Note: Some legacy PCs cannot boot USB at all. In that case, use on a floppy disk/CD to enable USB boot.
| Aspect | Status | |--------|--------| | | Ended April 10, 2012 | | Extended support | Ended April 11, 2017 | | Latest Service Pack | SP2 (KB948465) – released May 26, 2009 | | Last security update | April 2017 (monthly rollups ceased) | | Known major vulnerabilities | EternalBlue (MS17-010), privilege escalation, kernel exploits | Windows Vista Home Premium -32 Bit-.iso
In 2007, the transition from 32-bit to 64-bit computing was just beginning. Most consumer hardware featured processors capable of 64-bit instructions, but driver support was notoriously poor. Note: Some legacy PCs cannot boot USB at all
Use certutil -hashfile <filename.iso> SHA1 (Windows) or shasum -a 1 <filename.iso> (Linux/macOS). Most consumer hardware featured processors capable of 64-bit
Modern Wi-Fi 6/6E cards, NVMe SSDs, USB 3.0 controllers. Stick to hardware from 2005-2009.