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... Well, "Dwm" stands for Desktop Window Manager, and that one is only present on Vista+...

DaveH and @Dave-H, small, but significant difference.

Nope, because whomever it was bragged about his 100th post. Then somebody pointed out that it only took THREE DAYS. My guess is that moderators stepped in, "warned him", and he voluntarily abandoned MSFN after the "warning". Who knows, as I wasn't here 20 years ago.

Yes, and they stopped me using the username I originally wanted to use too!

It's relevant here at the moment IMO, as long as we don't have a long discussion about browser cache location options developing!

Too funny. A member from over 20 years ago that was only here for a week.

I would look at changelogs every once in a while. Is there another place where they're put together like that? Guess Wayback Machine will still be useful for up-to current versions.

Do you know that 64-bit versions of Firefox never supported XP or Vista?

The last version adwcleaner for XP is 6.047 (2017-05-19) https://download.toolslib.net/download/file/1/851?s=gP7VLih67fmmhqhqfLTpmYQR0FtB2J4p and it does not have a cloud version. In 7.4.2 before to see the error message in user32.dll I had to download and attach the dwmapi.dll v. 6.0.5384.4 to executable file.

Can confirm, this is the error that appears :

This article below by MB: https://support.malwarebytes.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039579393-Windows-XP-and-Vista-compatibility-with-Malwarebytes-AdwCleaner hints that "Versions before 8.0 may still work on a Windows XP", emphasis (mine ) put on "may"... FWIW, I have local records kept that indicate that the XP_EoS version of Malwarebytes AdwCleaner is/was v6.047 : There doesn't exist a GUI button to update the "database", only an "option" to use the "local" or the "server" one: I did perform a quick scan with the default setting of "server"; I had to open the log file to, sadly, find out that only the extremely outdated "local" database was used for the scan: # AdwCleaner v6.047 - Logfile created 26/04/2023 at 00:25:03 # Updated on 19/05/2017 by Malwarebytes # Database : 2017-05-19.1 [Local] # Operating System : Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium Service Pack 2 (X86) # Username : (redacted) # Running from : (redacted)\adwcleaner_6.047[XPEOL].exe # Mode: Scan # Support : https://www.malwarebytes.com/support I don't have an XP machine available currently to check whether v7.4.2 does, indeed, launch there ; that version does launch under Vista SP2 x86 - incidentally, it offers to update the app to v8.4.0, but that offer should be declined, as (consistent with the article I linked above) that one doesn't launch under Vista (so why offer it in the first place? ) ... Like its predecessor, v7.4.2 has a default setting of "Automatically using the cloud database if available": I performed a second scan with v7.4.2, its log file now reads that it used a "database" from Oct 10th 2022, i.e. a stale one from 6 1/2 months ago (!) : # ------------------------------- # Malwarebytes AdwCleaner 7.4.2.0 # ------------------------------- # Build: 10-21-2019 # Database: 2022-10-10.1 (Cloud) # Support: https://www.malwarebytes.com/support # # ------------------------------- # Mode: Scan # ------------------------------- # Start: 04-26-2023 # Duration: 00:00:35 # OS: Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium # Scanned: 32074 So, I don't know what to make of that , certainly can't answer whether that is considered as "definitions still provided for it" ; "use at your own risk" would be my advice ...

I found the problem comes from win32k.sys 5.0.2195.7603, 5.0.2195.7624, 5.0.2195.7636, 5.0.2195.7640 has same problem X3 Externded kernel v5.0.2195.7641 is based on 7640 https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5174319/font-problems-in-vista-after-windows-update-kb3013455

Yes, I know that, I meant to post the image of the error message that appears when running adwcleaner_7.4.2.exe. Technically speaking, v7.4.2 can be installed on XP SP3, it's just that the Entry Point Not Found errors are preventing adwcleaner_7.4.2.exe from starting on XP, I knew this when I ran adwcleaner_7.4.2.exe on my Vista SP2 VM under Windows XP compatibility mode with no problems. I already know that, it was already mentioned on this post of the topic. Well, after I put dwmapi.dll, it then complained about missing _except_handler4_common in msvcrt.dll, so I had to install this (use a translator, as this is a link to a Japanese site), and then, the error about missing _except_handler4_common in msvcrt.dll went away, but it then gave me this error I wrote about previously.

Hehe, yeah, at first, when I saw DaveH, I thought that was @Dave-H's abandoned account!

Does the monitor lose signal? I think I'd run MemTest in any case, just in case, next would be to see if the issue only happens on Windows and if replacing the graphics card with a spare (if you have it) helps.

Slightly OT (continuing from mentioned old Atari computers and old disks), seems the oldest tech still at home are the two ISKRA car battery chargers (POKO 10 and POBI), from the 80s if not older. I know POBI still works and the other one should as well. Until last year, we still used the freezing cabinet from Gorenje that must have been at least 37 years old. But the rubber or whatever material covering the pipes deteriorated to the point that it wasn't fully cooled anymore. The people that might still remember its exact age, they're long dead. A gloomy remark, none of us will work as well in 40 years.

