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Back when I was tinkering with a Windows 8.1 installation from which I removed just a bit too much of metro interface so that the choose default program dialog wasn't working I found this program: https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/file_types_manager.html It allows to remove existing associations, icons for them and also change other actions like "edit" etc. not just open. I don't think you can set multiple extensions at once tho.

False! That video might have been posted yesterday, but the 100 ft fissure at Grand Teton National Park (not Yellowstone National Park) actually appeared in July 2018 and was not volcanic in nature. Here’s an article that sought to dampen the hysteria at the time: https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2018/07/25/a-few-cracks-appear-near-yellowstone-and-suddenly-everyones-shouting-supervolcano-eruption/ Your chances of winning a lottery game are greater than seeing a so-called supereruption during your brief lifetime! Then again, there will probably be one or two such eruptions somewhere in the world within the next 100,000 years, so by all means worry if it makes you feel better!

Aye, seems that wasn't the scope of XP's File types GUI either, it's a separate thing that was added to default programs editing GUI, but then they made dumbed down version and put it in Settings app. They also make sure you go through that UI to set defaults as certain manual changes in user side (HKEY_CURRENT_USER) of the registry are invalidated as the entries specifying user defaults are protected by some hash value, which has to be correct for entry to be considered valid. At least I assume that's how it is when you have multiple programs for the same file type. Admittedly, I never studied those registry entries deeply. There's also the concept of having registered applications (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RegisteredApplications) and while not necessary to use to be able to open some file from Explorer, it makes those applications visible from default programs editing GUI. Perhaps this is relevant when it comes to new behaviors since Windows 8 when it comes to associating programs with file types. I remember there was something written by MS about random programs hijacking file associations and they wanted to make sure settings that user explicitly consciously selects apply. Though there are cases where the effect is the opposite.

Very well said...it's going to take some time, but I'm going to get used to 10. Scrapped the XP partition and reinstalled LTSB 2015 fresh--and I'm very impressed with the speed. There's no denying that when it comes to the kernel, under the hood 10 has major improvements compared to XP. It's really not even close. And once the bloat is dealt with, it's not too far removed from what XP was. I find that for the most part all the stuff that was in XP can still be found--it was just moved around. And for everything else there's the WinAero Tweaker (I don't bother with it in general usage but have tried it and was quite impressed with all the features it has). The funny thing is that for offline use, 10 is actually still compatible with a lot of old 9x-era software that already worked fine in XP. I stick with a lot of 'legacy apps' that have low CPU/RAM overhead, but it is necessary to have a modern browser for today's Web. I was greeted with a sobering reminder of XP's browser mortality when I fired up the latest build of Serpent 52 and found the main Reddit site doesn't render properly (the 'old' Reddit does work fine, though). Sadly, we got to a point where XP fell too far behind the curve compared to what the latest Chrome or Firefox can do...I'm now using Chromium 112 and it's brilliant. It actually uses the integrated GPU properly, taking a load off the CPU (this really helps on a dual-core PC). There is a truly pronounced gap in capabilities between the best browsers XP can handle and what you can get out of even 7/8.x (and especially 10/11). I admire the efforts to keep classic OSes alive by kernel extensions but I'm not interested in possibly corrupting my OS just to get a few modern programs running (especially not when most of the stuff I stick with will run fine even in 9x; aside from my browser, just about all the programs I put on a fresh Windows target 9x or are possible by KernelEx). It wouldn't be an issue for me if XP could still run the latest Firefox/Chrome, but unless some truly gifted coders step up to the plate we've just about hit the ceiling of what it can handle. 10 isn't perfect, but in pure power it runs MARATHONS around XP. Mobo manufacturers still support 10, anything with SSE2 and 1GB+ of RAM can run 10...it's a future-proof OS old HW can still run and the latest HW is still designed for.

I've kind of learned to "redefine" my preference toward XP (which I know is not going to last forever). I no longer define XP as "the best" but rather as "clean and without clutter". We all think of 10 and 11 as "bloatware" but it digs much deeper - remove the bloat and it still doesn't pass our inspection. Organize and remove the "clutter" and now we have an OS that can carry us into the next decade. I don't do the whole "Start Is/All Back" routine, there are other ways to clean the clutter and get 10 to a more manageable and ergonomic eXPerience. But the whole "Start Is/All Back" is exactly the same paradigm - return to a more manageable and ergonomic eXPerience.

