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I don't think anyone tested this approach on exFAT, where most probably it is not needed (as it is not needed for NTFS, though for dfferent reasons). But from these tests here: https://www.flexense.com/fat32_exfat_ntfs_usb3_performance_comparison.html it's not like there are any sensible increases in speed with exFAT. And BTW we don't know if the FAT32 in those tests were "properly" aligned or not,, most probably they were not, so if you take into account the recorded increases in speed obtained by properly aligning the FAT32 volume, the exFAT will come out as slower than FAT32 (and it has already been found slower than NTFS in most cases). As a side-side note the specifications for exFAT were just released by MS: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/exfat-specification Since there is actually a FatOffset Field and a ClusterHeapOffset Field : it is very likely that (at least using MS tools) exFAT volume contents are properly aligned already. Most we had till now was some reverse engineering (just for the record): https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/forensics/reverse-engineering-microsoft-exfat-file-system-33274 that (understandably) didn't enter in the actual use of the alignment fields and areas. Also a filesystem that may be worth a couple tests is the rarely mentioned UDF, which is built-in since Vista, it seems like noone ever properly tested it against FAT/exFAT, the only one I could find: https://www.sami-lehtinen.net/blog/exfat-extended-file-allocation-table-vs-udf-universal-disk-format-file-system-for-flash-drives seems leading to much faster reads but slower writes, so I guess using the one or the other really depends on a case by case basis. jaclaz

WinNTSetup - a simple but powerful universal Windows Installer Features: Install (unattend) Windows 2k/XP/20??/Vista/7/8.x/10/11 x86/x64/arm64 Practically runs even on the most minimalistic WinPE selectable drive letter for the new Windows installation Fully automated with save/load setting in ini file and various command line options Install Windows also if nlite/vlite has remove winnt32.exe/setup.exe Integrate Drivers: normal PNP and Textmode Drivers Patch uxtheme to allow unsigned Themes Some common registry tweaks and *.reg file import DISM APPX removal, feature enable/disable Simple VHD creation and Installation Support "Windows to Go" for Windows 7 and later installs Supports WimBoot and CompactOS option for Windows 7 and later Supports all current WIM files: WIM/SWM/ESD and ISO files WinCapture - capture a Windows installation to WIM or ESD file MinWin - simple trimming WIM in memory before apply WinCopy - copy an existing Windows installation to another partition Offline Hotfix uninstall Offline password reset Not Supported: - No Windows embedded version (this includes WinFLP) - No upgrades of existing installations About driver installation: Every driver added in NT6.x windows will be added to the driver store. So it's not recommended to add countless driver, but rather more really required ones. NT5.x massstorage driver integration is possible thanks to Mr dUSHA powerful MSSTMake.exe tool To the Unattend option: It's possible to use an unattend.xml to run the Setup unattended. But as the actual WinPE Setup Phase isn't effective in that way of install, all Winpe related settings inside the unattend.xml won't be applied. Ini config file It's possible to save all GUI-settings to a ini file: push Ctrl + S to save all settings to an ini. push Ctrl + L to load all settings from an ini. A WinNTSetup.ini file in the same dir as the app itself will be loaded automatically at startup. It also can be selected via command line: WinNTSetup.exe /cfg:"C:\mysettings.ini" If you want to modify ini settings yourself, click-click has made a nice PDF for it. For advanced users there are also hidden settings described in the included WinNTSetup.ini.txt Command line: - Press F1 to get list of all options To install Windows in a VHD file: - requires Windows 7 as OS and Windows 7 Ultimate, Enterprise or Server 2008 R2 as Source - create a partitioned VHD and assign a drive letter (push Ctrl + Shift + V to use build in diskpart wrapper for this) - select the VHD drive as installation drive (make sure you boot drive ist a active primary partition on a physical disk) If you get an Antivirus warning from your AV software, please report it to them as a false positive and let them check it. Current Version: 5.4.1 Download: Mega - MediaFire

Open Shell32.dll in an Exports viewer such as Dependency Walker that shows API addresses. Sort by address and locate SHCreateItemFromParsingName. If it shares an address or is followed by another API within a few bytes, it is a stub (not fully implemented).

