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Hi there! It's nice to see you again. Hope you're doing well I will be testing everything on a fully updated Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 x64 virtual machine, including all Server 2008 updates to January 2020, so it will be at build 6003. If I run into any problems, I'll have a separate VM with build 6002 to test the software to ensure the problems aren't related to build 6003. And thanks so much for the kind words, it means a lot I'll do the best I can. Working on the Antivirus/Security software section now!

Off-topic: Thanks for consumption voucher from HK government, and a special offer of HKD 2020 of AMD 5800x, I got a almost free upgrade from 3700x. So there may be about 20% faster for compiling browser's source code.

New NewMoon 27 Build! 32bit https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-27.10.0.win32-git-20221001-1406b5eef9-xpmod.7z 32bit SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-27.10.0.win32-git-20221001-1406b5eef9-xpmod-sse.7z 32bit noSSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-27.10.0.win32-git-20221001-1406b5eef9-xpmod-ia32.7z 64bit https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-27.10.0.win64-git-20221001-1406b5eef9-xpmod.7z source repo: https://github.com/roytam1/palemoon27 repo changes since my last build: - 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)

Do you mean you have a single floppy disk? A lot of archivers (compatible with Win9x) will allow to compress a file and divide the resulting archive in floppy-sized chunks. It won't be fast, but it used to work just fine. Or you can just split the .exe and recombine the chunks on 9x with copy /b, or use a dedicated program *like*: https://www.martinstoeckli.ch/splitter/splitter.html jaclaz

Here is the win2000 extender I've built, along with ACPI, AHCI and USB3.0 drivers I've been trying to get working with it. Before trying out the drivers, remember to place ntoskrn8.sys, storport.sys, storpor8.sys and h8l.dll into \SYSTEM32\DRIVERS anyone is welcome to try it. https://ufile.io/hvtvh7sp

... Some years ago, Avast themselves had acquired Piriform and their most popular product, CCleaner; WinXP (and Vista) are now left with an EoS CCLeaner version (5.64.7577), but the current releases (targeting Win7+) have been extremely bloated by Avast, by including a bucket load of unwanted cr*pware (and telemetry) ... I get the sense Norton will continue in the same streak ... WinXP (and Vista) is currently being supported by an EoS Avast version (v18.8) so, unless Norton start "pouring" stuff via the definitions update mechanism, users of that should be "safe" ; unless, God forbid, Norton make a "managerial change of policy" and stop servicing that v18.8 with def-updates ...

Side note, Avast has seemingly been bought by NortonLifeLock, after more than one year long procedure: https://investor.nortonlifelock.com/news/news-details/2022/NortonLifeLock-Completes-Merger-with-Avast/default.aspx they plan to change name: and probably (IMHO) technology from Norton will be poured over (ex-)Avast, thus (stiil IMHO) ruining the products for good. I think this can be good news for those people that have too d@mn fast computers and couldn't find an easy solution to slow them down. jaclaz

@AstroSkipper ... If you were trying to be funny there (with an overly generous dose of sarcasm on top of it ), I can tell you I was not amused (but I, no doubt, expect some other members were ... ) . Bringing this all back (thanks to you, no less ), my Aug 10th post (you quoted from) was made during my recovery period from Covid19[O5-variant] infection and at a time when the third (was it fourth?) heatwave had hit my area... Yes, I had been obese and did not double-check the accuracy of the AdvChr54-related details contained there-in ; instead, I relied on a "memory-based" recollection, which turned to be faulty... In any case, the point I was trying to make there was to dispel the general "notion" (especially among XP-users) that AdvChr54 should be considerably better than Chrome 49 (EoS for XP+Vista), since it's "54-based" (it's the same misconception surrounding Serpent 55.0.0); the emphasis should've been on: So, the accurate info should've read: Being over 50 isn't turning as I had envisioned and one thing that's becoming apparent is that "memory" isn't always on my side; but if I had to forego completely "from memory" and double/triple check everything I post here (and elsewhere), I'd need double the time to post things and possibly end up posting one third of what I already have posted... Several posts of mine in the form of "analysis" obviously have been proof-read and more carefully researched, but not all "short-reply-formed" ones... I have never myself claimed I'm not prone to errors (after all, "errare humanum est") nor immune to criticism, so your "error-pointing" would have been quite welcome, had it not been laced with sarcasm... And just so you are aware, my previous post in this thread was not just to get to you (I have more important things to be worried about, both in RL and on the web), but it just so happens I only recently visited the "taokaizen" home page for an un-related subject and then, like you, noticed just this line: without more detailed Release Info for v54 ; it was based on that date I retrieved the original announcement via Web Archive ... And there it was I saw (anew) Chrome versions 48, 51 being mentioned... Else, I'd have continued under the (false) belief of v49, 52 ,,, Often times I find Google return as result one of my "articles"/posts from 3-4 years ago (mostly from GitHub+MSFN), and, quite frankly, I don't remember fully every detail in them ; is that Alzheimer's setting in ? God forbid, hopefully not!

