Steam customers who use devices with the operating systems Windows XP or Windows Vista cannot run the Steam client anymore on these devices starting today . Valve Software revealed in mid 2018 that it would end support for the two Microsoft operating systems on January 1, 2019.
One question we ran across in our research was “What happened to Windows Vista support for steam?”.
Vista support has been dropped with the start of the year. The Steam client no longer works under Vista and requires at least Windows 7. Time to get a less ancient OS. This is by design and can not be fixed due to Chromium.
In order to continue to use Steam you must upgrade to at least Windows 7 or higher. Windows 7 Support by Microsoft ends later this year . Given how XP / Vista support ended in 2014, we can probably expect Valve to support Steam for Windows 7 until 2024, give or take a bit, and WIndows 8.1 will likely die with 7.
You should be wondering “Why can’t I run Steam on Windows 10 anymore?”
Valve notes that Steam won’t run anymore on those versions of Windows and that users who want to “continue running Steam and any games or other products purchases through Steam”, need to “update to a more recent version of Windows”.
Can I still use my Windows Vista laptop?
Of source, your computer can still work on Windows Vista but it is not safe and vulnerable to viruses and malware since Microsoft stopped the release of security updates in 2017.
The best way to upgrade Windows Vista to Windows 10 is to start fresh with a clean installation, which you can do with the following steps : Download the Windows 10 ISO from the Microsoft support site.
What is the latest version of Windows Vista?
Now, the latest operating system is Windows 10. Due to some reasons, Microsoft ended the mainstream support for Vista on April 10, 2012, and stopped the extended support on April 11, 2017. This means Microsoft won’t provide any kind of support and your machine no longer receives any more maintenance like security and performance updates.
How to install Windows Vista from a flash drive?
Clean Install Windows Vista 1 Restart your computer and then press a specific key to enter BIOS. Tip: Depending on different computers, the key you 2 In BIOS, go to configure the PC to boot from the bootable USB flash drive. 3 Configure the language, time and currency format and keyboard. 4 In the new window, click Install now.