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I don't have Windows ME on bare metal right now to test this. However, on Windows ME running in Virtual PC, the behavior of "SCANDSKW" is similar, and the effect is quite good: This provides a clear demonstration of the change in write speed during disk surface scanning, where: "1" - when the SCANDSKW window is in the background; "2" - when the SCANDSKW window is active; "3" - when intensive mouse movements occur above the active SCANDSKW window.

I can run Final Fantasy VII Remake, but Final Fantasy VII Rebirth got fatal error and BulkLoad Demo crashed OS because they use DirectStorage. Although DirectStorage 1.1.0 or later fixed compatibility with Windows server 2016, it requires Turing or later NVIDIA GPUs and only Quadro RTX GPUs can work on 1607 without modification. I don't have a Quadro RTX card, so I don't know what will happen if I use Quadro RTX instead of GeForce RTX 4070. Anyway, this is another issue related to SetThreadDescription support on 1607. Besides, r530 only supports shader model up to 6.6 on 1607.

Here is version Alpha-013 which rearranges a lot of the codec init code and tries to init all the Line Outs no matter what. https://github.com/andrew-hoffman/WDMHDA/releases/tag/Alpha-013 My SFF with an ALC887 codec now produces some sound but it is garbled; small segments will keep looping until I do something that causes hard drive activity and then it will play a bit more into the buffer. It's possible that the interrupt is not firing or is being suppressed. The problematic system has most devices sharing IRQ 11.

I have the same problem, but I solved it this way - as soon as the system boots, I click mouse in the lower right corner of the desktop, the desktop is cleared of open windows (if there were any), after that I click again in the lower right corner of the desktop, everything is restored, and after that this problem disappears (until the next session). I do all this automatically when I log in.

It's not rocket science. The "views" on MSFN are cheated, rigged, manipulated. Meaningless, as even our mods point out. I agree with YOU, they are there for us members to read, they are supposed to tell us something. I'm telling you that they are *FAKE*. We have people (they know who they are) that visit the "profile" page to keep track of how many DECADES they have to go back to post a "like" they haven't yet posted. I can do the same. Four people live in this house. It isn't against forum rules for those other three people to register an account here and start viewing my profile daily and rack up their daily limit of "likes". Here, I'll show you. 100+ "views" in less than two minutes of my time. Just visit and refresh the page a few times. Notice that the count jumps TWO INCREMENTS for every ONE refresh. On a profile who is no longer an active member because he cannot log in due to email now required. "Auto Refresh" scripts are a piece of cake. I can "view" my profile once per minute for my 6hrs of sleep and return to a computer that "viewed" my profile FOUR THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TWENTY times. Well, not my profile (I disable the recent visitors), but how 'bout yours? Do you want FOUR THOUSAND "views" by the time I cook my breakfast? It appears that a logged in member view counts as two views and a not-logged-in view counts as one view. Before: After:

XP + Win7 + Q4OS in a convenient 3-boot setup here, on pc & notebook (and several backup disks)

Rigged? It's not election. Explain how it's "rigged" and why all those thousands of people create those views! Just for the sake of what? Especially if we assume D.Draker could care less, he's not currently present. And I agree with Monroe.

Fake a$$ b&llsh#t. Rigged b&llsh#t. "Stop the madness!"

It's a way to say thank you! Or you prefer paypal? @NotHereToPlayGames, I've examined your profile for the last two years. After D.Draker disappeared. you barely posted for a year, and I understand you, we all were, still are, and will be in a depression. But the year before that, also rather weak posting, not to count the endless off-topic posts filled with displeasure and disgust about other members' popularity, what's the explanation for that? A friendly advice, jealousy isn't a good thing, start making contributions to MSFN, you will get the feedback! As of now. you will still have zero views on your topics, even if they fix the counter. Take a look, while I was on holidays, D.Draker got another thousand of views, all despite being absent! Take example.

Here is a forum (first found via Google Search) that indicates this bug has been around since last March. https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/topic/482438-view-counts-missing-in-multiple-layouts-and-widgets/ Maybe that narrows it down for us.

If it doesn't mean anything, then why even display it? And would the membership herein start a new thread entitled "rep count missing"? Sure, "I'll shut up now".

Reputation count doesn't mean anything, it is just a button to click if you want. The only times such a system actually works is when positive rep is tied to something meaningful, like a question/answer system or feedback on sales. Topic views being 0 is certainly a bug. That has never been a setting for any version of IPS or any other forum software I've ever used.

i have a problem with StartAllBack, version 3.9.20 build 5345 with Windows 11 build 28000.1340 (also applies for all 28000 with all minor version) - i have multiple apps with multiple windows open. - when i do click (right of left) on desktop or an desktop icon or a space from desktop, all windows will be minimized. - i've verified if another apps can be the culprit, so i found the StartAllBack is the problem. - the bug is happening with dark magic enabled and dark magic disabled. - restarting explorer it fixes the issue for current sesion. rebooting it restores the bug.

There is Following service on this forum and pretty strange that author of thread with question(s) does not follow his thread.

Only just checked this thread again. This is excellent insight - thanks for the info. I'd always been curious about what this does, and now we finally have an answer.

