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The only thing that will dictate how long I stay on Windows 8 is Firefox ESR support longevity. If ESR 115 is supported, I’ll stay on Windows 8 until 2024. i wasn’t planning to stick it out through the ESU period, because once Firefox ESR support on Windows 8.1 bites the dust, then there won’t be any other suitable “modern” browsers to rely on. I suppose 360Chrome from ArticFoxie could work in a pinch, but that’s an older Chromium build that it’s based on. I’m not sure I’d want to bank on that for too much longer. So hopefully I can wring out one or two more years from Windows 8 before adopting Windows 10 LTSC, which I have ready to go on another machine.

My grandfather haunted me for decades (and still does). We had a strong connection, so after he passed away, I could still see him (from time to time) in his room. In the evenings mostly, just sits on his couch and does nothing. Then I burned almost all of his things except some - his dagger, and the motorcycle etc., so I could channel the energy to summon him, Why ? I decided not to fight it 'cause he meant no harm and I accepted to just live with it . I don't mourn him. Never did. I loved him , yes, but didn't mourn. I sometimes need his advice and he visits at night, after I channel the energy . With years he became less apparent. And I need more an more energy to summon him again. Creepy, I know.

It actually does. And is even being offered on Windows Update for both Windows 7 & Windows 8.1 (have no clue if the same is also true for Windows Server 2008).

I need a publicly written approval from the moderators !

