Ubisoft’s Uplay Ending Vista Support

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This may not come as a surprise, as Vista's official EOL is tomorrow, and only about 0.10% of Steam users actually still use Vista, but Ubisoft has just announced that Uplay is ending Vista support.

Vista users will retain access to their games, but will be unable to receive future PC client updates. I'm sure the twelve people who still use Vista will be very upset about this. They should probably be reminded that it is a very bad idea to keep running an operating system that no longer is receiving security patches.

If you are one of the few still using Windows Vista, we strongly urge you upgrade to a newer, more secure version of Windows at your earliest convenience.
 
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....why would anyone still be using Vista for anything but odd curiosity. It was awful back when it was "relevant"
 
I keep hearing about how few people use Vista ... but my bench at work keeps getting them..... just love having to tell someone please buy a new computer ......=\
 
I'm not a gamer(just a net browser) but the old core2duo-era HP laptop I'm using still runs Vista. Apparently, there was a window following the release of Windows 7 during which HP offered a free upgrade for Vista systems, but I didn't know about it so I missed the window and was permanently stuck with Vista. It wasn't a big deal for years, but I can no longer get Chrome updates. I've wanted a new system for a while, but I just keep putting it off another year.
 
I remember when Vista was out, people were asking me where I can get computers with XP installed.

Vista broke existing drivers, and those who had older peripherals were SOL because the manufacturers didn't want to spend the effort in updating drivers for legacy devices.
 
Dropping support for Vista but still supporting 7 reminds me of the companies that dropped support for Windows 2000 but continued to support XP.

The two are so similar, it makes you wonder what about it exactly wouldn't actually work on Vista.

Everyone I know who still used Vista any time in the recent past was able to temporarily upgrade to a "legit" version of Win7, and then immediately upgrade to a full legit version of 10 via the assistive technology upgrade path.
 
I thought it was OK... sorta it was the only way I could see all my memory with Vista x64. Xp 64 sucked for drivers just as much. I ended up selling my razer sound card because it wasnt properly supported by both. Plus Vista was stuck a memory hog. Things just work so much better nowadays.
 
I won't miss the dreaded "Display driver stopped responding and has recovered" error. While they still occur, I rarely saw them on Win7/8 and have yet to see one on Windows 10.
 
ZLoth said:
Vista broke existing drivers, and those who had older peripherals were SOL because the manufacturers didn't want to spend the effort in updating drivers for legacy devices.
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When XP was released, there were a bunch of things that weren't updated, too. I had a scanner that was a paperweight. No XP drivers were going to be made. Chucked it.

Vista was just as bad.

I loved Vista, but there was no reason to stay on it when Windows 7 came out. It was Vista 2.0. A better, more efficient version. Only reason to not upgrade was because you didn't want to spend the money.
 
Ur_Mom said:
I loved Vista, but there was no reason to stay on it when Windows 7 came out. It was Vista 2.0. A better, more efficient version. Only reason to not upgrade was because you didn't want to spend the money.
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Vista was a huge leap forward when it was launched from a security perspective. UAC is one of the most important developments in Windows security in modern times.

The launch was botched, as Microsoft didn't work as proactively with hardware vendors as the should have, resulting in poor driver support at launch.

Once SP1 was launched, Vista was essentially Windows 7 without DX11 and a different UI. No reason not to use it, unless you really wanted DX11 which wasn't necessary as there really weren't any DX11 titles at first.
 
Master_shake_ said:
TIL people think windows vista and 7 were different.
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7's kernel was compatible, but heavily modified under the hood to update old methodologies that weren't scaling well. For instance, most of the global locks were removed, the memory footprint was drastically reduced, etc.
 
I wish Uplay would get rid of Uplay. It is one of the worst (if not THE worst) nanny-drm systems.

Vista was rough when it came out, but after some service packs etc it was basically Windows 7. Why would anyone still be using it? Well, Vista wasn't eligible for the free Win 10 upgrade like 7 was. And if you had a legit license for Vista, why spend money on a newer version of the same thing?

Also, Vista gets a lot of hate because it had higher hardware requirements than XP did. So ancient crappy Pentium 2-233 mhz systems with 1GB of memory that ran XP ok would run Vista like dogshit. I think it was mostly a ram issue. I dunno, I skipped Vista except on my test bench.
 
Burticus said:
I wish Uplay would get rid of Uplay. It is one of the worst (if not THE worst) nanny-drm systems.
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My pet theory on UBISoft's Uplay and EA's Origin system..... it's so that their titles can be carried by retail. Why? Steam is effectively a competitor to the retailers, and has software from multiple companies. In contrast, Uplay and Origin is limited to UBISoft and EA titles, plus they don't have to pay a chunk of change for the Steam sale.
 
TheCommander said:
It was awful when it came out due to poor driver support amongst a few other things. It got much better and came to be decent with driver support and service packs.
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Anyone not on it by the time it got "good" probably waited out what little time was left until 7.
 
Just think everyone, in a couple more years Window 7 will be EOL and then everyone can say " Who is still on that old operating system?". I only had problems with Vista and Creative sound card drivers. It did finally force me to quit using sound cards, so maybe that is a plus.
 
I had purchased 2 Vista Ultimate licenses but never got around to installing them. Went from 98SE straight to Win7.
Still have the discs unused.
 
I've personally never had a problem with Uplay. I don't use it much but I do play Steep on PC, purchased through steam but. Wouldn't be able to play the game without it as far as I know. Digital rights allows me to reinstall it anywhere.

Agree with the fact that Vista did improve. It still needed more resources than it needed though. Glad to have moved off it. The Windows 7 I'm a PC campaign seemed to work well. Not so sure of the Windows 10 adware approach to upgrading but I've personally love Windows 10.

Looking forward to playing some Steep tonight.

What problems do people have with Uplay? just curious.
 
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