I've heard on the news Slovenia is one of those countries where people sleep the least. I definitely don't belong here, LOL. One can't work properly without enough sleep, you know.

yeah and they added few new dlls from win8 but this could be simply workarounded(checked in dependency walker) The issue is i don't know how can I remove system check from exe or somehow cheat to app detect win7 as 8.1.... edit: with appverifier on works fine https://imgur.com/a/lnvK2Ng

You mentioned the wrong person.

@Mirage Windows 2000 Extended Kernel v3.1h has been released, and it fixes the font issue you mentioned.

I propose a 4th (the category of which I fall within) - 4) Your topics are read by the majority herein but replying only perpetuates the stigma of MSFN's transformation from what people claim it used to be, a claimed existence which predates my membership herein and I have never witnessed any strict adherence towards in any "topical" forum I've ever been a member thereof. Tangents and off-topics are always always always present on all all all "topical" forums. Something like that...

You are welcome. There are several possible interpretations to the lack of interest you noticed: 1) your topics are not interesting 2) your topics are interesting (generally speaking) but not appreciated by MSFN members (because of their narrow minds) 3) your topics are interesting and lots of people on MSFN actually like them secretly, but fear that explicitly showing their interest in them will expose them to retaliations of some kind (only as an example targeted EMP attacks) Hard to say which one is more plausible, I would personally think #1, but that is just like my opinion. jaclaz

Sure, and noone said (or at least I never said) that this kind of posts violate MSFN rules. They do violate the (unwritten) rules of good taste and common sense, which are - as you might well know - two among the most uncommon things, and anyway very flexible and personal ones, so noone (I believe) should be banned for violating them. But a stern look of disapproval seems appropriate anyway: jaclaz

And a related one, actually sponsored by Anne Arundel County, Maryland: https://www.aacounty.org/departments/office-of-emergency-management/emergency-information/before/electromagnetic-pulse.html

Some unrelated videos:

Do we really need to see on MSFN this survivalist/conspirationist/apocalyptic crap? <- this is a rhetoric question, the answer is NO. msfntor, it is already tiring to see all the meaningless, non techinical crap you post on this (supposedly technical) board every single §@ç#ing day, often many times each day, but this is too much. Mind you, you are perfectly free to insist on this as much as you want, but at least you now know how at least one MSFN user is fed up with this senseless garbage. jaclaz

Thanks. I had already browser.cache.disk.parent_directory set to go to z:\cache]profilename. I'm trying now browser.cache.offline.parent_directory, which I created in about:config (string), works ( I can see Z:\cahe]proflilename/cache2 populating. . As per 360chrome it is easy: assuming you use the 360Loader.ini in @articfoxie;s mods, you only have to set the following line" [Environment] Profile=z:\Chrome\User Data If like me you have a preset group of files you want to keep constant in the user data\default folder, you will have to adjust the corresponding path in your bats. I will keep tinkering to see how yo move the sp52 profiles to rabmdisk and repot @Dave-H, consider moving this and the last @7jn posts somewhere to https://msfn.org/board/forum/201-browsers-working-on-older-nt-family-oses/? Cheers

... Still, someone on XP will have to verify whether v7.4.2 does launch there (and was hoping you'd be the one ...) ; and just because it did download the 2022-10-10.1 (cloud) database in my Vista SP2 32-bit machine, it doesn't necessarily mean it will do so under XP; AFAICT, the app uses Windows' native APIs to connect to its (cloud) server; my Vista OS has WS2008 updates installed, which gave it TLS v1.1+v1.2 support, plus associated cipher suites that are not present even in a POSReady updated XP machine... As always, "the proof is in the pudding" ...

Found the name for the popular JavaScript class functionality, one of the UXP killers, as seems to be the definition of the common MSFNer. Now, I forgot how common MCP developer refers to it, but we could call this one C++ism. Public class fields

This thread is about antivirus programs targeting Windows XP SP3 only. Posting a list of antivirus programs targeting Windows Vista is not really helpful and rather misleading. There are a lot of versions inside this list which won't work under Windows XP SP3. Anyway!I know this list but it doesn't belong here. At least, you should change the headline to "AntiVirus & Security Software for Windows Vista". To answer your question, Malwarebytes Free v3.5.1 should serve perfectly your needs. I use Malwarebytes Premium v3.5.1 under Windows XP. It is the last version for Windows XP but still receives definition updates. Its detection rate is very good. Only the premium version has a background guard.

