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Just discovered something, and to quote you from yesterday: YAY!!! After some searching and googling have actually managed to get those "weird rectangles" aka Symbol fonts or Icons fonts, which are used e.g. in the headers on MSFN, to show up correctly even in ancient K-Meleon1.6 (Firefox3.5)! And without allowing any font downloading or even font-chosing for websites, ha! That trick probably works even in stone-age FF2, but will try later. First, you need of course to have a LOCAL icon font installed, which contains those symbols. Actually I had downloaded that omnipresent infamous "Awesomefont" from google awhile back already and wasn't aware of it anymore. And in old systems only truetype fonts work, not yet woff etc. If just having that font installed isn't already enough to get those icons showing up, then proceed with step-2: customize your default fonts in the browser. HOWTO: in OLD browser have created those NEW prefs on about:config: pref("font.name-list.sans-serif.x-western", "Arial, Symbola, FontAwesome, Segoe UI Emoji, OpenSansEmoji, Microsoft Sans Serif"); pref("font.name-list.sans-serif.x-unicode", "Arial, Symbola, FontAwesome, Segoe UI Emoji, OpenSansEmoji, Microsoft Sans Serif"); pref("font.name-list.serif.x-western", "Times New Roman, Symbola, FontAwesome, Segoe UI Emoji, OpenSansEmoji, Arial"); pref("font.name-list.serif.x-unicode", "Times New Roman, Symbola, FontAwesome, Segoe UI Emoji, OpenSansEmoji, Arial"); Important: Those 4 prefs are only EXAMPLES, only affect WESTERN and UNICODE language groups. There are TONS more such prefs which you may have to adjust too if needed, e.g. language groups for x-cyrillic, x-central-euro, etc. There seem to exist a hundred language groups on about:config... So, for VERY OLD BROWSERS the trick is: Just ADD awesomefont to your NORMAL font list for the browser! (The other fonts in the pref are individual, whichever normal fonts you may have or like) Acc Web the symbol font may have to be at the BEGIN of the list. But have now tested and they work just as well if placed BEHIND the normal main font, like Arial. Perhaps other browsers/versions may need it at begin instead, but should be no prob either, since AF contains ONLY those "weird symbols" and nothing else it seems. For YOUNGER BROWSERS: probably works too, but would NOT create those prefs, since there are almost surely (?) better ways now. New NATIVE prefs for that kind of symbol or icon fonts, so they can be set separately. No clue which name, would look around on about:config, which font families sound promising... or search web. .

That "heart" button is grey for me too, that may well be by design. It does go blue when it's used.

Not really. With hardware, you do not have the luxury of just adding things on top of the existing board and then selling it as a new model. Same with cars or anything else. The engineers learn what works, what didn't, and what should be added, then they create the new product from the ground up. It may use some of the same components that the previous product did, but it is still a new product that is created. This isn't so with Windows. Microsoft doesn't start over from scratch when a new version of Windows is released.