New regular/weekly KM-Goanna release: https://o.rthost.win/kmeleon/KM76.4.7-Goanna-20230218.7z Changelog: Out-of-tree changes: * update Goanna3 to git 1c5d25a761..7ad90a7dc7: - import changes from `dev' branch of rmottola/Arctic-Fox: - Bug 1040668 part 2 - Parse and compute text emphasis properties. r=dbaron (0fb79d4709) - Bug 1040668 part 3 - Add helper function gfxTextRun::GetAdvanceForGlyph. r=jfkthame (f1cf02f5ff) - Bug 1216427 - Tests for backspacing over a character with variation selector, and over Regional Indicator flag symbols. r=emk (18957bfe77) - Bug 1216427 - part 1 - Ensure a character+VS sequence or a ligated Regional-Indicator flag symbol is deleted as a single unit when backspacing. r=emk (2776ff8f4a) - Bug 1216427 - part 2 - Ensure mouse selection does not split up a Regional Indicator flag symbol. r=emk (58eb82e6a1) - Bug 1040668 part 4 - Add helper function for ensuring a glyph is a complex glyph. r=jfkthame (ba17f7d0c4) - Bug 1040668 part 5 - Avoid unnecessary allocation inside EnsureComplexGlyph helper function. r=jfkthame (4968a7c68e) - Bug 1040668 part 6 - Add some specifier on gfxTextRun and gfxShapedWord so that compilers are able to reason out certain optimizations. r=jfkthame (69ca3eb959) - Bug 1040668 part 7 - Add NO_EMPHASIS_MARK flag in CompressedGlyph. r=jfkthame (34e9d8a6a6) - Bug 1227001 part 1 - Remove SetupBreakSinksFlags from BuildTextRunsScanner. r=jfkthame (520b1ba111) - Bug 1227001 part 2 - Remove no longer used mExistingTextRun from BreaSink. r=jfkthame (201782a78c) - Bug 1227001 part 3 - Remove no longer used mChangedBreaks from BreakSink. r=jfkthame (e754e2b13f) - Bug 1040668 part 8 - Setup text emphasis for text run. r=jfkthame (376377180e) - Bug 1040668 part 9 - Compute overflow from text-shadow after text decorations. r=dbaron (05c9bd08c2) - Bug 1040668 part 10 - Implement emphasis mark rendering. r=jfkthame (4d270afca8) - Bug 1040668 part 11 - Move line leadings adjusting code into a separate function in nsLineLayout. r=dholbert (fd4dd20ca5) - Bug 1040668 part 12 - Add line leadings for emphasis marks if necessary. r=dholbert (138add5ff7) - Bug 1040668 part 13 - Move first part of nsStyleFont::GetLanguage to nsPresContext::GetContentLanguage. r=dbaron (1e872d2a58) - Bug 1040668 part 14 - Add helper function nsStyleUtil::MatchesLanguagePrefix for doing simple language matching. r=dbaron (9322a02369) - Bug 1040668 part 15 - Make the default value of text-emphasis-position aware of the language. r=dbaron (6587c628da) - Bug 1040668 part 16 - Add reftests for text-emphasis. r=dbaron (9940d65182) - Bug 1040668 followup - Use monospace for text-emphasis reftests. rs=dbaron on a CLOSED TREE (fb7598c3ea) - Bug 1040668 followup 2 - Disable failing reftests of text-emphasis on Windows XP. (7c3f24ac22) - Bug 1040668 followup 3 - Wrap lang attribute mapping code in NS_STYLE_INHERIT_BIT test. r=dbaron (640e3b7b8f) - Bug 1219145 - nsRefreshDriver::IsJankCritical(). r=hiro To refine its alerts, Performance Stats API needs to be able to know whether a long-running operation is actually causing user-visible jank in the current process. This patch introduces a trivial API that lets clients ask the refresh driver whether any kind of animation is ongoing. (7c0868d7c4) - more missing XP theme stuff (637af0c6a0) - Bug 1210261. Tick root refresh driver last. r=mattwoodrow (dae1a325fa) - Bug 1221674 Part 2: Correct for negative content delay values. r=avih (9b9811c41c) - Bug 1211334 - Check if presshell is still available after dispatching transition events; r=mats (8a044a462c) - Bug 1211599 - Only allow whitelisted histograms to have > 100 buckets. r=nfroyd (d467e84130) - Bug 1219733 - Allow a 'bug_numbers' field in Histograms.json entries. r=vladan (8e63a713ec) - Bug 1222044 - Only allow lists of alert_emails r=vladan (1d5fcb009d) - Bug 1168263 - Add a flags parameter to GetResultingTransformMatrix instead of using bools. r=roc (ec5224f9af) - Bug 1168263 - Remove TransformRectOut since it's unused. r=roc (d20a79ae0e) - Bug 1215406 - Part 1: Remove NS_STYLE_ANIMATION_DIRECTION_XXX and NS_STYLE_ANIMATION_FILL_MODE_XXX. r=heycam (4bd7f8116b) - Bug 1215406 - Part 2: Change the types of direction and fillmode in StyleAnimation. r=heycam (e06323c81b) - Bug 1215406 - Part 3: Change the types of direction and fillmode in AnimationTiming. r=heycam (e5454d3ea5) - Bug 1215406 - Part 4: Add KeyframeEffectOptions. r=smaug Add KeyframeEffectOptions in KeyframeEffect.webidl (0ce3372fd1) - Bug 1215406 - Part 5: Implement KeyframeEffectOptions in KeyframeEffectReadOnly constructor. r=birtles (a472e9ac5f) - tch 2 - Use an enum class for NS_STYLE_BOX_SIZING_*. r=heycam (4897b7b8ff) - Bug 1218195, mark MutationObserver as observing in all the nested DOM mutations, r=bz (48a4aa8a91) - Bug 1172870 - Part 3 - Fix openWindow mochitest to work on e10s (574cc6fa4d) - Bug 1223265 - Fix -Wunreachable-code and -Wimplicit-fallthrough warnings in dom/bindings and dom/ipc. r=khuey (9eab632140) - Bug 1189195 - Fix PContentPermissionRequest shutdown () r=fabrice (6bc1a681f5) - Bug 1210508 - Handle null OriginAttributes from JS-implemented nsILoadContext. r=me (2f71edb9d7) - Bug 1224596 part 1. Add a version of WorkerMainThreadRunnable::Dispatch that takes an ErrorResult to report failure to dispatch on. r=khuey (e60a0fb115) - Bug 1224596 part 2. Switch Navigator to using the new WorkerMainThreadRunnable::Dispatch signature. r=khuey (d9298a4763) - Bug 1224596 part 3. Make some WebSocket(Impl) methods whose return value is totally ignored void. r=khuey (1d04b52d44) - Bug 1224596 part 4. Switch WebSocket to using the new WorkerMainThreadRunnable::Dispatch signature. r=khuey (aa06e6417b) - Bug 1224596 part 5. Switch nsPerformance to using the new WorkerMainThreadRunnable::Dispatch signature. r=khuey (0303b7de09) - Bug 1224596 part 6. Switch BroadcastChannel to using the new WorkerMainThreadRunnable::Dispatch signature. r=khuey (feacc21f63) - Bug 1224636. Fix some code in ImageBitmap that rejects a promise with an ErrorResult, then keeps trying to use that ErrorResult. r=kaku (89b769fe07) - Bug 1224596 part 7. Switch ImageBitmap to using the new WorkerMainThreadRunnable::Dispatch signature. r=khuey (e21b0a4a0a) - Bug 1183954, Don't leak nsStructuredCloneContainer (use of 'auto' is error prone), r=leak (1a9b30f2ca) - Bug 1114554 - Patch 9 - Fixed crash in b2g-desktop tests. r=nsm (6b12c6d121) - Bug 1189090 - Rework the nsISupports implementation in the ScopeCheckingGetCallback and its subclasses; r=nsm (6bea544597) - Bug 1187018 - Ensure feature is nulled out if it does not get added. r=khuey (9d7439498a) - Bug 1224596 part 8. Switch Notification to using the new WorkerMainThreadRunnable::Dispatch signature. r=khuey (03f0f6877f) - Bug 1196079 - Always try to release Notification via normal WorkerRunnable first. r=wchen (c093253d6f) - Bug 1203324 - disable notifications on serviceworkers. r=ehsan,wchen (aa39310dc1) - Bug 1199901 - GetOrigin() fails cleanly instead of asserting principal. r=wchen (148c634a4f) - Bug 1199901 - Clear mObserver when WorkerNotificationObserver is destroyed. r=wchen (6d5cd99183) - Bug 1199901 - Bustage fix due to rebase. a=bustage (344bd62af5) - Bug 1225470 Report a message to the console when a service worker waitUntil() is rejected. r=baku (610da2eec6) - Bug 1217909 P1 Report service worker exceptions to controlled documents. r=catalinb (f8bd4677d5) - Bug 1216566 - Fix a bug in nsIServiceWorkerManager.getAllRegistrations;r=catalinb (ed3e14ab43) - Bug 1219205 - ServiceWorkerInfo should be an XPCOM object;r=catalinb (677a6f1ffd) - Bug 1217909 P2 Track registering documents as weak reference so SWM can report errors to them. r=catalinb (4233dc3edc) - Bug 1217909 P3 Refactor service worker register()/update() to reject only with SecurityErr or TypeErr. r=catalinb (c6891a7fae) - Bug 1220740 - nsIServiceWorkerRegistrationInfo should emit an event when its scriptSpec property changes;r=amarchesini (5772bb5914) - Bug 1207727 - Add WPT tests for service worker update algorithm. r=bkelly (a4812571a1) - Bug 1217367 - Service workers update algorithm optimization. r=bkelly (e377debad1) - Bug 1226479. Change ErrorResult::ThrowTypeError/ThrowRangeError to take string references, not pointers. r=mccr8 (0804899666) - Bug 1224659 - Worker DataStore code should not use ErrorResult cross threads, r=bz (aef03b0fdd) - Bug 1224596 part 9. Switch DataStore to using the new WorkerMainThreadRunnable::Dispatch signature. r=khuey (1eb1c427f2) - Bug 1224596 part 10. Switch DataStoreCursor to using the new WorkerMainThreadRunnable::Dispatch signature. r=khuey (114af8021b) - Bug 1224596 part 11. Switch WorkerNavigator to using the new WorkerMainThreadRunnable::Dispatch signature. r=khuey (b2347a0c49) - Bug 1224596 part 12. Switch ServiceWorkerRegistration to using the new WorkerMainThreadRunnable::Dispatch signature. r=khuey (d1ff076836) - Bug 1224596 part 13. Switch gfxUtils to using the new WorkerMainThreadRunnable::Dispatch signature. r=khuey (a523997588) - Bug 1224007 part 1. Rename ThrowMethodFailed to MaybeSetPendingException and make it an ErrorResult instance method. r=peterv (bdf0891f54) - Bug 1224007 part 2. Make the various ErrorResult::Report* methods private, so consumers all go through MaybeSetPendingException and rename them to more clearly indicate what they're actually doing. r=peterv (48f483c153) - Bug 1203151 - Allow disabling of screen wakelocks for video elements. r=baku (6bd9ff6916) - Bug 1224007 part 4. Fix some cases in which ErrorResult instances are destroyed without doing anything useful with exceptions on them. r=peterv (e328785e5d) - Bug 1224007 part 5. Get rid of ErrorResult::StealJSException. r=peterv (db19cfb31e) - Bug 1224007 part 3. Push down WouldReportJSException into MaybeSetPendingException, since anyone calling the latter will propagate the JS exception as needed. r=peterv (1d3b7b415d) - Bug 1224007 part 6. Change MaybeSetPendingException to set the ErrorResult state to "not failed", just like SuppressException and StealNSResult already do, and assert in the destructor that the ErrorResult is not Failed(). (a028838e8d) - Bug 1213815 - Update URLSearchParams and URLUtils in webidl files, r=bz (28fb8f7de5) - Bug 1213815 - dom/webidl/HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils and URL don't need to throw exceptions as we did before, r=bz (b13dc3bcb9) - Bug 1224596 part 14. Switch URL to using the new WorkerMainThreadRunnable::Dispatch signature. r=baku (232677e50e) - fix updating the backport (9e958da5ca) - Bug 1224596 part 16. Switch Fetch to using the new WorkerMainThreadRunnable::Dispatch signature. r=bkelly (939e338f22) - Bug 1224596 part 17. Remove the old WorkerMainThreadRunnable::Dispatch signature. r=khuey (5a70429ec8) - Bug 1143575. Don't report negative frame delays. r=cpearce (7d8bc0f753) - Bug 1187371 - Get rid of dom.broadcastChannel.enabled pref, r=bz (9335b7ae90) - Bug 1196514 - remove dom.messagechannel.enabled pref, r=smaug (31e06119b4) - Bug 1166356 - Properly detect double-caching in nsXULPrototypeCache; r=ehsan (29df9ffb2d) - Bug 1168916 - Get rid of redundant pref callback in nsXULPrototypeCache; r=janv (9f37fff405) - Bug 1139099: Dispatch DOMDocElementInserted to match the document-element-inserted observer notification. r=mrbkap (6565e4b924) - Bug 1187068 - Tell the cycle collector about nsContentSink::mCSSLoader. r=heycam (4ae23eb26c) - Bug 1172189 - Fix overflow in nsXULContentSink.cpp. r=ehsan (cc6330f5de) - Bug 1126010 - XULContentSinkImpl::mParser should be an nsRefPtr. r=smaug (d6bb567692) - Bug 1147946, part 7 - Remove trailing whitespace from nsXULContentSink.cpp. r=baku (cdcadbfeeb) - Bug 1147946, part 1 - Tuck elses in nsXULContentSink.cpp. r=baku (26fd806676) - Bug 1147946, part 2 - Move body of check inside prior if in XULContentSinkImpl::OpenScript(). r=baku (b509455bdb) - Bug 1147946, part 3 - Eliminate unused case for non-JS scripting languages in XULContentSinkImpl::OpenScript(). r=baku (4136933cc2) - Bug 1147946, part 4 - Use an early return in XULContentSinkImpl::OpenScript(). r=baku (c3e293474b) - Bug 1147946, part 5 - Don't use the generic nsIProgrammingLanguage enum in XULContentSinkImpl::OpenScript(). r=baku (89a124e23f) - Bug 1147946, part 6 - Remove some useless null checks on infallible new in XULContentSinkImpl. r=baku (1ac57e8c3a) - Bug 1221351 P1 ServiceWorkerContainer and ServiceWorkerRegistration should not crash for null window owner. r=catalinb (1a72748632) - Bug 1212867 - Node.isEqualNode() should ignore internal subsets; r=bzBug (99b166ffee) - Bug 492933 - getElementsByTagName should match on localName not tagName, r=smaug (d0c6ceabf1) - Bug 912470 part 1 - Implement Encoding Standard-compliant big5 decoder. r=emk. (c680b0ae9b) - Bug 1170932: Test handling of unmapped characters in unicode-to-codepage encoders (ca36bcbd35) - fix style (95a90bfe3a) - Bug 1170794 - patch 2 - Improve the length check of the input in nsUnicode*::GetMaxLength, r=dveditz (aa864d656f) - Bug 1170794 followup: Add 'override' annotations to Convert() & Reset() methods in intl/uconv. rs=ehsan (bb3e6e492e) - Bug 1176462 - Remove nsTableDecoderSupport. r=smontagu (f4a86c44b3) - Bug 1169248 - Fix GBK/GB18030 encoders. r=smontagu (ed946e1ee1) - Bug 1155539 - Remove obsolete encoding decoder telemetry probes. r=emk. (44e15bfb40) - Bug 912470 part 2 - Implement Encoding Standard-compliant big5 encoder. r=emk. (5cca2dc4a0) - Bug 912470 addendum - Pass override static analysis. r=emk. (c163bffeb4) - Bug 1170932: Improve error handling for the gbk encoder, r=emk (30e95b34a5) - Bug 1202366 - Implement the encoder error mode "HTML" for nsFormSubmission