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Nah, I don't need any doctors, I'm getting better over time. Today I feel better than how I feel on November 5. Well, I wear masks outside for safety.

AM2+. My only occasional issue is running out of RAM, so haven't really considered actually replacing anything else, it just crossed my mind if the whole thing was newer, I could find some RAM in a local shop. Just few months back, I found DDR2 RAM someplace else, but can't find it again. Seein' how my RAM shopping's been going, I'll probably leave everything as it is in the end until some critical component dies...

Honestly, it's good that you asked. I've been sick for 4 days, from November 5 to Today.

Haha, good this one, about lighting... at least you are open enough to visit the churches... this is our heritage, our centers of western and christian culture.

In the past, I certainly did have specific reasons for using Chrome. Mostly that certain websites worked properly with it while others didn't. Things likely changed and now I can't really think of any real reason to want to prefer Chrome for anything, except maybe to stop Google Drive from showing the incompatible browser message. So I think my initial reasoning for wanting to stick with Chrome is just old ideas, or perhaps that it is what I had been used to.

@XPerceniol, @AstroSkipper (Probably) don't need to worry too much. October 25: http://forum.ru-board.com/topic.cgi?forum=2&topic=5894&start=1060#21 That's his dedicated Mypal testing thread over there, zzz528 == @feodor2. October 14: https://github.com/Feodor2/Mypal68/issues/3#issuecomment-1279302448 On Github, if there's no other activity by him, look around in the issues (sort by Recently updated).

Some thing I have been work on in my very little free time. You know "Browservice" project right? He made a software that pushes endless stream of JPEG images to the browser that contain a website rendered by Chromium engine. Complete with fake address bar and front end JavaScript to capture keyboard and mouse. The idea sounds so ridiculous, so crazy, but it actually works on almost every OS and almost every old browser. Problem of "Browservice" is it doesn't feel convincing. IE constantly downloading images and status bar goes crazy (it appears that the memory leak exists). Also very slow when website has a animating. I did something similar but using RDP. Only for IE5 and IE6. Should work Win98/ME/2000/XP<SP3. I develop in XPSP2 IE6 and WinME IE 5.5 for now. Since it's ActiveX control, I am inside of IEXPLORE.EXE and have full control (that's how drive-by downloads installed spyware and virus back in the days). I use the power to intercept the menu, toolbar, address bar, status bar, etc. IE becomes only a bit of GUI under my control. All commands are redirected to remote server running Chromium engine there. RDP has the feature "Virtual Channel" to send messages (WTSVirtualChannelOpen etc.) My implementation so far browsing experience feels 99% like using real Internet Explorer because RDP protocol is much faster and get clipboard support, access to local hard drive, sound, video streaming, etc. for free by Microsoft. Unfortunately still very early in development. Downloads not yet work. History not yet work. Popup window not yet work (very difficult). But I hope that in a few months from now good old Win9x and Win2000 can join a modern Internet again. Backend in C#. Frontend in Visual Basic 6 with OLEEXP and patched SSUBTMR (just to prove it can be done, but it is painful). Maybe you will say that's the fake screenshot. Okay, you can do it. I don't have the argument at the moment. But soon I hope to show it running on real hardware.

Good night and sleep well.

Here too, Windows take care of it natively. Good night to you all! See you tomorrow.

Good to hear you're getting better.

Good to hear and glad you recognize the progress you've made.

That's not good. You can get out frequently, I'm sure...but it's your decision, Mina.

But "my bad" expression is nothing, don't be angry, please, sorry. In English I have to write "my buddy", I see now.

Eh oui.. exactly, "Stupidity is everywhere." ...and "The world is a madhouse." It's Cicero?.. already in Cicero times?..

Actually, if asking for love, one can easily tell when it a bad omen and never NEVER entertain the wicked. This is not the case here and XP Forum (the only 2 forums I'm on currently) I don't feel hate or ugly, sometimes people share their despair; but through this despair we can turn it around, which means the light hasn't burned out and hope is still there. Even though a computer forum, we are here for each other ... did you notice that?

but... are you kidding? WHY. Maybe you are sick? Maybe is not secure in your environment, your city? Tell me everything, please.

We talk about "these "accidental" fires" of churches, my bad. Not about "the Western culture".

