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@Win10-Hater The forum is not a blog so your post was merged here. The only other place you can post something like this is in your intro thread (if you have one) or as a status update on your profile.

The (relative) Extensions I have on this are: - DDG Privacy Essentials - HTTPS Everywhere - NoScript - UBO

Hello, i've been recently messing with a Z690 motherboard and an Intel Alder Lake CPU Managed to get Windows 7 installed, but it was tricky, decided to try an updated Windows 7 ISO with drivers (USB3, NVMe... etc) slipstreamed and tried out, found out Intel USB3 got updated enough that current driver infs lacked the IDs for the new chipsets and didn't recorgnize it, so i had to install using from another PC with modern Intel AHCI, then carry the drive over the system after the first stage of setup. I ended forcing one of the AMD USB3 drivers with success on the system. Test machine specifications: Intel Core i7 12700K 32 GB DDR4 3200 MSI Z690-A PRO DDR4 (Budget Z690 with decent VRM, DDR4 and PS2 port) GTX 1060 3 GB 120 GB SSD (Kingston SSDNow V300) What i could get working: SATA/AHCI HDA Audio Most chipset stuff USB3 (After forcing AMD XHCI Driver), although there are issues What didn't work: Onboard LAN (unsupported Intel controller) IGP (that is expected though) Few unknown devices Untested: NVMe Known issues: USB stops working after resuming from suspend (at least with AMDXHCI driver) Single thread workloads may not allocatte in the right cores USB3 setup, first attempt: Setup after doing 1st stage setup and moving the SSD to the ADL system: After finishing setup: End results: WEI score:

Yeah, I know how that sounds... But realistically, many things in our lives are outside of our control and one has to keep own sanity somehow.

I did some of these things in the previous decade, including split-screen coop/multiplayer and 8-ball (the latter in physical world, not miniclip.com). Relatable.

That is how I have been living with Win10 so far and have been considering moving up onto 11. Just don't think about the things that I don't like and everything will be fine...

Imports are really hard to work with, if they are not there in the file already. There are a couple of things you can do. Either you get the imported function from the imported file and try implementing it in the target file, if it's simple. Or you take other import entries to simple functions, reimplement the simple functions in the file itself and rename the now unused import to the one you want. However, you have to make sure the new import name is not too long as the import names are packed together very close.

What I do is not let things I don't have direct control over consume my thoughts.

Rebuild the PE header? No. Just set the checksum but make sure you do not rebuild the header. Warning: LordPE silently rebuilds PE headers when a file is saved.

Completely rewriting kernel32 will prove very difficult. And IDA's pseudocode is not always compilable without other changes, and may be incorrect. But if you don't write anything in C, you can go into IDA, outline the entire function and go to "Edit -> export data". Then copy and paste that hex code into the target file, and find the starting address for the beginning of the hex code and then add an entry in the export table that references the starting address. After pasting in the new function, you will have to fix up the imports, function calls and data references to ensure that will work somewhat.

I don't have wife but I know that struggle still. One person had to use my pc to do new order as his laptop had died and he was asking why all sites are broken and was confused about javascript, css allowing etc

Those are stubs that I deprecated a long time ago. I now grab my code from newer versions of Windows using IDA pro or write my own (you can do it in C, then disassemble if you don't know asm well). SetThreadErrorMode calls RtlSetThreadErrorMode in ntdll. Perhaps you can call RtlSetThreadErrorMode locally by putting it in kernel32. K32GetModuleFileNameExA is the same as GetModuleFileNameExA in psapi.dll. In fact every function that starts with "K32" was originally in there. But I don't believe kernel32 can call psapi because psapi relies on kernel32.

From what I see that isn't the latest version of the browser. Download the latest from here --> https://archive.org/details/360EE_Modified_Version I think pressing the Escape key was the solution to that problem (only at the very first run of the browser). Cheers.

In DcBrowser, 360Chrome 13.5 r 5, 13 M etc 360Chrome builds, In uBlock, for bitchute.com, I've set allow (so in green): bitchute.com, cloudflare.com, jsdelivr.net - then right click/Open link in new tab - so I've (in the new tab) the channel.. then right click on the video/Open link in new tab ... then click on your video - and video play good! Does this work in your Incognito window? ... and which dark mode extension you use? Sometimes, with other websites, I've problem with Dark Background and Light Text extension, but after switching on Simple CSS or Disabled in this extension window, no more problem... BUT videos in the bitchute.com channels, in Roytam browsers (Serpent, New Moon, IceApe...), does NOT play! So request @roytam1 for the solution of this problem, please...

