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Well, I just updated the list for the first time in nearly 2 years. I've managed to fix all broken download links in the Web browsers section, and added Mypal 68.x. I've decided to prevent myself from becoming overwhelmed/burned out, I'm just going to take it one section at a time each day until the list is complete. I'm so glad to finally get around to doing this after such a long time. Thank you everyone for your patience, compassion and understanding.

... My dear Windows XP users/friends ... I have already posted something that must have gone unnoticed by you... All 3 variants of the 360EE browser are also popular with the Vista community, especially with users (such as I ) running the 32-bit (aka x86) version of the OS (those on Vista SP2 64-bit have the option to try Vista's Extended Kernel and launch recent versions of Mozilla Firefox (x64) and/or Google Chrome (x64) ) ... You are "bad-mouthing", so-to-speak , 360EE for not being able to apply DST correctly, but, from my point of view, this is just a "bug" of the browser on the WinXP OS (or, dare I say, a "bug" of WinXP itself ?) ; from what posted thus far, it's still unclear to me whether that bug manifests itself too on WinXP EOL systems or only on the "POSReady"-enabled ones; this is something for the XP community to clarify, of course ... But, on the Vista side of things, 360EE behaves as it should with regards to applied DST; I'll re-post the snapshot of my "Time-and-Date" settings ("system time zone", as referenced by AstroSkipper ): ... And here is how @NotHereToPlayGames's (Un-Googled) RePack of 360EEv13.5 (build 2022) loads and displays https://browserspy.dk/date.php As you can see for yourselves, DST (GMT+0300) is being correctly detected for my timezone (EET=GMT+0200, set in the OS level) ... In closing, this indeed used to be a "Windows XP"-exclusive topic/thread and I understand some "XP-die-hards" (!) still feel displeased that it now has turned into a thread belonging to the "Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes" subforum; but, as things stand now, "Older NT-Family OSes" don't just comprise XP... For the sake of correctness, generalisations shouldn't be made or inferred... TL;DR: 360EE versions purportedly do not apply/detect DST offsets as expected when those are correctly set at the OS level, but reports of that so far only involve Windows XP installations of 360EE... Kindest regards

