Leaderboard

because they simply can't port anything higher than 86/87 to XP

@AstroSkipper, thank you for the professional, more than well-written reviews in outstanding English, it helps us save so much time! What would we do without you! Now I'll not waste my time with that dodgy FW.

... Thanks for the confirmation! Can't replicate. Maybe 2023-07-70 was updated? I downloaded just today, after word the about:addons thingie was working. @dmiranda! The download dialogue window in Serpent 52 looks broken from time to time. Here are two screenshots to show you the issue: One time as usual: The next time broken: Cheers, AstroSkipper

@j7n, I'm sorry to inform, what you say won't pass the @jaclaz's certification, since he will obviously doubt that you had enough data points, unless you actually deal (and has dealt for years) with many, many (hundreds, thousands) hard disks, while actually keeping a log of periodical reads, failure modes, etc.

Update: twitter has reopened no-login access to direct posts. Still no account visiting.

Thank you! Indeed it does, I'm now spoofing it with 78.

Thanks for reporting here! Glad to hear ClamWin is still working. I use it in an old Windows ME partition which I haven't booted for a long time. This partition only exists for historical reasons. But thanks again!

Right! I definitely can confirm that. Surfing the web with IE 6, malicious windows were popping up left and right. All became better when Firefox appeared and the first content blocker extensions. I started to use Firefox with extensions from the very first. And I also think that software got more resilient over the years in general. Yep! I think so, too. Although there are a lot of things I do manually, it does not make sense to re-invent the wheels.

Subject: ZoneAlarm Here is my assessment on the firewall solution ZoneAlarm I wrote in another thread in June of 2022: Nevertheless, I reserve the right to decide whether or not to write an article about ZoneAlarm. At the moment, it is on my internal list of security programmes. Maybe, someone who is still using ZoneAlarm on Windows XP can post their experiences here. The more, the better! @Monroe Are you still using ZoneAlarm on Windows XP? AstroSkipper

With Mobilizon, you can create events, share those events as widely as you wish, and keep attendees up to date on developments—all without Facebook required. (You can still share events on Facebook, if you're into that sort of thing.) Mobilizon is free and open-source, and it federates with other services via ActivityPub. https://www.pcmag.com/picks/quitting-twitter-try-these-alternative-social-media-networks

Ok.

thx and i cant use discord becuse umm i forgot my password AND i dont use discord now

@feodor2 thank you , mypal 68.13.1b (latest version) work perfectly on windows 2000 without any problem :

@Cocodile There are no such things as jaclaz's certifications, let alone blessings. @j7n In theory yes, in practice, unfortunately, in the best case you will collect a number of vague, inaccurate reports creating the typical GIGO (Garbage In Garbage Out) situation. jaclaz

I have no idea of any correlation (or lack of it) between e-cores and Vista issues. A statement was made to the effect that all Alder Lake processors had e-cores. Another statement was made to the effect that only F and KF had them. Both are seemingly not fully accurate. I only provided a source[1] from which it comes out that up to i3 none have them, in i5 only K and KF have them, i7 and i9 have them regardless the model. jaclaz [1] Wikipedia, not necessarily to be taken as the ultimate truth

Now I have re-installed Windows completely and followed all the steps again,it finally works!As you can see,it started to update itself! Hope no more errors will appear.

Hello guys, although it has been said that Kafan MiniBrowser is heavy for old computers, its the one that works best on my PC. I tried all the browsers listed here. I still choose Kafan. However, it is very annoying that it opens a new tab every time I type a link. Any idea how to solve this? some chrome://flags/ change perhaps? Thank u very much in advance!

... Thanks for the confirmation! Can't replicate. Maybe 2023-07-70 was updated? I downloaded just today, after word the about:addons thingie was working. EDIT Note that I delete the following files from basilisk root folder: :: Kill borwsers C:\Desktop\Filemngt\KillProcess.exe BASILISK.EXE C:\Desktop\Filemngt\KillProcess.exe mypal.exe :: Clean basilisk and mypals installations cd C:\Internet\Browse\Basilisk del api-ms-*.* del "C:\Internet\Browse\Basilisk\D3DCompiler_*.dll" del "C:\Internet\Browse\Basilisk\msvcp140.dll" del "C:\Internet\Browse\Basilisk\ucrtbase.dll" del "C:\Internet\Browse\Basilisk\vcomp140.dll" del "C:\Internet\Browse\Basilisk\vcruntime140.dll" rmdir /q /s C:\Internet\Browse\Basilisk\uninstall\ copy /y "C:\Internet\Browse\[settings]\1Basic\dependentlibs.list" "C:\Internet\Browse\Basilisk\dependentlibs.list" cd C:\Internet\Browse\Mypal del api-ms-*.* del "C:\Internet\Browse\Mypal\D3DCompiler_*.dll" del "C:\Internet\Browse\Mypal\msvcp140.dll" del "C:\Internet\Browse\Mypal\ucrtbase.dll" del "C:\Internet\Browse\Mypal\vcomp140.dll" del "C:\Internet\Browse\Mypal\vcruntime140.dll" rmdir /q /s C:\Internet\Browse\Mypal\uninstall\ copy /y "C:\Internet\Browse\[settings]\11Mypal\dependentlibs.list" "C:\Internet\Browse\Mypal\dependentlibs.list" Where dependentlibs.list includes entries not deleted by the bat file.

