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I now got it running on Vista in --no-sandbox mode after making some adjustments to locale API to allow Windows 10's dwrite.dll to load. However, the performance is very poor. It now takes up to a minute to launch the browser instead of it taking a few seconds. It should be easier to get dwrite.dll on 7 (no kernel32 functions need to be modified/upgraded on 7), but 7 still won't be able to run these new versions of Chromium because no changes have been made to the job object API there. There is also the possibility that performance will be very poor as well. VxKex will provide that and more, eventually.

And I never do that.

Not only, not only... Rumble is above all a tool in the hands of pro-RUSSIANS to spread pro-Russian propaganda by broadcasting RT (RUSSIA Today...) to support Russian government; it is a pity that this tool of Russian propaganda also gives a little freedom to the West... it is paradoxical and disturbing! Blame the US government and other Western governments in general for causing the birth of this tool... more freedom in the West will give less propaganda tools to the Russians... of course... Read about Rumble/RT: Rumble still airs Russia's state-controlled news channel. Its US headquarters could soon be in Sarasota: https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/politics-issues/2022-03-28/rumble-still-airs-russia-state-controlled-news-channel-headquarters-could-soon-be-in-sarasota Report: RT and Sputnik’s Role in Russia’s Disinformation and Propaganda Ecosystem: https://www.state.gov/report-rt-and-sputniks-role-in-russias-disinformation-and-propaganda-ecosystem/ QUORA: Is RT a Russian propaganda channel?: https://www.quora.com/Is-RT-a-Russian-propaganda-channel?

Does anyone know the answer to the following question: I have Windows 10 installed (currently an digital license, but the first activation was with a key). If in sequence: a) I will upgrade this system to Windows 11 for free, b) I will purchase another, new license for Windows 11 and change the existing key to the key of this new license, will I be able to use the previous key to install and activate Windows 10 on my other computer (on which Windows 11 cannot be installed, due to hardware reasons)?

By Ryan Whitwam on December 2, 2022 at 9:31 am We all, hopefully, learned long ago not to open suspicious Microsoft Office files, which have long been one of the most common vectors for malware infection. According to a new report, there’s a new public enemy number one when it comes to cybersecurity: ZIP and RAR archives. Data from HP Wolf Security shows that encrypted file archives have become the most common way of distributing malware, and your antivirus scanner may be of little help. According to HP’s threat analysis group, ZIP and RAR archives accounted for 42 percent of malware attacks between July and September this year. This method jumped 11 percent over the course of 2022, spurred on by more advanced methods of social engineering (phishing) and HTML fakery. That makes malicious archives more common than viruses distributed via Microsoft Word and Excel files, which have been the most popular method for three years running. Sending out malware as archives can make it harder for even savvy internet users to stay safe. HP Wolf Security, explains that these archives can obscure the dangerous payload from scanners because they cannot see inside the encrypted containers. These ZIP and RAR files are often paired with a phony HTML file that masquerades as a PDF. When run, they produce a fake web document viewer which has the user input a password. However, that password actually decrypts the archive file, exposing the system to malware. HP’s threat group says the malware authors spent a great deal of effort making the fake HTML pages look as legitimate as possible.... MORE: https://www.extremetech.com/internet/341244-zip-rar-have-surpassed-office-files-as-most-used-malware-containers

I never used Office in my whole life to begin with. And RAR is a russian programme, so again - nothing new. ZIP and CAB are Microsoft, that's what I use, just don't open - if you don't know where it came from.

any file type is unsafe if used the wrong way (like downloading from weird websites) as long as you only download from safe official websites then you should be safe

What does this mean, are ZIP and RAR files becoming unsafe as well?

YouTube sound is better for me in v11 (no sound crackles). In v12 and above, YouTube videos have crackles on the sound, and video playback is often a bit choppy/laggy. Not sure why this happens.