Why Ants—Not Humans—Might Be the First Animal Aliens Want to Study We’re not quite as intriguing as we think we are. BY MANASEE WAGH - PUBLISHED: NOV 3, 2022 Human athletes test their mettle in elite competitions like the Olympics. You can almost count on our feats of strength and agility to exceed previous accomplishments. Yet, if we opened the Olympics to all animals, humans wouldn’t win a single event. Kind of humbling. In the seventh installment of Pop Mech Explains the Universe with Neil deGrasse Tyson, the astrophysicist and science communicator opens the door to imagining a universe that doesn’t revolve around our human definitions of “smart” or “strong.” If aliens were to come to Earth, they’d have their pick of creatures to study first. They may not choose the most brawny animals, but they would choose the most intriguing, right? That depends on what you mean by “intriguing.” Humans do seem to be the brainiest. But measuring brains isn’t straightforward, and it’s also not necessarily a good indication of how aliens would view us. After all, whales, elephants, and dolphins all have bigger brains than humans. So what about largest brains relative to our body weight? It looks at first like we win here—but not by much. Mice have the same brain-to-body-weight ratio as we do. And there’s a huge additional caveat: “That contest that we just barely win—that only applies to mammals,” Tyson says. Mid-sized birds have a higher brain-to-body-weight ratio than humans do. Take magpies, which are smarter than we think. After drinking some water from a bottle, a magpie in a YouTube video can’t reach far enough with its beak to keep sipping. It looks around, finds a pebble small enough to fit through the bottle’s neck, and drops it in, raising the level till it can drink again. The magpie does this eight times, apparently demonstrating an understanding of displacement. “Every time you want to claim that no other animals have intelligence, or nothing compared to us—you see things like this, and it makes you take pause,” Tyson says. But the biggest brain-to-body-weight ratio winners are some species of ants. No matter how you dice it, we can’t prove we’d be the most intriguing species to otherworldly lifeforms. So would aliens necessarily pay attention to us first? Tyson thinks we might be sixth on their list. “We hope we’d make the shortlist, but I wouldn’t guarantee it.” Here: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a41856468/animal-brains-neil-degrasse-tyson/ - I could not watch the video - NO video, but PLAY button only... The website is not working properly... no content on the home page, but links OK.

Aye, that's always the possibility.

Nothing in the forum rules against the Western culture.

Maybe we are afraid... afraid not to break the forum rules... But... it's self-censorship?... o tempora, o mores. "Oh the times! Oh the customs!" - Cicero

It was a little touch of sarcasm. I sometimes use this linguistic stylistic device to soften and lighten things up a bit.

Auto-Patcher for Windows 98 SE (English) Hi there, those that are new to this project, please skip down to the What is Auto-Patcher for Windows 98se? section. Latest News: Aug 13, 2009: There is no zip file currently available of the program files. In order to 'get' at the files inside the installer, simply run the installer, choose a place to put the files and then start the 'installation'. Once all the files are copied over, copy the program files to another location, and then uninstall the program as normal. No registry entries are created apart from the uninstall keys (which are deleted after you uninstall. Please have a look at the shortcuts created for the program BEFORE uninstalling to find out which files start the program. Dec 17, 2008: The Upgrade to December 2008 is now available. You will need the December 2007 final files already installed. Downloads: Edited by MDGx: added mirrors: here + here. Latest Upgrade version: December 2007 Final to December 2008 UPGRADE: download link [old link = now invalid ;-(] Size: 45.36 MB MD5: 326313710CED36DEB721A72325E142BA Latest full version: December 2007 Final FULL: download link [old link = now invalid ;-(] Size: 286.46 MB MD5: 10107332C30837B2837BF90513A22CD0 Edited by MDGx: FYI: For those who would like to extract the files without installing, please use Innounp (free GPL). Auto-Patcher installer executables were compiled using Inno Setup (freeware). shameless plug: if you liked the program (or even if you disliked it) please give it a rating on Softpedia by going here: http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enh...dows-98SE.shtml Note: if the SoftPedia site seems to be down, go to the Download.com site instead and vote for it there! What is Auto-Patcher for Windows 98se? Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) was released in 1999, and since then many component updates and critical security hotfixes have also been released. Also, in July of 2006 Microsoft stopped support for Windows 98, and vulnerabilities discovered since then have not been officially patched. So, whatever state your computer is currently in, you can use this program to do all the patching for you. Auto-Patcher includes every update that has been released by Microsoft and every unofficial update posted on the Microsoft Software Forum Network. This program will work on any existing Windows 98 SE (English) system and will still only install updates if your computer is missing them. If you want to know what Auto-Patcher thinks is missing, there is a report function available that will compile a list of all missing updates. Please note: this is an MS-DOS based program that uses batch file scripting to perform all the updates. Auto-Patcher features: * one-click to start the program, and one-button to fully auto-patch your system, or * updates and hotfixes are grouped into selectable modules with further options available within each. * only install updates you are missing (default setting) * report function: search for missing updates and send to text file for viewing. Also tells you what is already installed. * every Auto-Patcher process is logged with timestamps & hotfix version information. Verbose (or debug) mode also available that logs more. * option to force re-installation of updates already installed (NOT the default setting) * to fully patch a freshly installed Window 98 machine, many reboots are required. If the process is interrupted, recovery is available as a menu option Auto-Patcher contents: see link above AutoPatcher98_December2007_Final.zip AutoPatcher98_December2008.zip