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Summary: For a long time, there have been 2 choices for extended kernels and both of them have their exclusives that aren't present in the other extended kernel. WildBill's extended kernel has many exclusive ntdll functions, SxS support, and a few exclusive functions in other files. BlackWingCat's extended kernel has many exclusive kernel32 functions (and some in other files). The big issue is that ntdll and kernel32 cannot be mixed, forcing people to choose between a better kernel32 or a better ntdll. The main goal of KernelXE is to eliminate this issue. ⚠️ This is beta software. Don't expect it to be stable. ⚠️ KernelXE Lite: KernelXE Lite is a smaller and reduced version of KernelXE that only contains files that are stable and compatible with BlackWingCat's extended kernel. KernelXE Lite is not compatible with full KernelXE and is meant to be installed on top of BlackWingCat's extended kernel. rv1 changes: Added custom BlackWingCat ntdll.dll with RtlIpv6StringToAddressExW and RtlSetLastWin32Error. ⚠️ Make sure to install the WildBill Update Collection BEFORE KernelXE. It is required and your system will be unbootable if you install KernelXE first. ⚠️ Downloads: KernelXE v0.2.4.2 KernelXE v0.2.5-rv1 Lite WildBill Update Collection The future of KernelXE and what I have been doing: As kernel32 grew, problems started to occur, like blank spaces in code, bugged code, and not enough space to add certain things. I decided to re-extend kernel32. This means redoing the entirety of .patch, which is where all non-Microsoft code is stored. Specifically in kernel32, I haven't had enough space in .data to add the data needed for some LCID related functions that are extremely commonly used in programs. I have already re-extended gdi32, and I may re-extend some other file if I need to. There won't be a new release of KernelXE for a long time, but when it finally comes, KernelXE may actually be a suitable alternative to BlackWingCat's extended kernel. Changelog: Public Beta 1: Initial Public Release Public Beta 2: Exported real CreateActCtxW as CreateActCtxB to prevent explorer.exe crashing. Added CreateActCtxW stub to take care of programs that call it while fixing the real function. Moved QueryUnbiasedInterruptTime, SetThreadStackGuarantee, K32EmptyWorkingSet, and GetNativeSystemInfo to .text Added idndl.dll, normaliz.dll, and the nls files normaliz.dll uses to the update package. v0.2.3: First version of KernelXE with new versioning system Full changelog inside update installer. v0.2.3.1: Added updated DirectSound library Added updated hotplug.dll and stobject.dll Added Windows Server 2003 msvcrt.dll Added BlackWingCat's Reiwa compatible locale.nls v0.2.4: Added PAE Added this HAL Timer fix Added Windows Vista msvcrt.dll Added KeAcquireInStackQueuedSpinLockRaiseToSynch and HalConvertIdtToIrql to all HALs Added KernelXE branded bootscreens Added some ntoskrnl functions (list in full changelog) v0.2.4-rv1: Added exFAT stuff (update.inf was weird) v0.2.4.1: Removed exFAT stuff Fixed and cleaned up update.inf Replaced Vista msvcrt with Server 2003 msvcrt (Vista msvcrt causes a BSOD related to winsrv) Added Kernel Mode Driver Framework Added WinUSB v0.2.4.2: Added some user32 stubs requested by piotrhn Added a missing piece of code in CreateActCtxB Updated msvcrt to 7.0.6002.22755 (Vista) Changed version block to check if the NT major version is 5 and removed NT minor version checking. Fixed loading bar not appearing in bootscreen Lots of new files Programs: Relocation Section Editor - Only one that handles huge relocation tables like the one in ntoskrnl. Executable | Source Code

Thought this belongs here https://bitcheese.net/web_browsers_must_die

Thanks for detailed answer. I think you're perfectly right on positive effects of decreasing adblock entries for a smooth efficitent web browsing, but the next warning (not cited) quote of Extremely Condensed Adblocking List: let me think that for an old OS like XP (moreover whose source code getting leaked) it's maybe little better to give priority to safety at the expense of efficiency adblock listing. But in W7-W10 scenario your choice it's really worth of implementing.

Welcome to MSFN. This question was most recently asked by Rod Steel in the POSReady thread: https://msfn.org/board/topic/171814-posready-2009-updates-ported-to-windows-xp-sp3-enu/?do=findComment&comment=1190517 There is no TLS 1.3 for Internet Explorer, but roytam1’s UXP browsers fully support TLS 1.3. Firefox 52.9 had optional support for an experimental draft of TLS 1.3. M$ cut off Windows Update for systems older than Windows 7 in October, which has also been discussed previously at MSFN.

I have noticed that remote web fonts have made some web pages difficult to read clearly, and contribute to browser slowdown with font rendering. If you follow the instructions in this link (credit birdie at TechPowerUp), you experience faster web browsing speeds, and (in my opinion) clearer text. I noticed a huge speed increase. Disabling web fonts in Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome Some of us hate downloadable web fonts so here's how you can stop websites (including techpowerup) from forcing their glorious fonts down your throat. 1) Mozilla Firefox Open about:config Set "gfx.downloadable_fonts.enabled" to false. 2) Google Chrome Right Click Chrome's launcher icon, click "Properties". At the end of the launcher string add the following: " --disable-remote-fonts" (without quotes). You're done. Before: After:

(FontAwesome ICON font for symbols in head block, 3dots, post editor etc.) Thanks for confirmation, great! Have meanwhile tested those prefs in KM1.5.4 (Firefox 2) and it actually works there too, which means it should also work in Retrozilla, same engine. And after some more research am getting the impression my assumption above about new, separate prefs in younger browsers was wrong, they still need the same method too. By the way have discovered the forum does NOT download the font from Google, unlike most other sites Instead it's loaded from the own domain directly. That's defined as "@font-face" in style xxxxxx_framework.css, it contains download-links for various types, as modern woff, eot, svg - and for old systems as truetype: /board/applications/core/interface/font/fontawesome-webfont.ttf?v=4.7.0 .

