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Beyond the very subtle (but noticeable) FUD, I feel your pain. You'd be better served in a non-xp forum, or paying for advice you can trust, for an OS that you actually use. Better yet, get a PhD, and come lecture here, for free.

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20230729-3219d2d-uxp-bdc6b90572-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20230729-3219d2d-uxp-bdc6b90572-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-20230729-3219d2d-uxp-bdc6b90572-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-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20230729-d849524bd-uxp-bdc6b90572-xpmod.7z Win32 IA32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20230729-d849524bd-uxp-bdc6b90572-xpmod-ia32.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20230729-d849524bd-uxp-bdc6b90572-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win64-git-20230729-d849524bd-uxp-bdc6b90572-xpmod.7z Official UXP changes picked since my last build: - Issue #1240 - Part 1 - Define a new BigInt primitive type. Based on https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1366287 Part 1.0. However leaving out the --enable-bigint changes. (f041afc61d) - Issue #1240 - Part 2 - Define the BigIntObject class for BigInt wrapper objects. Based on https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1366287 Part 3. In our Part 3 we will fast forward to the V8 implementation skipping GMP. (13ac0d6483) - Issue #1240 - Part 3a - Adjust mozilla::FloatingPoint<T>'s definition. So only the barest details are specified for floating-point encodings, with every other number, bit mask, &c. mathematically derived. Also add a bunch of documentation comments. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1508725 Prerequisite for our V8 fast forward. (ddd49121a6) - Issue #1240 - Part 3b - Implement WrappingOperations.h for wraparound math operations & conversions. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1441657 Implement mozilla::WrappingMultiply. Prerequisite for our V8 fast forward. (d42d5ce138) - Issue #1240 - Part 3c - Fast-forward to the V8 version of BigIntType. Disabling some sections temporarily since the dependencies are not there yet. Based on the following: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1502797 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1471134 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1441098 Part 3 & 4 Add structured clone support for BigInt and Enable BigInt wrapping from DOM bindings. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1522738 (07b6c03dc7) - Issue #1240 - Part 4 - Implement parser support for BigInt literals. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1505849 Partially based on https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1456568 Un-result-ified the BigInt XDR code, so we can enable it. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1419094 Uninitialised memory read with BigInt right-shift https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1679003 (dc23241afb) - Issue #1240 - Part 5a - BigInt to Number conversion. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1466893 (25ee810247) - Issue #1240 - Part 5b - BigInt support for basic arithmetic operations. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1471134 Parts 3-5. (44b5d8dec3) - Issue #1240 - Part 5c -Implement ToInt32OrBigInt operation. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1490387 (d44e3c9941) - Issue #1240 - Part 5d - Use the radix when parsing BigInts. Fixes Hex, Octal and Binary BigInt literal parsing. Previously it was only parsing in decimal. (20b52c9e2e) - Issue #1240 - Part 5e - BigInt bitwise operators. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1490387 (03734326e8) - Issue #1240 - Part 5f - Add DataView methods for BigInt access. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1528582 (e3ec738471) - Issue #1240 - Part 6a - Implement BigInt.prototype.toLocaleString. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1366287 Part 5. (e8f0ea219f) - Issue #1240 - Part 6b - Use ToIndex when constructing TypedArray with length argument. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317383 Part 2. (e004b99054) - Issue #1240 - Part 6c - Implement asIntN and asUintN methods for BigInt values. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1501104 (bbbab3898f) - Issue #1240 - Part 5g - Implement BigInt comparison operators. Implement BigInt support for equality operators. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1486173 Part 3. Implement BigInt support for relational comparison operators. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1492669 (1355043d40) - Issue #1240 - Part 7 - Handle BigInt values in XPCVariant code. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1603055 (4a3f1b7570) - Issue #1240 - Part 8 - Fix incorrect asserts with debug enabled. Fix BigInt errors in remainder operations https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1524136 Also fix 2 debug asserts in fallthroughs due to missing BigInt cases. (7a30b0fa2d) - Issue #1240 - Part 9 - Fix incorrectly parsing decimal BigInt 0n. The decimal parser strips leading 0s, so prevent tokenbuf being empty. (4aa193b16b) - Issue #1240 - Part 10 - Implement minimal Ion support for BigInt. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1507484 Implement IC support for BigInt. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1522431 (2d5ee3c457) - Issue #1240 - Part 11 - Fix several issue reported on review. Skip over block delimiters when parsing BigInt literals. Update BigInt hashing to account for the possibility of moving GC. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1531018 Make HashableValue comparison of BigInts infallible. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1530406 Fix BigInt constructor API CallArgs usage. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1526279 (15115c97fd) - No Issue - Fix intermitted crash on MacOS 14 Sonoma Beta 3. Not sure why this is happening but mIOSurface is nullptr. If we just skip binding, it will be created on the next call to BeginUpdate. (0fc38724d1) No official Pale-Moon changes picked since my last build. No official Basilisk changes picked since my last build. My changes picked since my last build: - js/BitInt: add BigInt support in JitFrames, fix crash in discord when posting. (bdc6b90572) pdate Notice: - You may delete file named icudt*.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.

@Dixel I think you are confusing matters: 1) how to batch rename files 2) how to open a command prompt when in an explorer window in the shown directory/folder To batch rename files (#1 in the above list) there are of course working command lines and/or you can write a dedicated batch, BUT there are a number of dedicated third party tools with more (or easier, or enhanced) features. My remark and suggestions were ONLY and EXCLUSIVELY about how to open a command prompt in an explore window (#2 in the above list). For that (open a command prompt in an explorer window, #2 in the above list) there is NO available function in Windows XP, there is something similar (and I later posted a link to an article on petri.com about how to use the existing feature) that however opens a command prompt in a selected directory, NOT in the currently displayed one. To do the latter (open a command prompt in an explorer windows in the currently displayed directory) there is the need for a third party tool, and I posted a link to two of them, one tested and used successfully by me for over 10 years, and another one, not tested by me, but said to be working just fine, more suitable to later versions of windows. jaclaz

To the excellent 3rd party apps mentioned before I would add cmexted by reverver.inc (no link, sorry), where you can call prompt, and many apps from a custom folder(s) in the context menu. I reported it back in this same thread in 2017 or so. The app hasn't changed. PS1: In xp I do not use the console unnecesarily, and have found ways to restrict it, so using it is a bit convoluted. I prefer to use fit-to-purpose apps instead. PS2: I apologice if saying "I feel your pain" made you feel insulted. I didn't imagine you at all, really, it ws just a very common figure of speech. I will put sticker on my monitor to remind me not to ever say it (to you) again, given your sensibility. PS3: There was no insult in my comment. To clarify I simply meant (in case you need translation) that your effort to discredit the technical advice given by two great member of this forum did not go unnoticed, nor is it welcomed. Particularly when backed by "a PhD said it, I read... have you got a PhD?". Particularly when asking for an MVP certification in an XP forum... Do you dig the joke?

