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Hey guys, I put together an installer for Roy's browsers. It checks a file on my server to see the latest version (keeping that updated shouldn't be an issue for me) and then it downloads the latest browser version from roys site and installs it. Currently it supports Basilisk (x86 and x64), and New Moon (x86 and x64). Tested OSes with the installer include XP and Vista (both x86 and x64 editions) Other builds are not currently supported due to the sometimes irregular build interval http://i430vx.strangled.net/files/XP/RoyTam Browser Installer.exe If you find any bugs, LMK Thanks for @WinClient5270 for noticing that you must have the visual basic runtime installed first for the installer to work. (Install VC Redist 2008 from Microsoft)

StartIsBack++ 2.8 release imminent http://www.startisback.com/StartIsBackPlusPlus_setup.exe

Although this could go in the "browsers" thread, I didn't want this to get buried in the many pages of that thread. After some detective work, I've located Firefox 52.9.1 ESR buried on Mozilla's servers and confirmed it works on Windows XP. The 52.9.0 version is dated 25-JUN-2018 while the 52.9.1 version is dated 06-SEP-2018. The links are https://download-origin.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/tinderbox-builds/mozilla-esr52-win32/1536215521/firefox-52.9.1.en-US.win32.installer.exe and alternate link is https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/tinderbox-builds/mozilla-esr52-win32/1536215521/firefox-52.9.1.en-US.win32.installer.exe. I've also added it to my FTP: http://sdfox7.com/xp/sp3/EOL/firefox-52.9.1.en-US.win32.installer.exe I'm not sure why Mozilla didn't make this release public, but ENJOY! Note that I don't use XP 64 bit but I would expect the same results.

Thank you. Many years ago I began archiving MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, and Windows 95 resources that in my opinion were increasingly becoming endangered but that were of historical significance. I eventually uploaded these online in 2011 as many of these resources are extremely rare and cannot be replaced. Having this stuff backed up with server redundancies and failover is a safer method of preservation. Some of the original links online for this softwareare dead (even with the wayBack Machine) which is where my site comes into play. I didn't want my physical media to be the only source, particularly since physical media tends to degrade over time. That gradually grew into numerous directories for NT 4.0, 98, 2000, and XP. I generally skipped ME and Vista as I was not fond of either OS. I think that people should have complete unfettered freedom to use the software they know and love. If it does the job it was intended to do, it's not obsolete. I don't think people should be forced along by "planned obsolescence" or by corporations whose interest is to make money.

Your repository is the best XP resource out there

Yes, this past birthday I officially got closer to middle age.

NOT strictly Windows 10 related, still IMHO - more than preoccupying - terrifying: https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2019/02/what-queries-does-microsofts-telemetry-service-run-on-your-sql-server/ jaclaz

Actually you don't want a " too soft" eraser. You want a (very mildly) abrasive one, the best being one of those (that you can find not easily anymore anywhere ) round "wheel" ones once used for typewriters. This sort: https://contrapuntalism.blog/2016/01/21/faber-circular-erasers/ traditionally the white ones are softer/intended for pencils, whilst the red and blue ones are a bit stiffer and more abrasive (intended for ink/typewriter), Nowadays the more suitable ones are this kind of bicolour ones: http://www.foxystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/187040_1.jpg and you want to use first the blue side and then the softer pink/red side. jaclaz

Actually I think the fault is in neither Eudora nor IE, but in the email! When I open your original email file in IE8, it does display quickly, but if you look at the bottom, there's a "progress bar" showing that it's still trying to download "something." Eventually that process times out, and the font changes somewhat (apparently from Arial to Sky's font). It looks to me like the difference is simply that Eudora waits for IE8's engine to finish rendering the file before it displays it, while IE8 itself displays a "draft" while it waits. It's probably a rather minor difference in how Eudora and IE8 call mshtml.dll (the Trident rendering engine). In the original (unedited) email, there's a second style sheet at the bottom that contains protocol-relative URLs: an @import rule to bring in toolkit.css (which is redundant because it was brought in at the top of the email already), and two @font-face rules that try to download the font files (which are also redundant because toolkit.css already does that). This second style sheet is thus totally redundant and unnecessary, but it appears to be where IE and (probably) Eudora run into trouble. The problem is, the email file was loaded from disk, not downloaded from the Internet, so the protocol IE tries to use is "file://". I (finally) found an explanation of what's going on at Wikipedia. Most of us have seen the file: protocol used with three slashes, to load a file from our own PC into the browser. But there's another, seldom-used variation: "file://hostname/share/path/to/file". The protocol-relative URLs get turned into this variation, so IE interprets www.sky.com and helpforum.sky.com as local network hosts and tries to download files from them using SMB or some such instead of https:. (I suspected this was what was happening last night, but wasn't sure until I did a lot more research today.) The good news is that protocol-relative URLs should become less common as https: becomes more and more standard for all web requests. There's less and less need for URLs that will work with either http: or https:. So I don't think you'll see this problem get worse over time.

