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Hey guys! I saw a Video recently, where Windows 7 got transformed into Windows Vista. I tried it out on a Virtual Machine and I am very impressed by that. It Looks 100 % like Windows Vista, even the Branding is original Vista. As you also know Windows 7 supports Internet Explorer 10/11, Office 2013/2016, Microsoft Security Essentails, latest Chrome, latest Firefox, latest Skype, latest Spotify... It feels like Vista supports those Applications now too I will add a screenshot.

Notice: These projects have no affiliation with any upstream community code sources or organizations. Please direct all support or related questions to here. "Serpent", "New Moon", "MailNews" are generic debranded names and they are subject to change in the future. Archive directory names and archive filenames will only be changed once generic debranded names are not used in the future. Latest changelog is available here as well: http://rtfreesoft.blogspot.com/search/label/browser Serpent/UXP browser (MCP reforked 52ESR as new base), and NM28XP releases: Binaries are moved to here: (I'm lazy to edit all previous posts) https://o.rths.ml/palemoon/?sort=date&order=desc BOC related binaries: Binary list: https://o.rths.ml/boc-uxp/?sort=date&order=desc FAQ: Q: Having audio distorted when watching Twitter/etc.? A: Please try turning on "Firefox compatibility" in options dialog or either "general.useragent.compatMode = 2" or "general.useragent.compatMode.firefox = true" in about:config and reload the page. Q: Can't play H264 clips? (for PM27/KM76) A: Download following packages for your browser edition(32bit/64bit) and extract DLLs to same place as palemoon.exe lives. 32bit LAV dlls are in separated package (extracted from K-Lite codec pack 13.5.5) https://o.rths.ml/palemoon/lav.7z Just in case if you have an older processor which has no SSE instruction set support: 32bit NoSSE (ffmpeg 3.1.1 lite build) https://o.rths.ml/palemoon/lav-dll-lite-mmx.7z 32bit No ASM (ffmpeg 3.1.1 lite build, if build above doesn't work on your processor) https://o.rths.ml/palemoon/lav-dll-lite-noasm.7z 64bit LAV dlls are in separated package (LAV Filters 64bit 0.70.2) https://o.rths.ml/palemoon/lav64.7z Q: AV1 Support? (for UXP-based applications except mailnews) A: You need to enable "media.av1.enabled" in about:config Q: VP9 Support? (for PM27) A: VP9 works if async MSE option is unchecked and "Enable MSE for WebM Video" checked in options. Q: Extensions/Themes not working after updating binaries. A: If you encounter extensions not show icon, clicking options button of extension causing browser unresponsive, etc. please try following actions: 1.a Killing palemoon.exe process 1.b Copy whole extensions folder out of profile folder (to somewhere else for example, desktop) 1.c Restart browser without restoring previous sessions 1.d Goto about:addons page 1.e Drop XPI files from the copied-out extensions folder to about:addonss page One-by-One. 1.f After all XPI files are dropped and installed/updated, restart browser Q: Virus detected? A: Tell your anti-virus program to exclude palemoon.exe and/or plugin-container.exe. Some anti-virus heuristic engines (for example symantec's sonar engine) is too sensitive to palemoon.exe/plugin-container.exe network activities. Q: Where's your patches for compiling my own? A: Please visit the link above "FAQ:". Latest source patch files are named "sources_patches_YYYYMMDD.7z" in that page. Q: basilisk browser showing basic pages in GMail? A: set these to "ture" in about:config general.useragent.compatMode.firefox general.useragent.compatMode.gecko Q: How to change User Interface language? A: Please see this post: Q: Portable Loader? A: You can always use official portable launcher with my binaries, or you can use my simple portable loader written in NSIS: Q: How to install extensions/themes in BNavigator browser? A: Please check this post out: ------------------------------------- NewMoon 27 build: ------------------------------------- Serpent/moebius browser (deprecated by MCP, forked by me), and also 26.5 as playground : And NewMoon 26.5 and K-Meleon 74 with Goanna 2.2 (newmoon-26.5) for vanilla Win2000 build: ------------------------------------- K-Meleon browser with Goanna/Tycho engine: It has its own sub-forum in K-Meleon official forum! http://kmeleonbrowser.org/forum/list.php?19 Latest build: ------------------------------------- Firefox ESR 45 with TenFourFox fixes for SSE-only machines: ------------------------------------- K-Meleon Original cross-post is here: ------------------------------------- ArcticFox XP win32 test build: ----original post message belows---- Today's build with portable LAV libraries. Place LAV dlls (av*.dll) in same place as palemoon.exe lives. Official repo changes since my last build: -Clobber for Brotli/WOFF2 update -Fix some comments (no code change) -Enable Brotli content-encoding by default (https only). -Pull woff2 upstream update. -Update Brotli decompressor. My changes since my last build: - Upgrade Mozilla NSPR and NSS to 4.16 and 3.22 for (hopefully) faster AES operations 32bit: https://o.rths.cf/palemoon/palemoon-27.6.0a1.win32-git-20171002_2-e68ab5b3d-xpmod.7z 64bit: https://o.rths.cf/palemoon/palemoon-27.6.0a1.win64-git-20171002_2-e68ab5b3d-xpmod.7z

