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New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20230311-3219d2d-uxp-6f99b9744-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20230311-3219d2d-uxp-6f99b9744-xpmod.7z source code that is comparable to my current working tree is available here: https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commits/custom IA32 Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20230311-3219d2d-uxp-6f99b9744-xpmod-ia32.7z source code that is comparable to my current working tree is available here: https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commits/ia32 NM28XP build: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230311-d849524bd-uxp-6f99b9744-xpmod.7z Win32 IA32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230311-d849524bd-uxp-6f99b9744-xpmod-ia32.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230311-d849524bd-uxp-6f99b9744-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win64-git-20230311-d849524bd-uxp-6f99b9744-xpmod.7z Official UXP changes picked since my last build: - Issue #1693 - Use scoped enums for IDBTransaction. (c920f32df) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1430303: Implement ShadowRoot.pointerLockElement (3dfffeaec) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1430305: Implement ShadowRoot.fullscreenElement (e286eb8ad) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1413102: Ensure Shadow DOM boundaries are dealt properly in event handling (24572438a) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1413102 (Follow-up): Ignore current target because of shadow DOM retargeting (1bb2009f6) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1323815: FocusEvent.relatedTarget should work consistently with MouseEvent.relatedTarget (1185cfe3f) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1438129: Remove ShadowRoot.applyAuthorStyles. (3350af82c) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1430301: Implement ShadowRoot.elementFromPoint/elementsFromPoint (e64aeea52) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1356496: Don't use nsIDOM* in ConfirmSelectionInBody (b2c77e5ed) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1066965: Make contentEditable and spellchecking to work in Shadow DOM (010db07bf) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1453789: Remove Element.createShadowRoot (45c179d01) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1410578: Make <link rel="stylesheet"> work in shadow trees (588c2154a) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1455891/Part 1: Improve StyleChildrenIterator (263b719ef) - Issue #2135 - Implement sequential focus navigation for shadow DOM (56193120c) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1518795: Properly track responsive content in a connected ShadowRoot (7b395189a) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1329877: Optimize AncestorFilter usage in lazy frame construction (7924a2f60) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1414692: Adopt shadow roots when adopting a shadow host across documents (b72ddcf65) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1393806/Part 1: Change nsNodeUtils cloning/adopting stuff to use an ErrorResult for errors (e65a864a3) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1393806/Part 2: Modify AdoptNodeIntoOwnerDoc to use the non-XPCOM version of document.AdoptNode (3062964d2) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1393806/Part 3: Change dom::ReparentWrapper to take an ErrorResult (9f0fb9c16) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1425864: Ensure printing documents which have shadow DOM works (015148fcc) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1419803: Use GetComposedDoc instead of GetUncomposedDoc in ContentEventHandler (70d493586) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1433669/Part 1: Remove dead function (2f9186959) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1433669/Part 2: Flush the document instead of the shell in ContentEventHandler (4d778226e) - Issue #2135 - Follow-up: Fix crash for passing nullptr as an argument to the aNodesWithProperties parameter (c194fbf6a) - Issue #2135 - Follow-up: Fix typo (9cb33ab84) - Issue #2046 - correct debug assert for intl_FormatRelativeTime() (3fb11e542) - Issue #2135 - Follow-up: Fix potential crash if shadow root is null (ad929c5dd) - Issue #2136 - Part 1: Implement CSS inset property (21d468ee6) - Issue #2136 - Part 2: Regenerate devtools CSS database (ae26d8a04) - Issue #2143 - Implement CSS env() Environment Variables (2b903a20b) - Issue #2135 - Follow-up: Ensure document is not null in nsImageLoadingContent::BindToTree (cfef3fa48) - Issue #2148 - Root the RegExpShared in RegExpMacroAssembler. (1f0df8f42) Official Pale-Moon changes picked since my last build: - [Pale-Moon] Set compatversion for hardcoded overrides to 102.0 (5a627b6ce) - [Pale-Moon] Issue #1915 - [SSUAO] Add override for Instagram (c8488397e) Official Basilisk changes picked since my last build: - Revert "[Basilisk] Fade out tab label on overflow instead of ellipsis" (15e3a38b5) My changes since my last build: - [Basilisk] ported PM version of tab caption fading to here (2a32b18f4) - [Basilisk] add tab caption fading to CtrlTab (f159e44b2) - [Pale-Moon] add tab caption fading to CtrlTab (5db2ae1aa) - Revert "revert last rev (7faa37b7) and revert rev b7e45308 and 9824659d instead." (1b1d672dc) - Revert "reverting rev 22dc363c and 233802c9 for now since I got a crash in destructor of RegExpShared." (6f99b9744) Update Notice: - You may delete file named icudt58l.dat inside program folder when updating from old releases. * Notice: From now on, UXP rev will point to `custom` branch of my UXP repo instead of MCP UXP repo, while "official UXP changes" shows only `tracking` branch changes.