Certificates - CA and Root Certificates Although Windows XP was abandoned and updates of root certificates were not provided anymore by Microsoft for this OS, we still found ways to update them. And, if we want to install one of our TLS proxies, we have to install a CA certificate to get them working. In both cases, certificates are needed, and this short article is intended to shed some light on this certificate jungle with regards to our TLS proxies. The CA certficate of ProxHTTPSProxy A certificate authority (CA) is a trusted entity that issues digital certificates. These are files that cryptographically link an entity to a public key. Certificate authorities are an important part of the Internet's Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) because they issue the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates that browsers use to authenticate content sent from web servers. All popular web browsers use web servers' SSL certificates to keep content delivered online secure. They all need to trust certificate authorities to issue certificates reliably. SSL certificates are used in conjunction with the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol to encrypt and authenticate data streams for the HTTPS protocol, and are therefore sometimes referred to as SSL/TLS certificates or simply TLS certificates. The first time ProxHTTPSProxy is started, it creates the keys for a certificate authority in its program directory if there is none. This file CA.crt is used for on-the-fly generation of dummy certificates for each visited website which are stored in the subfolder Certs. And, there is a second file called cacert.pem located in ProxHTTPSProxy's program directory. This file cacert.pem contains the currently valid root certificates (will be considered in more detail below) used by the proxy to verify the server connections. Since your browser won’t trust the ProxHTTPSProxy's CA certificate out of the box, you will either need to click through a TLS certificate warning on every domain, or install the CA certificate once so that it is trusted. It has to be installed in the Trusted Root Certification Authority of Windows XP and in some cases additionally in the Certificate Manager of a browser as in the cases of New Moon, Pale Moon, Firefox, and others. The Internet Explorer doesn't possess an own certificates store and uses the Trusted Root Certification Authority of Windows XP. Typically, digital certificates contain data about the entity that issued the certificate and cryptographic data to verify the identity of the entity, including the entity's public key and expiration date for the certificate, as well as the entity's name, contact information, and other information associated with the certified entity. Web servers transmit this information when a browser establishes a secure connection over HTTPS. In doing so, they send to it the certificate and the browser authenticates it using its own root certificate store. The following graphic illustrates the structure of a Certificate Authority as for example GlobalSign: SSL/TLS certificates are based on PKI as mentioned above, and there are a few key parts that need to be in place for the SSL certificate to work: A digital certificate (for example, an SSL/TLS certificate) that proves the website’s identity. A certificate authority that verifies the website and issues the digital certificate. A digital signature that proves the SSL certificate was issued by the trusted certificate authority. A public key that your browser uses to encrypt data sent to the website. A private key that the website uses to decrypt the data sent to it. Here is another graphic to illustrate the role that a certificate authority (CA) plays in the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI): When installing such CA certificates in Windows XP manually, then there is something else to note. It can be of crucial importance whether one installs a root certificate under the account of the Current User or Local Computer. In the first post of my thread, you can find more information on that. Furthermore, exiting ProxHTTPSProxy completely, deleting the old CA.cert file in ProxHTTPSProxy's program directory, and restarting ProxHTTPSProxy will result in the generation of a new CA certificate CA.crt that will be valid for another ten years. In addition, the certificate bundle cacert.pem should be updated, at best regularly. You can do that with the tool cacert Updater Fixed which can be found in the download section under Downloads related to cacert.pem Certificate Update in the first post of this thread. This tool is also included in my program package ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu. And, that is the moment to note something very important. Any change to a ProxHTTPSProxy installation regarding the CA certificate or a severe system crash while one of the proxies is running in the background always requires a reset of all dummy certificates in the Certs subfolder. The word "reset" at this point means deleting all certificates that have been created in the Certs folder, manually by the user. The next time the proxy is started correctly, all necessary certificates will be created again when the corresponding websites are accessed. Here are a few screenshots of ProxHTTPSProxy's CA certificate (German edition of Windows XP, sorry!): The Root Certificates of Windows XP In cryptography and computer security, a root certificate is a public key certificate that identifies a root certificate authority (CA). Root certificates are self-signed and form the basis of an X.509-based PKI. Either it has matched Authority Key Identifier with Subject Key Identifier, in some cases there is no Authority Key identifier, then Issuer string should match with Subject string (RFC 5280). For instance, the PKIs supporting HTTPS for secure web browsing and electronic signature schemes depend on a set of root certificates. A certificate authority can issue multiple certificates in the form of a tree structure. A root certificate is the top-most certificate of the tree, the private key which is used to "sign" other certificates. All certificates signed by the root certificate, with the "CA" field set to true, inherit the trustworthiness of the root certificate. A signature by a root certificate is somewhat analogous to "notarizing" identity in the physical world. Such a certificate is called an intermediate certificate or subordinate CA certificate. Certificates further down the tree also depend on the trustworthiness of the intermediates. The following graphic illustrates the role of a root certificate in the chain of trust: The root certificate is usually made trustworthy by some mechanism other than a certificate, such as by secure physical distribution. Root certificates are distributed in Windows XP by Microsoft and located in special certificate stores. These certificate stores may be viewed through the Certificates snap-in Certmgr.msc in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). You can open the Certificates console focused on the Current User on a Windows XP computer by opening Certmgr.msc in the Run dialog box. Here is a screenshot of what you see running this command (German edition of Windows XP, sorry!): The root certificates of Windows XP can be updated by @heinoganda's Certificate Updater or by my self-created Root Certificate and Revoked Certificate Updaters, in both cases to the most recent ones provided by Microsoft. These updaters can be found in the download section under Downloads related to Root Certificate Updates in the first post of this thread. There is no automatism for this updating. It must be done manually by the user and, if possible, regularly. @heinoganda's Certificate Updater is also included in my program package ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu. Greetings from Germany, AstroSkipper