... What app do you use to edit those? ... On Vista+, you can inadvertently associate a file type/extension with a program, if you use Explorer's Context Menu "Open With" => "Choose Default Program..." route ... I often went that path when one of the already present entries (inside "Open With") didn't suit me, or I simply wanted to open that file (just once) in another of my currently installed programs; but once you click that last option, you are presented with below window: Having used WinXP for some years prior, I'd simply move on to picking one of the apps inside "Recommended/Other Programs" area, completely failing to notice the already ticked () "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" option, in small fonts (it's NOT ticked by default under WinXP...). Having fallen into that trap many a times, especially during my first "Vista" years , I wanted to "un-associate" mistakenly established file associations (to another program or, even, none) and, at the time, what my online search yielded was this little gem below: https://www.winhelponline.com/blog/unassociate-file-types-windows-7-vista/ FWIW, the URI back then was different: http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/231/1/An-Utility-to-Unassociate-File-Types-in-Windows-7-and-Vista.html but that old one now returns a 404, instead of redirecting to the new one ... I haven't searched for a more powerful app, replicating most of the features the WinXP wizard used to offer (e.g. changing the "icon" of a file to one different from the one the program it's "assigned to" provides), but, at least, the "un-associating issue" was fixed for me that way ...

Watch 23 years' worth of programs failing to respond in Windows (from Windows 2000 to Windows 11) in just two minutes: https://betanews.com/2023/03/30/program-failing-to-respond-in-windows/ In a nostalgic trip down memory lane, YouTube channel Nobel Tech has created a video showcasing the evolution of the infamous "This Program is Not Responding" Windows error message over the years. The video starts with the prompt in Windows 2000 and takes viewers on a journey through time, ending with the message that shows up in the latest version of Microsoft’s operating system, Windows 11... Read more in the original article...

Windows 11 21H2 does not have the TPM requirement.

If it is not directly related to this topic, make a new post instead of posting about it here.

Maybe say examples of certain programs that you can't run on 10 or 7, and then we might see a solution.

I would like to use Windows 10 or 11, but I just can't get certain programs to run on Windows 10 (nor Windows 7). Is there any way to get such programs to run under Windows 10? I suspect that the problems are related to .net framework, since 1.1 and 2 is used. During installation there are errors due to DLL registrations. Is there perhaps a howto for the procedure for such problems?

And if I may, a crappy article, with a (intentionally I believe, to gain traction/clicks) misleading title. The XP 2022 is only a mock up of what a non-existing OS may look like, this crap should be NOT reposted, especially on a technical board like MSFN is (or should be, or was until the recent trend by one or a few users to submerge it with random articles about anything they find or crosses their mind ). jaclaz

Microsoft 365 (Office 365) v2305 works on Windows 8.1 (EOL was 2301) imgur.com/a/Z2Vh1hr

Agreed, and they took it further in Windows 10 where you can't associate one program with all types it opens, have to do it one-by-one. How crazy is that? What app do you use to edit those? I think there'd have to be zero users for it to be truly dead. But its user base is a drop in the ocean compared to Windows 10 or, well, while mostly not a desktop OS, Android. And the policy "If Microsoft won't support it, we won't either." is VERY POPULAR among developers for some reason.

I've learnt from somewhere that the latest version for x86/IA-32 of Windows 10 only reaches 21H1, and no enablement patches / builds / ISO image files beyond that version number were made for the architecture, i.e. no Windows 10 21H2 and 22H2 were ever made for IA-32. I'm asking if anyone tested and confirmed that, such as installing an IA-32 variant of Windows 10 from official sources like MSDN or official media creation tool, and potentially run Windows Update if 21H1 is installed to see if there's any further enablement patches available. If this is true, then Microsoft silently killed IA-32 support for Windows 10, as 21H1 support ended in December 2022.

