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Yeah, it was a good read. Currently available in webarchive: https://web.archive.org/web/20250401024102/https://www.geocities.ws/siliconvalley/2072/whyxpbad.htm I remember those days. I was a very late adopter of XP (2003 or so), because 98 had at the time most of what I needed except (towards the end) stability. I gave up on 98 when I got to this forum. XP vanilla was indeed bad, but nlited and properly tweaked it was/is like the old 98, only more stable with and capable of running more "modern" apps (software at the time).

Been that way for a LONG time. I haven't wasted time altering a UA string for almost TWO YEARS. Sure, they often times still work, but that is OLD SCHOOL and we (all) should be learning the NEW SCHOOL methods and not hold ourselves back by not looking outside that old-school-box.

... No, they don't ; Discourse are serving a browser-feature detection script (believe it or not, this is actually the recommended way to probe a browser engine, rather than blindly block it based on its UA string) and they're looking for these features: https://arkshine.github.io/discourse-features-test/ (NB: Their announcement was recently edited to also cover "import maps" (Cr89+, Fx108+)) In a nutshell, they're dropping support for Win7/8.1 , where the last Cr and Fx supported versions are 109 and 115esr, respectively... ... Please do ; the posted custom filter blocks Discourse's browser-checking script, so your browser (FxESR-115) will be served the full-blown variant of the Discourse-based forum of interest; please be aware that while this hack currently works, it's not future proof; in, say, 6 months' time, one of the browser features they're checking for might end up in production, hence one (or more) forum function might break, to some extent ... That's the way to go , though it doesn't offer any additional clue as to why all but one of your existing logins were mysteriously removed ... Glad to know and... you're welcome ... Saluti !

There's also an article <LINK> that talks about XP being a mess(not by David Cutler). Of course, it's NOTHING compared 'modern' Windows...

First, thanks for all the replies. > VistaLover: firefox 115.27.0ESR (it say it's updated) Yes, i have ublock origin, will try also this system, but already tried agent spoofers and they don't work. r3dfox 140.0.4 (64bit) No, i have not transplanted or migrated the user profile from firefox to r3dfox, just started r3dfox "as new" And yes, that procedure worked and now the passwords are back, thanks.

You only use the /s or /f option on GPT disk partition layout. You cannot make a partition active on a GPT disk.

So, Firefox 115 got extended again. The EOL is set to be February 2026 (when NT 6.0 and 6.1 are really dead) https://whattrainisitnow.com/calendar/ Interestingly, FF115 outlived FF128. Mozilla could have supported Windows 7 and 8.1 up to 128 from the start.

ok next besides assembly would be c++, windows drivers, physical harddrive knowledge and how its programmed to (not engine/api like createfile and writefile or script like "copyfile c:\a.txt c:\b.txt) to write this to a windows xp driver you also have to have knowledge about pe headers sections, relocs ect.

The mu v6 web page got into a click infinite loop and can't get updates in the end.

You are right my friend, I have a lot to learn, I wanted to highlight this because it will fix the problem with the 2 To limit with GPT . @Dietmar@dotexe1337@Damnationare you interested ?

It's still not consistently rolled out with latest Win11 updates afaik.

Works like a charm. I had to reinstall KB5064081 first, which brought the problem back. After installing this version the problem is gone. Thanks for the blazing fast support!

I have two laptops, one with Windows 11 Pro and the other with Windows 11 Home. StartAllBack. On the one with Windows 11 Home, the battery percentage display (new icons) does not work. How can I fix this?

Unfortunately, yes. Please test https://startisback.com/StartAllBack_setup.exe

After installing KB5064081 my taskbar toolbars are not working any more. This happens on two PCs running Windows 11 24H2 Build 26100.5074 with StartAllback 3.9.14. When clicking the two arrows they simple do not unfold anymore: Adding any folders as toolbars will crash the taskbar completely. Any chance to get them back?

I have two laptops, one with Windows 11 Pro and the other with Windows 11 Home. StartAllBack. On the one with Windows 11 Home, the battery percentage display (new icons) does not work. How can I fix this?