Update : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TtdGgaSdPgGZE8NxvYjSRvGFSSHiADc2?usp=share_link The only bug that nobody found in testing KB4034775. It is reported here on UpdatePacks. https://ryanvm.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10479&start=650 MDB Viwer Plus fails to open .mdb files with the error message "Provider cannot be found. x64 is also affected. Form Zephyr Using the Microsoft Process Monitor I discovered that nearly all the Jet 4.0 registry entries were missing under the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE_SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\4.0, along with HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE_SOFTWARE\Classes\Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0, and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE_SOFTWARE\Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0Errors, and their sub keys.

No, but the issue is solved now. Already switched to 1.16.4.31b2 version by hawkeye116477 and added the new "Online Malicious URL Blocklist" and the new regional Dutch list "NLD: EasyDutch" to "Custom". Unchecked the Adguard lists for now. They sometimes cause issues. There sure must be other assets that were changed/added/removed during the last years. That was the reason I imported the current ones into the Legacy .xpi, with the side effect of YouTube ads slipping through (and who knows what else)...

Both official Pale Moon and New Moon 28. I will humour you. It was indeed my hacked version with current assets. Checked again after disabling the new "uBlock filters – Quick fixes", but that made no difference. Hawkeye's version has indeed no issues with pre-rolls, but I had to append "Online Malicious URL Blocklist" to custom again, because the URL has changed some time ago. Now: https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/urlhaus-filter-online.txt Now I would like to know which one(s)...

BTW if you need some tools/utilities for older Windows versions (mostly Win95/WinNT4/Win98(SE)/WinME/Win2k/WinXP) or even DOS and some alternative OSes, you can have a look at my website -> https://soggi.org/misc/tools.htm. GreenPad is a text editor (Microsoft Editor / Notepad replacement) and NOT a browser! Have you really had a look at the URL you have posted? kind regards soggi

Yes, I did. No difference in performance. I believe it is because of a call to NtAlpcSendWaitReceivePort that should only be made once, to obtain some cache information; however it never receives it, which means this call is made constantly until it can be received, or it probably gives up after an untold number of calls and gets on with the loading process. So there is an ALPC port in Vista that seems to be unable to answer a certain type of message required by DirectWrite.

Without cheating by copying "MSVCRT.DLL" from a Visual C++ 5.0 installation/medium while compiling with Visual C++ 6.0 (which does work), that will require Visual C++ 5.0 support for any hope of Windows NT 3.1/3.50 compatibility, which is something I want to try, but I don't know if I'll be able to add the code necessary to support Windows NT 3.1/3.5. For Windows 3.x, on 3.1x, that requires Visual C++ 4.0 (for Win32s), or 1.0 support along with a way to create a 16-bit build. For Windows 3.0, I don't even know the build tools I would need to use in order to achieve support for that. From a practical/realistic standpoint though, Windows 3.x support is impossible to achieve, with NT 3.1/3.50 being theoretically possible, but very difficult to attempt. The earliest Firefox version I can compile is 1.5, and I want to use that so I can try my hand at Visual C++ 5.0 support, but as for Windows NT 3.1/3.5 I don't think I'll be able to support that. BTW. I want to fork Firefox 3.0 for the purpose of having a Visual C++ 6.0 compatible Firefox build, then add back the Windows 95 support code, but I'm feeling discouraged right now by having my Firefox 3.0a5, and Firefox 3.0a6 builds not displaying a context menu when right-clicking on anything, which also means the menu bar doesn't work.

You could use (if possible) the Viewtube script with Greasemonkey. IMO it is the best to avoid ads --> http://sebaro.pro/viewtube/

Be careful with such bogus UAs - they are blocked on some websites, because they are used by many bad bots. Below you can see a small snippet from my .htaccess, a regexp which blocks some unusual and bogus UAs. RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*(;\+|;rv:|\(Chrome\)|\(Windows.*MSIE|\[..\]|Gecko\ Fire|Mozilla\/5.*MSIE\ [2-8]|MSIE[0-9]|MSID|MSIE\ (2\.0|7\.0a1|7\.0b|(9|10).*NT\ 5|10\.6|11)|Opera\/.*rv:|rv:[0-4]\..*Firefox\/([5-9]|..)\.|rv:x\.x|(SV1|x64)(;\)|-)|X\ 107).*$ [NC,OR] Note that no common (valid/legit) UA is blocked! kind regards soggi

Depends on your definition of an "ad". Because to me, that entire 12:30 video is an "ad".