<OT> Please consider sipping green tea is possible. <OT>

If you find any websites that don't work properly with Firefox you can report here: https://github.com/webcompat/web-bugs/issues I thank you for your response.

Origins Of Mysterious Radio Wave Bursts Discovered by Stephen Lunz The source of puzzling radio wave bursts detected by two of the world's largest telescopes has been found, and the answer turns out to come from the research facilities' tea rooms, not extragalactic space. Earlier this year, Swinburne University's Emily Petroff was the lead author of a report on the first observation of a fast radio burst (FRB) in real time. Previously, the enormously powerful but poorly understood events known as FRBs had only been detected in the records of large radio telescopes years after they happened. However, among those records was something else, which astronomers named perytons. The first peryton detected was in 1998, although it was not recognized as such until 2011. Perytons look sufficiently like FRBs that astronomers even speculated that the first FRB, known as 010724, might actually have been a peryton. Perytons last about half a second and are “frequency-swept,” meaning different frequencies arrive at different times, which in perytons's case means the high frequencies appear first. Petroff says, frequency-sweeping is commonly associated with signals that have passed through an interstellar medium that has delayed certain frequencies more than others. However, while FRBs are believed to come from outside our own galaxy, perytons were thought to be terrestrial in origin, since they registered on multiple beams of the radio telescopes, something that should only be possible for events that are very nearby or spread across a huge area of the sky. However, according to Petroff, “A lot of theories thought it might be atmospheric; radio pulses from lighting or ball lightning, etc.” So Petroff set out to solve the problem. As one of her co-authors, Dr. Evan Keane, said on twitter, “As a scientist you are basically a detective solving mysteries—it's fun.” One clue Petroff had was that all recorded perytons were observed during daylight, and indeed during business hours. ... Read more: https://www.iflscience.com/astronomical-quest-leads-ovens-27839

I can't speak for anyone else as to how they are acquiring it, but IOT Enteprise in the LTSB/LTSC branches is not a retail OS. There are two ways to acquire it: 1. Be an Embedded Channel Partner/IoT Distributor 2. Buy a computer with the OS already installed There are demo/trial versions that can be acquired. If you buy an appliance with the OS installed, you do not get installation media, but certain companies may provide recovery media depending on volume. So far in my experience, no one has bothered to request recovery media for any appliances with an Embedded SKU since XPe was still available. Nowadays clients are perfectly fine with hotswap warranties. Official info here but note that ways to acquire this OS outside of these methods cannot be discussed here. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot/iot-enterprise/commercialization/licensing

So you're Damien! Cool, Damien!

Although I am not a believer, I have entered a few churches in my life. Unfortunately, not a single bolt of lightning has struck.

Glad to hear! I am fine so far. Just a little more coughing after a Covid infection. And, thank you for the information! At first sight, I thought it's for English Windows versions only as it is very often the case. But, good to know that other language versions of Windows are supported, too. Anyway, good find!

it cannot find a Symbol file in the draw pen tip, so it reverts back to chrome.exe for it. other Chrome builds are working. after the doctor watson debug capture, i can send the logs to the developer, i can check for draw pen tip with symbol dll. i'll have to do it without the translation patch.

Lunar eclipse "blood moon" of November 2022: date, time, where and how to see it 11/7/2022, 5:55:33 PM This Tuesday morning, for the second time this year, some lucky people will be able to see the total lunar eclipse of the "blood moon". ... Here: https://newsrnd.com/news/2022-11-07-lunar-eclipse-"blood-moon"-of-november-2022--date--time--where-and-how-to-see-it.S1bTKdnLBo.html - but it seems to me, that it's a bit late to see it in the United States... then you have to look at this nice picture... r/interestingasf*** - reddit •Posted by u/QforQ 3 hours ago Blood Moon during the lunar eclipse, photo from @AJamesMcCarthy using two telescopes Here: https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasf***/comments/ypppq3/blood_moon_during_the_lunar_eclipse_photo_from/ - NICE photo from Today!