While I was on the web trying to get a piece of code to work for %%i in (A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do ( if exist "%%i:\fartyname.txt" set usbletter=%%i ) Dism /apply-image /imagefile:%usbletter%:\sources\install.wim /index:6 /ApplyDir:C:\ bcdboot c:\windows /s S: /f all I keep getting an error that seems to point to the [S:] https://commandmasters.com/commands/bcdboot-windows/: /s S:: Denotes the system partition where the boot files should be installed. Is this where the boot file are copied or where they are Originated? /f all: This argument instructs bcdboot to prepare the boot files to support UEFI firmware type. C:\Windows: Again, this specifies the Windows directory from which to copy the required boot files. Should this be where they are originally [C:\Windows]? Should the S: Partition be active?? John

glad to see this problem resolved, even if the reason i needed an account is no longer relevant. still, better to have made an account now than to potentially have issues making one later, though i don't see recaptcha going down any time soon.

@mjd79 I never do this but I had to create an account here just to say thank you! Amazing work, you rock!

@Karla Sleutel What kind of technical knowledge do you have that lets you dismiss this serious issue with a "the user could be from a troublesome location"? You clearly haven’t, because if you had, you would have immediately discovered that the registration process is broken due to the captcha missing. The captcha provider (KeyCaptcha) has shut down their service. Instead, you chose to derail the discussion by nitpicking something that wasn’t even a mistake. And your claim about Europeans being taught only British English is downright absurd. I know plenty of people who are neither British nor American and still use American English and its spelling. Anyway, thanks to everyone who actually helped resolve this issue.

First, welcome to the MSFN forums ; I take it you are using FirefoxESR-115, now on v115.27.0esr, supposedly to be EoL'ed on Win7/8.1 with the next, last, release v115.28.0esr ... Do you, by any chance, have uBlock Origin installed in your FxESR-115 profile? If yes, there's a way you can continue accessing the full version of Discourse-based forums in FxESR-115; read this post ; basically, you'd have to create below custom filter: ! Discourse-based forums ||*/browser-detect-$script,important uBO -> dashboard -> My Filters -> add above code -> Apply changes (header of tab) -> exit dashboard then delete discourse-forum cookies (for good measure) and reload the forum page... Can you please be more specific? Which version is that exactly? Help -> About r3dfox -> ? r3dfox has recently moved into a new GitHub repo, with new Releases section ... I'll assume you currently are in v140.0.4 (not the latest, BTW) ... Did you just transplant/migrate your full FxESR-115 profile to r3dfox-140 ? Although r3dfox is Firefox-based, such big jumps between major versions are prone to profile corruption ... I would advise you start from a clean redfox profile and then, progressively, tailor it to your own needs (settings, extensions, importing bookmarks from FxESR-115, etc.) ... In FxESR-115, load about:logins (Password Manager); click the 3-dot-button (top-right) and you should see a context option to "Export Passwords"; this will save ALL your login credentials to a CSV file; via a similar, but now reverse, procedure, you can import this CSV file to r3dfox and have all your passwords restored! (Take good care of that CSV file, as it contains the passwords in unencrypted, human-readable, form). Best regards ...

Not "exactly" what you are looking for, but a far superior (IMHO) method of password management - https://webextension.org/listing/autofill-forms.html

Thanks. It work at virtual WinXP but i haven't access to real WinXP on AMD AthlonXP 2000+ (without SSE2). I'll check it when I have the chance Best regards

Hi, sorry but i don't have a github account. I'm using r3dfox from 10 days now (basically cause the idiocy of discourse team that made all the technical forums i folow unusable with their last "so-called-upgrade") , and have found something that can be a bug, but i'm not sure. Til yesterday, all was good, today i found that all the passwords i had stored in the r3dfox (around 20 sites) are gone (deleted, disappeared) except one, and i don't know why. I'm using also firefox, for other sites, on windows 7 pro 64 (not together, i open one or the other based on what site i have to connect), i'm using it from 3 years now, and never lost a password on it, this happened only on r3dfox. (and no, ofcourse i don't have deleted them myself) Can be a bug, something on firefox that influenced r3dfox, or something other ? Also, there is a way for copy all the credentials from firefox to r3dfox, so if this happens again, i can manage it ? Thanks in advance for any reply. Regards.