All you need to do is delete the updater.node file.

https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/chromepass.html chrome stored passwords can be retrieved with this little free portable utility.

Windows Live Essentials applications are x86, so Dependency Walker x86 must be used.

... But do take note that the password encryption used by Chromium forks uses data specific to the host system, so that utility can only decrypt and retrieve account credentials from the "machine" they were "created"/stored on, i.e. the browser profile isn't just enough to retrieve the credentials (unlike Firefox and forks) ... I was painfully hit by that when my laptop "died" (actually, its iGPU did) in the start of 2022; my portable 360EE versions (11/12/13/13.5), each with its separate profile, live on a USB HDD - when I connected that to a second laptop in my household (Win7SP1x64), the browsers+profiles launched fine, but I was unable to retrieve site account credentials with chromepass on that second machine ... So, I advise everyone reading this: Keep account credentials on a physical (piece of paper)/digital (USB drive) copy "unattached" to the machine you're currently working on ... FWIW, I retrieved 90% of my credentials from within a stored Serpent 52 profile ... In the end, my laptop was repaired and I retrieved (and backed up on paper) those missing 10% credentials (for sites running ONLY on a 360EE variant, not St52) via launching chromepass there ...

https://github.com/abbodi1406/dotNetXP https://github.com/abbodi1406/vcredist/releases/tag/v0.35.0

... For me, the first map there (Wifi Triangulation) loads (both map/satellite view) if I enable the geolocation API (in St52: geo.enabled;true - I had it toggled to false, for privacy concerns ); but the second map (IP Address based on ISP) still displays the quoted error in satellite view, map view loads a lightblue colour:

I don't THINK that they lock threads here so much. I know on a lot of places that necro-posting is frowned upon, but not so much here.

Google finally announced the End Of Life date for Windows 7 as well as Windows 8.1, which will be in February 2023, with the release of v110 of their Chrome browser Source: https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/185534985/sunsetting-support-for-windows-7-8-1-in-early-2023?hl=en This will automatically also affect Google Chrome for Windows Vista Extended Kernel (although that might not be the biggest drama after all, since we Vista users can already be grateful that we got 61 versions higher than Chrome‘s initial EOL on Vista), Microsoft Edge for Windows 7/8.1, as well as many other Chrome forks like Opera. I hope Google only changes minor things, so that we can still run the browser, with a little tweaks here and there. If I think back to 2016, there were no ports for higher Chrome versions for Windows Vista, since we needed a kernel extension before we could run the necessary functions. What do you think? I wish Google would also offer an ESR channel, where W7/8.1 would continue to receive only security based updates for the next 12 months to come. I‘m using Firefox and I already know that Mozilla will probably merge W7/8.1 to the next ESR channel (v110-112?) too

Anyone have a problem with 3rd party sidebar gadgets that are not re-loading after reboot since new kernel update? Everytime I reboot the computer I need to re-attach them to sidebar

The original (Chinese) 360EE variants do NOT contain such a feature (nor do they contain the ability to export stored passwords) ...

... If you happen to have the CTR extension installed in St52, it does offer that very same feature (plus a plethora of other customisations ): NB that the version fully compatible with St52 is "Classic Theme Restorer v1.7.8.2019.10.27" : https://github.com/Aris-t2/ClassicThemeRestorer/releases/download/1.7.8.2019/CTR_v1.7.8.2019.10.27.xpi You can always close a background/unfocused tab by placing your cursor on top of it (but not selecting it), followed by a middle mouse click (aka wheel-click, most mice today have it ); whether the close button is displayed in that tab or not makes no difference ...

/facepalm. I should've went a couple of pages back. Thanks so much for such a quick answer! And for the link too. Indeed, the sound is working now. Firefox too. In fact, I'm typing this in my retro PC Vista now. When I removed the local redirect for Firefox and returned the original exe back to where it was (without modified header) then restarted, Firefox was eating through CPU when launched (constant 98-99% without any websites opened). It's a Core 2 Duo E7600. But it went away as soon as I removed and then reinstalled Firefox. I haven't even deleted the user folder app data. So, everything's working now! Thanks again! Donates where are they due Just a quick question: so the local redirect for Firefox is not possible, am I correct? I tried using this 9th of March version for local redirect and it didn't work.