without nsISaveAsCharset. r=NOT_emk. (ebc8b542dd) - update manifest (6cc19172cc) - Bug 1197309 - remove PR_snprintf calls in intl/; r=froydnj (79fcdfa845) - Bug 1214619 - Remove nsISaveAsCharset as much as possible without breaking extensions in popular use. r=emk. (89b71b3d87) - Bug 1214857. Store the document-is-HTML state directly in nsContentList instead of refetching from the node being matched. r=smaug (4c4fbf469e) - Bug 1221351 P2 Add a web-platform-test to check for crash when calling .register() on closed window. r=catalinb (eeb30c1bba) - Bug 1221351 P3 Fix test name in register-closed-window.https.html. a=testonly (5bfa840044) - Bug 1224436: Remove enumerator usage in ServiceWorkerManager.cpp. r=njn (b8cb094d3c) - Bug 1223716. Make HTMLCollection check for the element being HTML before checking for its name inside its named getter. r=bkelly (977e0bff5a) - Bug 1180737 - Add update-test.py and update test to latest version. r=bkelly. (59faa36d5c) - Bug 1217909 P4 Extend wpt tests to verify update() promise values for different script failures. r=catalinb (a2f7352a3a) - Bug 1217909 P5 Add wpt test case for fetch event handlers that throw. r=catalinb (56a77f611c) - Bug 1217909 P6 Fix wpt registration.https.html to expect TypeError for script evaluation errors. r=catalinb (3de8a45688) - Bug 1217909 P7 Fix mochitest to expect TypeError when serviceWorker.register() rejects. r=catalinb (6e8841c41e) - Bug 1217909 P8 Track navigation interceptions per scope in ServiceWorkerManager. r=catalinb (6705ba8337) - Bug 1217909 P9 Report exceptions to windows performing an intercepted navigation. r=catalinb (52f9fece14) - Bug 1217909 P10 Remove stale nsTArray when the last registering document for a scope is removed. r=catalinb (b739bcc3b2) - Bug 1217909 P11 Only report errors to documents that are active and not in the bfcache. r=catalinb (5ffd633af2) - Bug 1223378 Tighten service worker register() principal checks. r=baku (478785f2cc) - Bug 1189685 - Part 1: Ensure that the state of all ServiceWorker instances is up to date when dispatching statechange events; r=bkelly (2bd9b78c58) - Bug 1189685 - Part 2: Make synced-state.https.html pass; r=bkelly (029f942d8c) - Bug 1220740 - nsIServiceWorkerRegistrationInfo should emit an event when its worker properties change;r=amarchesini (8243a3debc) - Bug 1186856 ServiceWorker .register() should always stop current registration from uninstalling. r=jdm (ec7d6e0e7c) - Bug 1224941 Don't crash during ServiceWorker life cycle event dispatch if window is gone. r=baku (a3f45af3e4) - Bug 1180754 - Get serviceworkerobject-scripturl test passing. r=bkelly (c7979bef47) - Bug 1201498 - Service worker update should compare scriptURL to worker URL without fragment, r=bkelly (914f630528) - Bug 594505 - Remove obsolete comment since this bug has now been fixed. r=me DONTBUILD (44f3a15b91) - Bug 1221840. Support repeating images in 1 axis. r=seth (449ea3e97e) - const-var (5433688051) - Bug 1574573 - Disambiguate a use of Handle in XPCShellEnvironment.cpp r=Ehsan (15b44177d1) - clean up warnings (6e64313d0c) (fffeb135bb) - import changes from `dev' branch of rmottola/Arctic-Fox: - Bug 1171796: Add sandbox rule for child process NSPR log file on Windows. r=bbondy (1393c5eed4) - Bug 1171994: Separate RIL I/O interfaces, r=htsai (eb62c398f9) - Bug 1171994: Store an instance of |RilWorker| for each RIL connection, r=htsai (6f85151cfe) - Bug 1171464 - Check that socket isn't already closed before closing it, r=kmachulis (05a6ecd79c) - Bug 1156352: Remove |UnixSocketRawData| from RIL interfaces, r=htsai (4c2c066809) - Bug 1171994: Use |RilSocket| to handle RIL messages on the RIL worker, r=htsai (cdbc7a3868) - Bug 1171994: Cleanup JSAPI code of |RilConsumer|, r=htsai (eaf9623f2c) - Bug 1207539 - Remove !JS_IsRunning(aCx) assertion from RilConsumer::ConnectWorkerToRIL; r=mrbkap (f5d20f6d75) - missing bit of Bug 1138293 - Use malloc/free/realloc/calloc (3cdb9ee5d6) - Bug 1140261 - Fix compiler error comparison of unsigned expression >= 0 is always true. r=hchang (f808fc5f09) - Bug 1158896 - prevent dead code from being generated in lower.py; r=bent (8ebbd3109d) - Bug 1169382 - Don't generate commented out NS_INTERFACE_CLASS or NS_ABSTRACT_CLASS in IPDL. r=billm (20fc4894c0) - Bug 1219537 - Simplify a couple of PresContext() gets on nsIFrame/nsStyleContext. r=dholbert (cff7f8aa43) - Bug 1223258 - Fix -Wunreachable-code warnings in widget. r=masayuki (8682636334) - bit of Add an nsIGfxInfo function to query monitors. (bug 1175005 partart 1) (36bb03dfb2) - Bug 1210086 - Fix warnings caused by toolbar buttons in gtk2. r=karl (0e7f0aaba2) - Bug 1176109 - Don't attach menu popups to menubars on GTK3. r=karlt (1cbdd6798f) - Bug 1188138 - Prevent default buttons from being drawn twice on GTK3. r=karlt (24d3b48643) - Bug 1189028 - Draw a toplevel popup behind popup menus on GTK3. r=karlt (6dcb65f4af) - Bug 1160154 - Decrease padding between icons in the personal toolbar with Gtk3 by using "image-button" css style class. r=karlt (50254fd1ce) - Bug 1073117 - Fixed Theme issues with GTK 3.14 - GtkButtons - use border style (cde1375eec) - Bug 1168578 - Use widget state in GTK3 toggles' style context. r=karlt (2889392859) - Bug 1198613 - Use GTK style padding for dropdown boxes in HTML. r=karlt (5e97b42105) - Bug 1216582 - [gtk3] Scrollbar buttons not drawn correctly. r=karlt (4a7ca51f14) - Bug 1174248 - Workaround unico theme engine resizer bug on GTK3. r=karlt (ca55b44a4a) - Bug 1173907 - Don't use gtk_render_activity for drawing progress chunks on GTK versions above 3.13.7. r=karlt (57e97d2d55) - Bug 1218008 - Fix progress bar rendering on the Ambiance GTK3 theme. r=karlt (5dcfff5ab5) - Bug 1171011 - Use only document padding for MOZ_GTK_ENTRY in XUL. r=karlt (3d164c219e) - Bug 1187385 - Use GTK style padding for entry widgets. r=karlt (f44fffb148) - Bug 1176929 - Disable Ctrl-K in GtkEntry unless custom key bindings are (46c9b03899) - Bug 1120490 - Take the 'GetRotateForLandscape' gfxASurface configuration into account when creating printing surfaces. r=jwatt (b259f7006a) - Bug 1228216 - Event::GetScreenCoords incorrectly converts the coords to a CSSPoint when the widget is null r=tnikkel (9e58f9f640) - Bug 1226872 - Stop keeping a copy of the resolution in the root scrollframe. r=roc (c168509f4d) - Bug 1224015 - Part 1: nsLayoutUtils functions do not account for nsPresShell resolution r=tnikkel (c6a1cca145) - Bug 1224015 - Part 2: Have nsDisplayResolution items adjust event coordinates for hit testing and dispatching to content r=tnikkel (09fad089ce) - Bug 1224015 - Part 3: ifdef changes to C++APZ so that they only apply to single process APZ. r=tnikkel (340b30205d) - Bug 1228597 - Remove the MOZ_SINGLE_PROCESS_APZ define. r=tn (6733cf7b4b) - Bug 1177406, don't rely on owner to be set only on