You did indeed mention the storage>default folder before (twice), I should have made the connection then with my backup restoration, but I didn't! Being very pedantic, just deleting the "skype related folders" there would not actually have fixed the problem it seems, I tried that and it didn't work. It only worked when I deleted the entire folder. Anyway, as you say, all's well that ends well! Cheers, Dave.

Bingo! ... Not to toot my own horn, of course, but I think I was the first (only?) person to have suggested the eventual connection of that directory to your reported issue; first here and then repeated here; so I feel slightly vindicated TBH . Anyhow, all's well that ends well Cheers

I've long thought that sandboxing would be the best way to secure the obsolescent browsers that can be used on Vista. Sandboxie has long been the leading brand; but aside from their lack of official support for Vista, there are indications that a debacle occurred in April. It concerns me that their old forum was taken down and the "temporary" forum now appears to be permanent. (Years ago, AVG took down their forum and set up a new "support community" at a time when serious issues with their products were driving away users, including myself. AVG was later bought out by Avast.) It also concerns me that @Ruan has not posted at MSFN since April 28, since AFAIK no one else was using Sandboxie on Vista. I nevertheless may try Sandboxie on Vista before long (certainly someone should); but recently became interested in a lesser-known sandbox program called Shade because the website claims that Vista is supported. Unfortunately, that does not appear to be true of the current download (version number not known but signed March 30, 2019): Somewhat uncharacteristically, I turned to third-party websites in an effort to find the last version of Shade that really did support Vista. Both Neowin and Softpedia have May 2018 pages advertising Shade 1.7, but both actually deliver the same March 30, 2019 version as the Shade website. Perhaps Shade 1.7 was the last version to support Vista; but MajorGeeks actually does have a Shade Sandbox 1.6 download signed April 05, 2017. Nothing was detected at VirusTotal, so I installed it and found that it does work on Vista, but may have a few bugs. Here's a screenshot of its minimalistic UI: That and the tray icon's menu are the only options available to the user. You drag and drop shortcuts into the sandbox. Registration is required for activation. My testing shows that it does indeed put CCleaner out of business with respect to browser history, and there is no conflict with Avast. I am concerned about the scarcity of information about Shade. The best discussion I have found is an ongoing thread at Wilders Security. There was some enthusiasm when Shade appeared in 2015, but Sandboxie users were generally unimpressed, while others recommended the sandbox that is included with some Comodo products (which btw still support Vista). The last page or two of the thread include speculation about Sandboxie's recent troubles. I don't mean to recommend Shade 1.6, but it is an option for Vista.