I assume you talk about the 111 version ? Did you try to apply the huge list of flags I gave you ? A few seconds is still slow, on my 14 years old PC (2009) with mechanical HDD Chrome 110 starts in 0.5 sec or smth like that. That is with that flags and the Dixel's launcher. I f you still use the old launcher, it needs to be re-butchered because starting from 92 (or so) chrome had changed the user data dir path.

OK. Didn't think it was meant as a joke. Doesn't matter, I'm not mad. I love being able to STOP. Funny, my parents considered me the addict. But now that I spend more time than ever behind computer at some job, that's better!? Gaming didn't leave me exhausted. I earn money, but what's the point? Speaking of useless, how 'bout sports? On TV, they just won't shut up about Luka Dončić. Dončić this, Dončić that, blah, blah, blah...seriously, can no one else play basketball? How are they advancing society? All I see is few individuals earning absurd amounts of money. The world's backwards. On absurd, founders of Outfit7 made one of the most silly games in existence, Talking Tom. They have shitload of money because of it.

When is the main version going to be updated then? Any ETA?

Google DontUsePowerShellOnWinX. It's supposed to be in HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced Look on Twitter. There are search box on taskbar plus more dark mode plus bugs.

For a long time now I've used this as my default User Agent... Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win32; x86; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/109.0 (where I keep the FF version number inline with the latest FF release) I feel this helps more than it hinders with compatibility – rarely I use a more specific UA for a website that is capable of being backwards compatible with older browsers. I also feel that this makes my browser appear less unusual. I don't think it is a good idea to advertise that I'm using either XP or an older browser on the internet. I also occasionally use this... Mozilla/5.0 Windows This sometimes seems to negate any website 'decisions' based on UA and instead gives something more generic (and therefore compatible). Ben.

Great! BTW once I followed you on Twitter but there was tooooo much anime stuff, so I unfollowed. Not for that, I'm glad to be a part of the (re)distribution of @roytam1's builds! All the browsers, e-mail clients and suites (except the x64 versions) should work flawlessly on WinXP SP2 - you (@johk) just have to have an eye on which SIMD extensions are required (non/SSE/SSE2)...aaaand if the CPU is supported in general (have a look at the FAQ, with a 686 [Intel Pentium Pro and AMD Athlon/Duron and higher] you should be safe). NM28 and Serpent 52 (maybe 55) should be the most compatible browsers, if I remember correctly. kind regards soggi

Thank you for the advice ! I'll try, I think the values should be different though. 26.21.4.4229 , not 24.21.4.4229. 24 is for the older gen., in the 3xx range. I got ported Injustice 2 (also was not supposed to run on Vista). You can try it , a good game and it's easy to mod. GetThreadErrorMode replace with GetErrorMode in the exe file . All of the others are in your kernel already, no need to replace them. and add these three: concrt140.dll , vcruntime140.dll , msvcp140.dll (from Visual 2017). It will work with 382.16 and your GTX 650 ! But I have no sound in the game, what could be the reason ? Thanks.