Hi @AstroSkipperand all others, sorry for the delays, despite what they say about 8.xxx to be the last for XP, I have only been able to use Comodo 5.xxx and 6.xxx under XP. Newer versions simply didn't work good for me, despite what they say! I even had missing icons! As you may see on the screen, 5.5 works, but modern programmes have no problems to just go through it! When checking for updates, for example. Conclusions: I do not recommend the 5.xxx range for the modern days usage, It's simply too old. I'll go on with the investigations.

The updated version 2.75 of CurrPorts now supports new IP-Location files. Read these release notes if interested in:

I literally wrote: I have doubts, no need to activate your other senses, I, of course, could simply forget, and I have no shame in it, I don't use XP daily, but what does it have to do with "pain" and "fear", unless imagining me in trouble makes you feel better. If so, please go on, however, interesting would be to know what you think about the on-topic subject, as a long time WinXP diehard. Did you have that function already, or you applied the registry hack that brings it to windows XP SP3? As for your worries about my personal life, I'd better be served in a nice restaurant near my house, with a nice Dutch dish, instead of your word salad, so please, stick to technical information only.

New build of post-deprecated Serpent/moebius for XP! * Notice: This repo will not be built on regular schedule, and changes are experimental as usual. ** Current moebius patch level should be on par with 52.9, but some security patches can not be applied/ported due to source milestone differences between versions. Test binary: Win32 http://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk55-win32-git-20230729-cc1746f04-xpmod.7z Win64 http://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk55-win64-git-20230729-cc1746f04-xpmod.7z repo: https://github.com/roytam1/basilisk55 Repo changes: - ported from UXP: Issue #1240 - Part 1 - Define a new BigInt primitive type. Based on https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1366287 Part 1.0. However leaving out the --enable-bigint changes. (f041afc6) (34419f498) - ported from UXP: Issue #1240 - Part 2 - Define the BigIntObject class for BigInt wrapper objects. Based on https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1366287 Part 3. In our Part 3 we will fast forward to the V8 implementation skipping GMP. (13ac0d64) (fc5bb92c2) - ported from UXP: Issue #1240 - Part 3a - Adjust mozilla::FloatingPoint<T>'s definition. So only the barest details are specified for floating-point encodings, with every other number, bit mask, &c. mathematically derived. Also add a bunch of documentation comments. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1508725 Prerequisite for our V8 fast forward. (ddd49121) (91fabc37c) - ported from UXP: Issue #1240 - Part 3b - Implement WrappingOperations.h for wraparound math operations & conversions. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1441657 Implement mozilla::WrappingMultiply. Prerequisite for our V8 fast forward. (d42d5ce1) (49dc7be42) - import from UXP: Issue #1240 - Part 3c - Fast-forward to the V8 version of BigIntType. Disabling some sections temporarily since the dependencies are not there yet. Based on the following: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1502797 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1471134 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1441098 Part 3 & 4 Add structured clone support for BigInt and Enable BigInt wrapping from DOM bindings. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1522738 (07b6c03d) (80a55462c) - ported from UXP: Issue #1240 - Part 4 - Implement parser support for BigInt literals. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1505849 Partially based on https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1456568 Un-result-ified the BigInt XDR code, so we can enable it. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1419094 Uninitialised memory read with BigInt right-shift https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1679003 (dc23241a) (5e37d7f16) - import from UXP: Issue #1240 - Part 5a - BigInt to Number conversion. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1466893 (25ee8102) (f37c3575d) - ported from UXP: Issue #1240 - Part 5b - BigInt support for basic arithmetic operations. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1471134 Parts 3-5. (44b5d8de) (e9db14392) - import from UXP: Issue #1240 - Part 5c -Implement ToInt32OrBigInt operation. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1490387 (d44e3c99) (52cd25051) - import from UXP: Issue #1240 - Part 5d - Use the radix when parsing BigInts. Fixes Hex, Octal and Binary BigInt literal parsing. Previously it was only parsing in decimal. (20b52c9e) (e6f87b935) - import from UXP: Issue #1240 - Part 5e - BigInt bitwise operators. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1490387 (03734326) (c636a3619) - import from UXP: Issue #1240 - Part 5f - Add DataView methods for BigInt access. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1528582 (e3ec7384) (f8a89726e) - import from UXP: Issue #1240 - Part 6a - Implement BigInt.prototype.toLocaleString. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1366287 Part 5. (e8f0ea21) (3eec0cf70) - import from UXP: Issue #1240 - Part 6c - Implement asIntN and asUintN methods for BigInt values. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1501104 (bbbab389) (b63e50296) - import from UXP: Issue #1240 - Part 5g - Implement BigInt comparison operators. Implement BigInt support for equality operators. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1486173 Part 3. Implement BigInt support for relational comparison operators. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1492669 (1355043d) (39f489448) - import from UXP: Issue #1240 - Part 7 - Handle BigInt values in XPCVariant code. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1603055 (4a3f1b75) (86680acff) - import from UXP: Issue #1240 - Part 8 - Fix incorrect asserts with debug enabled. Fix BigInt errors in remainder operations https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1524136 Also fix 2 debug asserts in fallthroughs due to missing BigInt cases. (7a30b0fa) (58dd96863) - import from UXP: Issue #1240 - Part 9 - Fix incorrectly parsing decimal BigInt 0n. The decimal parser strips leading 0s, so prevent tokenbuf being empty. (4aa193b1) (10f0b4e02) - ported from UXP: Issue #1240 - Part 10 - Implement minimal Ion support for BigInt. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1507484 Implement IC support for BigInt. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1522431 (2d5ee3c4) (205f33291) - ported from UXP: Issue #1240 - Part 11 - Fix several issue reported on review. Skip over block delimiters when parsing BigInt literals. Update BigInt hashing to account for the possibility of moving GC. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1531018 Make HashableValue comparison of BigInts infallible. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1530406 Fix BigInt constructor API CallArgs usage. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1526279 (15115c97) (dc387c94c) - import from UXP: No Issue - Fix intermitted crash on MacOS 14 Sonoma Beta 3. Not sure why this is happening but mIOSurface is nullptr. If we just skip binding, it will be created on the next call to BeginUpdate. (0fc38724) (8e6c59994) - import from `custom` branch of UXP: js/BitInt: add BigInt support in JitFrames, fix crash in discord when posting. (bdc6b905) (cc1746f04)