uBlock Origin Legacy modified by @AstroSkipper - Part 2 (obsolete) In the first part about uBlock Origin, I fixed the issue of the incorrect dashboard's display. After that, a member of this forum came up with the idea to replace the file with the available filter lists in my modded version of uBlock Origin due to loading problems that could be observed lately with these lists. A good idea, in my opinion. He replaced the file assets.json in the folder \assets with the one from the current web extension uBlock0_1.44.5b0.firefox.signed.xpi in my corrected version uBlock0_1.16.4.30.firefox-legacy-mod-by-@AstroSkipper.xpi. Thanks for that to @nicolaasjan! I had a closer look and came to the conclusion that in case of such a modification not only this one file but also all related filter lists should be replaced in the folders \assets\thirdparties and \assets\ublock, for consistency reasons. Freely according to the motto "Who says A, must also say B" (German saying! ). Furthermore, @VistaLover drew my attention to an unofficial, more recent version of uBlock Origin Legacy with the version number 1.16.4.31b2: This xpi file has already been updated with regards to its filter lists and is now the basis of my new, modified version of uBlock Origin Legacy. Here is the complete changelog of what I have modified: The file dashboard.css fixed as described in my post "uBlock Origin Legacy modified by @AstroSkipper - Part 1". The file assets.json replaced by the most recent one. Missing filter lists in the folders thirdparties and ublock added. Existing filter lists in the folders thirdparties and ublock updated. This is a screenshot of the location inside the xpi file where all filter lists related files can be found: And, here is the download link to my new, fixed version of uBlock Origin Legacy 1.16.4.31b2, credits to @nicolaasjan and @VistaLover: https://www.mediafire.com/file/rv4cdfsm9ddqq30/uBlock0_1.16.4.31b2.firefox-legacy-enhanced-mod-by-%40AstroSkipper.xpi/file I compared this new modded version to the old one, and it works really great. The updating of the filter lists are now much faster than before, meaning flawlessly. No eternal waiting for update end! But that's not all! And again it was @VistaLover, who pointed me to another solution for fixing the glitch in the dashboard page. Thanks for that again, @VistaLover! In the Pale Moon Forum, a solution is described how to fix this glitch using the advanced settings of uBlock Origin: https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=28882 Open the dashboard page, under the item Settings, enable the option "I am an advanced user", click on the icon at the end of this option, and change the value for uiStyles from unset to font-family: sans-serif. That's all! From now on, the dashboard page works as it should. And, here is the next download link of uBlock Origin Legacy 1.16.4.31b2, only modified in terms of the filter lists, credits to @nicolaasjan and @VistaLover: https://www.mediafire.com/file/zy1dpmtv2py9tws/uBlock0_1.16.4.31b2.firefox-legacy-filter-lists-mod-by-%40AstroSkipper.xpi/file Furthermore, two posts with all deeper information provided by @VistaLover: https://msfn.org/board/topic/182647-my-browser-builds-part-3/?do=findComment&comment=1226700 and https://msfn.org/board/topic/182647-my-browser-builds-part-3/?do=findComment&comment=1226717 Additionally, a link to the wiki of uBlock Origin's advanced settings: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Advanced-settings It seems to be the case that in the next releases of roytam1's UXP browsers the glitch issue in the dashboard page will be presumably fixed. If that is the case, all modifications due to the glitch issue won't be necessary anymore. But, I think they won't harm, either. And finally, an important recommendation to get a new installation of uBlock Origin Legacy working properly and flawlessly. After uninstalling the previous version (yes, the old version should be uninstalled), delete all remnants via about:config and in your profile folder! The remnants of uBlock Origin which can be viewed via about:config can be easily removed by the extension eCleaner. And in your profile folder, there is a file in the subfolder extension-data called ublock0.sqlite which has to be removed manually. Delete the browser cache, too! If doing so, the updating of the filter lists will work like a charme after installing one of my modified versions. All users who have important, individual settings or rules should backup them before cleaning their profile folder. On the dashboard page, there is an item called "Back up to file"" to save the user's settings via uBlock itself. Cheers, AstroSkipper

