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New build of basilisk/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rths.cf/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.1.win32-git-20181215-023af95ab-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rths.cf/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.1.win64-git-20181215-023af95ab-xpmod.7z diff: https://o.rths.cf/basilisk/UXP-xp-gitdiff-20181110.7z PM28XP build: Win32 https://o.rths.cf/palemoon/palemoon-28.3.0a1.win32-git-20181215-023af95ab-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rths.cf/palemoon/palemoon-28.3.0a1.win64-git-20181215-023af95ab-xpmod.7z Official repo changes since my last build: - Import Tycho weave client (0c47c83e1) - Update sync client for JS changes. (18473f184) - Update constants.js for array assignment. (04ebf989f) - Make Everything Work™ (eae3be4cf) - Fix error in locallyModified. (83e8906aa) - Teach Sync history engine about TRANSITION_RELOAD visit type. (a02c44648) - Merge branch 'master' into Sync-weave (579881ffb) - Merge branch 'master' into Sync-weave (26412bcab) - Pass exceptions directly to logger. (768a1b945) - Update constants. (bfc390405) - Prevent form sync error when there's nothing to sync. (ec3829bf7) - Merge branch 'master' into Sync-weave (088c3cf89) - Merge branch 'master' into Sync-weave (9a673b996) - Bump Weave client version (f85205515) - Remove FxaMigrator module (e156a64a5) - Remove healthreport telemetry module from Sync + tests (3d2dbf279) - Remove telemetry calls from sync (b3586bb4b) - Remove get/setFxAMigrationSentinel (c11450651) - Remove fxAccountsEnabled() (9c966a087) - TPS logging: use app name (07f9cb868) - Remove FxA BrowserIDManager auth (5ec8aef6c) - Fix status.js (1bfe172f7) - [BASILISK] Enable the "legacy" panels for the sync preferences. (c09487c09) - Restore missing broadcaster strings (11d1af7af) - [BASILISK] Make Basilisk front-end use Weave (caba7e406) - [BASILISK] Make CUI's PanelUI work with Weave. (aaaa4564b) - Revert "Restore missing broadcaster strings" (b4cc0a062) - Juggle some strings. (dd13d3ac4) - Remove Rust files from media gtests (d6867e583) - Remove files and comments related to MP4Reader (9ba2b33da) - Remove the old MP3FrameParser (eb6fdca18) - Remove separate MP3 name space (6b6a28ddb) - Move the MP3 code to it's own directory (8a9362ff0) - Add missing #include (45f442a2a) - Only disallow lazy frame construction for direct children of display: contents elements (96258a022) - Merge pull request #903 from trav90/issue900 (1fd53c96e) - Merge pull request #901 from trav90/code-cleanup (d01a5b10f) - Merge pull request #902 from trav90/media-work (fbbda481d) - Restore quota view/warnings to Basilisk. (5df97df2f) - Remove non-functional removal summary from quota dialog. (7d398710b) - Merge branch 'master' into Sync-weave (9697bfa68) - Update Dropbox UAO (5639e1ddd) - Clear weak pointers in VTT shutdown observers. (4f7e43113) - Clear weak pointers in FT2 font list shutdown observers. (67d5558f1) - Fix mistakingly flagged instructions. (f2d4bd1e3) - Merge pull request #898 from MoonchildProductions/Sync-weave (bc8a25f5e) - Use canonical function in TypeNewScript::rollbackPartiallyInitializedObjects. (42766ad06) - Root parameter dictionaries in AesTask::Init(). (195b9d878) - Restrict ExtractLinearSum to find non-wrapping results. (99b534f23) - Avoid useless FrameNeedsReflow call. (d2d004442) - Clear CanvasShutdownObserver::mCanvas when the canvas goes away. (a2638c7b2) - Bump Goanna version for layout code changes. (b62191e06) - Avoid overflow in nsPNGEncoder::WriteCallback. (e80c73602) - Prevent double free in mar_sign.c (2e69b03dd) - Do not report resource-timing subdocument loads triggered by that subdocument. (fea96b452) - Make HTMLOptionsCollection::mSelect into a strong reference. (023af95ab)