Has anyone achieved it, is there any method? Experimentally I am trying to start Windows Vista 6.0.6000.16386 (Vista_RTM.061101-2205) Enterprise from NTLDR. I have managed to get hast here. Any tips to continue? Windows Lonchorn/Vista, at least between versions 6.0.5048 and 6.0.5112 install bootmgr, but are also boot from ntldr version 2005 (Required*). *Required NTLDR version 2005 (ntldr not OK version 2003 and not ok version 2008) I am using this ntldr version and I have modified boot.ini on 6.0.6000 multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\Windows="Windows Vista" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT /ACPI /HAL=HALMACPI.DLL /KERNEL=WINLOGON.EXE But arriving at the point in the photo this gives the error "Load Needed Dlls for Hal" I have tried to replace the original HAL 6.0.6000 with the HAL of 6,0,5112 but there is no difference.

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.

Hello @AstroSkipper! I installed POSReady updates in my XP SP3 VM, installed Glarysoft's Quick Startup, ran it there, and I don't have the problem you are facing. Quick Startup is able to separate the application services from Windows services normally, at least to me.

Since your problem has been fixed, I request this topic to be closed.

Interesting article and video. I have read the article and watched the video as well. Thank you for sharing this.

Scripts that load comments aren't included in the head tag. That's technical explanation from what I can see from inspecting, but "why is that" is the question for people running the site.

ive not tried it yet but i will try it as soon as I can

You're welcome! Did it work? Were you able to install Windows 11 in a VM?

thanks mina!

See this article: https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/bypass-windows-11-tpm-requirement

Thank you, @Vistapocalypse, I feel better now!

I ran OpenGL Extensions viewer and here are the results: So as anticipated OpenGL (not to be confused with opencl) works fine, it's just that Shader Language version is 4.50 not 4.60

Still doesn't show on Pale Moon with both CSP disabled and allowing active content from HTTP on HTTPS sites.

Actually it is not reproducible with palefill, and this is because of PerformanceObserver, so setting dom.enable_performance_observer;true fixes the issue. I was keeping it disabled because it cost performances and my PC is already quite slow on GitHub, I think I will keep it enabled now.

I did a triple-boot between XP x64 SP2, 7 Enterprise, and LTSB 2016 for about two years. It didn't really help me in the long run and only "held me back" because I would always always always boot into Old And Familiar instead of truly giving New a real chance. It was only when I turned the laptop into 10 and only 10 did it truly take off.

It's always a gigantic sigh of relief when options.html inside options.zip is finally completed.

The Luna Olive Green and Silver skins would both seem to be fairly easy - once time permits. Unsure on the Aero Trans Brushed Metal - I dislike "aero" and disable it on OSes that it pertains to. Aero is not "native" to XP, to the best of my knowledge, though I suspect it has been backported as making XP look like 7 used to be a "big thing" on many forums. Aero also doesn't exist in 10 or 11 - again, to the best of my knowledge. While it may be an order of "semantics", 10 does have a "transparency" effect but that's not really the same as "aero". I'm not a fan of "transparent" and "blurry" toolbars either. I want crisp and clear, not blurry and distorted. "To each their own", as the saying goes.

Hmm.... Can we finally hope for a chance now that ECMAScript related Pale Moon "villains" are able to be implemented a bit more easier in the future? https://repo.palemoon.org/MoonchildProductions/UXP/issues/2173 - JS: Parser frontend overhaul https://repo.palemoon.org/MoonchildProductions/UXP/pulls/2189 Seems also someone wants to give a second try towards this "villain" here: https://repo.palemoon.org/MoonchildProductions/UXP/issues/1691 - Dynamic Module impport

Looks like XP and Vista were mentioned in the changelog for 5.10.2408 Beta 2. I see, didn't check before. You might want to read this thread on AIMP Forum.

The download page still says Windows Vista - Windows 11 for current version 5.11.2427. Is that an error? Missing APIs? If you navigate to AIMP's Old versions page for Windows, you'll hopefully see that Vista SP2 support was withdrawn, starting with v5.01.2358 (Release date: 28.12.2021), so @WinClient5270 was right to pick out v5.00.2344 (Release date: 09.11.2021) as the Vista EoS one ; however, in a move quite rare these days, Vista SP2 support was re-instated, starting with v5.10.2418 (Release date: 21.12.2022) ...

