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So shocked to hear this, it was only a month or so ago that I was corresponding with Rudolph about a disk partition alignment program that he had just built. I use several of his programs, to enhance my Windows 98 installation, and to do things like applying TRIM to my FAT32 SSD. He was an absolute genius, up with the very top experts on this forum IMO. 67 is no age to go nowadays. RIP Rudolph.

so build time is shrunk into 1/3 because of shiny new 3700x 8C/16T (in -j11 instead of -j6 as cl.exe can use up more than 1 core) instead of old 1230v2 4C/8T, and also SSD instead of 7200rpm HDD.

Of course there is now an iPhone 11, but the argument is certainly valid with desktop OSX and Windows 10, which I suspect will be with us for the foreseeable future!

I've found out about it by reading a thread on VOGONS, where a user mentioned his RAM patch for Windows 98. While I never used his patches, being an XP user, it is a big loss for the entire community and the people who still RDD on Windows 98. Here's his obituary: https://kraussfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/858/Rudolph-Loew/obituary.html Rest in peace, @rloew. He was 67 years old and passed away the 11th of this month.

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rths.cf/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.4.win32-git-20190921-d59ef8774-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rths.cf/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.4.win64-git-20190921-d59ef8774-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-20190921-d59ef8774-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rths.cf/palemoon/palemoon-28.8.0a1.win64-git-20190921-d59ef8774-xpmod.7z Official repo changes since my last build: - Don't assume Intel architecture for compiler optimizations on Linux/gcc. (b8a1f5770) - Issue #1226 - Explicitly enable sse2 on x86_64 also. (18a2244f5) - No issue - Add 360 Safeguard to DLL blocklist (d59ef8774) My changes since my last build: - Revert "Issue #1124: [Basilisk] Remove Dev Edition theme." (e58930693)

If you think Windows 10 was cursed (and worried about Windows 11 too?), wait for Windows 13! It will cause mechanical HDDs to explode during the live demonstration on MSFNBCNN as a RAID-80 array of them can't keep up with the loading of their own website in Chrome 3452.456.3451.414g. The pundits will note how well Windows 2000 works on their 75 year old ThinkPads.

Rest in peace, Legend Rloew. You were a Windows 9x god. For historical purposes, here is a recent archive of his web site, dated 12th August 2019. http://web.archive.org/web/20190812081523/http://rloew.x10host.com/

Wasn't sure which section to put this in, but here's as good as anywhere. I can't vouch for the accuracy of the information, but it's quite hypnotic to watch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJuvKn5j_kE

... The culprit upstream change I linked to previously was first present inside the Aug 31st 2019 compiled builds (package bnavigator.win32-20190831-4c42623-uxp-11965adc1-xpmod.7z), as also indicated by its posted changelog:

This is why the extensions became incompatible; 0.9.0a1 < 1.0.0a1 Simply change to: <em:minVersion>0.9.0a1</em:minVersion> Responsible upstream commit: [Navigator] Version change https://github.com/binaryoutcast/binoc-central/commit/fdded3b Once again, the "Tobin" individual revolutionises app development by releasing updated code with a lowered app version number (for me at least, this is a first! ) .

OpenGL Extensions Viewer is a small utility that examines your system's GPU for OpenGL related features (or absence of... ) ; the latest release is v5.3.4 (2019-07-29). According to vendor's site : I did download the win32 setup (glview534.exe) and proceeded with the installation; it turns out the app has NO issues launching and successfully running here (Vista Home Premium SP2 32-bit, .NET FW 4.6.1): (Thanks to @jaclaz for mentioning this in a Win7 subforum thread... )

pm27 based take least time, in 16mins full rebuild basilisk52 takes most time. in 19mins pm26 takes more time, in ~25mins, but because there is no unified build, and also less optimized build infrastructure (mach, pymake, vc2005, etc.)