<semi-OT> Another IPS board I occasionally browse (but don't belong to as a registered member) is nsane.forums . That one has also undergone the forum software overhaul last autumn, but the IPS default theme has been kept as a custom choice; do note that what's currently available is an updated iteration of past IPS default, but if one enables the new version now, one can get a good glimpse of what the pre-update version looked like... @asdf2345 : Scroll down to the bottom banner, then choose via "Theme": @siria : I combined your "fixes" into the following Stylem userstyle: @-moz-document domain("msfn.org") { html body.ipsApp li#cUserLink:hover ul#elUserLink_menu { display: inline-block !important; } html body.ipsApp ul#elUserLink_menu { background-color: yellowgreen !important; } html body.ipsApp ul#elUserLink_menu li { line-height: 1 !important; } ul.ipsComment_tools ul.ipsHide:hover, a.ipsComment_ellipsis:hover + ul.ipsHide { display: inline-block !important; position: static !important; } } to be used in Tycho based browsers (NM27, Arctic Fox) ; still, the overall MSFN experience in these browsers is highly problematic ... (I don't mean to be disrespectful , but the site owner tested the new layout only in Google Chrome 87/Win10 and, of course, all things work there as "expected"; so, no sympathy is expected/felt for (us here) users of older browsers on older OSes, which, I believe, is a unique trait of MSFN itself as a broader community, i.e. not to look down on users because of their Windows OS/hardware choices... Anyhow, the dice is cast and Rubicon crossed... ) <semi-OT/>

Quick question.. As it turns out, I just happen to have "WASM" (user_pref("javascript.options.wasm") set to (its default) "True"on New Moon28.10.2a1; however, on Serpent52, I had it set to false. So, I've spent some time researching {webassembly firefox} on duck~duck~go...HAHA... and I see good (security related) reason(s) to have it disabled - though is said, disabling it decreases performance on modern web sites. I don't know why I didn't catch this sooner, but digging around today, I discovered the inconsistency with regard to my browsers. Considering our maintainer has it enabled by default, do you folks recommend leaving enabled? Thank you..

Apparently, in modern times, the foundation of GUI development is to make sure it is forever changing. Why not make it as a "GUI randomizer" and be done with it? (sarcasm)

Yes, respect @xper - change is inevitable - I fully understand that. Its the struggle to adapt to change (both online and IRL) that is easier said than done.

I have been wondering, you use Firefox 78 that is not officially supported on Vista, with the extended kernel and you along with Dixel seem rather adamant to update, so you use local method. I along with @Ximonite use the system file replacement method with all Vista updates installed and we don't have your issue. Don't misunderstand me. Think about it. Also, respect @xper

I'm not the creator. One more sarcastic comment and you will be banned. Period.

Chrome 87 and Windows 10. Everything works.

Wunderbar98 (December 10th): It's okay Santa pre-approved a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B. Happy new year all. Christmas came and went and as usual there were no presents, just some lights. Can't remember what year my household purchased anything new aside from socks, underwear, food and rare home/vehicle maintenance items. Live a low profile, work from home, prefer staycations. Entire year only washed the truck once and burned two tanks of gas. Single vehicle household, would like to get rid of that too but suburbia requires driving for everything. The 20+ year old bread maker died last year, we've reverted to baking bread the old fashioned way. Also got serious about machine knitting house socks. As usual the neighbour's oversized garbage bin is overflowing long before garbage day, can't even close the lid. May skip taking the bin to the curb this week to set an example but they'll probably think i threw my garbage into their bin :( So needless to say no Raspberry Pi - happy! Configured the 11-year old SSE2 capable netbook to handle all banking needs with a modern non-Windows OS, re-routed some DSL wire and everything's good. Hopefully can keep this existing setup for 5-10 years. So no need for a Raspberry Pi or newer computer, which would have opened a big can of worms (another KVM switch, HDMI -> HDMI-mini and VGA -> HDMI adapters, etc). Keeping on with the old hardware. May spoil myself this year and upgrade the primary system to a faster tower presently in storage (800MHz/384MB RAM to 1.7GHz/1.5GB RAM). Reluctant as this Windows 98 setup is the best i've ever used. Will perform another full image backup of this Windows 98 install then just continue to enjoy the system. It's been fun, thank-you everyone for your input and feedback. Lately have been busy with other projects and probably won't post much anymore. Have been going through years of old online forum logins and memberships, attempting to either cancel or gibberish/harden the data, not an easy feat. They make it easy to sign up then keep your data for years. Also started tinkering with other non-Windows/Apple/ proprietary OS', gotta keep moving. Thread title updated to 'Running vanilla Windows 98 in 2020 and beyond...'. Feel free to post your modern day Windows 98 experiences here, or not. It's great that there are still some users out there. Personally i think Windows 2000 Professional was the best MSFT ever produced, though my nostalgia remains loyal to Windows 98. It is very versatile and still surprisingly useful today, despite occasional clunkiness, which adds to the charm.