New regular/weekly KM-Goanna release: https://o.rthost.win/kmeleon/KM76.4.6-Goanna-20221001.7z Changelog: Out-of-tree changes: * update Goanna3 to git 7f6fda62d8..1406b5eef9: - import changes from `dev' branch of rmottola/Arctic-Fox: - Bug 1182147: Ensure ImageHost does not attempt to call DrawQuad with an effect unsupported by the compositor. r=nical (5624e9134f) - Bug 1151749 - "Win-Only: Disabled Hardware Acceleration + CSS 3D transform on canvas -> black artefacts on hover". r=nical (54c49071b9) - Bug 1184224 - Remove gfxPrefs.h include from gfxPlatformGtk.h. r=karlt (eb907daa58) - Bug 1183820 - Expose if cairo uses XRender to GetAzureBackendInfo. r=mattwoodrow (10044ecfb0) - Bug 1128934 - Call XFlush after compositing to prevent jank. r=karlt (f63b9dc1b5) - Bug 1151663 - New mochitest for this bug. r=kats (9344d22ed6) - Bug 1176402 - Have synthesizeNativeWheel() and synthesizeNativeMouseMove() accept coordinates relative to the element's bounding rect. r=kats (cbdffe3869) - Bug 1177018 - Work around the iframe in which mochitests are run not being scrollable. r=kats (d24291080c) - Bug 1177018 - Disable smooth scrolling in the APZ layerization test. r=kats (e1af545da1) - Bug 1181678 - Improve the check for skipping test_layerization if APZ is disabled. r=botond (91e5ead610) - Bug 1177018 - Enable chaos mode for the APZ layerization test. r=kats (f07fdeb936) - Bug 1177018 - Only enable APZ test logging for tests that actually use it. r=kats (9f24ea01c4) - Bug 1196294 - Remove the mCause from TimelineMarkers, r=tromey (5abd1c057d) - Bug 1195232 - Stop using TracingMetadata from GeckoProfiler.h, r=tromey (e736038873) - Bug 1200118 - Create a barebones TimelineMarker abstract class, r=tromey (9930c83c2f) - Bug 1200252 - Add marker for when the IPC request for a composite is sent to the compositor thread, r=jsantell,matt (becc11f58b) - align some minor thing to gecko (5bb64e322a) - Bug 1204581 - Add a deprecation warning for the usage of AppCache when service worker fetch interception is enabled; r=mcmanus,baku (69949c8d96) - Bug 1210941 P2 Use LOAD_BYPASS_SERVICE_WORKER in HttpBaseChannel instead of mForceNoIntercept. r=jduell (fdb7afc0be) - Bug 1173171 - Disable external jar: via preference. r=jduell (704cfb0b9c) - Bug 1210941 P3 Make jar channels use LOAD_BYPASS_SERVICE_WORKER internally. r=jduell (d871dc4837) - Bug 1210941 P4 Use LOAD_BYPASS_SERVICE_WORKER instead of ForceNoIntercept in nsDocShell. r=ehsan (ea5ed76717) - Bug 1210941 P5 Use LOAD_BYPASS_SERVICE_WORKER in nsObjectLoadingContent instead of ForceNoIntercept(). r=ehsan (9e821adfaa) - Bug 1210941 P6 Use LOAD_BYPASS_SERVICE_WORKER instead of ForceNoIntercept in FetchDriver. r=ehsan (02685be882) - Bug 1210941 P7 Use LOAD_BYPASS_SERVICE_WORKER in ServiceWorkerScriptCache. r=ehsan (45fa163dd2) - Bug 1182112 - XML documents should not be intercepted by ServiceWorkers. r=ehsan (a9dfeffcb3) - Bug 1210941 P8 Use LOAD_BYPASS_SERVICE_WORKER in xslt txURIUtils. r=ehsan (d7686d572b) - Bug 1210941 P9 Use LOAD_BYPASS_SERVICE_WORKER in nsCORSListenerProxy. r=ehsan (653f50de45) - Bug 1205302 - Disallow intercepting OCSP requests; r=jdm (b4650e78d9) - Bug 1210941 P10 Use LOAD_BYPASS_SERVICE_WORKER in nsNSSCallbacks. r=ehsan (b4b8b3f503) - Bug 1210941 P11 Use LOAD_BYPASS_SERVICE_WORKER in worker ScriptLoader. r=ehsan (ac07404832) - Bug 1210941 P12 Remove http channel's ForceNoIntercept. r=jduell IGNORE IDL (a7592a83c4) - Bug 1210941 P13 Remove ForceNoIntercept from jar channel. r=jduell (617544fcee) - Bug 1169613 - Use content type of synthesized response for JAR channel requests if available. Part 1: Set Content-Type of