Possible to keep receiving Chrome updates in Vista/XP?

[postmortemIA]

Good running? Some old Core 2 or Sandy Bridge creaking along on old OSs with no or few modern chipset or OS features. Really?

two thirds of world think such PC is perfectly fine. It is probably as fast in single threaded apps as the latest mainstream AMD CPU.

And this lack of Vista support is complete BS. As long as latest C/C++ runtime from MS runs on Vista, so should apps built with it.

 

[Magic Carpet]

I like how XP and Vista are both thrown out at the same time even though Vista came out 6 years later. They are correct that Microsoft basically abandoned Vista as well though.

Things are moving fast forward, yeah. Anything but 10 is pretty much obsolete. Both Vista/7 receiving only security updates. 7 (well 8/8.1 for that matter) is definitely dead for gamers as well (no dx12 support). That was Microsoft's plan anyway. No surprises here, nothing will stop you from using whatever OS you want, though ;-)

Personally, I still have one Vista computer, one 7 and one 8 laptop still running. Not upgrading until I really have to. 8/10 are both superior in speed compared to Vista/7 though. And I really like the memory compression on 10. A mixed bag, really.

Anyway, I need to get around to installing the latest Chrome on my Vista rig and see how it fares. I'll let you know.

 

[omega3]

Anyway, I need to get around to installing the latest Chrome on my Vista rig and see how it fares. I'll let you know.

So how will you get the latest chrome on vista with updates no longer being available. Please do let me know. Thanks.

 

[escrow4]

two thirds of world think such PC is perfectly fine. It is probably as fast in single threaded apps as the latest mainstream AMD CPU.

And this lack of Vista support is complete BS. As long as latest C/C++ runtime from MS runs on Vista, so should apps built with it.

Mainstream AMD? Since when? Its mostly Intel, and a modern Intel chip would obliterate a Core 2.

 

[Raduque]

Good running? Some old Core 2 or Sandy Bridge creaking along on old OSs with no or few modern chipset or OS features. Really?

Really funny to me, because I upgraded a C2D (e8500) to Sandy(i3-2120) and kept the same GPU (GTX460) and game performance (not to mention general system perf!) significantly increased!

I also rebuilt my server from an even slower C2D to a Sandy Xeon.

I wouldn't exactly call SB creaky, but C2D? Definitely.

Going back OT, GOOD. It's about time software started shunning ancient OSes. You people still on XP are collectively lowering the security level of the internet. Throw out your old, inefficient junk and buy newer more efficient hardware, and run a modern OS!

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

My Vista PC is running a Phenom 9500. Yes, one of the ones with the errata! It also has a now unsupported Radeon 6850 doing the graphic duties.

So there.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Okay, my Vista SP2 computer runs the latest Chrome (49.0.2623.110) available without any problems. Yes, I get the message about it no longer supported, but is it a big deal, lol.

Vista SP2 is very similar to 7 SP1, which is supported. I don't anticipate problems with running newer versions of Chrome here. Except, that we will have to update it manually. I will report back in a month or so.

And this lack of Vista support is complete BS. As long as latest C/C++ runtime from MS runs on Vista, so should apps built with it.

Agreed.

 

[omega3]

Okay, my Vista SP2 computer runs the latest Chrome (49.0.2623.110) available without any problems. Yes, I get the message about it no longer supported, but is it a big deal, lol.

Vista SP2 is very similar to 7 SP1, which is supported. I don't anticipate problems with running newer versions of Chrome here. Except, that we will have to update it manually. I will report back in a month or so.

Agreed.

How will you update it manually? Uninstall and re-install over and over again?

Interal updates don't work anymore if you go to "about google chrome" in vista.

 

[Magic Carpet]

How will you update it manually? Uninstall and re-install over and over again?

Option 1, will get a portable version of Chrome (pre-installed). Option 2, will copy it off my Windows 10 computer and see if it needs fiddling (likely to work out of the box). I doubt, Google is going to bother with blacklisting exe's, etc.

Interal updates don't work anymore if you go to "about google chrome" in vista.

Yeah, we have lost the convenience of auto-updating. If you don't want to deal with its consequences, upgrade your OS. Personally, I don't see a big deal with manually updating Chrome. The info popup messages can also be disabled as well.

by adding this option: "--disable-infobars" to the Chrome shortcut.

 

[omega3]

Option 1, will get a portable version of Chrome (pre-installed). Option 2, will copy it off my Windows 10 computer and see if it needs fiddling (likely to work out of the box). I doubt, Google is going to bother with blacklisting exe's, etc.


Yeah, we have lost the convenience of auto-updating. If you don't want to deal with its consequences, upgrade your OS. Personally, I don't see a big deal with manually updating Chrome. The info popup messages can also be disabled as well.

But how will you do the manual updating if chrome from now on won't allow new updates on vista. Should it stay possible to go to the chrome download site and install the latest over an older version. However, won't you loose all your settings, plugins, history, etc.. then?