upcoming: due to an user request.

Only as a side-side note, System Explorer: http://systemexplorer.net/ seems like not that bad (and it can show processes full paths, among many other things) jaclaz

install WUFUC. it sometimes pops up after reboot, but don't worry about it. https://github.com/zeffy/wufuc

Do you mean this? This happens on Opera (version 72.0.3815.400, pure x64) in my case. AdBlocker, even after enabling repeatedly, disables itself after relaunch. https://imgur.com/a/d8KJh08

Ehehe we can't link the binaries here otherwise we'll all get banned (that's why you don't find much about it on MSFN). However a little bird told me that you can find Samuel, Dibya, Peter, Henry and many other developers like a certain guy called "FranceBB" (along with MSFN users) working on One Core API, Chromium (no we're not there yet), Intel HD Audio Drivers and other XP projects in this Skype Group: https://join.skype.com/kkCmZhCwjegP xD

Vista is actually good for activity online as its current market share is very low, thus making it a 95% unlikely target for internet hijacks/exploits. And with the extended kernel and the gift of @win32 to the Vista community, this state has gotten a lot better, as Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Waterfox etc.etc., which are major browsers now run on Vista just like how they run on 7. My dad actually uses my main Vista laptop for (carefully monitored) online banking approx. once every week. And I have created a separate standard account only for him and mom to use the computer on.

Maybe DanR20 only meant Windows 2000? VLC 4.0 will not support XP/Vista, but it’s still in beta AFAIK.

- Syncing can be done through SyncToy, but I understand it may be a pain to get all your music off of iTunes. Best to get out of Apple's grip now though while you can. - Maybe for """AAA""" developers, they only want 10, but honestly, most AAA games suck anyway. - AMD has always been notorious for ***** drivers. That seems like a huge problem though. Have you made sure that something else isn't messing up in your system? - As to the Intel drivers, I don't know the context at all there.

Well this is not as easy as you may think. Not only am I iTunes subscriber, I own iPhone 12 and iPad, and synchronization only works through iTunes. Well game developers are only seeing dx 12 for some unknown reason. They ONLY really care about Windows 10. I guess screw anyone using 7/8 or linux and MAC? Amd gpus no longer works stable enough on windows 8.1. I've tested rx 570 and vega 56 and browser acceleration did not work and I got some gpu hangs and driver crashes. It uses wddm 1.1 so... Until they fix their s***, windows 10 is unusable for me and I'll try to learn linux (altough I don't like many things on linux)

If it's the very same socket and the CPU ain't soldered, then I don't see why not? I've never owned such a computer, but I've upgraded CPUs many times in different computers, it's very easy. As long as it's the same socket and the BIOS/UEFI is compatible (i.e the CPU is listed in the support list of the motherboard) and you have enough Watts available from the Power Supply, then it's very easy. You just need to buy a thermal compound to apply on the "new" CPU and you're good to go! Just one thing: each CPU comes with pins that are really fragile, so be careful when mounting the new CPU. They usually come with an arrow pointing in a direction on the CPU and you'll find the very same arrow on the socket which basically tells you the way you have to insert it in the socket. DO NOT insert it in any other way, otherwise you'll break the pins and your CPU is gonna be dead.

