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I recently upgraded Win11 to the 2025-09 Update Preview (KB5065789/26100.6725). Since then I am having a problem with StartAllBack 3.9.15 (latest version). If I select Automatic Hiding of the enhanced classic taskbar, the taskbar hides as expected but a new set of taskbar icons appears under the 'real' taskbar, on a transparent background. The indicators for volume, antivirus, etc. on the right hand side are also duplicated. These extra taskbar buttons and indicators will not go away, and they are fully functional. The only solution that I have found is to disable an auto-hidden taskbar. This only happens on the main monitor; secondary taskbars work as expected -- i.e., they disappear when the mouse leaves their area with no leftover items behind the taskbar. I have uninstalled and reinstalled StartAllBack, but this did not change the problem. I have tried disabling the enhanced classic taskbar, restarting Explorer, then re-enabling the feature: this also did not change the problem. Has anyone else seen this? Is there a workaround?

Those devices might work since there is no discrete sound card or other multimedia device, but might not given that there is no official Server available and they haven't had to proof their drivers for it. You can see how the block C000 0000 to E1FF FFFF (256+256+32 MB) is reserved for video in addition to others. There seem to be two video cards active.

I'm looking for a Video Downloader that will also work on YouTube. The newer versions of popular video downloaders are restricted on YouTube, but I hope an older and XP capable version may not have that restriction.

Dude you can change the shortcuts hotkey easily in PowerTools. Writing this here is extremely lazy. At least take a look on YouTube. Bare minimum. + Yeah it's default is "Win+Shift+T". .

If it starts using more memory than it has and the OS has to constantly dump the excess into a swap file, then yes, this can cause it to run unstable. Increasing the available memory should fix this, because each tab will be able to use 2 GB of RAM.

This manifests itself in the fact that the time on the computer starts to rush. This occurs when working with relatively new versions of Chrome-based browsers, such as 360, Chromium 87, and Supermium. They constantly switch the timer mode from 1 to 16 ms, which causes the time to run ahead. This program switches the timer to continuous operation in 1 ms mode, so the time is correct.

Unlock and move it to monitor you need

Most locations the system counted as secure, safe, didn't get a captcha, only the word or similar, simple riddles. Mostly the ones that speak&spell in British English. I think, it's out of supervisor's control and was driven by a script.

Well, here's what I've got: I'm aware of those mods that get win-32 access to more than 4 gb, and how their success depends on the other drivers in the system - like the nvidia driver in this case? Nothing else in this system aside from Intel chipset driver. The only reason I'd like this system to have access to the most ram possible is because I keep a lot of tabs open in firefox and past a certain point the system becomes unstable. Is that something that more ram can fix?

Since when? I believe it's Win+Shift+T

you cannot "see". Its a feeling. Its similar to CRT times and setting monitor from 60hz to higher refresh rate. Some people didnt notice nothing.... other felt the screen more pleasant in that way

I'm not seeing the "advantage". What am I missing? Before/After comparison?

Million thanks!!! It was the program that I was looking for. Just a little tool to load at startup without interface!. Thanks for sharing pal!! It will run by default in all my XP machines since now

I use this: https://yadi.sk/d/KpTGDPITsNWn7w the program itself is in the Timer_Fix folder. Brief description: Timer_Fix program with source code written in Visual Studio 6.0. The program has no interface; after launch, it will set the system timer to a period of 1 ms and leave it unchanged. The program will remain in the processes until the OS is rebooted. For convenience, it is best to place this program in “Startup” and completely forget about the problem of time passing. No issues have been found with using this method.

You are true. Lets talk about some of these tools working on XP to set the timer resolution. Currently Im using this one https://timerresolution.net/#download anymore? (better without .Net requirements)

The SysWOW64 folder contains 32-bit files. Including the ntoskrnl.exe file.

I believe you can avoid all such updates by not updating the OS and instead installing Simplix updated pack (on OS with SP1).

These are Special Folders. Their locations probably depend on whether you login with a User Profile or not. Check the registry for each path string.

My setup is notebook on the left, two identical external displays to the right. I can use Windows' Display Settings to select the notebook as main display and StartAllBack acts correctly: It shows the tray icons and my configured custom toolbar folder on the notebook's toolbar. But if I make the middle display the "main display", then StartAllBack always treats the right display as "main". I even physically switched the monitors, but when II adjust the display order accordingly in Windows Display Settings, the bug is back. This screenshot shows the middle display and the left part of the rightmost display. (So there are two vertical taskbars at the right, the first one is from the main, middle display, the second one is from the rightmost (non-main) display.) If I switch "Use enhanced classic taskbar" off in the StartAllBack settings, the the default taskbar are correct.

Where does the kernel come from if Server R2 is only 64-bit?

If it were possible to fix it in the registry, they would have done so instead of creating a program. No, in XP, you cannot set a timer without third-party programs.

Or install fix128. It will install the kernel from Server 2008 R2, and the OS will see and use all available memory, i.e. 16 GB. However, not all drivers are compatible with the current PAE mode, so you need to check.

That depends on the devices you have plugged into your computer. Like a video adapter might map around 300 MB to it. Other PCI cards get some. The consumers can be found in the device manager (View -> Resourced by type, Memory). So you can only get more memory by not having a good video card, which is not fun. There is no 32-bit Windows Server anymore, so that is not a possible path. It is either Windows NT 6.1 x64, or, Server 2003/2008 with PAE (not R2 but "Vista").

I've upped the ram in my Dell 6420 from 4 to 16 gb (I might set up a 64-bit Win 7 on it some day) but for now I'm running Win-7 ultimate 32-bit and system properties is reporting 2.92 gb usable memory. I know it can't use all 4 gb but I've read where it should (?) be able to use a little more - maybe up to 3.5 gb ? What can I do to maximize that, bring it close to that 3.5 gb number ?

Technical Details : In case you are wondering, using regsvr32 on these dll files is not necessary ! You will get an error message if you manually try to do it.