Regarding the portable version, what do you mean with "pre-installed"?

 

[Magic Carpet]

But how will you do the manual updating if chrome from now on won't allow new updates on vista.

Download it manually from the web site?

Should it stay possible to go to the chrome download site and install the latest over an older version.

Perhaps, I haven't tried yet. There is also an offline installer available (your personal settings won't be affected). For example, here. Should still work on Vista.

However, won't you loose all your settings, plugins, history, etc.. then?

On a regular install, your settings are stored here:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\

You can copy them back and forth and retain *most* of your user settings. Copy and paste it in Windows Explorer.

Regarding the portable version, what do you mean with "pre-installed"?

Check it out.

A portable app is a computer program that you can carry around with you on a portable device or cloud drive and use on any Windows computer. When your USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod or other portable device is plugged in or your cloud drive is synced, you have access to your software and personal data just as you would on your own PC. And when you unplug the device, none of your personal data is left behind.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

You can still install the newest version in Vista over the old to update and keep all your settings. I just did that on my aforementioned machine that was a version behind.

 

[omega3]

You can still install the newest version in Vista over the old to update and keep all your settings. I just did that on my aforementioned machine that was a version behind.

Good to know. If you install over your old version, wil all your personal settings be kept like search history (which i like to keep) and installed extensions?

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

Good to know. If you install over your old version, wil all your personal settings be kept like search history (which i like to keep) and installed extensions?

Extensions are still there, can't check the history since I have it set to clear on exit on that machine, but I don't think it clears anything when you install over top of an existing installation.

 

[omega3]

Extensions are still there, can't check the history since I have it set to clear on exit on that machine, but I don't think it clears anything when you install over top of an existing installation.

Final thing, is it ok to use chrome to download and install over itself or do you have to use a different browser?

 

[omega3]

Extensions are still there, can't check the history since I have it set to clear on exit on that machine, but I don't think it clears anything when you install over top of an existing installation.

Is it ok to use chrome to download and install over itself or do you have to use a different browser?

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

You can do it from Chrome. This takes you to the full offline installers:
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/126299?hl=en

 

[omega3]

You can do it from Chrome. This takes you to the full offline installers:
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/126299?hl=en

Thanks, but why not simply install it online as you'd normally do here: https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html Any reason an offline installer would be better?

 

[Magic Carpet]

Josh007007:
Hi all,

Yesterday (April 1st) we said farewell to Chrome's support for the following operating systems;
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008
Linux 32-bit
OS X 10.6 - 10.8
The last version the above operating systems have/will receive is Version 49. While Chrome will continue to function on these systems, it will not get future updates, security patches, bug fixes, or Version 50.

Now support has ended, you can choose from one of the following options;
Switch to Mozilla Firefox
Upgrade your operating system
Buy a newer computer or Mac
Continue using Chrome unsupported
We apologize for the any inconvenience this may have caused. Thanks for contributing to a safer web by keeping your computers and software up-to-date

Best,
Josh.

Hi all,

The latest stable version* of Chrome works just fine on Vista SP2, as expected. Vista users can grab it here, from now on, you have to do it manually. Didn't check it on XP yet, though. Enjoy

*50.0.2661.75.

# Security fixes:
- Universal XSS in extension bindings.
- Out-of-bounds write in V8.
- Out-of-bounds read in Pdfium JPEG2000 decoding.
- Uninitialized memory read in media.
- Use-after-free related to extensions.
- Android downloaded file path restriction bypass.
- Address bar spoofing.
- Potential leak of sensitive information to malicious extensions
- Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives.

 

[nemesismk2]

just tried to install google chrome with windows xp and it failed to install which was okay because i prefer firefox. lol

 

[Magic Carpet]

just tried to install google chrome with windows xp and it failed to install which was okay because i prefer firefox. lol

What if you'd run Chrome.exe pre-installed (from a different PC)?

Don't have XP SP3 on hand to check it myself.

 

[Magic Carpet]

I have another one worth trying. Use Application Verifier by Microsoft to fake the windows version. There's special key for that purpose called HighVersionLie

Nope :/

it appears they're removing necessary functionality for obsolete Windows. If you could get a recent build to install, it likely wouldn't work.

I think, that's what happened. I am able to execute the latest version (51 something) but it won't open any sites or settings, just staring at a blank screen. Neither does work the portable version!

50.0.2661.102 seemed to be the last working build for Vista users. That's where Wiki got it wrong.

Windows XP and Vista
Support for Google Chrome on Windows XP and Windows Vista has ended as of April 2016.[228] The last release of Google Chrome that can be run under Windows XP and Windows Vista was version 49.0.2623.112 m

 

[lxskllr]

50 may still not work right if you hit a feature that was removed. It could be that you haven't needed functionality that was removed. It could also be a soft failure, and they simply decided they weren't supporting it after 49. To know for sure, you could look through the code commits, but I guess if it works for you, it works. That's all that matters on your machine.