New Palemoon 27 Build! * This build is beyond official 27.9.4 build. 32bit https://o.rths.cf/palemoon/palemoon-27.9.1a1.win32-git-20181215-c581f09b3-xpmod.7z 32bit SSE https://o.rths.cf/palemoon/palemoon-27.9.1a1.win32-git-20181215-c581f09b3-xpmod-sse.7z 32bit noSSE https://o.rths.cf/palemoon/palemoon-27.9.1a1.win32-git-20181215-c581f09b3-xpmod-ia32.7z 64bit https://o.rths.cf/palemoon/palemoon-27.9.1a1.win64-git-20181215-c581f09b3-xpmod.7z source repo: https://github.com/roytam1/palemoon27 repo changes since my last build: - replace NSS with stock 3.36.6 and reapply VC2013 patch and follow nss patches: bug1449160, bug1451936, bug1453505, bug1460409, bug1463379, bug1464224, bug1464616, bug1464618, bug1464971, bug1465186, bug1465241 (d5ad11df8) - import changes from wicknix/Arctic-Fox: - new attributes useful for updates (332ff7f30) (partly applied) - do not use id as ivar, since it is a reserved Obj-C word and confuses the compiler (0ea1f06a8) - backport SnprintfLiteral from FireFox (f6a739f86) - upgrade libnestegg to FF 49 version and remove custom allocator (33aa4fca7) - complete nestegg update as per 84b4b7e346b8 (f389029cf) (8b697dad5) - import changes from wicknix/Arctic-Fox: - backport of Mozilla M1499028 (c60dccc45) - backport of mozilla fix M1510471 (3c5b4fb0e) (ce627dff6) - import changes from wicknix/Arctic-Fox: - best possible (for now) backport of Mozilla M1487964 (7f48c9cd3) - upgrade ContentPolicy to InternalContentPolicyType and ExternalContentPolicyType (61759ab90) (d8ef91cce) - import changes from wicknix/Arctic-Fox: - Backport of Mozilla Bug 1500759 - Root parameter dictionaries in AesTask::Init() r=keeler a=abillings (1cddfcec4) - Better scoping for code in IDBObjectStore::GetAddInfo. (bcfce71cb) - backport of Mozilla Bug 1507907 - null check result of CFDateFormatterCreate (a68b23bec) - backport of Mozilla Bug 1505181 - Use canonical function in TypeNewScript::rollbackPartiallyInitializedObjects (ffc7b3714) - Backport of Mozilla Bug 1506640 - Trace wrappers rooters during sweep phase (16af4fd05) - Backport Mozilla Bug 1245024 (b399b918f) - Backport mozilla Bug 1279303 - Implement change to O.getOwnPropertyDescriptors and update tests (314c7cc76) - Backport of mozilla Bug 1416774 - Ensure that imgRequestProxy::CancelAndForgetObserver removes itself from the cache validator + Some necessary other dependent backports (a0faf6ec4) - emable hasInstace among well known symbols (bfd9210d5) - add InstaceOfOperator (3c391b52c) - provide ReportValueError for newer code retaining for now js_ReportValueError (279617b0b) - backport of Mozilla Bug 1054906 - Implement ES6 Symbol.hasInstance (b778ff1d0) - add testfile for Bug 1278599 - Function[Symbol.hasInstance] should return false when called with a non-callable 'this' (782d21b60) - Mozilla backport Bug 1252228 - Fix heuristic in PropertyReadNeedsTypeBarrier to avoid bogus type information (2415d5ecf) - refactor js_ReportValueError to ReportValueError as FF code to better import patches, the actual function itself needs some updating (7029d375b) - Backport of Mozilla Bug 1492823 - Ensure user input suppression works correctly even after document.open. (e915368c5) - Backport of Mozilla bug 1496340 - make sure each nsISupports is an nsIX509Cert in nsNSSCertList::Read (45af216f3) - Backport of Mozilla Bug 1492524 (b0b14f5d4) - backport of mozilla Bug 1423278 - Correctly instantiate proxy authenticator with a lowercase schema (6acbed687) - Backport of mozilla Bug 1487098 - Reorder boolean expression to take advantage of short-circuiting (92ac69111) - Backport of Mozilla Bug 1493347: Drop DataChannelListener on Destroy() (2469aad46) - first add _setCanonicalName and then apply Mozilla Bug Bug 1236638 - Add JSFunction::setAtom and use it in _SetCanonicalName intrinsic to fire the pre-barrier (3405e66a5) - Backport of Mozilla Bug 1226762 - Add support for getting original builtin constructors and prototypes in self-hosted code. (a67be4304) (b75f004e8) - update Twemoji font to v11.2 based build. (c581f09b3)

Maybe disable DPI scaling system-wide: Right-click desktop -> Personalize -> Adjust Font Size (DPI). Google "Vista DPI scaling" for more.

That option is only available in Windows 10... Looks like Steam Support just gave you a generic answer.

