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I appreciate your honesty, and thank you for your efforts to maintain a good XP-compatible browser! I've taken your words to heart and decided to finally commit to upgrading to 10, this time for good. Unless I'm on a PC so ancient it will run like a one-legged dog with anything newer than XP, it's 10 all the way. I went back to my favorite version (LTSB 2015) and so far, it's running fine! No kernel-related issues are preventing me from running the latest versions of my favorite software (typing this from Chromium 111, which works absolutely beautifully)...there were a couple quirks that don't merit elaboration, but other than that it was a butter smooth transition. I also have the latest stable OpenShell and StopUpdates10 updates running just fine. LTSB/LTSC are pretty much what 10 should have been from the beginning. It's just the right proportion of useful features kept to bloat taken out, and the versions I've tried run beautifully on my old PC. LTSB/LTSC is a good road to take to ease the 10 transition.

Since mentions of alternative front-ends for sites like YouTube, Twitter, Reddit etc. are appearing randomly on the forum and finding them again is a PITA, I'm leaving a link here with a list of such sites. https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends

Agreed! Windows went downhill FAST when "metro app KIDDY GAMES" took over! I'll revisit over the weekend or so, but I seem to think that LTSB 2015 wouldn't let me install TurboTax a couple years back, have not verified with recent editions of TurboTax. Very likely .net framework dependencies which took me a while to get correct in my LTSB 2016 so I may have given up too soon on LTSB 2015 when I was trying it.

I am not able to see the comments section on latest Chrome and Firefox, either.

Yep, that's right. The main executable UniExtract.exe is from 29.01.2023, but the last updated files inside the archive, index, lconvert.exe and pea.exe, are from 27.03.2023. They have therefore only released it on 27.03.2023. Here is a link with further information about this nightly build: https://softreview.ucoz.ru/load/11-1-0-96 Greetings, AstroSkipper

No, Windows 11 is still just Windows 10 with a different UI at this point.

I only care about the color (brushed metallic silver), and with the new tab and page content also silver, not this Aero feature, which I don't like either. PS. Found another silver theme not bad: Smoothie Alternative: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/smoothie-alternative/fepblochcbcpmoeeinhfhnkdmhoahjho?hl=en-US Size 4.77 KiB...

What ? It's officially supported ? Legacy ? 😂

okay ill stick with windows 10

I almost forgot: If you think you might still want to use Steam nine months from now, they have some more recent advice for you: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/4784-4F2B-1321-800A I don’t think there is a version that works on XP anymore.

Ok, continuing RLoew's work: gpttsd - GPT (GUID Partition Table) TSD (Type-Specific Driver) for Win9x lba64hlp - SCSI LBA 64-bit Helper Driver for Win9x https://github.com/LordOfMice/Tools Do NOT forget to read readme - by default drivers run in the safest but not full power mode.

Why sorry? You didn't do anything wrong really.

Right click on the little comments field - then under Console we read (in red) about two Mixed content errors: platform.js:65 Mixed Content: The page at 'https://betanews.com/2022/05/11/windows-xp-2022-edition/#comments' was loaded over HTTPS, but requested an insecure resource 'http://developers.google.com/#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart%2Concircled%2Cdrefresh%2Cerefresh&id=I0_1680643662507&_gfid=I0_1680643662507&parent=https%3A%2F%2Fbetanews.com&pfname=&rpctoken=20793224'. This request has been blocked; the content must be served over HTTPS. platform.js:65 Mixed Content: The page at 'https://betanews.com/2022/05/11/windows-xp-2022-edition/#comments' was loaded over HTTPS, but requested an insecure resource 'http://developers.google.com/#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart%2Concircled%2Cdrefresh%2Cerefresh&id=I1_1680643662530&_gfid=I1_1680643662530&parent=https%3A%2F%2Fbetanews.com&pfname=&rpctoken=11484049'. This request has been blocked; the content must be served over HTTPS. - so cause the Mixed Content blocked requests we are not able to read the comments on this nice website, pity... But padlock is OK... or I'm wrong about the cause of the lack of comments. Maybe someone could kindly correct what I just said? Edit: I've checked - and it's not this. I'm sorry...

I hope it becomes completely error-free soon! Glad that you fixed your issue, and cleaned up your partition.

Welcome back to Windows 10, friend!

Yes it can ve installed on Vista. Use search button here on MSFN. I have posted script to do it.

Powershell 3.0 can't be installed on vista. It only supports Server 2008/Win7+.

And even if there's a version that works on XP, I will just say don't expect too much when using one.