HOW TO RESTORE WINDOWS UPDATE V5 This message is for all people who want to restore and run the Windows Update v5 site on their computer. This is the 1st guide to restore Windows Update v5. Disclaimer: The v5 site can contain bugs. Please report bugs, so they can be solved by us. Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 R2 recommended. The IIS and DNS features (roles) are necessary to do this guide. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Download the latest Windows Update v5 files : Download Windows Update v5* 2) Extract the files in a folder on your server. 3) Go into "the folder where you extracted the files > v5consumer > shared > js" and rename the file "redirect.js" to "redirect2.js". 4) Go to your DNS role (Start > Administrative tools > DNS). 5) Create a new zone called "v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com". 6) In this zone, create a Host record (A) and enter ONLY your server's IP address (in the IP field, like that "192.168.1.14" - this is an example). To know your IP v4 address, press Windows + R, then type cmd. When the Command Prompt appears, type ipconfig. Your IP v4 address should appear.). 7) Close the DNS, then go to IIS. Create a new website (in the left sidebar, expand "your server name", then right-click on Sites and then click on "New website".). 8) In the field "Site name", type v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com. In the Path field, click on Browse, and then browse to the folder where you extracted Windows Update v5 (this folder should contain the folder "v5consumer" - DO NOT SELECT V5CONSUMER. In the Binding group, use the default settings. In the Host name field, type v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com. 9) Do not forget to install the IIS url2rewrite module - Download the module (english) (overrender.com is my website, and this file hasn't been modified, it's the original one from Microsoft). WARNING! x64 INSTALLER! IF ENGLISH IS NOT YOUR IIS SERVER LANGUAGE, SCROLL DOWN TO THE ADDONS SECTION OF THIS POST. 10) Go to your client (Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows 2000). Go to the DNS settings, then enter the IP of your server in the Prefered DNS field. Click OK. 11) Check if you can access the Windows Update v5 website. Open Internet Explorer (Internet Explorer 6 recommended), and type v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com. If you can access the site, continue to Step 12. Else send me a Private Message. 12) Download ProxHTTPSProxy Mii v1.3a - Download the file 13) Extract the file on your host computer (only if you're using a virtual machine. If you're using a real computer, extract it on your server). 14) Go into the extracted folder, and double-click on "ProxHTTPSProxy.exe". This will create a file called "CA.crt". 15) Double click on "CA.crt", then (in the window) click "Install certificate" In the wizard, click Next. Click on "Place all certificates in the following store", then click "Browse...". Check the Checkbox, then go at the top of the list, then expand "Trusted root certificate authority" and click on "Local computer". Click OK, then click Next, and close the window. If the certificate was imported successfully, you will get a message box saying "The importation was successfull" or something like that. 16) Go to the ProxHTTPSProxy folder, then open the Launcher.exe file. It will open in the System Tray. 17) Open Internet Explorer, then go to the Tools menu, then click on Internet Options. Go to the Connections tab, and click "Lan settings." Check "Use a proxy server for your LAN". Click on advanced and, in the HTTPS field, type the IP Address or the computer where ProxHTTPSProxy is running. In the Port field, type 8079. 18) Click OK, then click OK. In the "Advanced" tab, scroll down and find the Checkbox "Use HTTP 1.1 with Proxy connection". Check it, then click OK to close the Internet Options. If this was done successfully, download the "Restore_WU_XP.zip" file - Download the file 19) Extract it in a folder onto your client (ONLY THE CLIENT). Then run "Install.cmd". When a prompt "Windows File Protection" appears, click CANCEL (this is VERY important). 20) Restart your client. 21) Open Launcher.exe (in the ProxHTTPSProxy folder). 22) Open Internet Explorer, then type http://fe2.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/default.aspx?g_sconsumersite and try Windows Update v6. 23) If you can check for updates without problems, type http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com and the v5 site should work. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADD-ONS This section is for add-ons (multilanguage files, etc...) IIS Rewrite Module (Official Microsoft Site) : Go to the IIS website --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This guide is not definitive and might be updated in the future. So, stay up-to-date! If you have any question or problem, send me a Private Message or ask @maile3241, @WinFX or @ByQuadCore. If your problem is happening to many other people, I'll post a solution. All files except the Windows Update v5 files are hosted by OverRender.com. Report a missing file or a problem with them to me. This site has been restored with the great help & work of @maile3241, @WinFX, @ByQuadCore and me. - WULover