New regular/weekly KM-Goanna release: https://o.rths.cf/kmeleon/KM-Goanna-20181215.7z Changelog: Out-of-tree changes: * replaced download manager component in browser\omni.ja with PM27's one * update Goanna3 to git a6bf60af2..c581f09b3 - replace NSS with stock 3.36.6 and reapply VC2013 patch and follow nss patches: bug1449160, bug1451936, bug1453505, bug1460409, bug1463379, bug1464224, bug1464616, bug1464618, bug1464971, bug1465186, bug1465241 (d5ad11df8) - import changes from wicknix/Arctic-Fox: - new attributes useful for updates (332ff7f30) (partly applied) - do not use id as ivar, since it is a reserved Obj-C word and confuses the compiler (0ea1f06a8) - backport SnprintfLiteral from FireFox (f6a739f86) - upgrade libnestegg to FF 49 version and remove custom allocator (33aa4fca7) - complete nestegg update as per 84b4b7e346b8 (f389029cf) (8b697dad5) - import changes from wicknix/Arctic-Fox: - backport of Mozilla M1499028 (c60dccc45) - backport of mozilla fix M1510471 (3c5b4fb0e) (ce627dff6) - import changes from wicknix/Arctic-Fox: - best possible (for now) backport of Mozilla M1487964 (7f48c9cd3) - upgrade ContentPolicy to InternalContentPolicyType and ExternalContentPolicyType (61759ab90) (d8ef91cce) - import changes from wicknix/Arctic-Fox: - Backport of Mozilla Bug 1500759 - Root parameter dictionaries in AesTask::Init() r=keeler a=abillings (1cddfcec4) - Better scoping for code in IDBObjectStore::GetAddInfo. (bcfce71cb) - backport of Mozilla Bug 1507907 - null check result of CFDateFormatterCreate (a68b23bec) - backport of Mozilla Bug 1505181 - Use canonical function in TypeNewScript::rollbackPartiallyInitializedObjects (ffc7b3714) - Backport of Mozilla Bug 1506640 - Trace wrappers rooters during sweep phase (16af4fd05) - Backport Mozilla Bug 1245024 (b399b918f) - Backport mozilla Bug 1279303 - Implement change to O.getOwnPropertyDescriptors and update tests (314c7cc76) - Backport of mozilla Bug 1416774 - Ensure that imgRequestProxy::CancelAndForgetObserver removes itself from the cache validator + Some necessary other dependent backports (a0faf6ec4) - emable hasInstace among well known symbols (bfd9210d5) - add InstaceOfOperator (3c391b52c) - provide ReportValueError for newer code retaining for now js_ReportValueError (279617b0b) - backport of Mozilla Bug 1054906 - Implement ES6 Symbol.hasInstance (b778ff1d0) - add testfile for Bug 1278599 - Function[Symbol.hasInstance] should return false when called with a non-callable 'this' (782d21b60) - Mozilla backport Bug 1252228 - Fix heuristic in PropertyReadNeedsTypeBarrier to avoid bogus type information (2415d5ecf) - refactor js_ReportValueError to ReportValueError as FF code to better import patches, the actual function itself needs some updating (7029d375b) - Backport of Mozilla Bug 1492823 - Ensure user input suppression works correctly even after document.open. (e915368c5) - Backport of Mozilla bug 1496340 - make sure each nsISupports is an nsIX509Cert in nsNSSCertList::Read (45af216f3) - Backport of Mozilla Bug 1492524 (b0b14f5d4) - backport of mozilla Bug 1423278 - Correctly instantiate proxy authenticator with a lowercase schema (6acbed687) - Backport of mozilla Bug 1487098 - Reorder boolean expression to take advantage of short-circuiting (92ac69111) - Backport of Mozilla Bug 1493347: Drop DataChannelListener on Destroy() (2469aad46) - first add _setCanonicalName and then apply Mozilla Bug Bug 1236638 - Add JSFunction::setAtom and use it in _SetCanonicalName intrinsic to fire the pre-barrier (3405e66a5) - Backport of Mozilla Bug 1226762 - Add support for getting original builtin constructors and prototypes in self-hosted code. (a67be4304) (b75f004e8) - update Twemoji font to v11.2 based build. (c581f09b3) * Notice: the changelog above may not always applicable to XULRunner code which K-Meleon uses.

New build of BOC/UXP for XP! Test binary: MailNews Win32 https://o.rths.cf/boc-uxp/mailnews.win32-20181215-659730c-uxp-023af95ab-xpmod.7z Browser-only Suite Win32 (removed due to request) source patch (excluding UXP): (removed due to request) Official repo changes since my last build: - [MAIL] Set the compatible by default preference to 1.0 (9cd86cd) - [PLATFORM] Update commit pointer (bf281e3) - Commit basis for extrunner (4b38c79) - [PLATFORM] Update commit pointer (1c4c5f4) - [MAIL] Make the blocklist marginally easier to deal with (c6ecf6e) - [MAIL] Not our job to be a CA (c21540f) - Issue #55 - Reset the UI Language and Disable all langpacks via UI Version (4eea320) - [MAIL] Update Blocklist regex for langpacks (99bf1da) - [MAIL] Add blocklist URL (659730c) For UXP changes please see above.