thx and i cant use discord becuse umm i forgot my password

There are all the GUI options you can save with CTRL+S and the 26 hidden option mentioned in the WinNTSetup.ini.txt. Do you need anything in particular? Links are on the first page, do you need another mirror?

Nevertheless, I reserve the right to decide whether or not to write an article about ZoneAlarm. At the moment, it is on my internal list of security programmes. Maybe, someone who is still using ZoneAlarm on Windows XP can post their experiences here. The more, the better! @Monroe Are you still using ZoneAlarm on Windows XP? AstroSkipper I forgot to mention that the last compatible version of ZoneAlarm for XP was the version 14.3.119.000. Here is a link where the EOL of ZA was announced: https://support.zonealarm.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001849832-Is-the-Windows-XP-operating-system-still-supported-by-ZoneAlarm-products- Cheers, AstroSkipper

Yep! But there were definition update problems in the past. And the programme itself doesn't seem to be regularly updated anymore. The last ClamWin version 0.103.2.1 is from June 2021, unfortunately.

Yep! Using the hosts file instead of a good firewall does not make any sense and is counterproductive.

Maybe he just trains his skills? I knew a guy who only used a huge hosts file with his XP machine instead of FW, the file was so huge, it slowed down his PC to a crawl, he edited it every couple of days or so,

I wouldn't want to try my luck with it. Enough products from farmers here.

Assuming no radical update came since April 2023 that turned everything upside-down, you can use ExplorerPatcher. After install, right-click on the taskbar->Properties->File Explorer->Control Interface->Windows 7 Command Bar.

Found it! Choose IDE. https://www.computeruniverse.net/en/c/hardware-components/cables-adapters

Hello, there was a long discussion between @D.Drakerand another member, where @D.Drakerwrote which quality IDE adapters worked good and need to be bought. I'm sorry, I have no link. But I remember they were German.

I once tried a small piece, tasted like synthetic crab meat made of fake chicken. Imported from USA.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alder_Lake#List_of_12th_generation_Alder_Lake_processors The i5 seemingly miss them, even the F models, only K and KF have them. jaclaz

Isn't that due to the lack of E-cores?

I'm sure you wanted to say evolves, right? Well, it depends on the social circle, and varies from one state to another.

I agree, but when one just points out to the facts, no MSFN rule against it, no rule that would forbid to name the official investors/owners. Like you wisely pointed out, we are the customers, and have the right to know who owns them. "Russia funded Facebook, Twitter investments through Kushner investor." "Institutions with close links to Kremlin": https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/05/russia-funded-facebook-twitter-investments-kushner-investor "Facebook is taking that rumored $200 million investment from Digital Sky Technologies, a Russian investment group... giving Facebook a $10 billion valuation." This one is from 2009, so $200 million/ $10 billion was a lot, lot more. https://techcrunch.com/2009/05/26/facebook-takes-that-200-million-investment-from-the-russians-at-a-10-billion-valuation/

On Windows XP, Process Explorer v16.32 works, but doesn't show the menu bar icons and graphs. Therefore, a less recent version than 16.32 will be more suitable. But unfortunately, Process Explorer doesn't have the above mentioned, additional security features of Process Hacker. BTW, I already wrote about other task managers like Process Explorer: All in terms of security programmes, of course! Process Explorer as a task manager is really good. It's portable and easy to use.