Maybe take Steam’s advice. https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/6E66-54EC-3EFC-283C

... Well, just for the heck of it , this afternoon I decided to revisit, more than a year ago since the last time, e10s on my St52 copy, putting to the test the most up-to-date release, i.e. v52.9.0 (2023-03-30) (32-bit) ... First, I made a full backup of my current, single-process, St52 profile; then, in about:config, I enabled below (hidden) pref: browser.tabs.remote.force-enable;true and toggled/modified prefs below: browser.tabs.remote.autostart;true extensions.e10sBlocksEnabling;false dom.ipc.processCount;2 After a proper browser restart, multiprocess was ON, with a maximum of 3 "basilisk.exe" processes inside Task Manager ; I used it that way for more than an hour, no dramatic changes in my configuration here (3GB of total RAM, 2 core CPU, 2007-era...), the browser was rock-steady overall ; but then I stumbled on a show stopper ; once inside an online post editor, like the one here on MSFN (I'm typing this on) or GitHub's issue/comment editor, the DEL and BACKSPACE keyboard buttons no longer work as expected there ... Say I type the word "test", and the caret (aka text cursor) is after the last "t": test| If I press BACKSPACE once, nothing happens; I would expect "t" to be deleted instead... Worse, if I press (inadvertently) the BACKSPACE button once more, the whole tab changes to the URL previously visited (in that tab), possibly resulting in typed content loss in the editor ... If I use the left arrow key (<-) to place the caret after "s": tes|t and then press the DEL button, again, nothing happens; I would expect "t" to be deleted instead, too... Both these annoyances can be worked-around via selecting the characters to delete with the mouse and pressing DEL button, but one has to be careful with the BACKSPACE button, plus one has to modify one's workflow (of years) to accommodate these e10s "bugs"... Are these shortcomings known to those that prefer multiprocess? Can they be mitigated? I've gone back to my single-process profile now, where both buttons in question behave as expected, still curious though ...

good luck on your project!

Looks like official lightweight mobile page for Reddit at https://i.reddit.com/ is gone and is redirected to the normal page that tells you to use the app.

Hello @chermany4ever! I am sorry to hear that Mypal won't work on your system. Ain't your system capable of being upgraded to XP SP3?

I work with git since my first mypal, and the merge thing is always annoying, i have decided never use it myself, i found cherrypeeks do well instead merge. As for svn it was just simple things. @chermany4ever If your pc match written above and you want while can't run mypal68 please go to https://msfn.org/board/topic/183495-mypal-68 and ask there, until i online.

yeah, someone may report this to upstream via repo's issue tracker or their forum. but who can take up this job? (I can't as my position stands(or say, being standed)) and my advice: if you're going to report this to upstream, better register with different handle name than here's, and capture different screenshot which is not disclosed here, if you have newer OS environment, you may test with official PM32.1 to see if whatsapp is working on official build or not. and report to them if it doesn't. and FYI: mypal68.13 works (with general.useragent.override.web.whatsapp.com="Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:78.9) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/78.9" (without quotes) in about:config)

In terms of Protegent Antivirus, there is a review on Softpedia: https://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Protegent-Anti-Virus.shtml To be honest, I never heard of this program before, though. But it seems indeed to be XP-compatible and quite well known in India (and probably in other eastern countries). Anyway! Another option which has to be checked more deeply.

FYI, the homepage of WiseVector StopX https://www.wisevector.com/en/ does not exist anymore. So they definitely got serious and discontinued this product. I will now completely remove my deactivated installation.

@lmacri: At the time of this writing, MBL 3.5.1.2522 can still successfully update its malware definitions on-line, both when installed on WinXP SP3 ("Premium" version, see here, here and here), and Vista SP2 ("Free" version, see here) ...

This project has NEVER been intended to carry XP into the year 2030 and beyond. NEVER. This project was intended only to "extend" XP and buy me some time before migrating to Win10. This project has served the purpose that I needed it for, I no longer install XP on any of my re-installs, all re-installs have been migrated to Win10 one-by-one. I follow the lead of "professional programmers", none of them devote time to XP, Vista, or 7. Hobbyists, yes. But "professional programmers" have moved on. As much as I respect and appreciate the user base (which you yourself, D.Draker, admit that you are not among) of my 360Chrome "rebuilds", I encourage that user base to actually take that same path. That path being to migrate away from XP, skip right over Vista and 7, get 10 or 11 to your liking (you will need other forums for that learning curve), and you should be fine until the year 2030. Trying to get XP to carry me into the year 2030 is a dog chasing its tail, I am not a dog. Again, I never set out to carry XP into the year 2030. What we have currently should carry us forward 2 or 3 more years, that is pure speculation for any of us to guess. That has served the only purpose I set out to fulfill - buy me some time. "Mission accomplished."

@VistaLover Here's a picture of Malwarebytes Legacy 3.5.1.2522 on Vista SP2 x64: As you can see, the update package version is 1.0.29424, which is the latest at the moment.

I initiated an upload of https://forums.malwarebytes.com/forum/41-malwarebytes-for-windows-support-forum/ to archive.org as completely as possible. I am registered there.