Exactly. @someguy25 I've been using Linux for years and I can say that some things just don't work. I'm using Fedora on my laptop 'cause it came with Windows 10 out of the box, I gave it a shot and I didn't like it. I've been using Arch Linux since 2005 as dual boot on my desktop, but when I purchased my new laptop in 2016 I had to install Fedora 'cause it needed the very latest kernel and drivers to work. Unfortunately, because Fedora receives constant updates and it's a sort of "preview/unofficial beta" of RHEL, things can break... and pretty badly. I had configuration files corrupted during the upgrade process due to a bug in dnf, I had programmes not running on Wayland, but running in xorg, I've been dealing with tearing due to a different refresh rate of the monitor and GPU, I had my computer failing to boot due to bbswitch waiting for the GPU to announce its state without ever getting a response, I had several issues with NVIDIA drivers including the official ones, negativo's modded ones, nouveau, implementations like bumblebee and optimus never really worked, and many many others issues. I mean, Linux is great, it's open source and there are many different distributions, but you have to accept that things might not work and there's nothing you can do about it, other than spending time reporting it with the automatic bug reporter, attach the logs, and either wait for someone to care and fix it, or dig deep in the programme/component/dependency affected, try to fix it yourself and then eventually commit the change. (And keep in mind that nowadays, Linux is much more user friendly than it used to be many years ago).

Linux isn't too much better. Some software will NOT run if you're not using the latest distro. Some software requires massive libs. Some software is 64bit only. For the most part you should get the basics out of it...

It's not surprising that Micro$oft used their purchase of Skype to "proprietize" it so that only they could release working Skype clients. As you say, that means more $ for them. And of course it's not surprising that after a major protocol change requiring updated clients, M$ isn't going to back-port the updated Skype client to OSes like XP they don't support any more. Just a little more pressure on us XP diehards to fork more $ over to them to upgrade to W10. (I suspect they'll be waiting a while for that from most of us. I'll switch to W7, or even W8.1 and its dreaded Metro interface, if I have to - but the day I have to upgrade to W10 will be the day I move to Linux.) I'm sure in a year or two, after W7 support ends, M$ will change the Skype protocol yet again and announce EOS for Skype 8 - and of course Skype 9 won't run on W7.... Similarly, Skype 10 will require W10 and won't run on W8.1, and all M$'s version numbers will finally be in sync....

I was recently on a tour to Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant and saw some PCs running XP

No political subtext was meant when I wrote my reply. I may not be American, but their political squabbles can be heard and seen all around globe, so let's keep it tech only.

I got it to work! I dug deeper into PowerStrip's settings and found a feature that lets me add a custom resolution. I added the 1440x900, rebooted, and was able to select it in the display properties. I'm curious as to what PowerStrip did to the registry to add the resolution, because I tried everything I could think of. Is the fact that I'm using a TV relevant? As far as I know, it functions just like any ordinary LCD monitor, just that it also has TV inputs. My VGA cable does support EDID, if that's what you mean.

The driver is already present on XP, but the INF file to set it up is only included out-of-the-box on Vista+. Copy this to Notepad, name the file wceisvista.inf and save to C:\Windows\INF: ; ; Remote NDIS based Internet Sharing device Setup File ; Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation ; ; WceIsVista.INF -- This is the inf installation script for ; RNDIS-over-USB host driver for Intenet Sharing device. ; [Version] Signature = "$Windows NT$" Class = Net ClassGUID = {4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} Provider = %Microsoft% DriverVer=06/21/2006,6.0.6000.16386 [Manufacturer] %Microsoft% = WindowsCeDevices,NTx86,NTamd64 [WindowsCeDevices.NTx86] %WindowsCeDevice% = RNDIS.NT.5.1, USB\Class_E0&SubClass_01&Prot_03 [WindowsCeDevices.NTamd64] %WindowsCeDevice% = RNDIS.NT.5.1, USB\Class_E0&SubClass_01&Prot_03 [ControlFlags] ExcludeFromSelect=* ; Windows LH specific sections ----------------------------------- [RNDIS.NT.5.1] Characteristics = 0x84 ; NCF_PHYSICAL + NCF_HAS_UI BusType = 15 include = netrndis.inf needs = Usb_Rndis.ndi [RNDIS.NT.5.1.Services] include = netrndis.inf needs = Usb_Rndis.ndi.Services ; no sys copyfiles - the sys files are already in place [Strings] Microsoft = "Microsoft Corporation" WindowsCeDevice = "Remote NDIS based Internet Sharing Device" Then try to get Device Manager to install it. If all goes well, it'll only complain about unsigned driver.