Thanks, so you are using Romex Vsuite with the flag "Use OS invisible memory". Good to know. jaclaz

Technically it is a OFM : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Orthodox_file_managers https://softpanorama.org/OFM/Standards/index.shtml Chapter 5: https://softpanorama.org/OFM/Paradigm/Ch05/total_commander.shtml jaclaz

But does this guarantee that they are not communists? Computeruniverse is (from their about page): https://www.computeruniverse.net/en/page/cuinfo a German company with office in Friedrichsdorf, but founded in Bad Homburg and later moved in Friedberg, since 2006 became part of Burda Consumer Tech Group, so I would say "very" German, but that is just the shop. What you seem to be missing is that DeLock is a brand, not a manufacturer: https://www.delock.com/delock/index.html Essentially what they do is either find (good) existing products on the international market and brand them or find (again internationally) reliable manufacturers and have them produce with their brand particular items. The (sometimes a little, sometimes a lot) markup you pay for their products is mostly about their ability in choosing good products and testing them before reselling them under their brand (for the more common items) and for (AFAIK very good) support (and extended warranty on many items, declarations of conformity). Only to give you an example, do you believe this: https://www.delock.de/produkt/62966/merkmale.html?g=1449 to be very different from these: https://www.sybausa.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=933 http://www.iocrest.com/index.php?id=2162 jaclaz

Do you installed the March 2023 build? (Microsoft Office uses its own independent API, and please note that NOT ALL 32-bit programs have such issue.)

Try running any 32-bit programs. For example, you can run Notepad from the SysWOW64 folder, and then try opening the file (Ctrl-O or File -> Open...), or write some characters and try saving to a file. Those will not work at all since the open/save dialog won't show anymore after March 2023 build.

Fixed. For how long is another question. palefill-1.26.3.xpi

7.4 is the same as 7.6 with AllowAnySSL key. It's only that I didn't want to use a patched version. The wuredir key forces Windows Update to download the correct wuredir.cab (XP's one has the old www.update.microsoft.com which doesn't work) but this method breaks Automatic Updates and doesn't work in Vista (error related to wuident.cab SHA-2-only signature). That's why I prefer setting the correct URLs in the proxy

What are you exactly trying to do? If you want to restore Windows Update v6/Microsoft Update v6, there's a simple method: Run the install.cmd in Restore_WU_XP or Restore_WU_XP_2003. Click cancel at the prompt. Install and run ProxHTTPSProxyMll v1.3a. Install the certificate (CA.crt) on the client Windows XP machine. Run the proxy, and go to the Windows Update website in the Windows XP machine, and there you go.

You have to add ?g_sconsumersite=1 after aspx to open the website. But scanning won't work unless you apply redirects (patching wuaueng and registry or using another proxy). If you run my installer (any Windows) or the one in the 1st post (XP only) you'll have everything working

Microsoft Accounts seem to no longer work on Windows 8.1 I couldnt sign in, even with a fully patched 8.1 (01/23). They break everything currently

Hi everyone! So, I managed to pretty much get x64 XP running on my 12900k! USB n all, including the chipset thanks to XP2ESD! However, after I installed my GTX 770 drivers (both 355.98 and 368.81), I rebooted, and it just hangs at the XP boot screen. Oddly enough, sometimes when I say "Last known good config", it boots perfectly, even with my GPU drivers working! But, it is not consistant, and for the most part, it does not even work (does the same thing). Even safe mode doesn't boot at times!

You have your own thread about this in the Windows 2000 section, where it should be. You can tag any contributor to this thread in that thread. The same will happen with Windows 2003 should the contributors here deem it to be necessary.

Yeah, updates will be on Catalog site but they will not install without an ESU subscription. Once that is installed, updates will normally install.

WannaCry / WannaCrypt patches originally posted by Microsoft May 12th, 2017 can be downloaded individually Windows XP SP3 x86 Windows XP SP2 x64 Windows XP Embedded SP3 x86 May 2019 RDP Authentication exploit update from article 4500331 Windows XP SP3 x86 Windows XP SP2 x64 XP Embedded SP3 x86

Well this is nice to know. I can confirm that the updates work on my 8 system as well: http://prntscr.com/a1pp70 I hope we're able to keep updating 8 until 2023 with this method. Technically, I could upgrade to 8.1, but since 8 works, I just don't see a reason to do so at this time. Since I still use Vista on some other machines, I'll be grateful if that works as well. I had planned to continue using Vista as my main OS until at least 2017, but after building my new haswell machine, the hardware just won't take Vista at all. I'm really enjoying the speed and added desktop features/improvements of 8 over Vista though, so I can't say I really miss Vista too much. I also found myself running into so many compatibility issues with Vista with other software, unfortunately. Anyway, thanks for finding this out.

Well I'm happy even as it is. Plus this also gives Vista users added hope (since they're in a similar situation). They'll likely be able to do the same with patches from the original Server 2008.

Hmm, just because you can't download it... I wonder if you got your hands on it, would it install anyway? Then the next wonder would be if it is an installer issue, if you could get around that could it be forced? Maybe not, but still... Hey, at least you shouldn't be harassed to update to Windows 10, since your system won't even run Windows 8.1. Cheers and Regards

Well would you look at that. Looks good to me So I guess Server 2012 Updates do install.

I have noticed, for whatever it may be worth, that WSUS Offline Downloader has dispensed with any inclusion of updates for Windows NT 6.2, as of v10.4. So neither Windows 8 no Server 2012 has been included. How do they expect downloading of Server 2012 patches? Patch Tuesday is tomorrow, so I'll keep you posted.

I'll certainly let you know what happens.