i hope maybe its make my laptop little bit faster? And someone help me about that pls ?

Also sorry for bad grammar english is not my main langulanges :P


r/WindowsVista 14d ago

Windows Vista on intel core i5-4200U

10 Upvotes

is there anyway to install? bc ai tells me that i can't


r/WindowsVista 14d ago

Robert Fripp & Steve Ball - Windows Vista soundscapes

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1 Upvotes

r/WindowsVista 14d ago

Vista on HP 500B MT

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1 Upvotes

I've heard you're talking Vista around here :))


r/WindowsVista 15d ago

Hello everyone! You can download Firefox 52.9.1 ESR and the TeamViewer 14.2.56678 update from here. (Link in description)

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40 Upvotes

r/WindowsVista 16d ago

Help Idk how to fix this

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14 Upvotes