First make sure to clean with a soft eraser the golden pins of all RAM boards and also clean the RAM receptacles on MB with a brush and latter pressurized air. If this doesn't fix the problem and as you said you have been using that PC since 2009, it is now 10 years old, so my best guess is: there are internal failures on some or all components (MB and RAM), wich are more evident when they are hot. Anyway if you don't find the source of the failure, only final solution is build a new PC, if you as me prefer to install Win7 on your new rig I recommend to see this thread. alacran

Hi Dclem and ojt_1998.... Having a hard time believing that Roffen is really interested in any help he gets.... He is on two threads this one that I started way back when and this one... @Roffen If you are going to post then respond with comments that let us know that we are being acknowledged for giving advice.... Just want some clarity... *Roffen I am sorry if I have been a little harsh... Learning computers is a pain at the best of times and as I run a business helping lots of pensioners....should be a bit kinder to you....I would like you to write a post and then sort of answer if anything we suggests helps you so we know how to proceed.... Please don't be put off by a grumpy old git like me....lol bookie32

This picture belongs to a friend of mine, Domenico, who lives in Italy (unfortunately) 'cause he didn't want to move. Anyway, he was at the UCI Cinema in "Parco Leonardo" the other day to watch a movie and he found out that they are running XP: My friends know that I love XP, so whenever they spot it, they send me their pictures, I credit them and post them here.

Beta channel for Adobe Flash Player has been updated to 32.0.0.132 and is confirmed working on Windows XP SP3. https://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer.html Mozilla Firefox (NPAPI) and Google Chrome 44 and older: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashruntimes/flashplayer/install_flash_player.exe Internet Explorer: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashruntimes/flashplayer/install_flash_player_ax.exe Google Chrome 45 and newer: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashruntimes/flashplayer/install_flash_player_ppapi.exe Uninstaller: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashruntimes/flashplayer/uninstall_flash_player.exe

I did not find in other languages, will the language pack work? https://download-origin.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/tinderbox-builds/mozilla-esr52-win32/1536215521/firefox-52.9.1.en-US.langpack.xpi

I've had this little program sitting on my computer for years ... never really used it and forgot about it. Thought this might be of interest to Windows XP users. I have been lucky in not having any 'viral infections' for many years (many) and I have backups ... so I just forgot about this small program. In case anyone is interested ... XP EmergencyUtils http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_emerutils.htm Fix Windows XP Help xp_emegencyutil.exe - Creates usable copies of REGEDIT, MSCONFIG and Task Manager v1.2 - 07/26/2004 - Doug Knox Operating Systems: Windows® XP and Windows® Server 2003 only. Requires VB 6 Runtime Libraries, included in Windows® XP. This small VB 6 utility will create a usable backup copy of Taskmgr.exe, MSConfig.exe and Regedit.EXE in a new folder, called C:\EmergencyUtils. The new copies will be named Copy_of_Taskmgr.exe, Copy_of_MSConfig.exe and Copy_of_Regedit.com. These programs are extremely helpful and usually necessary in helping to rid your computer of a viral infection. Many virus programs will intercept these programs, based on their original file name and prevent them from running. The alternate copies will not encounter this problem. Simply navigate to the C:\EmergencyUtils folder and double click the file you need to run. To use: Download the xp_emergencyutil.zip file and save it to your hard drive. Double-click the xp_emergencyutil.zip file and extract xp_emergencyutil.exe to your hard disk. To run the EXE just double click it, there is no installer. You will have the option of running the programs automatically, after the copies are created. NOTE: Your antivirus software may warn of a potentially malicious script. This is normal, as the Windows Scripting Host is used to create the "copies" of these three utilities. ...

Just a reminder I've saved both files here: the "unofficially supported" 7.38.0.101 and the "last officially supported" 7.36.0.150. The Skype website link for the 7.36.0.150 is still active at this time. The 7.36.x is signed May 2017 while the 7.38.x is signed June 2017.

Remember that spoofing only will cause the site to make available code specific to the browser you are identifying as. It all depends on how the site is written. Identifying as another browser or application does not magically give your browser the ability to do the things the other software is capable of. If they are adding some code that doesn't work in older versions of Firefox, even if they don't put in a version checker, the page may not work properly because your version can't execute the code. As noted, it is impossible to tell what the results will be until that site updates their site, only then would you know if changing your user agent will make the page work or not.

Rather surprising, since Silverlight is basically a dead technology and the last update was nearly 2 years ago. If you use Netflix in Google Chrome or Firefox on Windows XP, it will use HTML5. But thanks for the update, I'll upload it to my FTP. It's humorous that the digital signature shows October 23 and it is just being released now! The Microsoft link is https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=57768. The direct download link is https://download.microsoft.com/download/D/D/F/DDF23DF4-0186-495D-AA35-C93569204409/50918.00/Silverlight.exe. I've also added it to my FTP: http://sdfox7.com/xp/sp3/EOL/Silverlight5.1.50918.exe

The k-lite codec pack makes the decoders like LAV available to the system by letting it handling the decoding. This way, every programme that relies on DirectShowSource can use them. Potplayer doesn't rely on DSS as it uses its own decoders based on the Open Media Codecs, however it does support DSS if the user specifically selects it. By the way, I'm glad that you are using Potplayer. As you can see, it uses less resources than VLC 'cause VLC is based on a very old core engine which was fine many years ago, but not nowadays. Besides, if you dig into the Potplayer settings, you'll notice that you can even choose how you are going to pass the data to the GPU (OpenGl, D3D9 ecc) which is very important for a player for me.