To be in shape, strong shape. It's a controlled anger, don't worry, I'm not chasing my neighbours , lol. I can switch it off and back on, when needed . As of now, it's still with me because I recently got back and the horror the commies unleashed is still in front of my eyes. Will turn it off soon and relax. I was trained to do that.

because I've posted too much stuff to read...

What for ? You don't want me in the next life ? xD

I'm fine, thank you, my friend. I just got back , but this time I'm not even able to be tired. I'm so angry, it gives me a good boost. Same old, same old. Still lots of commies walking the earth. Been on at least two important missions, which I can't talk about, but was interesting . And you ? How are you, my friend ? On a positive note, I met a pretty animal in the Ukraine's wilderness, that lives only there, I assume. It's a huge white water rat. Nice ...

Interesting news! A new release of Mypal 68 will come soon. It seems to be the version Mypal 68.13.0. This is a quotation from @feodor2 on GitHub's issues: Here is the link again: https://github.com/Feodor2/Mypal68/issues/3#issuecomment-1279302448. Thanks to @mixit for the hint! So, we have to be patient and stay tuned! I am very much looking forward to this new release. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Thanks for the tip, @mixit! I thought any activity on GitHub is shown under activities. Very strange and a bit illogical! A comment in the issues is actually an activity, too. That a new release will come soon, I already noticed in the issues, though. Anyway, thanks again for the clarification!

WinCopy will create a copy of windows installation. For example, move the current installation into a VHD. The first 6 modes are using wimlib (with optional WOF compression). It's like capture and apply without actually creating a WIM file. File exclusion using a WimScript.ini are possible as well using MinWin by clicking on the Mode label. The VOLUME COPY option is more like Drive SnapShot, it copies the entire NTFS File System (used clusters only). It's much faster than the other modes, but does not offer any options. Destination drive can be smaller as the source drive, but the last used cluster must fit in it.

Hello @XPerceniol! Haven't heard from you for a while! Hope you are well! With regard to your question, I didn't hear anything from @feodor2 since 2022-08-19. And on GitHub, his last activity was from August, too. Since then, no further activity! Unfortunately, I don't know anything more. And truth be told, I've also been worrying about his well-being and his safety.

WinNTSetup 5.3 Beta 1 - compiler updated to PureBasic 6.00 C-Backend - updated wimlib to version 1.13.6 - right-click on apply mode combo opens Tools\Compact\WimBootCompress.ini - fixed errors with native 4K drives - fixed VSS error not displayed - fixed Bootice Mod always starts in darkmode - added commandline switch for VHD-CREATE -uuid:{UUID} (simular to VBoxManage internalcommands sethduuid) - added WinCopy option (copy Windows from one partition to another) - added WinCopy and WinCopy-CLI command line - changed wimlib is the default compression engine - MinWin: support inline comments (//) - MinWin: grant full admin access to files - MinWin: fixed VCRuntime 2008 installer needs sxsstore.dll and config\TxR - MinWin: fixed diskpart shrink needs defragproxy.dll - RegImport: added support for [?HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\...] (only processed if key exists)

J-Pop-Folk =) Hirono Nishiyama - Pied Piper (JP 2001) FULL ALBUM

just ho i wanna see fast food in my land ^^

Speaking of webmail accounts becoming broken with some browsers, has anyone been able to log into a GMX account and see the normal full UI, rather than the limited version [which I suspect is the mobile device version of their service]. Which browsers and versions have or have not worked for you ? A few weeks ago, I began to have the problem, even with newer versions of New Moon and Serpent from September, and including trying MyPal 68 beta 5, and older FireFox 52.x ESR. Their error popup says that they support FireFox 33 and up, but obviously this is not true. I am curious about what method GMX is using to exclude the newer browsers, as doing a UA override in about:config does not help this time, where with some previous changes at GMX, playing with the UA did solve a similar problem. If anyone has a Mail.com account [same parent company], the same thing has been happening there, according to a friend who has one, and they have also tried the latest version of the 31 series of Pale Moon, as well as some more recent versions of FireFox than I can try, as they run Win 7. Thanks.