main thread, r=khuey (a31d3ee5fe) - Bug 1221822 - Finish the WebGL texture refactor. r=kamidphish,mattwoodrow,bz (9df451d68f) - bug 1214953 set GDK_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED/MAX_ALLOWED to specify the GTK/GDK API and suppress irrelevant deprecated warnings r=glandium (e9161dc6f4) - Bug 1160666 - Allow per-product b2g branding. r=fabrice (8d95dfa1ea) - Fix due to backport (900ffc0c50) - Bug 1224490 - Don't set NSS_LIBS in the non-native NSS case. r=mshal We never use the variable in that case. Bug 1224490 - Kill LIBXUL_DIST. r=mshal (bf53e3e930) - Bug 1175555 - Build flag to exclude hyphenation dictionaries from Android builds. r=nalexander (eb94fae1dd) - Bug 1141534 - fix mulet nightly mozconfigs; r=bhearsum We don't want uploadsymbols or update-packaging for nightly mulet builds, but these were being set by the underlying browser mozconfigs. (1a9e4cb294) - Bug 1137000 - Enable SDK building on nightlies; r=glandium (c28e4f9cae) - Bug 1181040 - Include mozconfig.cache after mozconfig.common.override. r=mshal (610364f8ae) - bug 1182519 - Put mozconfigs for cross-mac builds in tree. r=mshal (0c3768b90a) - bug 935237 - add genisoimage+dmg binaries to tooltool manifest, use them in cross-mac mozconfig. r=gps (d0252cb263) - bug 1203689 - Use tooltool gcc as host compiler for cross-mac builds. r=dustin (2597df48cd) - Bug 1204068 - Update the clang used for OSX cross compiles to the latest that we use on Linux64; r=ted (0323202013) - Bug 1204763 - Enable cross compiling the clang plugin for OS X on Linux; r=glandium (2813897f8b) - Bug 1208787 - Enable static analysis checks by default on OSX cross builds; r=ted (9aa48ddb43) - bug 543111 - enable Breakpad for cross-mac builds. r=glandium (1a2be876d8) - bug 1190522 - Rewrite pkg-dmg as a Python script. r=gps (796e8ef8e1) - bug 935237 - use libdmg-hfsplus to create DMG files during packaging on Linux. r=gps (d676c7eb8f) - bug 543111 - add support for alternate dsymutil paths to configure, add to cross-mozconfig. r=glandium (401ec2b3a4) (9e110c81ee) - import changes from `dev' branch of rmottola/Arctic-Fox: - Bug 1208829 - Use the effective visible region to calculate the intermediate surface size. r=mstange (c3f8290088) - Bug 1168263 - Annotate layers with a perspective transform. r=mattwoodrow (a79c34590c) - Bug 1199798 - Use more generic tree traversal algorithms in APZCTreeManager. r=botond (9fede80160) - Bug 1179287 - Skip TestTiledLayerBuffer due to Linux PGO bustage. CLOSED TREE (c8dc548010) - Bug 1199798 - Create tests for TreeTraversal.h r=botond Move queue and stack includes outside of mozilla namespace. (37ba7ca2fe) - Bug 1226920 - Allow calling ForEachNode() with an action returning void r=botond (8368fcecc6) - Bug 1208829 - static_assert that IntRegionTyped is instantiated with a proper unit type. r=mstange (6acc37e149) - Bug 1208829 - Add utilities for converting between typed and untyped regions. r=mstange (40402a2f11) - Bug 1208829 - Rename LayerManagerComposite::ApplyOcclusionCulling to PostProcessLayers, and clean it up a bit. r=mstange (34f0bfe970) - Bug 1208829 - Recompute visible regions during composition. r=mstange (21304a1854) - Bug 1220873 - Make Layer::mVisibleRegion a LayerIntRegion. r=botond (5b8c30825e) - Bug 1168263 - Introduce a helper function IntersectMaybeRects(). r=kats (71f5087b64) - Bug 1168263 - Propagate the scroll-clip of a descendant of a layer with a perspective transform up to the layer itself. r=kats,mstange (fea1d86d5b) - Bug 1221694 - Add a basic telemetry probe for checkerboarding. r=botond,vladan (5725e19e0d) - Bug 1168263 - Simplify GetResultingTransformMatrix calculations to avoid unnecessary origin changes. r=roc (80368ae14f) - Bug 1127170 - Add TYPE_RENDERS_NO_IMAGES for display item with transform type to bypass invalidation during image decode. r=mattwoodrow (f6a207ee9d) - Bug 1168263 - Add nsDisplayPerspective and build separate layers for perspective. r=roc (b2b23687fb) - Bug 1176453 - Do not increment the cluster counter for input elements with label. r=kats (5bc312ca59) - Bug 1165128 - Enable zoomedview by default. r=mcomella (544b50df8b) - Bug 1181763 - Allow the target fluffing code to fluff even when directly hitting something clickable. r=roc (6ca7dd6904) - Bug 1188185 - Zoomed View appears when the two links are the same link. r=kats (813fca7975) - Bug 1192075 - Change copy in Settings for Zoomed View/ magnifying glass preference. r=mcomella (8430d9a907) - Bug 1191041 - Increase the likelihood of zoomed view triggering for small elements but decreased the likelihood for large elements. r=kats (eedeb65931) - Bug 1208370 - Deactivate the size heuristic in cluster detection. r=mcomella (360bca3b20) - Bug 1171731 - Ignore elements with 0 font size in cluster detection. r=kats (16d602f9d7) - Bug 1172488 - Small clickable text nodes are wrongly detected in cluster detection process. r=kats (d87c933ae2) - Bug 1191277 - Ensure that we don't find clusters of clickable elements when there is no possible way for the heuristic to actually target those elements. r=domivinc (50608494f9) - Bug 1226872 - Remove unnecessary wrapper methods in nsLayoutUtils. r=roc (6fbe70a794) - Bug 1208023 - Remove unused function. r=botond (c4f79eff8e) - Bug 1208023 - Ensure the minimum scale is a sane value greater than zero and add a separate flag to track if the default zoom is valid. r=botond (523cd967e2) - Bug 1225508 - Add a displayport on non-scrollable frames which have a resolution. r=botond (106045f0c9) - Bug 1201272 - use a SkBlurImageFilter for Skia canvas shadows so we can better control composite operations. r=gwright (bca9f2a21a) - Bug 998042 - 4-byte align Skia surfaces to interoperate with Cairo r=jrmuizel (5311a66ba1) - Bug 1083101 - Use win32's CreateEventW instead of CreateEvent to avoid macro name collision (68f94fa48c) - Bug 1148131 - Enable DrawTargetTiled on Android r=Bas (23f7fbca56) - Bug 1131264 - Extend the workaround for drawing D2D circles. r=bas (67ce725cfe) - Bug 1174922 - NativeZip does not null-terminate zip entry comparisons correctly, r=nchen (308848c1ef) - Bug 1127464 - Assert when we unexpectedly unload libraries on Android r=glandium (d55cda6129) - Bug 497495 late-breaking followup: s/GetAllocatedSize/GetFrameId/ in documentation, to reflect the same change having happened in code. (no review, comment-only, DONTBUILD) (f3cb3cf27c) - Bug 1216332 - Remove framearena helpers from abstract frame classes and stop them from being instantiated. r=dbaron (5b30fe7cba) - Bug 1178382 - Ignore overflow: -moz-hidden-unscrollable on <select size=n> listboxes. r=roc (555b7490c5) - Bug 1197620 - Part 3: Terminate *all* animations if corresponding element style is changed to display:none. r=bbirtles (1614414c50) (7ad90a7dc7) * 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