New regular/weekly KM-Goanna release: https://o.rths.cf/kmeleon/KM76.2-Goanna-20190831.7z Changelog: Out-of-tree changes: * update Goanna3 to git c106e1d83..18efcca64: - import change from rmottola/Arctic-Fox: - Bug 1134800 - Properly cache file matching patterns; r=glandium (0c65935e9) - Bug 1136177 - Amount by mouse wheel scrolling is wrong. r=jimm (6cd8824a3) - Bug 1055369 - Assertion failure: !handle || !handle->IsDoomed(). r=honzab (696f6d801) - Bug 1132728 - Don't draw focus rings on b2g. r=fabrice,bz (0bf2719a2) - Bug 1133201 - part 1 - treat null links in BrowserUtils.linkHasNoReferrer as specifying rel="noreferrer"; r=Gijs,mconley (97031e93c) - Bug 906190 - Persist 'disable protection' option for Mixed Content Blocker in child tabs - tabbrowser part. r=gavin (7467fee83) - Bug 947895 - [e10s] Null check browser.docShell in context-menu Open in new tab. r=gavin (5236b883e) - Bug 1038604 - Rename disableMCB to allowMixedContent. r=dao (2df2b924b) - Bug 1151349 - Make lldb ns(Int)Region summary handle the numRects==0 case. r=jrmuizel (19be5e2c0) - Bug 1146585 - Add a test for Cache.delete; r=bkelly (db28bcc13) - Bug 899222 - Make about:home work via message passing (r=felipe) Bug 900865: Make about:home call nsISearchEngine.getSubmission for all searches. r=gavin (15f8ae2f8) - Bug 910523 - about:home now takes into account async startup of SessionRestore;r=felipe (ceaa0687c) - Bug 927132 - Fix about:home in e10s (r=mdeboer) (53c586ee2) - Bug 897062 - Handle special clicks in e10s. r=felipe,smaug (7ec4573c8) - Bug 899348 - Implement about:tabcrashed page. r=jaws (547bb3e7c) - Bug 899348 - Dispatch an event when an out-of-process browser crashes and display an error page when that occurs (missing parts) (88c87ce75) - Bug 897066 - In e10s builds, some pages should be loaded in the chrome process (r=gavin) (4cc0f8ed5) - Bug 1038811 - Push Notifications - WebIDL changes. r=nsm. sr=jst (2ed030bf3) - Bug 1038811 - Push Notifications - ServiceWorker changes, push event implementation. r=nsm (6313c8c10) - reinstantiate file as of 2015-02-05 (7f12724c8) - Bug 1038811 - Push Notifications - Tests. r=nsm (cbac31308) - Bug 1038811 - Push Notifications - Allow MOZ_DISABLE_NONLOCAL_CONNECTIONS for push subsuite. r=ahalberstadt/jgriffin (859e182ce) - Bug 1038811 - Push Notifications - Push implementation changes. r=nsm (161a739f4) - Bug 898170 - Avoid swapping docshells in e10s mode (r=felipe) (55e96d59a) - Bug 862078 - Use an about:config preference to control multiprocess browsing, part 2 (r=felipe) [missing bits] (9fac04b17) - Bug 666809 - Support SecurityUI in e10s mode. r=felipe f=gavin [missing bits] (0e7aa1368) - Bug 691610 - e10s support for useDefaultIcon. r=felipe sr=smaug (cbf7e5341) - Bug 897066 - Underline tab titles if the tab is remote (r=gavin) [+ followup fix] (2eda1d81e) - Bug 899348 - Make reload of the about:tabcrashed work as expected. r=jaws (72843ef8f) - Bug 1133846 - Add missing arguments to logging call in ActivateTimeoutTick. r=mcmanus (a784a7ce8) - Bug 1135682 - Do not update the all MediaStreamGraph if it's not dirty, r=padenot (49eeeeef5) - Bug 1135255 - Fix mozdevice tempfile handling on Windows. r=gbrown (53a2353bd) - Bug 1134735 - Don't use tee->InitAsync in nsHttpChannel::InstallCacheListener when using cache2, r=michal (3fa833982) - Bug 1132081 - Speed up ConvertHostARGBRow() in the PNG encoder. r=jmuizelaar (6b7890586) - pointer style before patch (3336fab8f) - Bug 1135100 - Don't update GC thing pointers that haven't changed after marking r=terrence (0df3ea820) (18efcca64) * 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-20190831-18efcca64-xpmod.7z 32bit SSE https://o.rths.cf/palemoon/palemoon-27.9.6.win32-git-20190831-18efcca64-xpmod-sse.7z 32bit noSSE https://o.rths.cf/palemoon/palemoon-27.9.6.win32-git-20190831-18efcca64-xpmod-ia32.7z 64bit https://o.rths.cf/palemoon/palemoon-27.9.6.win64-git-20190831-18efcca64-xpmod.7z source repo: https://github.com/roytam1/palemoon27 repo changes since my last build: - import change from rmottola/Arctic-Fox: - Bug 1134800 - Properly cache file matching patterns; r=glandium (0c65935e9) - Bug 1136177 - Amount by mouse wheel scrolling is wrong. r=jimm (6cd8824a3) - Bug 1055369 - Assertion failure: !handle || !handle->IsDoomed(). r=honzab (696f6d801) - Bug 1132728 - Don't draw focus rings on b2g. r=fabrice,bz (0bf2719a2) - Bug 1133201 - part 1 - treat null links in BrowserUtils.linkHasNoReferrer as specifying rel="noreferrer"; r=Gijs,mconley (97031e93c) - Bug 906190 - Persist 'disable protection' option for Mixed Content Blocker in child tabs - tabbrowser part. r=gavin (7467fee83) - Bug 947895 - [e10s] Null check browser.docShell in context-menu Open in new tab. r=gavin (5236b883e) - Bug 1038604 - Rename disableMCB to allowMixedContent. r=dao (2df2b924b) - Bug 1151349 - Make lldb ns(Int)Region summary handle the numRects==0 case. r=jrmuizel (19be5e2c0) - Bug 1146585 - Add a test for Cache.delete; r=bkelly (db28bcc13) - Bug 899222 - Make about:home work via message passing (r=felipe) Bug 900865: Make about:home call nsISearchEngine.getSubmission for all searches. r=gavin (15f8ae2f8) - Bug 910523 - about:home now takes into account async startup of SessionRestore;r=felipe (ceaa0687c) - Bug 927132 - Fix about:home in e10s (r=mdeboer) (53c586ee2) - Bug 897062 - Handle special clicks in e10s. r=felipe,smaug (7ec4573c8) - Bug 899348 - Implement about:tabcrashed page. r=jaws (547bb3e7c) - Bug 899348 - Dispatch an event when an out-of-process browser crashes and display an error page when that occurs (missing parts) (88c87ce75) - Bug 897066 - In e10s builds, some pages should be loaded in the chrome process (r=gavin) (4cc0f8ed5) - Bug 1038811 - Push Notifications - WebIDL changes. r=nsm. sr=jst (2ed030bf3) - Bug 1038811 - Push Notifications - ServiceWorker changes, push event implementation. r=nsm (6313c8c10) - reinstantiate file as of 2015-02-05 (7f12724c8) - Bug 1038811 - Push Notifications - Tests. r=nsm (cbac31308) - Bug 1038811 - Push Notifications - Allow MOZ_DISABLE_NONLOCAL_CONNECTIONS for push subsuite. r=ahalberstadt/jgriffin (859e182ce) - Bug 1038811 - Push Notifications - Push implementation changes. r=nsm (161a739f4) - Bug 898170 - Avoid swapping docshells in e10s mode (r=felipe) (55e96d59a) - Bug 862078 - Use an about:config preference to control multiprocess browsing, part 2 (r=felipe) [missing bits] (9fac04b17) - Bug 666809 - Support SecurityUI in e10s mode. r=felipe f=gavin [missing bits] (0e7aa1368) - Bug 691610 - e10s support for useDefaultIcon. r=felipe sr=smaug (cbf7e5341) - Bug 897066 - Underline tab titles if the tab is remote (r=gavin) [+ followup fix] (2eda1d81e) - Bug 899348 - Make reload of the about:tabcrashed work as expected. r=jaws (72843ef8f) - Bug 1133846 - Add missing arguments to logging call in ActivateTimeoutTick. r=mcmanus (a784a7ce8) - Bug 1135682 - Do not update the all MediaStreamGraph if it's not dirty, r=padenot (49eeeeef5) - Bug 1135255 - Fix mozdevice tempfile handling on Windows. r=gbrown (53a2353bd) - Bug 1134735 - Don't use tee->InitAsync in nsHttpChannel::InstallCacheListener when using cache2, r=michal (3fa833982) - Bug 1132081 - Speed up ConvertHostARGBRow() in the PNG encoder. r=jmuizelaar (6b7890586) - pointer style before patch (3336fab8f) - Bug 1135100 - Don't update GC thing pointers that haven't changed after marking r=terrence (0df3ea820) (18efcca64)

New build of Firefox 45ESR SSE: test binary: https://o.rths.cf/gpc/files1.rt/firefox-45.9.17-20190831-706b4d315-win32-sse.7z repo: https://github.com/roytam1/mozilla45esr Changes since my last build: - import changes from tenfourfox: - #565: M1367219 (6f63dc2cc) - more adblock hosts (8cf4190e2) - #565: implement nsASCIIMask from M1358297 (41b1fc937) (with vc2013 fix by replacing constexpr to MOZ_CONSTEXPR and MOZ_CONSTEXPR_VAR) - #565: M1358225 with fix for M1548306 applied (8eed11298) (with vc2013 fix by replacing constexpr to MOZ_CONSTEXPR and MOZ_CONSTEXPR_VAR) - even more adblock hosts (5d005926f) - #565: M1347737 (9ab5bb0ed) - #565: M1358297 parts 3 and 4 (3fd15a87a) - #521: baseline parser support for async/await, with toggle, without bytecode (passes tests) (0e5746aaf) - #521: fix yield handling (includes M1305566 pts 4-7) (2d25f717b) - #521: make async functions throw for compatibility when enabled (46b01b5d4) - #569: M1204714 (c45b2e8b5) - #568: M1560495 (adapted for 45) M1562033+M1466449 M1559715 M1564449 M1573160 (d019bd3dc) - #568: update certs, pins, TLDs, miners (ed3129eeb) - #570: oops (dd79a9f75) and added -bigobj compile switch to ssl/moz.build. (706b4d315)

New build of BOC/UXP for XP! Test binary: MailNews Win32 https://o.rths.cf/boc-uxp/mailnews.win32-20190831-4c42623-uxp-11965adc1-xpmod.7z Browser-only Suite Win32 https://o.rths.cf/boc-uxp/bnavigator.win32-20190831-4c42623-uxp-11965adc1-xpmod.7z source patch (excluding UXP): https://o.rths.cf/boc-uxp/boc-uxp-src-xpmod-20190720.7z Official repo changes since my last build: - [UXP] Update commit pointer (e660c92) - [UXP] Update commit pointer (8abd201) - [Navigator] Version change (fdded3b) - Create LICENSE (42bd4f0) - [UXP] Update commit pointer (4c42623) 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-20190831-11965adc1-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rths.cf/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.4.win64-git-20190831-11965adc1-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-28.8.0a1.win32-git-20190831-11965adc1-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rths.cf/palemoon/palemoon-28.8.0a1.win64-git-20190831-11965adc1-xpmod.7z Official repo changes since my last build: - [MCP Applications] Add %WIDGET_TOOLKIT% to the AUS update url for Pale Moon and Basilisk (31def0da0) - Issue #1221: Pass the original element into nsXMLContentSerializer::CheckElementEnd so that we can properly determine whether it has children. (b58a8779c) - New cycle version bump (11965adc1) My changes since my last build: - update Twemoji font to KwanEsq/twemoji-colr v12 branch with twemoji-12.1.2. (59916a7d1) - Help / About dialog box enhancements (#8) (a0cdcc34b) - optimize about-background.png (8ec47d9a6)