synthesized reponses for JAR channel requests. r=jdm (e32061a26a) - Bug 1169613 - Use content type of synthesized response for JAR channel requests if available. Part 2: Set Content-Type for JAR Channel requests on Fetch API responses. r=nsm (da43e29583) - Bug 1207556 - Part 1: Stop reusing the loadinfo in StartCORSPreflight; r=sicking (4724bfa8cd) - Bug 1207556 - Part 2: Fix the beacon CORS preflight tests; r=sicking (c61a699f9f) - Bug 1111834 - CORS preflight of navigator.sendBeacon() should not follow 30x redirect - tests. r=sicking (2871ad22e7) - fix build because of previous backports (e3096e6f9a) - Bug 1161677 - Expose dev mode state read-only through the navigator.hasFeature() api r=ehsan (013399847b) - Bug 1203680 P8 nsCORSListenerProxy::OnStartRequest must always call outer OnStartRequest. r=ehsan (9a67709770) - spacing (d4511b37c4) - missing bit of 920017 and some telemetry (2bf267ce72) (938961e76b) - import changes from `dev' branch of rmottola/Arctic-Fox: - Bug 1146888 - Build more files in ipc/chromium in unified mode; r=bent (1143418e0f) - Bug 1206558 (part 1) - Combine handling of BSDs in ipc/chromium/moz.build. r=mshal. (2bb24997a2) - Bug 1206558 (part 2) - Move Linux-specific code ipc/chromium/moz.build. r=mshal. (94bf4c550e) - Bug 1206558 (part 3) - Move Android-specific code ipc/chromium/moz.build. r=mshal. (43ca8e06dd) - Bug 1206558 (part 4) - Factor out include handling in ipc/chromium/moz.build. r=mshal. (4ae55262ca) - Bug 1206558 (part 5) - Give libevent its own moz.build file. r=mshal. (1919309e8e) - Bug 1206558 (part 6) - Factor out common libevent moz.build stuff. r=mshal. (734e9a4b71) - actually use arc4random_bug check so allow compilation on recent libc (851de42a37) - var-let (8c910312d3) (1406b5eef9) * 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 build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20221001-3219d2d-uxp-de51d3878-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20221001-3219d2d-uxp-de51d3878-xpmod.7z source code that is comparable to my current working tree is available here: https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commits/custom IA32 Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20221001-3219d2d-uxp-de51d3878-xpmod-ia32.7z source code that is comparable to my current working tree is available here: https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commits/ia32 NM28XP build: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20221001-d849524bd-uxp-de51d3878-xpmod.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20221001-d849524bd-uxp-de51d3878-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win64-git-20221001-d849524bd-uxp-de51d3878-xpmod.7z Official UXP changes picked since my last build: - Revert "Issue #1986 - Add in reftests for new behavior." (e46011bcc) - Revert "Issue #1986 - Part 2: Add IsItemInlineAxisMainAxis() and rework some nsFrame code." (c522a01d6) - Revert "Issue #1986 - Use logical coordinates in flex containers." (52a48df03) - Issue #2010 - Ensure raw tagnames are safe exiting internalEntityParser (b06fd11d6) No official Pale-Moon changes picked since my last build. No official Basilisk changes picked since my last build. My changes picked since my last build: - backout bug1767365 part from rev 591552c5 as it cause crash in viewing https://www.ventusky.com/?w=off (67177c672) Update Notice: - You may delete file named icudt58l.dat inside program folder when updating from old releases. * Notice: From now on, UXP rev will point to `custom` branch of my UXP repo instead of MCP UXP repo, while "official UXP changes" shows only `tracking` branch changes.