Well I randomly ran into this thread so why not to share my desktop too https://prnt.sc/w4n5am

Well, there's the Frankenstein method... don't you remember we have discussed it some time ago? I was able to reach u262 using it, actually, although I'm still on it and didn't try the later versions for lack of need (and time). https://www.azul.com/downloads/zulu-community/?version=java-8-lts&os=windows&architecture=x86-32-bit&package=jre

When I surf using IE8 with the Chrome plugin, I can see activity in the ProxHTTPSProxy console, so I assume that it's still using it. I suspect I would be getting a lot of certificate errors if it wasn't. Just to add that I was amazed to be able to use my online banking site with IE8 using the Chrome plugin. I never thought that would work ever again!

@Dave-H : Is your IE8 always configured to use ProxHTTPSProxyMII for HTTPS connections? The crux of the issue here, methinks, is whether GCF uses IE8's proxy configuration and whether it shares IE8's cookies/other data... If it's just a standalone, non-configurable, Chromium (32) headless browser within IE8, then, sadly, very little can be done about it... Can you try these experiments for me, please? With GCF enabled, load: https://www.whatismybrowser.com/detect/what-is-my-user-agent so we can verify what UA is being sent; then (again via GCF), load https://clienttest.ssllabs.com:8443/ssltest/viewMyClient.html so we can see which types of secure connections GCF is capable of... Hopefully, we can see whether ProxHTTPSProxyMII is being used in GCF, too... Finally, are you able to successfully sign-in to Google.com via IE8 alone (with GCF disabled)? If you can't without the HTTPSProxy (this is, sadly, a probability), I think you'll be able to with the proxy configured... FWIW, IE9 (on Vista SP2) enabled with TLS 1.2 support, can perfectly fine authenticate and connect to a Google account: (Sadly, EC ciphers are not possible in XP ) Via signing-in, Google cookies are set; if these are shared with/can be picked-up by GCF, when loading youtube you should be already signed-in, at least in theory ! If, OTOH, GCF can't see those IE8 cookies, then perhaps they could be exported from IE8 in a suitable format and imported (somehow?) into the GCF profile @RainyShadow mentioned...

Well, of course when I investigated I found that I already had it installed! It was disabled and I had completely forgotten about it. Enabling it and adding the "AllowUnsafeURLs" registry entry brought it back to life again, and it does work, sort of. The YouTube homepage now loads, but it get this far and then keeps on reloading again, over and over. It never stabilises. If I try to sign in, I can put my e-mail address in, but then I get - So, it looks like even the Chrome plugin, although it works, is too out of date to be acceptable to Google.

Of course it has to be said that I'm not quite sure why anyone would want or need to use YouTube in IE8, when there are other XP compatible browsers that it still works fine on, including Firefox 52.9 ESR with the Primetime plugin, which I'm still using as my main browser! For years now I've only used IE8 for Microsoft Update, and now that's stopped working I doubt I'll ever need to run it again.

That's because Google have deprecated the old "classic" youtube layout and now yt defaults to loading the polymer layout (several iterations of it exist) which, unfortunately, IE8/XP (and also IE9/Vista) can't render... IIRC, there existed a now dead project called Google Chrome Frame, which used to bring Chrome's rendering engine to Internet Explorer (more info on Wikipedia); I can't remember exactly what version of Chromium it was built on (and the installer itself is currently hard to locate on the web) but it's worth a (long) shot, if available, to test [polymer]youtube loading inside IE8...

@heinogandais the MSFN ProxHTTPSProxy guru. It's thanks to him that we have a version which still works on XP! He hasn't been active here recently, I hope he's OK. If you PM him he should be able to give you a link to download it and a guide as to how to install and configure it.

This one should work with 2000/XP: http://packages.vmware.com/tools/releases/10.0.0/windows/VMware-tools-windows-10.0.0-3000743.iso There's 9x stuff in this one: https://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/3.5u2/windows/x86/VMware-tools-windows-3.5.0-110268.iso

Have you checked this? https://www.raymond.cc/blog/12-file-copy-software-tested-for-fastest-transfer-speed/ Results of tests are in a graph on page 2: https://www.raymond.cc/blog/12-file-copy-software-tested-for-fastest-transfer-speed/2/ jaclaz