Update notification! The Root Certificates have been updated and are now from 27-09-2022. Here is a screenshot: Cheers, AstroSkipper

Fox @hourlyFox - MORE and more pics https://twitter.com/hourlyFox/status/1574987280049119232 https://twitter.com/hourlyFox/status/1575364769057587202 https://twitter.com/hourlyFox/status/1576165047365156865 https://twitter.com/hourlyFox/status/1576255650996297730

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.

Fox @hourlyFox - MORE pics "I know that we currently all just need some distraction from current events and this account usually is for that." https://twitter.com/hourlyFox/status/1575742266009960448 -that's all today, sorry

Hello old friend! You should probably specify the update level of your Vista VM. There may be legacy software that worked fine on build 6002 patched to April 2017, but was broken by 6003 (Microsoft predicted as much in 2019). There might be newer software that depends on SHA-2 support that wasn’t available for 6002. If a program relied on Internet Explorer’s engine, then support for TLS 1.2 (not available in April 2017 but predating the build number change) might be necessary. The possibilities are bewildering and perfection might be unobtainable, but I know you will do a good job!

No, this is, of course, the baby of mama fox.... ...and this is your chipmunk: ...from pinterest.

Screenshot of Firefox 102 ESR running in Devuan Beowulf on 32-bit non-SSE2 capable hardware. Mozilla officially dropped non-SSE2 support after Firefox 52. This was reported in my 'Multi-boot Windows 9x with current GNU/Linux' thread but i wanted to place the screenshot here as this thread probably gets more traffic. The purpose isn't to brag about GNU/Linux, it has issues too, though usually a workaround and solution. This is my 23 year old multi-boot Windows 98 hardware with a 15", 1024x768 CRT monitor. Openbox window manager, fbpanel, launchers on the left. Open applications: Caja, Firefox, terminal displaying 'lshw'. Top right custom Conky as dashboard: % CPU use, % RAM use, % Swapfile use, uptime. Under opened windows Conky displays partition freespace and network activity. The only two add-ons used here in Firefox are NoScript and Bluhell Firewall. Multiple browser preferences and about:config settings were modified for performance and security. Maybe this helps others keep their old DOS and Windows boxes running to slow the perpetual upgrade cycle. This slower 800 MHz multi-boot is still my daily, goto system that gets 90% of the work done. My faster 1.8 GHz multi-boot system, which also runs Windows 98 SE, does another 9%. Unfortunately there was one banking login that didn't work in older Firefox 78 ESR last month, requiring a newer 2010 era 64-bit system. Over the weeks i'll trial this Firefox 102 ESR with my important websites and logins. There were some issues with tab crashes in Firefox 78 ESR, likely releated to non-SSE2 capability, i am curious to see if this improved. Some browsers may need to click on 'Download original image' to view: https://i.postimg.cc/kghbvTVY/2022-09-28-231552-1023x767-scrot.png

Several auxilliary applications provided with Calibre are indicated to not work even with the patched Qt files nor Vista extended kernel (Vista extended kernel works fairly well for Qt 6.x at this time, but it needs the special Qt6Core library for Calibre). I ran both Calibre and the ebook viewer. There was one module that the ebook viewer tried to load that Calibre did not: mfplat.dll, which is missing a few functions introduced in Windows 8. Those are linked to DXGI (DirectX Graphics Infrastructure). Windows 7 with its platform update is not up to the same level in DXGI as Windows 8 (DXGIFactory2 interface methods are all stubs on Windows 7), but it is possible that further stubs may be sufficient for the auxilliary applications to function.