I added the official link to the offline updater spybotsd_includes.exe for antispyware definitions and corresponding update instructions to my article about SpyBot - Search & Destroy Free Edition. Cheers, AstroSkipper

for inpatient testers: new binaries uploaded! changelogs will be posted after I wake up some hours later!

Hi @VVallter Breneka, hello from Belgium and welcome to MSFN! I wish you to enjoy the forums! Have a nice day. hpwamr

Welcome, enjoy your stay!

This time I decided to make a totally clean install again, just to launch Spellforce 3 Reforced, released in 2022. No missing dependencies, all looks good, but I'm awarded with this error. It's not a driver problem, the game starts just fine with the same driver on later OS. This happens with all versions of the Kernel. Ideas?

@win32, as promised, the solution for both methods (local and normal), was to redirect Opera browser to the original non-modified shell32 from SP2 (modified in 2009). I forced the path through my starter app., (the one with the Opera icon, if you remember). Now dialogues open up just fine.

I move from Win7 to Linux, but it will last and I am running out of a license to Kaspersky. It makes no sense to extend it, so I'm looking for some free anti -virus that can protect my win7 for about a few months. Can any of you recommend something to me?

Yes, the DirectWrite in there is good enough to make some fonts load in Supermium, but I don't believe the media foundation or Direct2D parts are compatible.

Dear Gawd, I've been looking for this for centuries! It allowed me to use +480megs on my 32bit OS, many thanks!

Hello @WSC4! Of course, you have to make your own experiences. I would recommend starting with New Moon 28, based on Pale Moon, and Serpent 52, based on Basilisk. That's what I am using under Windows XP mainly. BTW, you can easily open a session with 20 tabs or more, but it is not a good idea to open them all at once. I use the extension Lull The Tabs to keep them in an unloaded state until I need one of them. Doing so, New Moon and Serpent consume much less resources. Greetings, AstroSkipper

There is NO "universal" answer to that question. The simple fact of the matter is that you WILL have to try all of them and decide which one fits YOUR personal preferences.

I can confirm that the latest build fixed the crash for me. Thanks roytam1.

I now tried visiting @cloudstr's cited site: https://www.jaynestars.com/ in today's NM27 release, and it didn't crash NM27. Thank you very much.