urls fixed

New regular/weekly KM-Goanna release: https://o.rths.cf/kmeleon/KM76.2-Goanna-20190921.7z Changelog: Out-of-tree changes: * update Goanna3 to git c6d625af7..ee8a0010a: - import mozilla bug1158427 to fix a crash when openning multiple pages that containing video. (33770cbf7) - import changes from rmottola/Arctic-Fox: - Bug 1135427. Add missing early return, because throwing an exception without returning is weird. r=khuey (a24e8ead8) - Bug 1134598 - Enable the vertical writing-mode reftest directory. r=smontagu (739dd949e) - Bug 1054892 - Fix ccache status not shown after shrinking cache size. r=gps (bc5de7ca0) - Bug 1109007 - Adding htmlimports.enabled pref flag. r=wchen (737b2435a) - Bug 1133818 - Fixed GCC warnings in widget/windows. r=jmathies (2e3c460cb) - Bug 1135308 - add pref for disabling font cache. r=m_kato (ac6ab5e05) - missing parts of Bug 897060 - Display select dropdowns in the parent process. (549dd9952) - missing import of Bug 938359 - [e10s] Support middle-click scroll (9c27e5242) - Bug 898170 - Skip login manager event handlers in e10s mode (r=felipe) (5e0d47a6a) - Bug 516753 - Forward content context menu events to the parent. r=felipc (201431b20) - Bug 960783 - Support "new out-of-process window" menu item in nightly [adapted] (ffdfb5df6) - Bug 1046761 - e10s context menu should handle preventDefault (r=felipe) (e04256d27) (d918e4f0a) - revert e10s related changes from last rev. (f25cb74ba) - guard with try..catch in snippetsURL getter function (1b5426fba) - import changes from rmottola/Arctic-Fox: - Bug 1130616 - Support EXT_color_buffer_half_float on ANGLE. - r=jrmuizel,khuey (e870d4982) - remove old and XSS observer code (662958feb) (ee8a0010a) * 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-20190921-ee8a0010a-xpmod.7z 32bit SSE https://o.rths.cf/palemoon/palemoon-27.9.6.win32-git-20190921-ee8a0010a-xpmod-sse.7z 32bit noSSE https://o.rths.cf/palemoon/palemoon-27.9.6.win32-git-20190921-ee8a0010a-xpmod-ia32.7z 64bit https://o.rths.cf/palemoon/palemoon-27.9.6.win64-git-20190921-ee8a0010a-xpmod.7z source repo: https://github.com/roytam1/palemoon27 repo changes since my last build: - import mozilla bug1158427 to fix a crash when openning multiple pages that containing video. (33770cbf7) - import changes from rmottola/Arctic-Fox: - Bug 1135427. Add missing early return, because throwing an exception without returning is weird. r=khuey (a24e8ead8) - Bug 1134598 - Enable the vertical writing-mode reftest directory. r=smontagu (739dd949e) - Bug 1054892 - Fix ccache status not shown after shrinking cache size. r=gps (bc5de7ca0) - Bug 1109007 - Adding htmlimports.enabled pref flag. r=wchen (737b2435a) - Bug 1133818 - Fixed GCC warnings in widget/windows. r=jmathies (2e3c460cb) - Bug 1135308 - add pref for disabling font cache. r=m_kato (ac6ab5e05) - missing parts of Bug 897060 - Display select dropdowns in the parent process. (549dd9952) - missing import of Bug 938359 - [e10s] Support middle-click scroll (9c27e5242) - Bug 898170 - Skip login manager event handlers in e10s mode (r=felipe) (5e0d47a6a) - Bug 516753 - Forward content context menu events to the parent. r=felipc (201431b20) - Bug 960783 - Support "new out-of-process window" menu item in nightly [adapted] (ffdfb5df6) - Bug 1046761 - e10s context menu should handle preventDefault (r=felipe) (e04256d27) (d918e4f0a) - revert e10s related changes from last rev. (f25cb74ba) - guard with try..catch in snippetsURL getter function (1b5426fba) - import changes from rmottola/Arctic-Fox: - Bug 1130616 - Support EXT_color_buffer_half_float on ANGLE. - r=jrmuizel,khuey (e870d4982) - remove old and XSS observer code (662958feb) (ee8a0010a)

New build of BOC/UXP for XP! Test binary: MailNews Win32 https://o.rths.cf/boc-uxp/mailnews.win32-20190921-efcafdc-uxp-d59ef8774-xpmod.7z Browser-only Suite Win32 https://o.rths.cf/boc-uxp/bnavigator.win32-20190921-efcafdc-uxp-d59ef8774-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: - Minor license text update (efcafdc) For UXP changes please see above.

