CDU's 2025-09 Windows Vista Updated ISO

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Verdict:  Terrible!

Well, what do I say… This ISO is terrible. From broken codecs to broken TrustedInstaller, the only use for this ISO is to take stuff from it for your own ISO.

Pros:

• Uses a Windows 7 PE with Windows Vista’s setup so you can install it on real hardware without slipstreaming USB 3 drivers.
• Has the Winload/CI patch pre-integrated so all the driver patches will work without enabling Test Mode.
• Has the Drift patch pre-included (NTOSKRNL patch).
• Has NTOSKRNL progwrp included.
• Integrates Windows 10 build 1607 and Micron NVME drivers by default.
• Integrates some manufacturers’ Ethernet drivers by default.
• Has ACPI Wake Alarm driver pre-included.
• Has .NET Framework 4.6.2, Visual C++ up to 2022, DirectX and XNA pre-included.
• Has the latest updates (2025-09) for all the components (Powershell 3, Internet Explorer 9, .NET etc.).

Cons:

• Internet Explorer 9 is pre-included by default with no option to revert back to Internet Explorer 7.
• Some Ultimate Extras addons are pre-installed by default with no option to uninstall them (check the issues section for more info about this).
• Modifies system components for “cosmetics” (pre-includes some Vize icons and Vaporvance’s fixed folder icons), which doesn’t make this a vanilla up to date ISO.
• Includes unofficial patches by default which reinforces the point above.
• Has Hyper-V on by default which will cause problems with other hypervisor software.

Issues I discovered while using this ISO:

• TrustedInstaller is just broken on this ISO. Everything that relies on it will crash.
• SFC is broken due to TrustedInstaller being broken.
• slgmr /rearm will throw “Error: 0XC004D307: The maximum allowed number of re-arms has been exceeded.”
• sysprep.exe generalize will not work due to the same issue as above.
• “Turn Windows features on or off” is broken, so any features turned on by default cannot be turned off (e.g. Hyper-V cannot be turned off)
• Windows Dreamscene is pre-installed, but all the extra wallpapers were removed. Why even include it in the first place if you were just going to remove most of it?
• Windows Media Player 11 cannot play anything by default. WMA/WMV will refuse to play.
• The pre-included Ultimate Extras cannot be uninstalled, as they won’t show in “View installed updates”