You are bumping it constantly. So be warned, you can be banned from MSFN for doing this kind of IMPATIENT bumping of your topics.

sorry I only tried on 8 and xp great to see it's working

APIs are changing rapidly. I never understood how the widgets work in Windows Vista/7, so I developed myself a script which gives you the weater of a specific city, so post here if you want it. I might upload it to github some day.

You will not win any friends here at MSFN by posting similar topics in multiple threads. You've only joined MSFN approx 7hrs ago and all three of your posts are this one issue. It's a general rule-of-thumb to WAIT at least 24hrs (if not THREE DAYS minimum!) before BUMPING your own threads because nobody has answered yet.

You will not win any friends here at MSFN by posting similar topics in multiple threads. You've only joined MSFN approx 7hrs ago and all three of your posts are this one issue. It's a general rule-of-thumb to WAIT at least 24hrs (if not THREE DAYS minimum!) before BUMPING your own threads because nobody has answered yet.

No Sorry necessary at all @AstroSkipper as i can see (and appreciate) all your helpful input and contributions here! Well, coming from Thunderbird 2.0 (as i wrote here, pt 4.) i observerd this "alt row highlight" had gone in mailnews (at least per default), didn't find a reltated switch in the preferences, so i searched the web. Found this link where is described the solition with a userChrome.css: #threadTree treechildren::-moz-tree-row(odd) { -moz-appearance: none !important; background-color: rgb(232,232,232) !important; } which i've putten in the .\Profile folder of mailnews. Since this didn't show the desired result, i even added the preference toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets set to true - but it didn't work neither. What was your way to get "alt row highlight" in mailnews?

Is there any way in how to get the Windows 10 build 98xx Start Menu, otherwise known as the RT 8.1 Update 3 Start Menu, on Windows 8.1?

@win32 I managed to add the missing features needed to run FF 60 ESR on Vista x86, but I get an appcrash error. I disabled DEP via a command in CMD. What could I have done wrong?

Will depend on your graphics card. I do not need to change any flags to enable WebGL on any of my computers, I only need to not disable via the loader.ini.

chrome://flags/#ignore-gpu-blocklist As pointed by @VistaLover for example.

You will need delcert.exe mentioned by @mixit here -- https://msfn.org/board/topic/184135-arcticfoxienotheretoplaygames-360chrome-v135-build-2022/?do=findComment&comment=1233000 Then you will need rebase.exe and cab1.cab mentioned by @mixit here -- https://msfn.org/board/topic/184135-arcticfoxienotheretoplaygames-360chrome-v135-build-2022/?do=findComment&comment=1233344 chrome.dll was originally based at 0x10000000 i have been rebasing my chrome.dll at 0x10010000 (my last upload was "rebuild_7" and it was rebased at 0x3e1c0000 but I have since been using 0x10010000) I used Process Hacker 2.38.343 (I don't recall offhand, I think it was the last version to show System Information CPU, Memory, and I/O all on ONE PAGE). You can right-click 360chrome.exe and select Properties then go to a Memory tab to see where everything resides in memory by address. I was using two desktop computers (one on XP x86 and one on XP x64) and two laptop computers (both on XP x86). I ended up at 0x10010000 basically for no other reason then it worked on all four of my XP computers without conflicting with a "hooked .dll" (from a mouse-gesture program I run) that does or does not run on all four of those XP computers. If I recall, 0x10010000 was the smallest address I could rebase to that was higher than the original 0x10000000. It was my assumption at the time that selecting the smallest address possible increased chances of working on all four of those XP computers (because other members here were not having success with 0x3e1c0000).

OK. I deleted the 360chrome key and another key called 360se6 (not sure where it came out though) problem still remains but I found out the issue I was using the 360 loader file (1814KB) from the application folder and not the main 360 loader (500KB) this is odd because with XP I use the same loader and there's no issue with it whatsoever

There is also a "PAE Patch" for XP x86 that also allows you to use up to 128GB of RAM.

Windows XP 32-bit in any edition (except Starter edition) can handle up to 4 GB RAM at maximum. Windows XP 64-bit, however, can handle up to 128 GB RAM at maximum, which is 32 times the amount XP 32-bit can handle at maximum.