Actually I did walk today because I'm so weak in the legs from too much inactivity and sedentary lifestyle. My doctor this summer I am ordered to walk to the dollar store and back home. I used to love it and meditate while walking just breathe in the white light and hold for 4 seconds listen to the atmosphere and breathe out the black darkness and exhale all the way for only a few times and I do it whilst in motion. I look up at the sky and just *feel*.

Very dazed today as I fell pretty hard last night into the coffee table and broke the lamp and knocked over the telephone and Now I have 3 bruises. I got confused so I need to now have a nightlight in the living room area, but I didn't break anything thank God. I'll manage.

StartIsBack++ 2.9.18

That's right because they're on Mica. Though they're not rendered against transparent background I think I can bring ClearType back.

Sorry for the offtopic, but with the updates from server 2012, is it possible to install .NET 4.8? For some reason I prefer Windows 8.0 to 8.1, it seems faster to me.

Why use Win8/10/11? I cannot understand this. Capitalism is their goal. On every new M$ OS, more backward compatibilty is missing. They implement newer DirextX for every new OS, so that gamers need to switch their OS to newer ones if they want to play modern games. High OS -> more CPU power is needed, thats an insane policy against sustainably living, hundreds of (modern) "old" computers got thrown into city trash area every day. Programmers could do everything, but they don't want to, money interests are far more important than humanity. The same thing exist in the game developer industry. Userfriendly programmers would never remove compatibility. Hope to see a XP revival (driver support for all new GPUs, DX12 support, possibilty to install modern browser) or a massive switch-over-to-linux. It is time to stop the insanity, it's already urgent since 20 years...

Not sure why it behaves like that in this case in particular since data is supposed to be flushed to disk eventually anyway if it's enabled. I leave that turned on as the performance hit without it is horrible. Yeah, AFAIK writing to the bad sector remaps it. I also have a problem with my data disk, 17 bad sectors, not sure how to go about it. I was going to make an image of it and rewrite it to strengthen the magnetic records before I noticed the problem, it's over 10 years old at this point, bought in 2010 I think, now this is stopping me, dd probably won't like the bad sectors, few days ago I rescued one of the files (it was downloaded from the internet so nothing lost), but original just couldn't be read, got CRC error from Windows. I'm not sure how to check which files are bad, would 7-Zip let me know if I just select the folder and initiate checksum calculation? Do I start copying to another disk with Robocopy to check? Thinking of giving Ddrescue (Wikipedia) a spin eventually, but I currently have zero experience with that program.

NotHereToPlayGames (aka ArcticFoxie) has already expressed some interest in modifying newer Chinese browsers that still support Windows 7. (Support for XP has ended even in China now.)

I would honestly be surprised a little if ESR 115 doesn't support Windows 7/8/8.1, as that would go against their usual traditions. Also, in case anyone is interested, below is the Windows Update log file for Windows 8.1 in its entirety, compressed into a 7z archive. Maybe it'll come handy to some of you... WindowsUpdate_log.7z

I don't have SHA2 and still alive . Chrome doesn't need it. Games also don't.

there the ones that discovered the sha-2 fix for windows vista

Hi Sal, how do you do ! XP chkdsk is a total joke ! The only thing that really remaps the sectors is a FULL (not quick!) reformat . It will delete all of the data on the disk.

I meant what does he do ? His specialty ? From my very short encounter with him (her?) , I remember he (she?) was an expert on using the word "dude" in his local area.

yes I quit xp forums

**Reading now**

Truly amazing - thank you for sharing

@jaclaz Thanks for the tip! I have something working. But it isn't ideal, or a solution for large hard disk images. I downloaded RamDisk98, from one of the many Simtel FTP clones. If my disk image has the same partition size, as the RamDisk98 saved partition image, I can use HxD to copy the data between the two. So the image size is limited by the amount of free ram you have. You need enough ram, left over, for HxD's copying in order to paste. So it's better to save the ram image, then operate "afterwards" without the ram disk. For me, the ram disk does not start and stop, as described in the readme. Edit: now works Mapping a disk image, with Grub4Dos, is still easier. I'll install Paragon's Harddisk Manager 6, to see it I can do something similar with the included Image Mounter. They have a header, on there created disk images. As long as the image is not compressed or encrypted, it saves it raw. But this would only work for people with this software. Update: Image mounter couldn't unmount Paragon's own images correctly; the changes were not saved. It seems like a Win98 compatibility issue. Otherwise, it seems as if it would have worked. Mounted images, that had been modified by raw disk image partition data, displayed contents of the original raw partition. Alternatively, the "README.TXT" included with RamDisk98 say: If there is enough usable code, in there, maybe something could be (re)written for a ram or file image.

Not what you asked for, but older versions of Diskinternals Linuxreader *should* run on 9x (at least there is a .vxd in version 2.0). It allows mounting disk images and save files from them (read only access), but no drive letter. jaclaz

Installed the Server 2008 x64 version yesterday. No problems.

Doesn't concern me too much, to be honest. I think people over-estimate just how "fast" 'web standards' migrate through the internet. We are "forced" to use MS Edge at work (us in Engineering are exempt, thankfully!) - MS Edge has been updated THIRTEEN times this year alone! And we're only 46 days into the year. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-relnote-stable-channel I'm sorry, that's just STUPID in my "not so humble" opinion.

LION’S MANE MUSHROOMS FOUND TO ‘MAGICALLY’ REGROW BRAIN CELLS, NEW RESEARCH SHOWS CHRISTOPHER PLAIN - FEBRUARY 14, 2023 Edible “lion’s mane” mushrooms have shown the ability to magically regrow completely new brain cells, according to new research. Formally named Hericium erinaceus, the formidable fungus has been used in traditional Asian medicine for millennia. However, new lab research shows that, unlike some traditional medicines whose reputations are stronger than their efficacy, the lion’s mane was highly effective in helping forge new nerve connections within the human brain, promoting the growth of entirely new brain cells.... More: https://thedebrief.org/lions-mane-mushrooms-found-to-magically-regrow-brain-cells-new-research-shows/

Millions of years captured in one photo...