I checked the homepage of Spybot - Search & Destroy again, and the last release compatible with Windows XP does indeed appear to be version 2.4. Here is a quote on this from the link posted above to the page with the heading Spybot 2.5 Compatibility:

For me, ESET never was, not only it marked legit copy protection game files as "viruses", it also deleted important files on my XP pc and put them to "quarantine" forever, I was not surprised to see it still does! To be fair, I gave it a chance in the past. I remember, I even lost my online registration for the DVD check of Sacred 2 (based on securom). As for your OT question, I fail to understand, why would you be interested, if you discarded ESET anyway? I could only guess, but If you want to be recruited or renew some previous pre-1991 arrangements, I'm sure there's no need to go to Bratislava, and I'm definitely not the one to talk to! NOD32 "Such file could contain valuable information, and losing it is certainly not what you’d wish for" https://hetmanrecovery.com/recovery_news/how-to-return-files-if-eset-nod-deleted-or-placed-them-in-quarantine.htm

The video at least confirmed that the P7 (or P10) connector is with all 3.3V. As said I personally never heard of a PFC (Power Factor Correction) PSU giving issues, but that doesn't mean much, the catching fire could be true or only a metropolitan legend for all I know. From what I know the PFC is essentially circuitry on the "high voltage" side of the PSU (AC mains) and whether a PSU has (or has it not) is (should be) irrelevant on the low (DC) voltage side, the whole idea is to transform an reactive load on the grid into a (almost) resistive one, thus old dansdata article explains it: http://www.dansdata.com/gz028.htm jaclaz

That is doable but you need to install a Xserver like Xming in your XP VM.

Oh, and good evening to you too! Are the wires thin? If they are, maybe not worth the hassle. Need to be at least AWG18 (2mm).

Yes, we need to see the pics.

Your review is almost 3 years old. Therefore, it doesn't refer to the current version. I will list a review (or more) which is more recent if available. And it doesn't matter whether it is favourable or not. Furthermore, I'm not at all surprised that your linked review is unfavourable. TBH, I had expected nothing else. Since Covid, it seems that negative is the new positive. Cheers, AstroSkipper

I guess you're right. I couln't find any official tests by AV-Test and other independent labs, either. I can't confirm this. I found reviews which are rather favourable.

Did things ever make sense? Ugh, it would be awful if that happened, due to how dependency on electricity developed, everything would collapse and since people are insane as it is...

You seem like you can't decide what you really want. I guess I was a bit like that in the past when it comes to operating systems. Now I just don't...give...a damn...anymore.

There are instructions out there how to patch latest Flash to disable EOL restriction. I was the first to bring it up on MSFN. Some even opt to use Flash version that continued to be developed for Chinese market (only security fixes I guess) after it was EOL for the rest of the world, but I didn't follow that. In my most recent experience, NPAPI version for Mozilla-based browsers and other browsers implementing NPAPI was most performant, the worst was ActiveX in Internet Explorer, though for some reason it was much better in the pre-Chromium Edge, a bit better than NPAPI even. Of course, standalone version keeps it simple by not being tied to the web browser's plugin architecture.

Draker forgot to tell you about the most amazing addon "SpellForce The Breath of Winter" , also released in one package with The Order Od Dawn under the name SpellForce Gold. Dungeon siege is nowhere near this game . I played them all . I can help you with the right version and setting up this game . There was a patch (official) that removes outdated CD checks . You need Spellforce any version below 1.3 . Then patch it with the patch 1.38. Can send you the link , if you're interested . I played this wonderful addon in 2004 on a cheap ar_se 1.5Ghz mobile Celeron and Intel "extreme" (lol) graphics and Win2000 . Worked fine. Later there was a "Phoenix" addon that bumped the version to 1.5x , but it's still being sold at steam , so no protection-free patches , but this addon is no good anyways ! In any case , do NOT patch the game to 1.5x versions to avoid bugs.

Trolling lvl 168 . I'm sure you know Cyberpunk 2077 is directx12 only , not to mention it's buggy as hell. And XP is what , 9.0b maximum ? Or smth like that.

Not enough Euros ? You're absolutely right ! I'd say GTX780 Ti is even faster and it overclocked like hell ! All that new "low power" junk stuff is simply not made for good overclocking ! My prev. GTX780Ti was way more powerful than 980 , so my advice to the OP is to find it in a good condition to replace his GT1050 .

These thick fonts are for partially blind people ?

New games are simply not possible with his current hardware. I read the OP has GTX 1050 , which was too weak , even at launch . So I'd say win 7 is the max OS that could make sense. His 6 year old low budget card , very similar to GT950 . Even GTX960 would be faster , esp. 4GB vesrions . And I have GTX980 , new titles don't run well . Poor FPS. Not pleasant at all. Hell , not only new , I started to notice poor FPS in 2017-2018.