New build of BOC/UXP for XP! Test binary: MailNews Win32 https://o.rthost.win/boc-uxp/mailnews.win32-20230311-409cc309-uxp-6f99b9744-xpmod.7z BNavigator Win32 https://o.rthost.win/boc-uxp/bnavigator.win32-20230311-409cc309-uxp-6f99b9744-xpmod.7z My changes since my last build: - [Navigator] ported PM version of tab caption fading to here (409cc309) source repo (excluding UXP): https://github.com/roytam1/boc-uxp/tree/custom * Notice: the profile prefix (i.e. parent folder names) are also changed since 2020-08-15 build, you may rename their names before using new binaries when updating from builds before 2020-08-15. -- New build of HBL-UXP for XP! Test binary: IceDove-UXP(mail) https://o.rthost.win/hbl-uxp/icedove.win32-20230311-id-656ea98-uxp-6f99b9744-xpmod.7z IceApe-UXP(suite) https://o.rthost.win/hbl-uxp/iceape.win32-20230311-id-656ea98-ia-93af9a0-uxp-6f99b9744-xpmod.7z My changes since my last build: - suite: ported PM version of tab caption fading to here (1b3cb632) source repo (excluding UXP): https://github.com/roytam1/icedove-uxp/tree/winbuild https://github.com/roytam1/iceape-uxp/tree/winbuild for UXP changes please see above.

Was having issues installing, but fixed it: EDIT: I had the order of the update packs wrong when I created the ISO... put them in the order you listed in your post and it installed fine... sorry noob here... (included all 5 + the Flash player optional update and it works great!!!) Thanks again!

MWAV - eScan Antivirus Toolkit is an antivirus/antimalware offline scanner for a manual checking of the computer and cleaning if necessary. WiseVector StopX is an AI based antivirus program with a background guard, but its development has stopped, unfortunately So they are completely different and not easy to compare. You will find only a few tests of both tools in the internet. They are not as well known as the AV programs produced by big antivirus manufacturers. MWAV is a good tool, easy to handle and is updated on a regular base. I do trust it. For more information, follow this link to its English homepage: https://www.escanav.com/en/mwav-tools/download-free-antivirus-toolkit.asp If you are looking for an antivirus program with real-time protection under Windows XP, you can try Panda Dome. I wrote about this program in previous posts. In my system, I use both, Panda Dome and MWAV. A good combination, in my opinion.

It is possibly related to the bug where it cannot access audio devices. I have solved it along with the general audio issues, but now need to solve another issue with .NET applications.

Check out https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-10-enterprise-ltsc-2021?source=recommendations

... Just because things have gotten to be "how" they currently are "in IT world" doesn't mean I have to like or condone the way/speed with which they're "moving forward" (I use "forward" tentatively here; in many aspects, I feel it's just "progress" for the sake of "progress" itself ) ; so we have a new major version of Chrome/Firefox every 4 weeks; but why should web compatibility suffer so much, especially for those not willing to ride that high-speed train? Back in much saner times, there was a thing called "backwards compatibility" honoured among web developers; of course, the web itself then was a much nicer place, not the current JS-inundated abomination ... Rewind, please, to January 21st, 2010, when Mozilla Firefox 3.6 stable was released; no rapid-release-cycles at the time, the 3.6.x branch lasted all the way till March 13th, 2012, when 3.6.28 was released - some 26 months after the initial release; I was "there", and 95% of web pages would render in the same way between 3.6 and 3.6.28 ... FF to now and St52: You open a page today and it renders OK, revisit it next month, it may not load at all ... Nothing personal against you, UCyborg , I guess I simply needed to vent a little ...

Just resize the taskbar, google how.

@Tihiy With the latest Windows 11 Insider version 25309.1000 my problem has been solved again and SAB works flawlessly as it always did before. You are doing a wonderful job and thank you for this very useful program. @all Maybe they should try not to install 100 different programs on their computers with half trying to fix the same "problem". SAB works flawlessly in all functions in 99.99% of use cases. But if you try with countless programs to bend his PC so that everything fits 100% to your own wishes, you do not have to wonder that you have sometime the complete system broken optimized. Maybe you should think about what you want to change and then go on the search if there is a program that combines everything together. SAB has a lot of possibilities and individual settings so that actually the largest part is covered. I can not install a program like SAB, make settings that I do not like and then install additional programs that change exactly the same settings and then wonder that one of these programs then produces errors. I also have several programs installed, but none gets in the way with the functions of another.