Plz try to test patch. You can download from the article. * download wevtapi.dll. * copy it into system32. http://blog.livedoor.jp/blackwingcat/archives/1986454.html

Solution how to fix broken about:support and about:serviceworkers (NewMoon27 and KMG76 share the same engine) http://kmeleonbrowser.org/forum/read.php?20,144981,150059#msg-150059

Hi roytam! First off, HUGE thanx for providing an updated working web-browser for any hardcore XP user Alas, there are two problems I've encountered recently. Firstly, by typing "about:support" I'll get this error-code: XML-Verarbeitungsfehler: Nicht-definierte Entität Adresse: jar:file:///C:/Programme/Pale%20Moon/omni.ja!/chrome/toolkit/content/global/aboutSupport.xhtml Zeile Nr. 166, Spalte 15: &aboutSupport.appBasicsServiceWorkers This error may be introduced by implementing about:serviceworkers and adding the files "aboutServiceWorkers.js" + "aboutServiceWorkers.xhtml" to the omni.ja file Please see here: New New Moon 27 Build! 32bit https://o.rths.cf/palemoon/palemoon-27.9.6.win32-git-20190810-18084d9cc-xpmod.7z repo changes since my last build: - import change from rmottola/Arctic-Fox: - Bug 1112469 - Part 1: Implement an XPCOM service responsible to trigger daily updates of service workers; r=nsm (74f735500) - Bug 1133601 - Implement about:serviceworkers, r=ehsan (e21767ec1) - Bug 1041339 - ServiceWorkers: Update implementation based on clarification of force-refresh. r=nsm (484675660) Last working build is: 32bit https://o.rths.cf/palemoon/palemoon-27.9.6.win32-git-20190803-23551d191-xpmod.7z Secondly, clicking the Google-Apps button (top right corner) of Google homepage gives me an error report: There's a problem loading the apps-list. Try again... It always worked flawlessly until several weeks ago. May you look into these issues, please. Big thanx and cheers, bernd

Done!

That video was posted by MSFN member WinClient5270, OP of Last versions of software for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 and perhaps the greatest Vista guru of our time! This is no doubt a much more practical idea than your earlier wish to essentially transform Vista into Windows 7. Edit: Of course I wrote that before win32 developed Windows Vista Extended Kernel.

New regular/weekly KM-Goanna release: https://o.rths.cf/kmeleon/KM76.2-Goanna-20190817.7z Changelog: Out-of-tree changes: * update Goanna3 to git 18084d9cc..b7ea83bfb: - import change from rmottola/Arctic-Fox: - Bug 1135413 - Use one bit per bool member to save a few bytes in nsRange objects. r=smaug (e24280513) - Bug 1134531 - Remove nsTextFrame::DidSetStyleContext which only contained a (now obsolete) wallpaper. r=heycam (f69222f60) - pointer style (d07cd6c8d) - Bug 1131955 - IonBuilder: Add collectRangeInfoPreTrunc to MBoundsCheck, r=sunfish (8346dd561) - Bug 1175049 - Fix non-universal 32-bit build on OS X with Xcode 6.3 tools. r=josh (c55378e1b) - Bug 1135718 - Convert unboxed plain objects to natives before changing their prototype, r=jandem. (f6c3fe702) - backout 1245024 and 1279303 for breaking https://forum.manjaro.org/ (1cc8627a4) - bug 967792 - make localhost resolve offline r=dragana (73e28830a) - Bug 990907 - Have DLBI pick up changes in the char-clip on text frames. r=mstange,mattwoodrow (6670b1c56) - bug 1127429 - XHR can set BYPASS_LOCAL_CACHE_IF_BUSY all the time r=bz (92d149251) - Bug 1136337 - IonMonkey: Override default alias set for MCheckOverRecursed, r=sstangl (23c1fd63d) - Bug 1118622 - Apply the gain to AnalyserNode data prior to sending on the main thread. r=ehsan (e3e50d448) - Bug 1135908 - [E10s] Proxy for Character/SelectionCount(), r=tbsaunde (9ba60b0f2) - Bug 1136382 - Mark TabChild's message manager for CC, r=mccr8 (21ae5721d) - Bug 1136357 - Make Promise skippable, r=mccr8 (1dea4efb1) (b7ea83bfb) (Bug 1133739 - HTTP cache v2: Add telemetry probes to find out the best initial read size of the metadata, r=jduell (445afc0d2) is not imported due to telemetry function are nuked making this change no longer applicable) (Bug 1136383 - enable specifying method names for GENERATED_FILES scripts; r=gps (c1209180f) is not imported due to build bustage) * Notice: the changelog above may not always applicable to XULRunner code which K-Meleon uses. A goanna3 source tree that has kmeleon adaption patch applied is available here: https://github.com/roytam1/palemoon27/tree/kmeleon76