This is not very relevant to this topic, but one would have to fill in the gaps and add XP/2003 functions in addition to the Vista+ functions for that to work properly. Then perhaps it could work, but there are some other ways in which the kernel side differs (XP has a distinct dxgkrnl, 2000 does not, but most XP graphics drivers were successfully ported to 2000, so perhaps the dxgkrnl functionality was implemented in win32k in 2000).

Hello @VistaLover! You are absolutely right! Sorry again for my generalization regarding 360Chrome and DST! Next time, I will clearly define the conditions under which my statements are valid, as I usually do. Just strictly mathematical! To check my statements, I opened the web page https://browserspy.dk/date.php in Advanced Chrome. And here, the local time is displayed correctly. To illustrate this, here is a screenshot of Advanced Chrome's Date and Time Information on BrowserSPY compared to my system time: Advanced Chrome is based on Chrome 49/51/54 48/51/54, which seems to be more compatible with Windows XP, or, simply better ported than 360Chrome v11, and is able to show the correct local time. If there were a bug in Windows XP itself, Advanced Chrome wouldn't show the correct local time. According to this, I believe that neither Windows XP itself nor the POSReady updates are responsible for this error. Anyway, I can only confirm that on Windows XP Professional SP3 fully POSReady updated, the browser 360Chrome v11.0.2031 rebuild 8 (ArcticFoxie) does not show the correct local time if there is DST in the time zone as it is the case here in Germany. Without any claim of correctness, my conclusion is forcibly the following: The browser 360Chrome v11 is based on Chrome 69, which was not originally developed for Windows XP, either, and probably much more incompatible than Chrome 49/52/54 48/51/54. Thus, I suspect that something went wrong when restoring XP compatibility in 360Chrome. In contrast, establishing Vista compatibility apparently went smoothly. All of it only in terms of the local time in combination with DST, of course. Kindest regards, AstroSkipper

Found the VCRuntime dependencys. \Windows\System32\sxsstore.dll \Windows\System32\config\TxR Not so easy to track, if it's a folder which is required. MSI Afterburner shows an error messages when closing. But I'll will not add fix for this in default profile. \Windows\SysWOW64\taskschd.dll

Having "gh-wc-pf-v1.2.19.3-unofficial (by roytam1)" installed in my Serpent 52.9.0 x86 copy does indeed enable me to visit GH-release pages and the "Assets" do expand (when I scroll down to them) and am then able to download them... Here's a screengrab of https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/1.44.5b9 Have you tried on a fresh Serpent 52 profile with just that extension installed? More importantly, is your Serpent 52.9.0 build a RECENT one? Latest palefill-v1.21 also works fine; should you have both installed, do not enable them concurrently; only one of them should be enabled at any time... BTW, roytam1 offers pre-compiled XPIs of his "unofficial" fork in the upstream issue thread below: https://github.com/JustOff/github-wc-polyfill/issues/68#issuecomment-1250325691 (rename ".zip" to ".xpi"; GitHub doesn't allow for XPI attachments...) Bonus tip: For people without either of the two mentioned extensions inside their UXP-based browser's profile, the workaround here should apply...

Thank you so much for your hard work in this topic here, I've been viewing this topic for a long time, and I am very impressed of your hard work! I will also keep hoping that you get recovered as well!

I am talking about downloading a release from the assets on GitHub. Worked fine with palefill 1.21 the last time in the latest release of New Moon 28. I did not say anything about ZIPs from the repos.

You're right! Same here! 360Chrome is originally a Chinese browser. There is no multilanguage support. It lacks of localization and can't show the correct local time if there is DST in the time zone. Of course, one could change the system's time zone. But, why should one do that? The correct time zone in Windows itself is much more important. I would recommend to leave the system time zone as it is for the real location. There are other browsers which can do that correctly. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Thanks for your hints! I do not have important settings in uBlock Origin which are worth to be saved. Therefore, I cleaned my profile deeply before reinstalling uBlock Origin. I use eCleaner to delete all settings in terms of uBlock's entries in abour:config and I delete manually ublock0.sqlite in the subfolder extension-data of my profile folder. But, you are right. All users who have important, individual settings or rules should backup them before cleaning their profile folder. On the dashboard page, there is an item called "Back up to file"" to save settings via uBlock itself. Cheers, AstroSkipper

yeah some other websites affected https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=28881 while we don't have users visiting such site.