... so last few hours I rushed compiling for a bug that causing inaccessible to msdn.microsoft.com (due to switching to SHA-2 OCSP cert of microsoft) and finally all my actively maintained browsers/suite/mail clients (excluding AF (which won't release regularly and aim to keep minimal changes between my branch and upstream), and NM26/RZ(which has old NSS that it knows nothing about SHA-2)) are freshly compiled for tomorrow's release. security patches for FX45/BK55 may be available later (i.e. not in tomorrow's release).

1050 was multimedia card. And any cards under 1070 kinda felt lame to me. There was better ones in older gen that worked with XP and vista offically. 980ti swept floor with 1060, 970 or 980 were faster than 1050 or 1050ti with same vram (outside 970 ram bug). 960 and 950 are comparable to 1050ti and 1050 but like said work on older windows too. For free those cards are very good but if you paid from 1000 series under 1070 was waste of money I was also wondering did OP actually bought core i7 and cheaped out gpu for 1050? Feels like buying ferrari with fiat punto engine.

Thank you for telling me that, windows2! I will install it now!

Hi mina ,there is a new BWC update v3.0hM with a new fix for today.

He means that there may have been a misunderstanding between the size of the added code and the address, which caused an error in the work of this function, and this error caused the blocking of the request for the function when it was called from ntdll. First of all, I advise you to renew your information. This helped me a lot in getting started: Yesterday I started learning and experimenting.

Sure, true... but too complicated for my wife probably... if I die (this can happen, you never know!...) - then my wife could not use my computer because things are too complicated. So I don't use uMatrix.

there is two tools you can use. One is process hacker 2.38 with it low level driver enabled. It is last for xp. You go to network tab then launch browser to see what sites does it connect. Look any network connections with your browser name. Also not that not all of connections mean data collection. Some of them can be related to site you are connecting. If same connections happens on many sites then it is spying addon. Second is MITM proxy that will need custom cert to be loaded on browser but it can see more You could learn use thing called Umatrix. That allow per site scope for allowing/blocking js. For example I can allow google scripts on google site while blocking scripts from google on this site or anything else.

Hello folks, I'm finally back on this forum after an 8-month or so-long absence. I am doing really well but a lot has happened since the last time I came online. Firstly, I have moved to Linux as my main OS from Windows Vista and 7. For all the Windows Vista and 7 fans here, I still love them, but Linux is now faster, safer, more convenient to use, while still being compatible with all my applications. Specifically, I have moved to Zorin Linux 16 Pro. Secondly, I have decided not to build a desktop computer and instead upgrade my laptop. I have also planned to buy another one. And lastly, my opinion about Windows 11 is that it is both better and worse than Windows 10 at the same time. The UI is a bit cleaner (but still not good on the eye) and it runs faster than Windows 10 (though dramatic performance increases are not seen) , but all the other issues with Windows 10 still remain, or are further exacerbated. That's all I wanted to say in this post. Bye for now!

I tend to NOT use the "latest-and-greatest" version of most of my extensions ON PURPOSE. Newer often times just means a newer "feature" was added. But if that "feature" is a security/privacy risk, then all you did was shoot yourself in the foot thinking "it's newer, it has to be better". Flags: --disable-logging --no-default-browser-check --disable-component-update --disable-background-networking --allow-outdated-plugins --kiosk-printing --disable-print-preview --cipher-suite-blacklist=0xe013 --disable-webgl --js-flags=--noexpose_wasm I do NOT use any uMatrix/uBlock "lists" (one that I used to use is still listed in my profile but unchecked). I use MVPS HOSTS file but tend to only update once every six months or so. A ton of site-specific uMatrix and NoScript rules not included below. I rarely visit YouTube but since it has such a gigantic following amongst MSFN members I have two extensions just for a site I almost never visit.

not sure if I mentioned this song earlier in thread but it kinda reflect your or mine attitude to world (finnish song translated to english) https://lyricstranslate.com/en/suomen-muotoisen-pilven-alla-under-cloud-shaped-finland.html Point I give up totally is when all is actually over for good and absolutely nothing can be done

Have to wish Feodor2 good luck. He's talking about rust on XP, it is impressive and hopefully it doesn't upset anyone. :--)

at this point words dangerous and deadly wont mean lot to me when said on media. They overused those words totally in too many wrong cases.

Calling it "deadly" is "fear mongering", if I may be so bold!