BTW I won't recommend you to install .NET Framework 4.8 as it breaks PowerShell 3.0

Steam to drop Windows 7 and 8.1 on January 1st 2024. They say it's because Chromium no longer supports Windows 7. It looks like a lot of Chromium dependent apps will drop support soon. Announcement on Steam's FAQ page.

In my main system partition, I'll stay with Panda Dome in any case. In my second system partition, I'll give Qihu 360 Total Security Essential 8.8.0.1119 a try, based on my positive experience so far. I generally prefer lightweight antivirus programs. Avast and AVG are too bloated, very resource-hungry and cumbersome. I have had that pleasure in the past. But what can I say? Cheers, AstroSkipper

I totally forgot to mention that the impact of system resources by Qihu 360 Total Security Essential 8.8.0.1119 is very low. One hardly notices the presence of this program in the background. And that in my very old, weak system! Additionally, here is the version history of Qihu 360 Total Security Essential: I think I'll keep it on my second system partition for a while or longer. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Qihu 360 Total Security Essential 8.8.0.1119 is quite ok as an alternative in Windows XP where the choice of antivirus programs is very limited. Although I can't say much about the quality of its protection, you have the option of installing the Avira Scan Engine. This increases the detection rate of this program considerably, as AV-Test has shown in the follow-up version. Here is an image taken from the test: First a screenshot of the main interface: And now a screenshot of my security configuration especially in terms of the Avira Scan Engine: In this screenshot above, you see I changed the protection mode from the default Balanced to Custom, and I enabled the Avira Scan Engine. Or you set the maximum protection mode Security. This definitely improves the program's detection rate. Cheers, AstroSkipper

I did a second test, but instead of Qihu 360 Total Security 10.8.0.1541, I installed Qihu 360 Total Security Essential 8.8.0.1119 on my second system partition. I can't say anything about the quality of its protection either, but no such bloatware and desktop manager anymore.. The whole installation process is far more pleasant. There is an option to install additionally the browser Opera but you can untick it. Although the program is an older version from 18.12.2019, its virus definitions can still be updated. The installation file is 360TSE_Setup_8.8.0.1119.exe and is unfortunately no longer available on their homepage. But you can find it using a search engine in the internet, for example here: https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/360_total_security_essentials.html I really don't know why this product was abandonded. In the case of Qihu, once again, the newer the worse. Cheers, AstroSkipper

It's KB4474419.

BTW, to mention here tests of recent Bitdefender and Avast versions is absurd and not helpful at all. Both have not supported Windows XP for a long time. The last, XP-compatible version of Avast, for example, is from 2018. Anyway! This thread is about antivirus or security programs that still target the Windows XP operating system.

Actually in this Qt forum thread, some people provided some Windows 7-compatible Qt6 DLLs. With these DLLs you can run some Qt6 application like OBS v28.x (v29 also requires a modification to OBS.dll to change IsWow64Process2 to IsWow64Process). So if your application is based on a version of Qt6 that have custom DLLs (6.2.2, 6.3.0, 6.3.1, 6.4.2 or 6.5.1), just try them. If not, as Qt is open source, maybe you can retrieve the source for the specific version your app uses and modify them create DLLs that works on W7.

doesn't work, at least for me. it throws an error when connecting saying that it can't reach the servers (or something along the line)

Right, there's also https://imginn.com/ for Instagram. I'm most interested in the ones for YouTube, though I'm still sticking to the actual YT most of the time. While Piped has light GUI, it doesn't work with the current SeaMonkey, which I use sometimes instead of Pale Moon, the former is a bit behind on JavaScript features, but a bit more responsive. I'll check the latest version of SeaMonkey sometime in the future, currently lagging for one or two versions behind, worried about extension compatibility, which SeaMonkey is poorer for since it's not a very popular browser and uses different GUI compared to more popular Mozilla based forks + plus some other quirks. I noticed the latest version of Palefill extension doesn't fix GitHub on SeaMonkey anymore... Not a big fan of programming, I did manage to fix DownThemAll! on my own a while back by studying a bit of JavaScript when extension broke when they removed some obscure Mozilla specific JavaScript feature from SeaMonkey. Piped doesn't seem to cache as much video in memory like stock YouTube. Unless the video is long and/or 60 FPS, chances are it will remain in memory on YouTube, so if you put it on the loop, it won't keep re-downloading parts of it.

Instagram from that link doesn't work, here's a good one for you. I don't know whose this site though. (maybe russian), proceed with caution. https://inflact.com/profiles/instagram-viewer/

This is the link: https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download/

Where is the URL for this @Stefan43?

You can already use the Windows 10 version they're offering to install on any (supported) Windows version you want. Just find a way to download the installer.

It seems like Microsoft Edge (The version based on Chromium) is also coming to Windows 8!

It's a shame that IE 11 is available for Windows 7 and not for Windows 8, time for this to be changed.

Including Here: And Here ....