Thanks! From your link: Note, that there are two items added to the lists pane, which will not work in the Legacy version: AdGuard URL Tracking Protection Block Outsider Intrusion into LAN Also, before uninstalling the previous version, make sure you have a backup of your settings before deleting '$PROFILEDIRECTORY$/extension-data/ublock0.sqlite'. I didn't remove anything from 'about:config'.

I've made new modified versions of uBlock Origin Legacy. All is described here: These versions are tested by me and work as they should. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Tried it out and it is fixed. My modded version of uBO-legacy now no longer needs the css fix; only './assets/assets.json' from upstream uBO (see my post here).

Hello everyone. I must extend my sincere apologies for being inactive here this year. My life has changed dramatically over the past year, from walking away from a toxic relationship, to putting myself through therapy to recover from the trauma that it caused me, to finding someone new, to working at the Post Office every day and that taking up most of my energy (as @LoneCrusader can relate ) the time has just gotten away from me, and I haven't made the time that I should have to keep this list up to date. With that being said, I am setting up a virtual machine of stock (NO extended kernel) Windows Vista to test software on, and continuing my obligation of providing Vista users with the best and most up-to-date resource available when it comes to running their favorite software on their preferred operating system. I am going to go through nearly every entry still listed as ONG as of October 2020, and find out which ones no longer fit the label of ONG, and try to narrow down exactly the final versions of these pieces of software to run on Vista, and list them here accordingly. I will also be going through and fixing every broken link I can find, as I'm sure a lot of them have stopped working over the past couple of years. Thank you all so much for your patience and understanding. I hope everyone here is happy, healthy & doing well! (Screenshot of VM so you know I'm serious about this :

will be fixed in next build

if you use a local git client, for example, git for windows or TortoiseGit, you can commit your change into your local repo first, then you can push them into github/gitlab/etc. later.

Same here. Now I use your modified version, in which I also replaced './assets/assets.json' with the current one from uBO 1.44.5b0. There have been some significant changes over time. The last one being in regard to the very slow download of EasyList and EasyPrivacy. uBlock0_1.16.4.30.firefox-legacy-mod-by-@AstroSkipper&nicolaasjan.zip

Serpent Tester Tool The extension Serpent Tester Tool allows to install any extension in Basilisk or Serpent, regardless of target application and versions specified in its manifest. Here is a quotation from the homepage of its developer Nebula-Mechanica, who forked Serpent Tester Tool from JustOff's Moon Tester Tool: @VistaLover brought this fork of Moon Tester Tool to my attention. Until then, I was only aware of the Moon Tester Tool extension. I tested it with a few extensions, and it works as expected. Here is the link to the first version 1.0.0 of Serpent Tester Tool: https://github.com/Nebula-Mechanica/serpent-tester-tool/releases/tag/1.0.0 Cheers, AstroSkipper