I am not a fan of defragging! I've not defragged a hard drive since the days of Win2000. And it's not about SSD versus HDD and it's not about read/write life cycles, I simply do not degrag. Ever. Operating System efficiency is more about keeping the registry from "mangling". The only way to do that is to not install 1000 different pieces of software only to uninstall 998 of them. Only to repeat that two months later, install 1000, uninstall 998. Rinse. Repeat. That's what VM's are for Doesn't matter how often you "clean" the registry, the only true way to stay truly optimized is to reformat and reinstall. I reinstall all of my computers at least once a year. Not because they've become slow, I keep 'em running like well-oiled machines, I keep 'em purring like a kitten. But nothing, no matter how hard you try, nothing is faster and more optimized than a freshly installed operating system. And the absolute WORST thing you can do is to allow your operating system to "fix itself" -- you want it to STAY optimized, then disable automatic defrag, disable indexing service, disable system restore, disable .net "optimization service", disable automatic updates, et cetera. "Mileage may vary"

Download speed is definitely the issue. My Win10 laptop at idle shows ONE "app" (Task Manager so that I can count processes for sake of this post), SEVEN "background processes", and TWENTY FIVE "windows processes". VERY efficient and heavily tweaked and optimized. But it still doesn't come close to the efficiency of a tweaked-and-optimized WinXP.

Seems like chinese manufacturers still fail to distinguish PC cases from vacuum cleaners ...

Said so very wel @msfntorl. The hard work put into our 360 chrome is appreciated and we a grateful to have the experience to (both) continue to use XP in 2021 (noting compares to XP) and to use this chrome browser knowing that so much love and energy and determination went (and still is) towards its development. You see; and "they" said it couldn't be done ... a secure private chrome on windows xp EDIT: I don't intend to ever give up on XP completely, nor will I give up on Roytam (Serpent Browser) or our two 360 developers 360EE. I truly hope we will enjoy many more years on our systems - despite the fact that the internet is closing in on us. We fight and never give up easily (both in real life and technology). Full speed ahead!

Poor lizard ! Though this can't be compared to walking through the walls , lol . Yes , iguanas can do that . You will end up with a hole in your wall or window. Some don't like mirrors as well. UV lamps are not for heating . It's for boosting the appetite , mating instincts and creating vitamins from UV lights (at least igunas can do it). For heating I use warm layouts and ordinary lamps (painted in red). Also , you need to give some time under real sun , esp. during summers . Not much ! Watch out for overheating ! If your lizard's skin is darker than usual , it needs heating and vice versa , very simple. Better to monitor temps with a thermostat . It's usually no more than 28 degrees ambient for Iguanas , I don't know about Geckos . Every lizards has a different set of character , they can also be moody because they are very intelligent .

Iguana is a predator , it sleeps at night . Geckos are very nice too. About the lamps , yes , I also have them to deliver more UV during the Dutch winters , a couple of hours per day max.

My specs: PC - Early 2006 MacBook Pro 15 inch (MacBookPro1,1) Intel Core Duo T2500 2.0Ghz CPU (32 bit) 2 GB 667Mhz DDR2 RAM 100 GB Apple-branded Fujitsu HDD ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 GPU with 256MB of VRAM Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 x86 build 6002 (dual booted with OS X 10.6.8) My Experience: I first started using Vista in 2012 (Home Basic) and it was on an old Compaq Presario CQ60. At first I didn't like it since it was the Home Basic edition with a stripped-down Aero, and I wanted at least Home Premium or Ultimate, but it did run smooth. However, over the years I fell in love with the OS, mainly for the eye-candy looks and few other stuff. 9 years later, I now have the range-topping Vista Ultimate installed on my Early 2006 MacBook Pro that I got in August this year and it runs really smooth. I have fuly patched the OS till it's last update in April 2017 (I used offline updates) I have Ultimate Extras installed on Vista, but I am not able to get DreamScene or the extra games (I only got the Ultimate Extras sound effects) even though I see WIndows DreamScene update in the "View Installed Updates" in Control Panel

jaclaz, I like when you're being pedantic (which is quite frequently , lol) . Thank you for noticing this typo , the post has been edited . And I like when you're being sarcastic (which is quite frequently too) , have a nice day !

Honestly have to agree, but anyway, I am hoping I can find a Dell Inspiron 531s, with a AMD Sempron processor that is fast, and I will be planning on removing Vista Home Basic and install Vista Ultimate on it and use it as my daily driver on it... Wish me luck finding it EDIT: I found a Dell Latitude E5420 for sale, since I am not going to get a Inspiron 531s (since they only have x86 support) + here are the specs: CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-2520M clocked at 2.5GHz OS: Windows 10™ Pro (I know that @Win10-Hater hates Windows 10, so I will be trying to downgrade it to Windows Vista Ultimate) GPU: Intel® GMA HD Graphics 2000 or Intel® GMA HD Graphics 3000 HDD: 250GB RAM: 4GB ANOTHER EDIT: Since I couldn't afford a Dell Latitude E5420, I decided to upgrade my old PC (Toshiba Satellite L505-S5964) Here is the processor I will be upgrading to Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T8100 at 2.1GHz (from Intel® Pentium™ T4200 at 2GHz)

I see no rudeness whatsoever in Frank's post. Yours, OTOH, is unnecessarily offensive. People nowadays are too oversensitive...

We have @roytam1's browsers and 360chrome on top of it. Why lose time reinventing the wheel?