New New Moon 27 Build! 32bit https://o.rths.cf/palemoon/palemoon-27.9.6.win32-git-20190817-b7ea83bfb-xpmod.7z 32bit SSE https://o.rths.cf/palemoon/palemoon-27.9.6.win32-git-20190817-b7ea83bfb-xpmod-sse.7z 32bit noSSE https://o.rths.cf/palemoon/palemoon-27.9.6.win32-git-20190817-b7ea83bfb-xpmod-ia32.7z 64bit https://o.rths.cf/palemoon/palemoon-27.9.6.win64-git-20190817-b7ea83bfb-xpmod.7z source repo: https://github.com/roytam1/palemoon27 repo changes since my last build: - import change from rmottola/Arctic-Fox: - Bug 1135413 - Use one bit per bool member to save a few bytes in nsRange objects. r=smaug (e24280513) - Bug 1134531 - Remove nsTextFrame::DidSetStyleContext which only contained a (now obsolete) wallpaper. r=heycam (f69222f60) - pointer style (d07cd6c8d) - Bug 1131955 - IonBuilder: Add collectRangeInfoPreTrunc to MBoundsCheck, r=sunfish (8346dd561) - Bug 1175049 - Fix non-universal 32-bit build on OS X with Xcode 6.3 tools. r=josh (c55378e1b) - Bug 1135718 - Convert unboxed plain objects to natives before changing their prototype, r=jandem. (f6c3fe702) - backout 1245024 and 1279303 for breaking https://forum.manjaro.org/ (1cc8627a4) - bug 967792 - make localhost resolve offline r=dragana (73e28830a) - Bug 990907 - Have DLBI pick up changes in the char-clip on text frames. r=mstange,mattwoodrow (6670b1c56) - bug 1127429 - XHR can set BYPASS_LOCAL_CACHE_IF_BUSY all the time r=bz (92d149251) - Bug 1136337 - IonMonkey: Override default alias set for MCheckOverRecursed, r=sstangl (23c1fd63d) - Bug 1118622 - Apply the gain to AnalyserNode data prior to sending on the main thread. r=ehsan (e3e50d448) - Bug 1135908 - [E10s] Proxy for Character/SelectionCount(), r=tbsaunde (9ba60b0f2) - Bug 1136382 - Mark TabChild's message manager for CC, r=mccr8 (21ae5721d) - Bug 1136357 - Make Promise skippable, r=mccr8 (1dea4efb1) (b7ea83bfb) (Bug 1133739 - HTTP cache v2: Add telemetry probes to find out the best initial read size of the metadata, r=jduell (445afc0d2) is not imported due to telemetry function are nuked making this change no longer applicable) (Bug 1136383 - enable specifying method names for GENERATED_FILES scripts; r=gps (c1209180f) is not imported due to build bustage)

New build of BOC/UXP for XP! Test binary: MailNews Win32 https://o.rths.cf/boc-uxp/mailnews.win32-20190817-211bb28-uxp-ab6242a93-xpmod.7z Browser-only Suite Win32 https://o.rths.cf/boc-uxp/bnavigator.win32-20190817-211bb28-uxp-ab6242a93-xpmod.7z source patch (excluding UXP): https://o.rths.cf/boc-uxp/boc-uxp-src-xpmod-20190720.7z No Official repo changes since my last build. For UXP changes please see above.