uBlock Origin Legacy modified by @AstroSkipper - Part 1 (obsolete) uBlock Origin Legacy 1.16.4.30 is the latest version you can download from GitHub. Here is the link: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock-for-firefox-legacy/releases/tag/firefox-legacy-1.16.4.30. In the most recent versions of New Moon 28 and Serpent 52, the UI of uBlock Origin's dashboard page has been broken. The menu items at the top of the dashboard page are compressed and no longer visible. However, you can still click on them with the mouse. In previous versions of New Moon 28 and Serpent 52, everything was fine (I didn't check in which version this issue occurred first). I also tested this misbehaviour with a clean profile. Here is a screenshot of this issue: I had a deeper look inside this extension and analyzed several embedded files. I checked all code referring to stylesheets and therefore especially CSS code. After reading a bit in an online CSS reference, I started to understand how this issue might be corrected. It was a good thing that I had dealt a bit more intensively with CSS a few months ago. My idea was in fixing the wrong positioning of the dashboard's menu bar and correcting all distances. Inside the xpi archive is a file called dashboard.css. This file had to be modified. Here is the section with the problematic, original code: html, body { display: flex; flex-direction: column; height: 100vh; justify-content: stretch; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 100vw; } #dashboard-nav { background-color: var(--default-surface); border: 0; box-shadow: var(--dashboard-bar-shadow); display: flex; flex-shrink: 0; flex-wrap: wrap; overflow-x: hidden; padding: 0; position: sticky; top: 0; width: 100%; z-index: 10; } And, here is the same section with my modifications: html, body { display: flex; flex-direction: column; height: 100vh; justify-content: stretch; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 35px; position: sticky; width: 100vw; } #dashboard-nav { background-color: var(--default-surface); border: 0; box-shadow: var(--dashboard-bar-shadow); display: flex; flex-shrink: 0; flex-wrap: wrap; overflow-x: hidden; padding: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%; z-index: 10; } You see, I changed very little code. I corrected in 'html, body {} the value of the property position from 'relative' to 'sticky' and added a distance to the top of the dashboard page by the property padding-top with a value of 35px. Furthermore, I changed the value of the property position in #dashboard-nav {} from 'sticky' to 'absolute'. Anyway, it was a problem of positioning and correct distances. Now, with my modifications of the file dashboard.css, the dashboard can be opened as before, and all elements are finally fully visible again. This is a screenshot after fixing the issue, to demonstrate the result of my modification: Here is the download link to my fixed version of uBlock Origin Legacy 1.16.4.30: https://www.mediafire.com/file/9lzu12rv5sczto9/uBlock0_1.16.4.30.firefox-legacy-mod-by-%40AstroSkipper.xpi/file Cheers, AstroSkipper

I have been extremely ill for the past two days, and there is more to the extended kernel than issues with the user mode part of a driver (either that, or there are deficiencies in the DirectX graphics kernel which are causing this). We are already dealing with the nightmare that is the NVIDIA 39x drivers, where it seems that success is very random, as many users are already booting up to the "orb" and getting stuck on it.

Additional Microsoft software/utilities: Microsoft Remote Desktop assistant (FREE, UNS) (Download) Movie Maker 2.6 for Windows Vista (FREE, CS) (Download (Wayback Machine)) NetMeeting 3.0.2 for Windows Vista (FREE, CS) (For x86 versions of Windows Vista only) (Download (The Hotfix Share)) Windows Genuine Advantage Diagnostic Tool 1.9.0027.0 (FREE, CS) (Download (Wayback Machine)) WMI Diagnosis Utility 2.2 (FREE, CS) (Download (Wayback Machine)) Xbox 360 Accessories 1.2 (FREE, CS) AntiVirus & Security Software: Avira PC Cleaner 3.0.0.125 (FREE, CS) Avira Removal Tool 3.0.1.16 (FREE, CS) Desktop Enhancement software: Bartels Media Macro Recorder 2.0.69 ($$$, CS, UNS) (Renewable 30-minute trial available) Bartels Media PhraseExpress ($$$, CS, UNS) (Renewable 30-minute trial available) Data & File Management/Sharing: Confidential ($$$, CS) Duplicate File Detective 6.3 ($$$, CS) (15-day trial available) (Last version as per vendor release notes) ExifTool (FREE, OS, ONG) ExplorerMax ($$$, 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This is what is happening: https://www.chromium.org/updates/ua-reduction/ User agents are being simplified. Chromium on Windows will now use "Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64" in all cases. However, there is a replacement called "user agent client hints", which will contain much of the information that user agents currently contain, such as Windows versioning (that is how Windows 11 usage gets tracked). The specification supports tracking Windows NT 6.1+, but Vista and below will be lumped into the same category (though only Vista is currently capable of running UA-CH compatible browsers stably): https://wicg.github.io/ua-client-hints/#sec-ch-ua-platform-version Firefox and Safari do not support UA-CH at this time, and will likely keep their user agent format the same for now.

I got the mobile version of YouTube to run on IE8 using the google chrome frame, it doesn't run that well but it works.

It will support other drivers as well; the next one in my sights is the Process Hacker 2.39 driver. I will also add functions for Intel and AMD drivers, and also other system drivers such as Windows 7 file system drivers (which support TRIM).