Yes, here are images of the installation: After installation, the software ran successfully:

I think you might be right. With very limited testing, rebuild 6 is HALF A POINT "faster" than rebuild 8 per Speedometer 2.1.

Reserving first 2 pages of thread for creation notes and future changelogs. Folder Structure -- completed 360chrome.exe -- completed en_skin.srx -- to-do completed iframe.srx -- completed jisu9.srx -- to-do XP Theme completed, 10 Theme delayed for now, 2k Theme undecided skin.srx -- to-do completed en-us.pak -- to-do completed resources.pak -- to-do completed options.zip -- to-do partially completed completed chrome_100_percent.pak -- to-do completed chrome.dll -- to-do completed 360Loader.ini -- completed

Modify options.zip Program needed: 7-Zip or similar Program needed: Notepad++ or similar Navigate to ..\! 360ChromePortable_13.5.2036_rebuild_1_ungoogled\Chrome\Application\13.5.2036.0 Copy options.zip file to a temporary working folder Extract options.zip file to options subfolder Navigate to options subfolder that was just extracted Delete the following files: privacy_security.css privacy_security.js version_update.css version_update.js Edit and save the following files: advanced_options.css appstore.css appstore.js browser_options_page.css content_settings.css cookies_view.css handler_options.css import_or_export_bookmark_overlay.css language_options.css options.html options.js options_page.css search_engine_manager_engine_list.js shortcut.css switcher_manage.js Return to options subfolder Highlight all (2 folders and 96 files) Assuming 7-Zip context menus are enabled, use context menu to Add to "options.zip" Replace the options.zip in ..\! 360ChromePortable_13.5.2036_rebuild_1_ungoogled\Chrome\Application\13.5.2036.0 with the options.zip that was just created Note options.zip file size reduced from 404 KB to 392 KB

Modify Preferences / Local State / Web Data Program needed: Notepad++ or similar Navigate to ..\! 360ChromePortable_13.5.2036_rebuild_1_ungoogled\Chrome\User Data\Default Copy Preferences file to a temporary working folder Open temporary folder's Preferences file in Notepad++ Search for languages and replace "accept_languages": "ru-RU,ru,en-US,en" with "accept_languages": "en-US,en" Save and copy the Preferences file to ..\! 360ChromePortable_13.5.2036_rebuild_1_ungoogled\Chrome\User Data\Default Program needed: VirtualBox or similar Pleae note that from here, there are still several changes to be made in the Preferences, Local State, and Web Data files I copy the entire folder structure to a temporary VirtualBox VM, launch 360Chrome, make all settings changes, exit 360Chrome I do this with all known modifications performed excluding modifications to options.zip Copy theVM Preferences and Web Data files to ..\! 360ChromePortable_13.5.2036_rebuild_1_ungoogled\Chrome\User Data\Default Copy theVM Local State file to ..\! 360ChromePortable_13.5.2036_rebuild_1_ungoogled\Chrome\User Data

It would help if we knew exactly what game you're actually referring to!

Hey Thank you for this! Is there a way to make this work on Windows 8.0 (version 6.2.9200). I am trying this and I get Blocking Issues: "You cannot use this setup program to install the .NET Framework" Edit: I was doing it wrong. The method for Vista works just fine on Windows 8.0. It bypasses the installation block at least. After that was another story. I tried installing Synctrayzor 1.1.29 which needs .net 4.7.2 and I got an error message that ".net 4.7.2 is needed to run this application blablabla" with 4.7.2 installed. (By installed I mean that that the installation finished without any errors and called for the usual restart but when I checked after the Add/Remove Programs .Net 4.72 wasn't listed.) I will continue trying at some point and see what happens.

Well done indeed. Looking forward to it.

I managed to integrate it. It's dirty way, but it seems good. It will be part of my offline Vista / Server 2008 Update Pack. At the end you get SysPreped ISO with all updates, PowerShell versions, .NETs and working Windows Update to receive Office updates or Drivers. This Update Pack tool should be relased in moth (hopefully)

Just in case: https://archive.org/details/icafe-winxp-9.00.300.3010-beta1-br294594-sep24 jaclaz

http://allthingsd.com/20120614/microsoft-schedules-la-event-for-some-windows-tablet-talk/?mod=tweet