I found that there are ultimately four reasons why Chromium is broken on NT 6.x: 1. New imports in kernel32 and userenv. They can all be stubbed, not hard to fix. (Vista/7; 8.x has them) 2. Use of job object APIs in ways that are only supported on 8.x (without sandbox) and 10 (with sandbox) 3. Use of new NtQueryInformationProcess class for enumerating process handles; if it can't be used, the content process will be terminated (8.0 and below, sandbox only) 4. Use of new DirectWrite factories, like IDWriteFactory3, which was introduced in Windows 10 #1 is taken care of, I'm getting there with #2 and then I should be able to do #3. #4's solution is actually quite simple; copy over a Windows 10 DWrite.dll to use with Chromium using DLL redirection methods (I used 10.0.17763.1 and I think 10240 and up should work too). Then patch these DLL names in the import table with a hex editor or CFF explorer: api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-2-0.dll -> kernel32.dll api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-2.dll -> kernel32.dll This is sufficient to run the latest Chromium browser snapshot on Windows 8: Right now there are truly missing functions on Windows Vista and 7, in api-ms-win-core-delayload-l1-1-0.dll and api-ms-win-core-delayload-l1-1-1.dll. Some of those return function pointers so they can't be stubbed.

Thanks Dave, roger that. I told him what to mod exactly in another driver and looks like he was finally able to follow the instructions, for those interested - the final is here. https://msfn.org/board/topic/181612-wip-windows-vista-extended-kernel/?do=findComment&comment=1235409 https://msfn.org/board/topic/181612-wip-windows-vista-extended-kernel/?do=findComment&comment=1235412

Simpler for you . For 382.16 nvlddmkm.sys replace 4E6F with 4B72 AT OFFSET 160 (must be 0000080000 before it) Also 84C0740AB8BB0000C0 with 84C0EB0AB8BB0000C0 @win32, hi , I already helped him to mod, now will you (maybe) help him with the NVCPL, cause I'm done for today. Thanks.

Here I'm already giving you the answer : Search for differences 1. C:\Users\User\Desktop\MODDED_FILE\nvlddmkm.sy_: 14,283,864 bytes 2. C:\Users\User\Desktop\ORIGINAL_FILE\nvlddmkm.sys: 14,283,864 bytes Offsets: hexadec. 160: 4B 4E 161: 72 6F D6C681: EB 74 3 difference(s) found. Now ask him what to do with NVCPL , becuase I'm done for today.

I made a video on how to compile KernelEx. Part1: Install and configure tools Part2: How to compile KernelEx And I will make a video soon on how to make an upgraded instalation.

I find the search results very poor as well, but, of course, wonder why google has such "good" results ... ha ... but they just think they know me. I've never heard of Rumble so will check it out. EDIT: Actually I seem to be blocking it. I see its slanted away from me and I guess I'll avoid it - I've also been avoid youtube lately as well.

- Windows NT 5.x family windowsupdate.com links for available languages, including all (any?) Custom Support Updates - The updates links are grouped for each build, slightly sorted, and ordered lexicographically per update number or file name as possible - Superseded (replaced) updates are not filtered or excluded - The dump is available as csv files containing updates name and url, or plain text files containing updates url - It's recommended to use CSVFileView to check the csv files https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/csv_file_view.html - You can filter or extract updates for certain language using findstr (Vista or 7) e.g. findstr /i \-enu NT_5.2.3790-x64-Custom.csv > NT_5.2.3790-x64-Custom-enu.csv however, few update have different language identifier or none, so it's best to review the whole file first - NT_5.1.2600-x86-SP2-Custom and NT_5.1.2600-x86-SP2-Custom-IE are ment for the EOS Windows XP SP2 x86 only - NT5-ia64 is for Itanium-based Server 2003 / Windows XP - .NET Framework packs and updates for NT 5.1/5.2 are in a separate list files, likewise Windows Media Player and some eXtra updates # P.S. Maybe it's best not to post the links explicitly in the forum replies or text sites (pastebin, txtuploader..), and share them in the txt/csv files # Download https://gitlab.com/stdout12/adns/uploads/9ca06a12dd08c06edd889e65afa637fa/NT5_WU_URLs_csv.7z https://gitlab.com/stdout12/adns/uploads/33fcfd0b0f6c1a0cb74472cb8407800d/NT5_WU_URLs_txt.7z