My partner and I just built an Alder Lake system. I installed Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP2 with the Extended Kernel and it works great! There are absolutely no drift-like behavior as seen on Haswell (4th gen) thru Tiger Lake (11th gen). Here's a screenshot:
Just like Windows 7, the processor cores do not show up in Device Manager, however it is recognized in System Properties. Ethernet drivers are also currently unavailable, however since I am friends with win32 and speak to him on a regular basis, I asked him if he could possibly get the ethernet drivers working. He said he would have to add functions to NDIS & ntoskrnl, but he could do it at a later time. Right now, I use USB wifi which works fine but I could just install a Vista-compatible PCI ethernet card if I wanted to.
Specs:
Asrock Z690 PG Riptide Motherboard
Intel Core i7 12700KF
32 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 980ti GPU w/modded 398.11 drivers by win32
Samsung 870 EVO 2TB SSD
Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 x64
I may try UEFI at a later date with UEFIseven, but for the time being I am using Legacy boot with no problems. Windows Vista/7 also do not properly turbo the P & E Cores, however enabling High Performance in the BIOS simply makes the cores turbo up constantly so it runs great with no performance issues. I dualboot with Windows Server 2012, which does turbo the cores properly (and has drivers for everything, including ethernet).
Windows Vista on the Intel Alder Lake Platform
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Re: Windows Vista on the Intel Alder Lake Platform
Thus, the Haswell Time Distortion Paradox has come to an end.
(Precision 3610) Xeon 2667 V2 | 32 GB RAM | EVGA GTX 970 SC | SU650 240 GB (Vista Exkern) | 840 Pro 256 GB (Vista Ultimate/10 IoT) | 8 TB storage
(Latitude E6530) i7-3740qm | 16 GB RAM | HD 4000 | 870 EVO 500 GB (Vista Ultimate/10 IoT) |2 TB storage
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Re: Windows Vista on the Intel Alder Lake Platform
WARNING for those who want to build a modern Vista PC: do not buy Alder Lake without E-cores, as the Haswell issues did not gone with that
https://msfn.org/board/topic/183939-windows-vista-on-alder-lake-system/?do=findComment&comment=1246107
https://msfn.org/board/topic/183939-windows-vista-on-alder-lake-system/?do=findComment&comment=1246107
Re: Windows Vista on the Intel Alder Lake Platform
Great Job On This Much Needed Project @Winclient You Really Are The Vista Guru Of The Modern Age And Hopefully Will Have More Great Projects In The FutureWinClient5270 wrote: ↑19 Feb 2023, 23:49 My partner and I just built an Alder Lake system. I installed Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP2 with the Extended Kernel and it works great! There are absolutely no drift-like behavior as seen on Haswell (4th gen) thru Tiger Lake (11th gen). Here's a screenshot:
Just like Windows 7, the processor cores do not show up in Device Manager, however it is recognized in System Properties. Ethernet drivers are also currently unavailable, however since I am friends with win32 and speak to him on a regular basis, I asked him if he could possibly get the ethernet drivers working. He said he would have to add functions to NDIS & ntoskrnl, but he could do it at a later time. Right now, I use USB wifi which works fine but I could just install a Vista-compatible PCI ethernet card if I wanted to.
Specs:
Asrock Z690 PG Riptide Motherboard
Intel Core i7 12700KF
32 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 980ti GPU w/modded 398.11 drivers by win32
Samsung 870 EVO 2TB SSD
Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 x64
I may try UEFI at a later date with UEFIseven, but for the time being I am using Legacy boot with no problems. Windows Vista/7 also do not properly turbo the P & E Cores, however enabling High Performance in the BIOS simply makes the cores turbo up constantly so it runs great with no performance issues. I dualboot with Windows Server 2012, which does turbo the cores properly (and has drivers for everything, including ethernet).
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