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rths.cf/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.4.win32-git-20190817-ab6242a93-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rths.cf/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.4.win64-git-20190817-ab6242a93-xpmod.7z source code that is comparable to my current working tree is available here: https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commits/custom NM28XP build: Win32 https://o.rths.cf/palemoon/palemoon-28.7.0a1.win32-git-20190817-ab6242a93-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rths.cf/palemoon/palemoon-28.7.0a1.win64-git-20190817-ab6242a93-xpmod.7z Official repo changes since my last build: - Outdated comment removal (no code changes) (248476f94) - Merge branch 'master' into FrameProperties-remove-obsolete-comment (1c53b589c) - Remove some leftover snippets code. (2c17aaec1) - Issue #1134: Reinstate postDataString for about:home searches. (b5cbb4d2f) - Issue #999 - Use xdg-desktop-portal for file selection dialogs on Linux. (47c48dfcb) - Merge pull request #1209 from win7-7/FrameProperties-remove-obsolete-comment (06a1dd2a2) - Remove "Delete this page" and "Forget about this site" from livemarks. (7dfb0c216) - Enable the JSON View tool by default. (c54bbf01f) - Issue #1211: Allow the loading of TYPE_FONT from file: URLs. (31c765b05) - Issue #438: Do not round the translation of an SVG frame. (0d530b1ca) - Issue #438: Pixel-snap subpixel value for outer SVG and anon child. (4bb5a957f) - Issue #438: Rename coord/coords to originValue/transformOrigin. (c8666d156) - Issue #438: Add an IsRectilinear helper method to gfxMatrix. (be12aaf41) - Issue #438: Check for non-rectilinear transforms (c67d673d4) - Issue #438: Make the nsSVGOuterSVGAnonChildFrame a reference frame. (0481fa14b) - Issue #438: Add reftests. (203cb72e9) - Issue #438: Revert incorrect changes to w3c-css reftests (b345c82c1) - Update platform version. (0cd0854ba) - Issue #1124: Remove Firefox Developer Edition code. (9f7b943c1) - Issue #1124: [Basilisk] Remove Dev Edition front-end tie-ins. (cdd54fbe1) - Issue #1124: [Basilisk] Remove Dev Edition theme. (9d833d769) - Issue #1208: Fix jsonLoad in Sync's `util.js` to handle errors. (8c34d786e) - Issue #1208: Remove `services.sync.enabled` pref. (2925fdc3e) - Issue #1208: Update Sync policies.js getters/setters to prevent race. (1e8e5563d) - Issue #999 - Disable native file picker by default. (f7fced09d) - Merge pull request #1212 from Ascrod/xdg-desktop-portal (ab6242a93)

This thread is just for XP we have seen "out in the wild" or on the internet, not our own personal systems. We have a thread for that kind of thing here: Which I will be posting in soon once I get my notebooks sorted out.

Three updates today, from the unexpectedly still working Microsoft Update! KB4475533, KB4475573, and KB4475506. All seem to be safe.

This is one of the most useful Windows Vista posts anywhere! I realize that the topic is hardware rather than drivers, but NVIDIA drivers are not covered in Last versions of software for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 (another extremely useful post). This gives the impression that 365.19 was the one and only last driver version to officially support Vista, but that is generally only the correct driver for GeForce 400 Series and above. For GeForce 8 Series (I have an 8500 GT), and also 9, 100, 200 and 300 Series, the recommended driver version is 342.01 ( 32 bit 64 bit ). Despite its lower version number, 342.01 was released 7 months after 365.19.

Try this driver in a clean XP source https://www.win-raid.com/t22f45-Guide-Integration-of-Intels-AHCI-RAID-drivers-into-a-Windows-XP-W-k-W-k-CD.html

Try again: bcdboot C:\Windows /l en-us /s k: /UEFI If you still have the error (and even if you haven't it), run a DIR command: DIR /S K:\Efi And/or: DIR K:\Efi\Microsoft\Boot Verify that a file K:\Efi\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgrfw.efi and a file K:\Efi\Microsoft\Boot\BCD actually exist. If they don't, try checking if bootmgfw.efi and bootmgr.efi exist here: C:\Windows\Boot\EFI\ If they do run: mkdir K:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot xcopy /s C:\Windows\Boot\EFI\*.* K:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot then try running again: bcdboot C:\Windows /l en-us /s k: /UEFI If you still have the error and you still boot to the grub rescue prompt, type in it: root (hd1,gpt1) [ENTER] chainloader /EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi [ENTER] boot [ENTER] the (hd1,gpt1) in the above means first gpt partition on first disk, if the EFI partition (the one you assigned the drive letter K; ) is not the first one, change accordingly. What happens? jaclaz