like how buggy is LTSC 2019 on your PC? I have Win10 LTSC 2019 v1809 on my family's Dell Inspiron 620 desktop PC (a sandy bridge intel i5-2500 [2nd gen Intel] cpu) that came out in late 2011 [slightly older than the PCs RayZen have and using the pre-installed western digital 1TB HDD but has 8Gb of RAM] and is relatively fast AND stable (few to no bugs on there with the recent updates to LTSC 2019) LTSC 2019 feels like 98 SE (2nd edition) to me (not 98 gold/rtm)

I haven't built a PC outright. It has just been upgraded over time. I use a GTX 970 now (the 1050 Ti is in my server) but at the time in 2018 I got the 1050 Ti because I couldn't afford much and I needed something better than a HD 6850. The i7 came around when I had a 5700 XT last year, but I sold that card expecting that cards would become easier to come by, thinking I would have made a profit. Fortunately, that was not the case and I am stuck with those two cards for the foreseeable future. It runs bad, but I'm used to it now. I dealt with that for 8 years. The problem I have with Linux is that it does not feel like it has the UI effort that Windows barely has. Windows, still being a problem, for me feels more refined than a Linux DE like KDE, Gnome or these other derivatives of the main DEs. Plus, to do 50% of things, you need to go to the command line, and even then it takes a few hours to do. With Windows, I apply a registry key to map my user folders and thats it. Especially with how horrible NTFS support is on Linux (even with the new kernel driver in 5.15), by just shutting down the wrong way it gets marked as dirty and you need to boot into Windows to fix it without losing data. At the time when I grabbed the 1050 Ti, it was miles ahead of my Radeon HD 6850 I was living with. I want the OS to just work and have support. I don't want to have to keep fixing problems that happen just because they can (which happens to me with Linux) and I don't want to have to jump through hoops just to make the OS not so spyware (which is Windows 10). I didn't mind 10 back then because I was younger and didn't think much of it. Nowadays, I wish I could just go back to 2015, and not switch to 10 the day it came out. What I have been thinking of doing is just plopping LTSC on every system I have. Not sure what LTSC because 2015 is a big no no from support, 2016 has update problems, 2019 is slowly falling into purgatory with support, and 2021 is hardly considered LTSC. I don't mind the Semi Annual Channel releases, the support length is long enough for me, but I just wish that there was one out there that was super duper slimmed down but also not to the point where stuff stops working. Interestingly, when I ran 10 on a MSFT account, with all the stupid stuff turned on, I had no problems. I only had problems when I realized how horrible that all was and started saying no. And don't forget, I mentioned that NVIDIA support on Linux is still not working well for me. If you want to know in particular what I use my PC for, I use it for web browsing, playing games (Undertale, BeamNG Drive, Minecraft, Roblox, Detroit, etc, nothing much thats AAA), Discord, sometimes recording screen, managing my servers, doing school work. I don't use it for extreme gaming or extreme productivity. My laptop cannot run Windows 7 or 8.1 well. Read bio for my specs.

It wasn't anything. PROBLEMCHYLD, I respect you well. You are a man of God and you've done a lot of community work for us all (protocol fix, Windows 98 Service Pack, and even modifying a driver for me). I appreciate your hard work. Nothing will change that.

any LTSB/LTSC version for me since most of my old PCs were not tested for Win10 compatibility but are able to run any of the LTSB/C releases without problems plus LTSB 2015/2016 & LTSC 2019 get up to ten years of support

If I may play devil's advocate for a moment: out of fairness to Windows 10, it has gotten a bit better than the RTM release. And I'd also like to point out that XP wasn't always the "gleaming pinnacle of perfection" that many see it as nowadays; In fact, back in 2003-2004, I recall it was actively despised, and often criticized as being slower than the versions it replaced, namely 2000 and 98 SE (which was still pretty much 100% usable back then). It did improve with time, however, and once SP2 came out and multi core PCs became more commonplace, XP matured quite nicely. It would be nice if 10 would follow the same progression and actually become a mature, decent product, but so far, it hasn't.... Be that as it may, even after almost six years, I still don't like 10, and I won't use it (I actually did try for awhile, but it broke on me, and rather than going through the effort to reinstall, I decided to wipe it and install Linux in its place). Fortunately, because my primary is Mac OS, I don't really have a need for everything to work 100% on any older Windows, thus having the luxury to tinker with and hack up any Windows of my choosing ad infinitum . c