New regular/weekly KM-Goanna release: https://o.rthost.win/kmeleon/KM76.4.8-Goanna-20230729.7z Changelog: In-tree changes: - bump KM version for engine API change (9af8a53d) - nsIPrintSettings::SetPaperSizeType() API is removed in engine (as at NM27 rev 4adeb06c) (df63800b) Out-of-tree changes: * update Goanna3 to git 159d7b9c2f...9fcdb1e308: - import changes from `dev' branch of rmottola/Arctic-Fox: - Bug 1238964 Part 1: Hold new printable page sizes in print nsIPrintSettingsWin. r=jimm (b5e4d012ba) - Bug 1238964 Part 2: Move separate DEVMODE to nsIPrintSettings copying into nsPrintSettingsWin. r=jimm (cb7bb66037) - Bug 1218029 - Adds SRICheckDataVerifier for progressing data handling. r=francois (8331afc1a7) - Bug 1218029 - Implements progressive Unicode chars decoding in nsScriptLoader. r=djvj (2c32ca259a) - Bug 1237201 part 1 - Use MOZ_ALWAYS_TRUE in nsScriptLoadHandler::TryDecodeRawData. r=yury (8f7496be23) - Bug 1237201 part 2 - Handle Vector OOM in gfx/. r=jrmuizel,kats (d5e8bd3383) - Bug 1237201 part 3 - Handle Vector OOM in StreamingLexer. r=njn (be383e35b4) - Bug 1237201 part 4 - Handle Vector OOM in ipc/. r=billm (fe9a3bf25a) - Bug 1237201 part 5 - Ignore Vector OOM in JSMainRuntimeCompartmentsReporter. r=njn (d0070c0636) - Bug 1237201 part 6 - Handle Vector OOM in media/webrtc/. r=jesup (eab4e00735) - Bug 1186491 - Splitting nsIPerformanceStats in two;r=froydnj (006b578345) - Bug 1186491 - An API for watching slow performance alerts (xpcom-level);r=froydnj (4fcefd66f5) - Bug 1237201 part 7 - Handle Vector OOM in nsPerformanceStats, telemetry. r=Yoric (6021b583ff) - Bug 1237201 part 8 - Make fallible Vector methods MOZ_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT. r=jwalden (90144c2d35) - Bug 1237201 part 9 - Fix remaining issues. r=nfroyd (25b86adb6d) - Bug 1186491 - An API for watching slow performance alerts (js-level); r=felipe (f04d277c80) - Bug 1200172 - AddonWatcher now discards data if the system is apparently too busy/just back from hibernation. r=mossop (66a3840b73) - Bug 1205840 - Typo fixes in AddonWatcher.jsm. r=felipe (760df6764c) - Bug 1186491 - Reworking AddonWatcher to use low-level performance watch API;r=mossop (81cc64263e) - Bug 1200169 - Making the slow add-on watcher more tolerant;r=Felipe (fcf988d985) - Bug 1157009 - Redesign about:performance. r=felipe (cacc590716) - Bug 1189513 - Get rid of separation between e10s and non-e10s probes; r=felipe (7a6d996c93) - Bug 1191327 - Recapitulates alerts in about:performance now. r=felipe (53ecc02da9) - Bug 1189799 - Make sure that about:performance displays each add-on only once (front-end);r=felipe (1ee53a0410) - Bug 1208747 - Move most of Stopwatch-related code to XPCOM-land (JS-level);r=felipe (84af14c20e) - Bug 1229519: Fix miscellaneous parts of toolkit to pass eslint checks. r=MattN (00ce3585c5) - Bug 1230735 - AddonWatcher.alerts is now a map;r=Felipe (81bbafbbd4) - Bug 1241838 - Removing erroneous CPOW suffix, reworking buggy jank suffix;r=Felipe (020d6928e6) - Bug 1175098 - Fix double-loading of PerformanceStats content script. r=mconley (fb1c499343) - Bug 1189799 - Make sure that about:performance displays each add-on only once (back-end);r=felipe (1eac8258df) - Bug 1221761 - Probe.prototype.release() now swallows NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE. r=felipe (ba1d0032a9) - Bug 1142937 - AddonWatcher now communicates through nsIObserverService. r=felipe (ea2e7ccdaa) - Bug 967873 - Test changes for async removeTab (r=Gijs) (dae5cbf835) - more missing parts of Bug 1132072 - Tab switch refactoring (r=mconley) (dc5e310537) - Bug 1191460 Rebased patch and added userContextId to origin attributes. (r=tanvi,r=sicking) (723999e7fa) - Bug 1239040 - Cleanup of DrawTargetSkia GetBitmapForSurface to use installPixels. r=jrmuizel (4016f4d734) - Bug 1239040 - Cleanup of DrawTargetSkia Mask and MaskSurface. r=jrmuizel (908a44d47e) - Bug 1239040 - Implement PushLayer for DrawTargetSkia. r=Bas (ae74697559) - Bug 1246756 - part 1 - fix moz2d Skia usage for Skia m49 update. r=jrmuizel (5e4b0f41e3) - Bug 1239040 - Allow usage of SkCanvas::getTopDevice in Skia. r=jrmuizel (19bdd2cecb) - Bug 1239040 - Fix DrawTargetCairo/DrawTargetSkia LockBits and BorrowedXlibDrawable to work inside PushLayer. r=jrmuizel (b9ba04009b) - Bug 1239040 - Cleanup of DrawTargetSkia CopySurface to avoid accessing bottom layer directly. r=jrmuizel (6690702507) - Bug 1240437: Implement PushLayer and PopLayer for DrawTargetRecording. r=bas (22673a1b52) - Bug 1220629 - Part 1: Add PushLayer/PopLayer API to DrawTarget baseclass. r=jrmuizel (c4b4315749) - Bug 1220629 - Part 2: Prepare DrawTargetD2D1 for the possibilities of layers existing inside it. r=jrmuizel (f2a74151a8) - Bug 1220629 - Part 3: Implement PushLayer/PopLayer API in cairo. r=jrmuizel (9a52965141) - Bug 1220629 - Part 4: Allow gfxContext to use the native pushlayer implementations based on a pref. r=jrmuizel (f13b773ff3) - Bug 1220629 - Part 5: Implement PushLayer/PopLayer API for Direct2D 1.1. r=jrmuizel (8a040648a2) - Bug 1220629 - Part 6: Implement PushLayer/PopLayer API in several wrapper DT types. r=jrmuizel (cf76723216) - Bug 1220629 - Part 7: Mark several reftests fuzzy. r=jrmuizel (a6deab2300) - Bug 1220629 - Part 8: Enable native PushLayer/PopLayer by default on Windows and Linux. r=jrmuizel (eef18e1e3e) - Bug 1234494 - part 1 - don't build in Skia GPU code if support is disabled, r=jrmuizel (4c74813077) - Bug 1234494 - part 2 - disable Skia GPU support by default on certain *BSDs, r=glandium (6184133b33) - Bug 1246756 - part 2 - update Skia moz.build for m49 update. r=jrmuizel (e0cf4ab953) - Bug 1244454 - Fixed skia compilation on mingw. r=lsalzman (064a56e56e) - Bug 1242044 - "layout/reftests/css-gradients/linear-zero-length-1 fails under Skia content". r=jmuizelaar (bee8f76e72) - Bug 1242751 - fix assertion in SkLinearGradient. r=jmuizelaar (f5df5ed88f) - Bug 1238795 - Fix SkGpuDevice::drawBitmapRect to always update clips. r=jrmuizel (05a9a6b10a) - Bug 1230096 - fix GrAAConvexTessellator assertion. r=jrmuizel (18aef9bdcc) - Bug 1237983 - Investigate and remove the Bagheera Client Implementation. r=gfritzsche (6de39c0e32) - Bug 1246756 - part 3 - update Skia to m49 branch. r=jrmuizel (a02a53e368) - Bug 1234526 - Remove services/healthreport. r=gfritzsche (bb0c567255) - Bug 1234522 - Remove services/datareporting. r=gfritzsche (c7bfec7784) - Bug 1211166 - Use AppConstants in SessionRecorder.jsm r=ted (4434996c34) - Bug 1246756 - Cross compilation fixup. r=upstream (99e3e40ba1) - Bug 1248228 - Build fix for SkOSFile_stdio on OpenBSD. r=jmuizelaar (bbb1eb7ac0) - Bug 1250196 - Part 1: Import mozilla::Forward and mozilla::UniqePtr into the std namespace in a way that is compatible with libc++; r=lsalzman (ffeebcc133) - Bug 1248851 part 4 - Mark UniquePtr::release() MOZ_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT. r=Waldo (f43cced74c) - Bug 