No, an exception is the furthest I could get (if SystemFunction036 is disabled, I don't need to touch that) but FineSSE lacks any details. That's why I ask for FineSSE updates. Seems like Jumper is about to test Mypal68, only time will tell if he manages to figure out the cause of the issue.

Conversely, do you have something like a GUI on start of Mypal68??

Is your "App Readiness" service set to manual, auto, or disabled? Mine is set to manual but I do see your boot time delay on several HP Envy 360 (ie, here) et alia forums that all suggest to disable "App Readiness". My "App Readiness" is currently not running. I don't think I've ever seen it run. But it may run only during boot time when it wouldn't show in my System Informer processes.

I couldn't find anything "suspicious" in the extensions embedded "jQuery v1.12.2" (jquery-1.12.2.min.js) [cited in the article as the root cause]. The CDN that publishes these jQuery files is public - ie, here -- https://blog.jquery.com/2016/03/17/jquery-1-12-2-and-2-2-2-released/ The "v1.12.2" in the extension and the "v1.12.2" from the official blog are DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT. To be fair, this is my first comparison of an extension's jQuery to the blog's jQuery. But if the two files identify as the SAME VERSION, I certainly wouldn't expect so many DIFFERENCES.

Well. I changed the test computer to a different one. It had 32GB of ram instead of just 8GB. SSD remained the same. The first boot was very different. It took just 34 seconds to display the login screen. The difference was "preparing devices" message before login screen. The next boot was exactly the same as before and took 1m 40s. So the system skipped something during the first boot. After some poking around i turned off "Use my login information to automatically complete setting up my device after an update or restart". The result was, the login screen appeared after just 15s.

Interesting! These are actually quite easy to prevent! I never (and I do mean *NEVER*) install extensions via Chrome Web Store. It's sad that we have to jump through these hoops, but in the case of the discussed "Phantom Shuttle" extension (no longer available on CWS but still available at crx4chrome), it really is VERY EASY to prevent these types of telemetry. Whether you want to see if your extension is contacting AD SERVERS or whether you want to see if any TELEMETRY is being collected, it really is VERY EASY. This isn't some old-dog new-trick complexity either. Just drag-and-drop *ALL* .js files contained within the extension to Notepad++ then search-all for http:// (important to note that there is NO "S", search for http, not https). In the case of "Phantom Shuttle" (v3.1.9 was the one I tested, most recent on crx4chrome), there are TWENTY TWO of them. Some legit, others not. This isn't 1990! Generally speaking, NOTHING should ever be communicated on http versus https! The extension is doing this http traffic so that your browser doesn't throw a "certificate error". Extensions should *NEVER* need to communicate via http. Doesn't mean that the mere presence of http over https is a legit concern, but does show you what to watch for in your network traffic logs. Or, at minimum, a gauge for those that do not monitor such logs. It's not a tell-tale, but you learn over time just what to look for. I always (*always*) modify my extensions (ie, prevent phone-home auto-update checks, prevent visits to home page at install/uninstall, etc). Sad, but we do live in an age where you have to take some steps to safeguard yourself, the "nanny state" doesn't have your best interests in mind, they have their own agenda.

I am a "numbers person", a bit of a geek. TOPIC VIEWS, read counts, contribution counts, "reputation" - if we are not going to make them accurate and actually mean something to the reader, we are better off making them all zeroes. Yes, I am being the "thorn in the side" here, I see that. The TRUTH can be a thorn sometimes! To be perfectly honest and fair, @AstroSkipper *deserves* the "rep" that he was CARRIED ALONG during our Era of Scheming. But the other TWO that were "recipients" of this SCHEME ??? We all know that answer! Most of us are not blindsided by our own "favoritism". I'll shut up now... But only "for now"... As @Monroe has pointed out, things HAVE improved in the last three weeks or so. And maybe, JUST MAYBE, it *TOOK* the forum showing "zero topic views" to ACHIEVE the ***FAKE*** numbers not going up and up and up every single day. edit: proper "tags" to member names to mathematically count towards their "rep"

Just for reading ... not much of a chrome person. https://www.foxnews.com/tech/malicious-chrome-extensions-caught-stealing-sensitive-data Malicious Chrome extensions caught stealing sensitive data Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report / January 5, 2026 Chrome extensions are supposed to make your browser more useful, but they've quietly become one of the easiest ways for attackers to spy on what you do online. Security researchers recently uncovered two Chrome extensions that have been doing exactly that for years. These extensions looked like harmless proxy tools, but behind the scenes, they were hijacking traffic and stealing sensitive data from users who trusted them. What makes this case worse is where these extensions were found. Both were listed on Chrome's official extension marketplace. ... just adding, the comments at the bottom of the article page are many and interesting. They number around 393 at this time. They take a little time to load, that's why I did not see them when I first posted the article. ...

It's my own personal opinion that it was done intentionally so D.Draker's name and maybe a few others, would drop off the 'Popular Contributors' list in time ... which finally happened in the last three weeks, or so. I actually miss his name no longer on the list ... it was interesting watching his 'contributor count' go up and down. I hope I am wrong about the 'topic views' ... but since October nothing, lots of '0s' starting to show up. ...

There should be a non-SSE2 version of Mypal68 on the GitHub page, you could try running Serpent 52 (IA-32) version first to test Firefox 49 - 52 method then move on to Mypal.