Amazing Astronomy @MAstronomers SpaceX Starlink satellites seen traveling over Hiroshima, Japan…

BREAKING balloon NEWS But look at the shiny balloon!

Science girl @gunsnrosesgirl3 15h This heart-shaped amethyst geode was discovered by miners in Uruguay. They split open a rock, inside was a pair of matching hearts Marcos Lorenzelli. iG Uruguay Minerals

Massimo @Rainmaker1973 Another impressive visualization of the magnitude of the earthquake which hit Turkey one week ago. This photo taken in Adıyaman shows how the buildings were literally moved onto the cars that were parked nearby [source, Özkan Bilgin/AA: https://buff.ly/3I02CZX] Here:

Major media cover-up in Ohio! The 50+ car derailment caused a huge amount of toxic chemicals to leak. The authorities began burning the chemicals to avoid an explosion. Now megatoxins are Chernobyling Ohio… But where is heading this thick and incredibly dangerous stream of smoke? Look at a wind map… They are heading to the eastern seaboard… MASS POISONING EVENT IN PENNSYLVANIA, WIND HEADED TOWARDS NEW YORK CITY. Extremely Toxic and Carcinogenic Vinyl Chloride Cloud headed to NYC… Check this video and then read the whole thread on Twitter… From: https://strangesounds.substack.com/p/seriously-what-the-heck-is-happening Look too: https://strangesounds.substack.com/p/red-pill-warning

Build 5430 succesfully working on Windows 7 Normally, the last build is 5425.

One possible reason for the increasing pace of UFO disclosure? Plainfiction is a place to find all things Chris Plain. ... aside from a scant few like billionaire Dennis Tito or school teacher Christa McAuliffe, pretty much all (astronauts) have been government employees, former military and/or highly qualified scientists. As such, basically every woman and man who has had the opportunity to travel into space has also operated under security oaths and non-disclosure agreements. Although ostensibly related to any classified human tech they may observe, and rightfully so, rumors persist that there is another reason for this secrecy, maybe the main reason. Whatever the case, even these security oaths and agreements haven’t kept a few spacefaring humans from speaking out about odd encounters during their missions, encounters that often remained unexplained. For instance, if the statements like the one of former US Army radar specialist Harland Bentley are to be believed, many missions that included American astronauts, from Mercury and Gemini to Apollo and the Space Shuttle, have had such encounters. He’s not the only whistle blower, either. Actual astronauts, from Mercury’s Gordon Cooper to Apollo’s Edgar Mitchell, have given statements about things (possibly) seen during missions, either by them or their fellow astronauts that seem to defy conventional explanation. However now, as technology has advanced and the era of private space flight is finally upon us, the type of human that will be entering space is completely different. Not only will these private citizen astronauts be just that, private, and therefore unchained by the laws and oaths typically taken by those in the military or NASA, they will also be rich. In fact, they’ll mostly be filthy rich, wealthy even, which is like rich times a million. This will undoubtedly change things. In my very limited experience with wealthy people, they live by their own rules, and in many cases are the ones making those rules. So, when this type of person shoots into space aboard a Virgin Galactic Spaceship, a Space-X Starship, or even a Blue Origin whatevertheycallit, (apologies Admiral Sheppard) they will be free to report what they see. And report it they will. If non-human, sentient beings have been observing us for as long as it appears, likely millennia, and are particularly interested in our first forays into space, then it seems inevitable that at least one of these private citizen astronauts will see them, probably more than one. Once this happens, it will change everything. I mean, do you really think someone like Jeff Bezos, Sir Richard Branson, or noted UFO skeptic Elon Musk himself will hesitate to talk about any flying saucers that decide to buzz their ship? How about Tom Cruise or Taylor Swift? No, me either. ... Therefore, is ask, as we finally enter the commercial space age, an era will thousands of “ordinary” (albeit rich as hell), citizens will venture outside of our atmosphere, could this pending revolution in space travel be the reason for accelerated UFO disclosure?... MORE: https://plainfiction.com/2020/11/one-possible-reason-for-the-increasing-pace-of-ufo-disclosure/

Sounds So Relaxing: Howling Wolf * 1 Hour * (0 dropped frames!) 1 hour sleeping | Wolf howling in the rain (0 dropped frames!) - So which video of a wolf howling is best suited to your needs, please?..

Cool.

my computer is here now and is running great! (I'll stick with windows 10 for now thou)

That's because my XP port is built with PyInstaller 5.7, in which the bug is fixed. See here. I only occasionally test these, to be honest... Exactly what I was thinking.

