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I also tested with uBlock Origin off, disabled, so it was not blocking anything, with no changes to cloudfare sites https://eztv.tf/home https://yts.gg/browse-movies/0/all/all/0/latest/0/en

SSUAOs are always strings. Delete cache, all related cookies and website settings. Disable temporarily uBO if you're using it.

Made these changes, even tried Ff78, still did not help. Does it need to be a STRING or BOOLEAN?

First and foremost = *personal preference*. I've stated here at MSFN *dozens upon dozens* of times over the years that there is never a "right answer" to the question of "what browser is better", it *always always ALWAYS* boils down to PERSONAL PREFERENCE. **ALWAYS** My hardware is not the same as yours, my OS is not the same as yours, etc etc etc. What I need for my browser to do is not the same as what you need your browser to do, etc etc etc. Just off the top of my head - I am down to only two computers still running XP. Both of them run x64, I've not ran a 32bit OS in over twenty years. Whether it is x64 versus x86 or whether it is how my XP is configured for "subpixel font rendering" or "smooth edges of fonts" or whether it is the graphics card or driver, the list is endless, but Supermium has *SEVERAL* areas within the GUI where the font is *CUT OFF* on the very left edge, the first 1/3 to 1/2 of the very first letter is INVISIBLE, the font is SHIFTED to the left. Discussions do suggest, however, that the FONT CUT OFF ISSUE has been fixed. No clue, I don't follow Supermium's development on a daily basis. I *do* keep CURRENT with Supermium as fas as always keeping the MOST RECENT version (as often as I can) on my VirtualBox VMs. And therein is one of my biggest issues with Supermium. It does not "behave" the same from inside a VM as it does on real hardware. From inside a VM, it is absolutely **USELESS**. Let it sit idle for so much as two tiny minutes and it LOCKS UP, has to be task-killed. But if you don't catch it fast enough, the CPU is pegged to the point where you CAN *NOT* task-kill, you have to shutdown the VM entirely and restart. I've used HUNDREDS (literally!) of browsers over the years. Supermium is the *ONLY* one I have ever encountered that behaves this way inside a VM. I'm a "patient man" for the most part and these LOCK UPS gets me so INFURTIATED at the computer that I want to pick it up and THROW IT OUT THE WINDOW. And it's not like Supermium does that "rarely", it does it EACH AND EVERY TIME that I let it sit idle inside a VM. But it's not like it's just inside a VM, it is TERRIBLE on REAL HARDWARE also. But yeah, *MY* hardware is *NOT* the same as yours, so you may not have the same experience. All that aside, the e3k-blah fork is WORLD REKNOWN. It is FAR more KNOWN around the world! To the point of other DEVELOPERS turn to IT for GUIDANCE. You see it on Firefox forks and Chrome/Chromium forks alike, "new developers" will reference e3k-blah OFTEN. When they are debugging BUG REPORTS, the DEVELOPER will ask "is this bug also present in e3k version?", they will *NEVER* ask "is this bug present in Supermium?" The e3k forks have a VASTLY SUPERIOR REPUTATION in the circles that I run. That buys "trust" in my book. I do *NOT* "trust" Supermium, it CRASHES my VMs far too often. You literally cannot PAY ME to run Supermium on a daily basis!

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The e3k-blah fork by FAR. You couldn't PAY ME to use Supermium! To each their own, of course. Browser preference is (and always has been!) a purely personal preference. There never will be any "one size fits all" browser.

Bingo. The mini_installer.exe file works fine after unpacking. thx. btw: I'm wondering which is better: supermium or the fork you suggested...

Of course, you’re welcome to mention Cauldron Filthcare. This service keeps everyone away from MSFN, doesn't matter whether a malicious bot, a member or a guest. That’s the ultimate in security for a website. Here is a nice example: Cloudflare challenge loops and their solution P.S.: First of all, it would rather be advisable to completely delete all bot accounts on MSFN. And there are thousands of them. They are easy to find. Then, at some point, and as a positive side effect, the MSFN statistics would once again reflect reality more accurately. This was about the bot accounts weeks ago: https://msfn.org/board/topic/187801-msfn-and-its-lack-of-search-results-in-google-bing-and-all-search-engines-depending-on-them/page/8/#findComment-1287893 But who cares anyway ...