Exactly! Even the newest supported Chromium (109) is still going to work fine for a long time to come. Luckily Firefox is still supported, which is fantastic. There are many options for 7 at this moment, and while it may eventually end up where XP is at now, the future is much brighter right now for 7 users. (It's even brighter than that if you're on 10/11, but I'm staying with 7 for now because I prefer the old-school interface and the speed).

We are fortunate to have a security guru like @Sampei.Nihiraat MSFN! Too many users of legacy Windows seem to think online threats are just a hoax.

I never owned a slow Vista laptop myself. Would you do me a big favor Mr. Dixel? Please never again quote one of my posts for any reason? You may rest assured that I will henceforth show you exactly the same courtesy! Thanks!!!

It’s pretty clear that M$ does not want Windows Update to work for anything older than Windows 7 SP1. At last report, SHA-2 support did not have to be manually installed in order to get Windows Update working for Win7 (but it must be SP1 rather than RTM), which raises doubts about the official explanation - which btw still does not list the latest error code 0x80072EFE.

Welcome to MSFN. If this issue only occurs at a limited number of websites, then those sites might possibly require TLS 1.3. Firefox 52.9 supported TLS 1.2 by default, but also had optional support for an early draft of 1.3 (roytam1’s browsers have better support for 1.3 though). To activate this option in Firefox: https://www.ghacks.net/2017/06/15/how-to-enable-tls-1-3-support-in-firefox-and-chrome/

@Dixel Excuse me, but I would like to ask who D.Draker is.

SP1 DOWNLOAD LINK

I was under the impression that this topic is about using software that requires Win7 or above on Vista with the aid of win32’s extended kernel. It has become clear to me that you are not particularly interested in security software, and therefore see no reason why others wouldn’t be content with a legacy version of Malwarebytes. Personally, I am not very interested in gaming, but I would never presume to declare all discussion of PC games as being OT in someone else’s thread.

Frankly, that is false, and your screenshot is of some higher version that contains the EOL time bomb. As I already stated, it is well known around here that 4.4.304.0 did NOT contain the April 2017 time bomb. In July 2019, I posted a screenshot of that specific version working on Vista here. The only thing “not working” to my satisfaction was that it failed to prevent download of the EICAR test file more often than not, which is why I prefer Avast antivirus on Vista. (Also It Is Not Customary To Capitalize Every Word In America.)

I should chime in on this, as I have some of my own issues with .NET. 4.6 seems fine to me; it is the minimum version required to launch the Visual Studio Community Edition installer. Haven't bothered with it enough to go past the "Windows 7 SP1 required" message, but if I have to I will. 4.7.x (a very recent finding of failure for me for this one) and 4.8 however, cause this and a few other newer .NET 4.x programs to crash. 3ds max 2021 is .NET 4.8-based and also crashes after launch. I'm trying to figure it out, but it is harder to deal with .NET than pure win32.

I regret to deviate off topic, but reading this made me laugh the hardest I've laughed all week

The fact that Chrome 50 will run on Vista has been known for years, as posted in Last versions of software for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 under Web Browsers , which even has links to FilePuma. I don’t think it will run on XP though.

Figured it might come to that, I noticed the comment about unauthorized distribution in one of the files shortly after I uploaded it. It doesn't look like much more than an user agent spoofer for facebook.com. Let's see what happens when they go YouTube route...

Your link basically says that Slimjet is as bad as Chrome (perhaps a bit worse). If Chrome contains "spyware," then a browser containing spyware now has 63 percent market share. OP yoltboy01 evidently likes Chrome very much, and would go to great lengths just to use a slightly different but still obsolete version released in 2016. Personally, I would never recommend "Advanced Chrome."

Hello yoltboy01, I share your fondness for Windows Vista, but the obvious answer to your desires is to buy a Windows 7 product key and upgrade (except the browser versions you mention are very old for use on Windows 7). Chrome is not a developer's project. As you already know, developers were able to backport a few open-source Chromium versions that did not support Vista. I tried Slimjet 11 and 12 (based on Chromium 51 and 53 respectively) on Vista x86 when they were new, back in 2016. If no developer's project is satisfactory to you, then you could always become a developer yourself. Regarding IE10 for Vista, see https://msfn.org/board/topic/176927-internet-explorer-10-on-vista/. Regarding Office 2013, see https://msfn.org/board/topic/177934-install-office-2013-on-windows-vista/. Regarding Firefox forks that are still being actively developed (including a build of Basilisk based on Firefox 55): https://msfn.org/board/topic/177125-my-build-of-new-moon-temp-name-aka-pale-moon-for-xp/.