Link -- https://1drv.ms/u/s!AixnyqPuOrWiiIt_NczzbQIwWjoZDQ?e=ZKJgCw

I changed the screen in my Asus netbook as it was fitted with a highly reflective one which was like looking in a mirror! The matt finish one I replaced it with is much better. It wasn't too difficult to do, but obviously this varies a lot between different units. Its native resolution is 1024x600, which means that Windows 8.1 apps will not open as they have to have at least 768 vertical resolution to work. I used a registry hack to enable me to switch the resolution to 1024x768 to use the apps, but in this mode the display is not only blurry, but also compressed vertically so everything is distorted. That is preferable IMO to the image being the right shape but vertically cropped! This is tolerable for temporary use to read the mail or news app, but hardly ideal, and is a good example of the undesirability of using any display at anything other than its native resolution.

the previous Flash player updates like builds .223 & .238 were non-security fixes and Adobe did not give MS those updated flash ocx files on Tue Sept. 10, MS did finally release a new Flash Player update (KB4516115), v32.0.0.255, which is a security update. resolves the new security flaws with Flash Player noted in Adobe security bulletin APSB19-46: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb19-46.html

I just tested this on NM28/UXP and it still does! Test site to verify: http://browserspy.dk/browser.php (Please note this pref doesn't modify the reported Windows NT version contained in the User Agent String (navigator.userAgent), so a website checking both strings via JS may get conflicting results: )

I think XP is still OK for day-to-day use, as long as you have a good AV and an up-to-date Web browser, such as one of @roytam1's builds. If you use browser plug-ins like Flash and/or Java, keep them up-to-date also: For AV recommendations you should check out this thread: ... especially the discussion toward the end of the thread, since XP MSE no longer receives usable updates. If you have Office 2010 installed on XP, make sure it's up to date too, or at least as up-to-date as possible without breaking XP compatibility: So, still plenty of updating to do, even without updates to the OS. One last thing: there was a recent kerfuffle over vulnerabilities in CTF. But you may not need CTF; if not, you can disable it:

Disallowed certificates New: CN = QuoVadis Root CA 3 G3 O = QuoVadis Limited C = BM CN = QuoVadis Root CA 3 G3 O = QuoVadis Limited C = BM CN = QuoVadis Root CA 2 G3 O = QuoVadis Limited C = BM CN = QuoVadis Root CA 2 G3 O = QuoVadis Limited C = BM CN = QuoVadis Root CA 2 G3 O = QuoVadis Limited C = BM CN = QuoVadis Root CA 2 G3 O = QuoVadis Limited C = BM Update for root certificates: New: CN = ePKI Root Certification Authority - G2 O = Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. C = TW CN = TrustFactory Client Root Certificate Authority OU = TrustFactory PKI Operations O = TrustFactory(Pty)Ltd L = Johannesburg S = Gauteng C = ZA CN = TrustFactory SSL Root Certificate Authority OU = TrustFactory PKI Operations O = TrustFactory(Pty)Ltd L = Johannesburg S = Gauteng C = ZA Delete: CN = ePKI Root Certification Authority - G2 O = Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. C = TW Those using heinoganda's Cert_Updater.exe should run it ASAP. Others needing a redistributable rootsupd.exe should follow his instructions for creating their own, or PM at 5eraph for an updated EXE file.

Direct links to official Adobe Flash Player distribution packages version 32.0.0.255 with SHA-1 signature released today (confirmed working with Windows XP SP3/Windows XP x64 SP2) Internet Explorer ActiveX: http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/pdc/32.0.0.255/install_flash_player_ax.exe Mozilla Firefox NPAPI (also for Opera Presto/Google Chrome 44 and earlier): http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/pdc/32.0.0.255/install_flash_player.exe Google Chrome 45 through 49 PPAPI: http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/pdc/32.0.0.255/install_flash_player_ppapi.exe