I am broadcasting this user guide because the essential information is being slowly lost from internet search providers. Windows 9x is a very functional OS, however, Microsoft rarely included the troubleshooting essential for resetting parts of the file system, which is the way the OS typically gets to work back to normal, even in 2022. I've learned through experience that Virtual PC Emulation is never going to support all DOS and 32-bit games library. A real PC made between 1993 - 2001 must be purchased and taken care of. The Windows Millennium embedded virtual mode DOS window is 100% functional in the exact same performance as in Windows 98... however, the AUTOEXEC.BAT and the CONFIG.SYS files located in the path C:\WINDOWS or in C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\EBD expect accurate command strings in relation to the upgraded MS-DOS Version 8.0 which is a part of Windows ME itself. Additionally, one must be mindful and careful in searching for that one original 16-bit DOS driver made by the Sound Card manufacturer because the name of the string can vary. The file path I mentioned a moment ago is not the DOS BOOT system files. Rather, it is a secondary replica of the DOS BOOT system files which is intended to be read by the embedded virtual mode DOS, which Microsoft designed. For the reason that the AUTOEXEC.BAT and the CONFIG.SYS files were left completely blank by Microsoft, I do not know why. However, with efficient work and knowledge, DOS Gaming is very functional and the CD-ROM, SOUND, MIDI, and Analog Joystick strings must be applied. It also should be noted that the MS-DOS Editor application doesn't even permit editing of the system file path I mentioned. It should be manually edited under Notepad by copying and pasting it to Desktop, and re-naming the file extension to .TXT. 1) Let us start with AUTOEXEC.BAT. A) Because my Sound Card is not an actual SoundBlaster brand, but a SoundBlaster-compatible brand called CrystalAudio, then the SET SOUND string is different. It appears: SET SOUND=C:\WINDOWS\CWCDATA\CWCDOS.EXE /P (CWCDOS.EXE is the original 16-bit DOS driver made by the Sound Card manufacturer.) B) Because my Sound Card is not an actual SoundBlaster brand, but a SoundBlaster-compatible brand called CrystalAudio, then the string particularly has the "I5" and "H5" instead of the usual "I7" and "H7." It appears: SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6 (On a SoundBlaster brand only, it appears: SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 H7 P330 T6 J200) Note: Apply the "J200" at the end of the string IF ONLY your sound card is SoundBlaster. If it is SoundBlaster-compatible brand otherwise, skip and proceed to the next step. C) Because my Sound Card is not an actual SoundBlaster brand, but a SoundBlaster-compatible brand called CrystalAudio, then the string SET MIDI is PART ONE in order to activate the Analog Joystick under DOS. It appears: SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E MODE:0 Note: PART TWO in order to activate the Analog Joystick involves installing Direct X 7.1 through 8.2. Then restart. Then these dual 16-bit and 32-bit drivers will combine functionality. The Joystick is therefore active under Control Panel > Game Controllers. D) The CD-ROM string is a universally recognized one. It appears: LH c:\command\MSCDEX.EXE /D:mscd001 E) The complete code string as a whole is a ton of gibberish code, however, it is VERY IMPORTANT to use this version of code IF YOU'RE USING WINDOWS ME because it is the resigned DOS Version 8.0 code included with it. Note: Open attachment below. 2) Let us continue with CONFIG.SYS. A) The original purpose of CONFIG.SYS was intended to sort the Disk or Diskette boot order. Microsoft expanded on it to specify memory thresholds and character thresholds. Subsequent to Windows 98 and ME, it also includes expanded memory and hardware drivers. The HIMEM.SYS string is crucial. It is used to manage extended memory on DOS. Note: Open attachment below. 3) If you have recently upgraded or installed Windows Millennium, you should adhere to the strict update process. A) Do not download and run the "Unofficial Service Pack 1" auto-script. The person who created that script did not take into account that most updates needs to be individually installed and to restart the computer every time. Your computer will either crash on blue screen or your registry will become obsolete. Instead, go over to this link so that you can download a folder that contains all relevant updates individually > https://archive.org/download/WULOS and select the file "WinUpdates_95-XP32.iso." B) Please be advised that you may not need to install too many updates for too long from that folder, as because Microsoft released an update-related Security Disc in 2004 to various magazines, which includes a lot of final component updates. Go over to this link > https://archive.org/details/securityupdatecd_2004_woutdirectx9 and download the .ISO file. Note: This is the only version of the Security CD that has Direct X 9 removed. Because Direct X 9 removed compatibility with dozens of 32-bit games and also removed the analog joystick driver. C) Do not install Direct X 9 ever. Direct X 7.1 is pre-installed with Windows Me. You may also install Direct X 8.1a and 8.2. Version 8.2 is when you stop. D) You may also browse the very large collection of updates and additional applications located here: https://www.mdgx.com/ietoy.htm 4) Browsing the World Wide Web (mainly Google and MSN) in 2022. A) Download the custom built browser called RetroZilla 2.2 located here: https://github.com/rn10950/RetroZilla/releases/tag/2.2 B) Install Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1 (IE6SP1). Don't listen to what everyone is saying regarding TSL connections being blocked by external websites. That's bs. Google will load on unsecure HTTP via either TSL and/or SSL. Therefore, open Control Panel > Internet Settings > Advanced. Then scroll down to check mark "SSL 2" "SSL 3" and "TSL 1." Install RetroZilla 2.2. Open a new browser tab, then type "about:config," then add these scripts: Script 1: security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_aes_128_gcm_sha256 Script 2: security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_aes_128_gcm_sha256 Again, open a new browser tab, then type "about:config," then search these six scripts and disable them each by toggling it to FALSE. security.ssl3.ecdh_ecdsa_rc4_128_sha security.ssl3.ecdh_rsa_rc4_128_sha security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_rc4_128_sha security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_rc4_128_sha security.ssl3.rsa_rc4_128_md5 security.ssl3.rsa_rc4_128_sha Again, open a new browser tab, then type "about:config," then search for Java and disable the script called "javascript.enabled" by toggling it to FALSE. C) If you set up Networking Devices (Sharing) via the Home Network Setup Wizard, your Internet Connection (IP Address) will be negatively compromised. Don't. There is a new yet little known setting in Windows ME called "IP Routing Enabled" which causes this issue. You can view this unusual setting by opening Start > Run > type "Command" > type "WINIPCFG." IP Configuration Utility will open and you will see that setting check marked in blue. It cannot be resolved simply by de-selecting the check mark because the registry settings were compromised too. Therefore if you have no Internet Connection (IP Address) because of this, then this troubleshooting will fix it and get the connection restored. C-continued) Repairing Winsock2 in Win9x/ME. Open Control Panel > Network. Inside the "Configuration" tab, remove all protocols (the protocol icon is T-shaped) while leaving the Network Adapters (green icon) alone. Close the Network Properties window, AND DO NOT CLICK YES FOR A REBOOT. YOU MUST NOT REBOOT YET. Open Regedit and delete these keys: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VXD\Dhcp HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VXD\Dhcpoptions HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VXD\MSTCP HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VXD\Winsock2 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock2 Then close Regedit. Open Control Panel > Network again. Click Add, then click Protocol, then click add once more. Then a third box appears. Click Microsoft on the left panel, then click TCP/IP on the right panel. Have your Windows ME CD inserted for the CAB rebuilding process. Click OK and close all boxes. When the request to reboot appears. CLICK YES and REBOOT. And your Internet Connection (IP Address) settings are now restored. 5) Release and Renew the IP Address, Default Gateway, and DNS router data. A) Open Start > Run > type "Command" > type "WINIPCFG." Click Release All and then click Renew All. 6) Easy way to boot into Safe Mode. A) Hold down the "Control" key when you reboot the computer. 7) Burning blank CD-Rs for file transfer. A) CD-Rs manufactured since 2015 changed to dyes that are unstable on older CD-ROM Drives and the dyes melt very easily due to the higher power output of the laser. Your best bet is to purchase a lot of orders of vintage CD-R stocks on eBay.com. _______________________________________ Have *´) ¸.•´¸.•*´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•´ * . ´***Great Times!! I am so very tired and I will provide more troubleshooting guides when I return in a day or two. AUTOEXEC.TXT CONFIG.TXT