FONT SETTINGS, as far as I understand them... Permissions to "choose" fonts or to "download" fonts are different things. And icon fonts are thing 3, since FF41... If "download" is forbidden, that still allows website authors to choose from already installed local fonts. "permissions.default.font" = 1 / 2 / 3 Same choices as with similar pref for downloading images, iframes etc: Download 1=all / 2=none / 3=from same domain If "choosing" is forbidden, that implies of course that download is forbidden too, only the user-font allowed. "browser.display.use_document_fonts" = 0 / 1 (use fonts specified by document author: no / yes) And ONLY younger browsers have a separate setting for "icon fonts"? "gfx.downloadable_fonts.enabled" = true So this allows to download ICON fonts even if "choosing" fonts is otherwise forbidden "gfx.downloadable_fonts....." comes with a bunch of sub-prefs, specifying fallback waiting times, sanitizing, a separate setting for woff2-fonts etc..... (no clue, just as hints ;-)) And no idea if gfx-fonts also overrule pref-1, or vice-versa ...? While at it, in my prefs have also stored this comment note: "layout.css.font-loading-api.enabled__INFO" = "INFO: sends list of INSTALLED fonts / Avoid fingerprinting / Attention: reCaptcha?" Oh, what most users keep overlooking, at least in K-Meleon: In Page Display > Fonts there are a bunch of "Language Groups", each of them with independant fonts and minimum-size. The field showing "Western" is a dropdown menu, and the most important group is at the very bottom: Others (Unicode) For example Russian speakers may want to configure groups "Cyrillic" and "Central European" While still at it... If any users with very old browsers and systems (like 98) ever see this, and have constant trouble with broken characters: get an emoji font like well-known "Symbola" and set it in browser prefs for "cursive" and "ornate/fantasy" text, in groups for "Unicode" and "Western" etc. Howto: download from link below, unzip, drop the smaller ttf-file into c:/windows/fonts (Asian users may need the bigger file, but no clue) Symbola v12 was last TrueType: page: https://web.archive.org/web/20190502155955/http://users.teilar.gr/%7Eg1951d/ font: https://web.archive.org/web/20190608100449/http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/Symbola.zip Edit: Yet another TRACKING-trick! blocking fonts does NOT prevent GOOGLE from getting user data anyway, they use this trick: link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' Workaround: Block domains instead: fonts.googleapis.com / fonts.gstatic.com BUT: Google does not allow reducing their tracking by blocking fonts.googleapis - or otherwise they will block you from their RECAPTCHAS! At least that was once figured out in a forum. It's been awhile, cannot test myself, but nowadays things rarely get better, Only worse, worse, worse.... .

I did think about adding code to ignore WASM related prefs when SSE2 is not detected.

The exact URI to that script is https://game314425.konggames.com/gamez/0031/4425/live/Build/UnityLoader.js I downloaded it locally on disk and probed it with an editor ; I couldn't find "Disabled by lack of compiler support", but did find the original warning/error: "Your browser does not support WebAssembly." Looking closer at your Web Console output, it appears the message is generated by the browser's asm.js module, when it tried to compile js code fed to it by the UnityLoader.js script ; BTW, many thanks @UCyborg for your most helpful contribution, as always : You might've mentioned it previously in these forums, but it didn't dawn on me that that was the case... I am running Vista SP2 32-bit and my 2007 era Intel Core 2 Duo is SSE2 capable; so using the "-xpmod" variety of Serpent-52.9.0-win32... By the looks of it, you should be running the "-xpmod-ia32" build, derived from the "ia32" branch of Roytam1's UXP fork: https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commits/ia32 TBH, I don't follow closely the development of that branch, only that of the custom branch (produces NM28+St52)... @UCyborg wrote that WASM expects at least SSE2 instructions set , so there's your answer... @roytam1 : Perhaps it could be a good idea to disable WASM and LOCK the related prefs (inside about:config) in your ia32 builds, so as not to create false expectations by the users of those builds on their pretty old processors... Just throwing this out there for consideration... As posted, I first tried the site with a pristine St52 profile, and it did ask permission to use Flash; Flash is used to deliver ads in the embedded player, just before the game itself loads (when it does... ).

And mine: I have modest urges to play x64 games and look at Aero. Vista satisfies them.

@j7n Yes, you are correct- some "enhancements" will break. On the second graphic I provided, on the Google News pages, the left side under sections, all of the icons are missing and replaced with a square. Even on this MSFN page,some of the graphics are broken, but the placeholders are still there. Hovering over them will tell you what they represent, as I have denoted with my red edits below. The increased speed and font readability is easily worth the trade-off of having square placeholders.