1250196 - Part 2: Rename UniquePtr::getDeleter() to get_deleter() in order to make it compatible with std::unique_ptr; r=froydnj (f8aeabfc9a) - Bug 1248851 part 3 - Fix a potential double-free issue in indexedDB. r=sicking (4d13f5047b) - Bug 1248851 part 2 - Remove redundant release() calls in indexedDB code. r=sicking (86d67ffad8) - Bug 1239702 - Fix SK_ARM_HAS_NEON build config r=lsalzman (4233a57122) - Bug 1245979 - make mfbt Function reference-counted so that it can be cheaply copied for compatibility with Skia. r=froydnj (bd69e9c07b) - Bug 1245055 - Remove gfx/skia/Makefile.in. r=mshal (bf2c611f38) - Bug 1232694 - fix typo in Compiler.h; r=botond (2b5abb9d2d) - Bug 1228641 - Rename begin/size to aBegin/aSize to avoid shadow warnings; r=botond (9222809505) - Bug 1248784 - Rename the existing AddRefTraits to ConstRemovingRefPtrTraits. r=froydnj (99d7b0ae1f) - Bug 1248784 - Extract the AddRef/Release calls into a non-inner helper trait. r=froydnj (37243b6235) - Bug 1248784 - Followup to add requested comment. r=froydnj DONTBUILD (0e870b586b) - Bug 1242794 - make SkGrPixelRef::deepCopy preserve alpha type. r=jmuizelaar (0fb454c326) - Bug 1201037 - (Linux) squash network-change events during 1000ms, r=mcmanus (087f57c44d) - Bug 1235509 - Link monitor should not fire link change events for the refresh of the ipv6 lifetime. r=bagder (c507a319c4) - Bug 1234548 - Don't send network change events if routes are changed. r=mcmanus, r=bagder (5cd0bc582e) - Bug 1234548 - Remove unused variables. r=bustage (42df135fbf) - Bug 1240515 - change allocator for addr and localaddr from malloc to new, since the smart pointer that is used uses delete operator. r=dragana (02f5d5433c) - Bug 1241901 part 1 - Remove nsAutoPtr uses in nsNotifyAddrListener on Linux. r=bagder (f8696ad190) - Bug 1241901 part 2 - Use intptr_t to pass bluetooth service class instead of a pointer to heap. r=shawnjohnjr (5c86a164fa) - Bug 1241901 part 3 - Add IsMemberPointer and IsScalar type traits. r=froydnj (80747268bd) - Bug 1243876 - fix ConvertibleTester to not cause incomplete type errors with UniquePtr and Skia. r=nfroyd (c5588dd270) - Bug 1234736 - IonMonkey: Recover Math.imul as an int32 operation. r=h4writer (459b92c618) - Bug 1228571 - Fix GenerateSeed to not leave seed uninitialized if reading from /dev/urandom fails. r=cpeterson (3be0a2816b) - Bug 1233302: Don't crash if we can't open /dev/urandom; just fall back to PRMJ_Now. (d83ae5540a) - Bug 1167248 - Call RtlGenRandom() instead of rand_s() to workaround crashes from injected third-party hooks. r=jandem (678e7a0056) - Bug 1236619 Fix compilation failure with warnings-as-errors with some compilers. r=njn (043956881d) - Bug 1167248 - Cross compilation fixup. (f4a34fb229) (b0cbe263c6) - import changes from `dev' branch of rmottola/Arctic-Fox: - Bug 1226200: Don't assume a TCPSocket has only one managee (and rename LoneManagedOrNull) r=jdm (aa2d0fcc14) - Bug 1227300, Part 1 - Add an alert notification component. r=MattN,wchen (37758ce9ff) - Bug 1230700. Make Notification::ShowInternal explicitly suppress the exception from GetPermissionInternal. r=smaug (9e288cf5ae) - Bug 1225336 - Add telemetry about web notification display/messages. r=wchen,kitcambridge p=vladan# Please enter the commit message for your changes. Lines starting (b2e481691a) - Bug 1219030 - Collect notification management telemetry. r=wchen,MattN; p=ally (c0ba425b4e) - Bug 1212611 - Use system notification for website notifications in Android. r=mfinkle (84985bcf01) - Bug 1227300, Part 2 - Implement showAlert. r=MattN,wchen (33eedc7e91) - Bug 1214305 - Part 0: Ensure site security service is initialized before trying to use DataStorage via IPC. (8bd73f43b0) - Bug 1137681 - Make user agent docshell overrides affect network requests. r=jduell (e8dabb8338) - Bug 1233245 - Propagate the interception information in the non-e10s case for all HTTP redirects, not just the internal ones; r=jdm (6922fddcf8) - Bug 1226444 - Use helper function to identify preloads. r=sicking (d110669f73) - Bug 1214305 - Part 1: Refactor the logic for querying whether a connection should go through a secure upgrade into NS_ShouldSecureUpgrade; r=mcmanus (2d04c78290) - Bug 1137681 - Per-tab user agent emulation. r=bz (4ff70db690) - Bug 1227300, Part 3 - Implement showAlert for the OS X alerts backend. r=mstange (5eb05d0728) - Bug 1227300, Part 4 - Implement showAlert for the libnotify alerts backend. r=karlt (0942fa2764) - Bug 1227300, Part 5 - Implement showAlert for the B2G alerts backend. r=mhenretty (e39581aea5) - Bug 1227300, Part 6 - Use showAlert to display web notifications. r=wchen (ab79eaa0c8) - domBug 1227300, Part 7 - Update test interfaces. a=testonly (387cb62772) - Bug 1214305 - Part 3: Add a nsIInterceptedChannel.secureUpgradedChannelURI helper; r=jdm (811d25bd58) - Bug 1214305 - Part 4: Use the secure upgraded channel URI in ServiceWorkerManager::PrepareFetchEvent; r=jdm (0c44bf527c) - Bug 1214305 - Part 5: Use the secure upgraded channel URI in FetchEventRunnable::Init; r=jdm (a30f239261) - Bug 1214305 - Part 6: Use a non-IPC redirect for synthesized upgraded responses to ensure the response URL is correctly propagated; r=mcmanus (8ba8a5728c) - Bug 1214305 - Part 7: Decide in the child process whether an intercepted channel should go through a secure upgrade; r=mcmanus (93e27decae) - Bug 1198397 - Add a test for interception of requests upgraded through the CSP upgrade-insecure-requests directive; r=jdm (21eb14eb34) - Bug 1214305 - Part 8: Enable secure upgrade service worker tests on e10s; r=jdm (c14f5fb504) - Bug 1214305 - Part 10: Clean up global DataStorage references in the child process; r=keeler (ef0b52d049) - Bug 1224771 - Close all web notifications when the originating tab is closed. r=wchen (da295b4ba7) - Bug 1214305 - Part 2: Refactor the logic for obtaining the secure upgraded URI into HttpBaseChannel; r=mcmanus (3346078285) - Bug 1237151 (part 1) - Remove ignored qualifiers in dom/media/gmp/. r=cpearce. (18134820a6) - Bug 1237151 (part 2) - Remove ignored qualifiers in WebRTC-relate code. r=jesup. (effe5bd694) - Bug 1118820 part 1 (style system part) - [css-grid] Implement the 'auto-fill' and 'auto-fit' keywords in the repeat() function. r=dholbert (5db1a577db) - Bug 1118820 part 2a - [css-grid] Add a LineNameMap class that lets us lookup line names with a dynamic number of 'repeat(auto-fill/auto-fit)' tracks taken into account. r=dholbert (3ecf4b53f0) - Bug 1118820 part 2b - [css-grid] Move the static functions FindLine/RFindLine/FindNamedLine into the LineNameMap class (idempotent patch). r=dholbert (efb12c594b) - Bug 1118820 part 2c+2d - [css-grid] Modify the LineNameMap::FindLine/RFindLine/FindNamedLine methods to take line names associated with 'repeat(auto-fill/auto-fit)' tracks into account. Instantiate and pass around a LineNameMap object instead of an array of line name arrays. r=dholbert (a3db750297) - Bug 1118820 part 3a - [css-grid] Modify TrackSizingFunctions to take a dynamic number of 'repeat(auto-fill/auto-fit)' tracks taking into account. r=dholbert (9aa6033332) - Bug 1118820 part 3b - [css-grid] Implement the CalculateRepeatFillCount method that calculates the number of 'repeat(auto-fill/auto-fit)' tracks to use for the given sizes. r=dholbert (cf75fab8a8) - Bug 1118820 part 4 - [css-grid] Provide the sizes to use for CalculateRepeatFillCount. r=dholbert (8184c00dba) - Bug 1118820 part 5 - [css-grid] Remove any empty 'repeat(auto-fit)' tracks at the end of its range and adjust affected grid area line numbers accordingly. r=dholbert (c02ba6a6e3) - Bug 1229165 - [css-grid] Reftests for min/max-width/height properties on the grid container. (725097f878) - Bug 1229999 - [css-grid] Reftest. (51b5bc9535) - Bug 1237151 (part 3) - Remove ignored qualifiers in all remaining code. r=froydnj. (69917ebbad) - more bits of Bug 1178892 - Split the profiler into Core & Gecko files (41bb127b9c) - Bug 1199841 - Restructure private browsing to remember status after OnStopRequest r=jdm (16c2c1044d) - Bug 1233845 - Report an interception error and cancel the HTTP channel when encountering a known topcrash situation. r=ehsan (5d08075110) - Bug 664163 - Fix Get(Local|Remote)(Address|Port) in HttpChannelChild. r=jduell (cbf70af4e8) - Bug 1229177 - Show the tracking protection shield for fetch and XHR requests. r=jduell (5833b3e872) - Bug 1220678 Don't crash when DivertToParent() is called on an intercepted channel. r=jdm (5d7ff6ecc8) - Bug 1220681 P1 Make HttpChannelChild::DivertToParent() work with synthetic responses. r=jdm (67715703ef) - Bug 1169819 Add browser chrome test to validate SW force refresh. r=ehsan (c0b6b3e874) - Bug 1220681 P2 Test synthetic responses that trigger downloads. r=ehsan (c701f3ddb1) - Bug 1220681 P3 Delay diversion on parent side until response head has been synthesized. r=jdm (7c697aacee) - Bug 1220681 P4 Automatically suspend the parent channel after synthesizing the response for diverison. r=jdm (27f31bcb35) - Bug 1220681 P5 Don't double suspend parent channel during synthesized divert to parent. r=jdm (62081d4b56) - Bug 1220681 P6 Use clients.claim() in browser_download.js to avoid worker unregister race. r=jdm (c8de291727) - Bug 1240161 - Remove "only-if-cached" from RequestCache; r=bkelly (283486f584) - Bug 1184550 - Add a mochitest for the Request constructor that tests that the body is set to used after being fetched and then fails on the second fetch with the same Request. r=bkelly (db4a967203) - Bug 1205495 - Correctly use the requests's body and redirect mode in reroute.js; r=nsm (a36a96624a) - Bug 1189656 - Fix fetch-request-fallback test paths. r=bkelly (366c884179) - Bug 1219085 - Import the fetch-request-redirect.https.html test from Blink; r=jdm (bf6b484d82) - Bug 1209081 - Part 1: Implement the "navigate" value for RequestMode; r=bkelly (a22f19d94b) - Bug 1209081 - Part 2: Upgrade the saved Requests in the DOM Cache to reflect the "navigate" RequestMode if they represent navigation content policy types; r=bkelly (60d1da23bb) - Bug 1219469 - Part 1: Revert the error reporting added in bug 1233845; r=jdm (dcc022b9d3) - Bug 1219469 - Part 2: Make HttpChannelParentListener be the controller; r=jdm,jduell (9c5f0dfbe0) - Bug 1229369 - Intercept redirected network fetches that have their request mode set to manual; r=jdm (fb21d86ed2) (bc8ce42355) - import changes from `dev' branch of rmottola/Arctic-Fox: - Bug 1237091. Remove WAP telemetry probe. r=mcmanus (8538288c45) - bug 718797 - allow heuristic cache of query string resources r=hurley (df7c0d050c) - Bug 1238290 - fix bad necko deps on unified_sources r=valentin.gosu (fee60661f9) - Bug 1237371: Asynchronously shutdown the predictor IO thread. r=hurley (2b971d9714) - Bug 407537 - Dont normalize a nonexistant file r=biesi (e9d4b81b0f) - Bug 1247733 part 1: Create a helper function for nsStandardURL's code to add/remove/replace a port in the URL string. r=valentin (81db1064a1) - Bug 1247733 part 2: Give nsIStandardURL an API to set its default port, and use it when upgrading HTTP connections to HTTPS. r=valentin (de4ee7a9c3) - Bug 1247733 part 3: Add mochitest to ensure that SVG <use> is rendered correctly in documents that have been upgraded using HSTS. r=valentin (a929b68f0c) - Bug 1247733 part 4: Add xpcshell test for nsIStandardURL setDefaultPot() API. r=valentin (4599dc1a46) - Bug 524232 - cache about: protocol handlers r=mayhemer (7ac918c396) - Bug 1238010 - Turn off ClosingService. r=mcmanus (e46aa99310) - Bug 1238017 - Remove ClosingService. r=mcmanus (c5d027507b) - Bug 1238910 - Rework shutdown necko. r=mcmanus (c95508d202) - Bug 1240269 - Do not open UDP socket during shutdown. r=mcmanus (e62a2008b5) - Bug 1240481 - Limit PR_Close calls during shutdown. r=mcmanus (aa3d4bd35c) - Bug 1242755 - Move nsHttpConnectionMgr->Shutdown back to nsHttpHandler. r=mcmanus (a630e3baf7) - add webapps (1b90fe85a8) - bug 1069556 - sync to Breakpad c53ed143108948eb7e2d7ee77dc8c0d92050ce7c. r=glandium, benwa (e0608cc38b) - more work to add pdfjs (ef88fb0b25) - var-let (df1123752d) - Bug 1242254 - Enable initial set of eslint rules for PSM. r=dkeeler (f68806c68d) (50d80fcfc7) - import changes from `dev' branch of rmottola/Arctic-Fox: - Bug 939496 - Emit tabs open event for the first tab in a new. r=zer0 (79679a88e2) - Bug 989288: Use toplevel window when handling windows events. r=zer0 (d839c25bff) - Bug 1195295 - Follow-up: remove other race-y SDK test that I failed to remove in 05b98fe2ac4f. r=Mossop (556051a699) - Bug 1211432 - provide PodCopy and PodMove safe-when-racy operations. r=waldo (0bd163749d) - Bug 1225031 - get rid of the AnyTypedArray abstraction. r=waldo (745a77cbbf) - Bug 1160971 - Part 1: SIMD bool vector implementation for the interpreter. r=bbouvier (33446fa271) - Bug 1233863 - ARM64: Enable jit-test and jstest suites for SM(arm64). r=sstangl (85f03a4c9c) - Bug 1160971 - Part 2: JSAPI/JIT tests for SIMD bool vector implementation. r=bbouvier (a65294aa78) - Bug 1160971 - Part 3: SIMD boolean vector support for JIT. r=bbouvier (a97a246b4b) - Bug 1160971 - Part 4: Delete signMask and selectBits. r=bbouvier (813f7971bd) - Bug 1160971 - Part 5: ASM.js boolean vectors. r=bbouvier (8ce47f9d0c) (e3b8acb907) - fix missing changes in "Bug 1234522 - Remove services/datareporting. r=gfritzsche (c7bfec77)" and "Bug 1234526 - Remove services/healthreport. r=gfritzsche (bb0c5672)" (e2e93a8aa9) - import from mozilla: Bug 1213574 - Fix up static scopes inside scripts wrt the static global lexical scope when merging parse task compartments. (r=jandem) (db3b6778ae81) (9fcdb1e308) * Notice: the changelog above may not always applicable to XULRunner code which K-Meleon uses. A goanna3 source tree that has kmeleon adaption patch applied is available here: https://github.com/roytam1/palemoon27/tree/kmeleon76