ok so i was able to get patchmem /m to work in a late update phase, because the vmm.vxd file became present. it mentioned something about skipping vmm32.vxd due to no backup?, but i was able to patch vmm.vxd at least. while i was able to now set maxphyspage higher to as much as 44796, i could not get vbemp driver to load unless using like 30000 ( with 44796, it just went to a black screen ), and even then, when i did reboot, upon reaching desktop, windows complained on not having enough memory, and to quit one or more programs, which i found very odd, because i dont remember if i ever encountered this problem in perhaps a decade of testing win9x stuff. i tried vbemp as low as 10000, min/maxfilecache to 52224, no change for the ms dos problem, but was fixed by changing back to the standard vga display adapter driver. also for example using the following in my config.sys ( tested at least with maxphyspage=30000 ) prevented booting to windows, mentioning that initializing error relating to memory, needing to quit one or more programs. "DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /NUMHANDLES=62 /TESTMEM:OFF DOS=HIGH,UMB DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS", though the config.sys stuff i just referenced are more optional, i dont absolutely need them, it's more of a tweak. all in all, it seems to point to patch9x as the problem, and i haven't even tested patch9x on windows 98SE yet with or without patchmem, which i'd be doing soon. outside these things, other programs / functions were mostly ok, i was able to run for example hwinfo32 6.42, TaskInfo2002 v. 4.0.0.51, process explorer 8.52.

@Dave-H ; Would it be too much to ask if I kindly requested that ALL these recent OT posts about image-pasting+posting in the MSFN forum editor be moved to a topic of its own under: https://msfn.org/board/forum/23-site-amp-forum-issues/ ? This, practically dead, thread is not apt for such an issue, it'd be more visible in a "proper place", should other MSFN members with uBO configuration similar to NHTPG's experience the same predicament... Thanks!

Hi, I am new to all this building custom ISO stuff. I need Windows XP x64 for daily usage on semi-modern hardware fully updated for 2026 SATA + ACPI, so please Give me step-by-step instructions on what programs to use, files to integrate, etc etc.

The menu bar being deprecated is absolutely possible, but that means that I am at a loss right now on how to access those settings when I want the minimal look of the Win 7 command bar.

That paste was a test. So I can confirm it works if I *bypass* uBO (which I've never had to do before). So okay, yeah, I should have checked that first, I didn't isolate which list/rule is the culprit. But it is something with uBO preventing the pasted image from posting. No clue, at least I know I can do things the "easy way" (NO FILE HOSTING) and just copy/paste as long as uBO is temporarily bypassed.

Thanks @jumper it looks as if it's still working for you too. I will ask xper (he's on holiday at the moment) if he can suggest why it may not be working for some members.

Thanks @Tangy! Good to know that Panda seems to be OK for you as well now. Whether it will keep working on XP long-term remains to be seen, of course, but if you have a paid version, it seems to be about the only option for XP which includes real-time scanning, albeit online rather than local, plus a firewall and protection against dodgy websites. Let's hope it keeps going!

47KB image file Selected/Attached+Inserted: Image copied/pasted/auto-inserted as 237KB attachment: And manually inserted: End of post.

I've raised this with xper. Apparently it's bots attacking the server. Using something like (dare I say it) Cloudflare would probably prevent this, but that would cost a lot of money, which we haven't got. 😟

MSFN’s gone completely haywire and is now even posting multiple times. It’s been nothing but glitches for weeks.

Good news here about Panda Dome on Windows XP! Perhaps the appeal did have some effect after all, and many users have contacted support. Whether that’s a good thing or not, this news comes too late for me as I am using now Comodo Antivirus. It has a real offline scanner with a huge definitions database contrary to Panda.

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Hmm. I just tried pasting my image where your image should have been, and it seems to have worked! I'll need to consult xper about this.

The image DOES NOT POST. Despite being displayed in the "editor". That it how I've posted screencaps my entire history of being a member. It hasn't worked (for me) since when xper cleared out a bunch of fake accounts and whatever else he did back whenever that was. March? April? It was when all of the Google results and "siamese" or whatever language was hacking the "google index" or whatever it is called. The pasting into the editor hasn't worked for me ever since.

I type a message... I *paste* my image into the editor... ie, as I did just now, right here >>> It SHOWS IN THE EDITOR... I "Submit Reply"...

@NotHereToPlayGames That balloon picture was copied and pasted into the editor and seems to have posted fine. What actually happens when you try it? Does it not post at all, or does it post but without the image?