New build of BOC/UXP for XP! Test binary: MailNews Win32 https://o.rthost.win/boc-uxp/mailnews.win32-20230729-ef491d91-uxp-bdc6b90572-xpmod.7z BNavigator Win32 https://o.rthost.win/boc-uxp/bnavigator.win32-20230729-ef491d91-uxp-bdc6b90572-xpmod.7z 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.win32-20230729-id-656ea98-uxp-bdc6b90572-xpmod.7z IceApe-UXP(suite) https://o.rthost.win/hbl-uxp/iceape.win32-20230729-id-656ea98-ia-93af9a0-uxp-bdc6b90572-xpmod.7z 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.

just got a mail from dbsoft: but unfortunately it is ~2 hours after I uploaded binaries. so today's builds might contain bugs in BigInt support, hopefully it may not crash the browser.

Good question! Kaspersky has a free version, but I never used it and cannot tell a paid user how to downgrade to Kaspersky Free. Microsoft Security Essentials has long been a very popular free antivirus for Windows 7. However, Microsoft once said that definition updates would be provided “until 2023,” and there have been ominous reports from MSE users recently (such as this SevenForums thread). I cannot promise you that MSE will be useful for even a few more months. Avast/AVG also makes free versions that still support Windows 7, as does Panda. I wrote about antivirus products that have already ended or plan to end support for Windows 7 in a March 1 post.

Update notification! Malware Hunter has been updated on 17.07.2023 and is now available in version 1.169.0.787. It is still listed to be compatible with Windows XP. Accordingly, I updated my article. Cheers, AstroSkipper

You posted in English already on the forum, and you need to at least provide a translation. This is an English only forum as you can see in the rules.

@VVallter Breneka Welcome to the forum!

The thing is that Renamemaster is easier to use. As you can number files and remove characters by positions etc.

Totally agree, I can't imagine this world without iguanas.

Hope you're taking the heat well at your place. If I'm still missing something obvious, please enlighten me ... I think the reason was to provide a download link which was missing for the SQLiteStudio 3.1.1 in that previous post.

In any case, save this driver, you might need it in the future, it's a very rare one for Kaby!

How to Find On-Board Intel HD Graphic Series, Device ID https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Se17-uYWL8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MUD1WsQ8pU

I tested these myself; Versions: - Intel Graphics Driver: 21.20.16.4508 - Intel Display Audio Driver: 6.16.00.3164 (Windows 7) - Intel Display Audio Driver: 09.22.00.621 (Windows 8.1/10) Supports Intel Iris graphics, Intel Iris Pro graphics and Intel HD graphics on: - 7th Gen Intel Core processor family (Codename Kaby Lake) - 6th Gen Intel Core processor family (codename Skylake) - Apollo Lake - Intel Xeon Processor E3-1200 v5 Product Family - Intel Xeon Processor E3-1500 v5 Product Family - Intel Xeon Processor E3-1200 v6 Product Family https://drivers.softpedia.com/get/GRAPHICS-BOARD/INTEL/ASUS-PRIME-Z270-P-Intel-Graphics-Driver-21-20-16-4508-Beta.shtml

On that PC, I'm updated to the level of January 2020. Not sure if I want to go higher. Veodeocard is with 6GB of VRAM, looks like it's enough. Drivers are old, but they don't make them for Windows 7 anymore. I would like to add, i run RDR2 perfectly fine, no freezes. So the card is fine.

Or maybe like Broomhilda?

Thanks! But now only black screen and nothing. I had the same issue with Elden ring, black screen and only music in the menu (I could hear the clicking). Platfrom update installed! Ideas?

Obvious, to sell SSD. Windows 7 was the booster for SSD sales.

If you run a UPS, then no. And no worries for the already written files, even without it! The worst that might happen is a damaged file which was wrtitten when the outage happened, and only under some certain circumstances!

Of course I noticed! Your HDD is just showing off its age, windows 7 [2008 R2] is known to be brutal on HDD. With anything after Vista, tear and wear happens much faster! Now we wait for SSD supporters to tell us how good windows 7 will perform with an SDD from the year 2023.

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Why I switched from Avast! to WiseVector StopX There is a very specific reason why I have recently started recommending WiseVector StopX. Until now, I have always used products from Avast! and was also satisfied. On my old computer, which is low on resources and performance, I actually had Avast! Premier installed on my Windows XP partition and had been using it for many years. This year, unfortunately, I had several negative experiences. More and more often, the GUI shut down completely and showed only an empty, white window. Only a repair installation could revive it. In addition, programmes that were reported as false positives were not ignored as offered and excluded from further monitoring. Instead, their access was completely blocked and no longer released. Furthermore, again and again, almost periodically, the Avast! service caused a very high and prolonged CPU load. All these problems prompted me to uninstall the entire Avast program package. And then came the next set of difficulties. The uninstall routine is an imposition. An uninstallation had not really taken place. Whoever programmed this routine should be fired! All files and program folders were not deleted. Thus, completely useless! Even the special Avast uninstaller "Avast! Clear" could not remove everything. So I had to do it manually. The main program folder could not be deleted. Not even with administrator rights. Same with a booted Linux and Mini Windows XP from outside. Both could not delete anything from the locked files and folders. So I was thinking about a proper solution how to delete the locked folders and files. By the way, I am writing this to spare others similar problems. Anyway, the solution is either one tries to delete it under the user account System, whose rights can be obtained with suitable tools (for example RunAsSystem), or one falls back on good old DOS. And this is how I did it. I booted my computer into a real DOS mode and used Volkov Commander to delete all the locked files and folders. DOS doesn't give a damn about accounts and permissions. What needs to be deleted, gets deleted. DOS was my first OS on an IBM compatible PC, and it is an endless love. In any case, this approach was the right way to get rid of all remnants of Avast! Premier. BTW, before uninstalling, I measured the amount of disk space which was consumed by Avast!. And I was stunned. It was about 1.5 GB in many different folders. Unbelievable! After that torture, I installed WiseVector StopX at last. I configured it as well as possible and tested it deeply. WiseVector StopX is very light-weight and consumes approximately 100 MB of disk space in only one program folder. It has less RAM usage, very low CPU load and is easy to handle via its tray icon. On my old computer, it's simply perfect. The performance of my system has been increased, all actions are much faster than before. In short, I am impressed and very happy with my switch to this antivirus program. Cheers, AstroSkipper

As far as I know, you need a license only for the premium features like real-time protection and so on. Without a licence, Malwarebytes should be able to be used as an offline scanner. Try it and you will see! I own a lifetime license, therefore I never used the free version.

Thank you for the link! I had also read this forum post at the time, but sadly its solution was ineffective for me. At that time, I really tested everything! Malwarebytes' support was also involved. There was nothing I hadn't tried. And, I have read all the articles that have ever been published. Therefore, my hope is not very high that the problem can still be solved. But as my Latin teacher always liked to say: "Neues Stück, neues Glück". Translated: "New piece (of text), new luck".

That's unfortunately not all. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.2.1.1043 won't get definition updates anymore, either. It was discontinued in May of this year. I have used that version because Malwarebytes Premium for Windows 3.5.1.2522 doesn't work properly on my computer. Anyway, I already uninstalled Malwarebytes completely and removed its remnants.

If you extract winUpRestore!v28.exe you see what it does. After performing you have to set up Trusted Zone once again. Only the three mentioned urls related to MU. The tool is the latest one. The web site of the author doesn't exist anymore. I think that too but I am not absolutely sure.

Yes, I have all POSReady updates installed. My system had always been updated by Windows Update and if any necassary update wasn't offered I downloaded and installed it. I had some problems to get MU working again but now it is working flawlessly. No error codes. But for resetting Windows Update I used the tool winUpRestore!v28.

@Dave-H Very disappointing! I'd almost have bet on it that this last solution would work for you. But alright. Either you've missed one or more steps which had to be performed or your system is more defective than I previously assumed. Anyway you said you couldn't click the button "Check updates". Maybe due to a misconfigured Internet Explorer. MU web site has been called up as a http web site. Check your settings in Internet Zone, set it to lowest security level and unselect SmartScreen Filter in Advanced tab. Check all other settings of your Internet Explorer. At this point I don't want to conceal what the most effective method is to get rid of error code 0x80072f8f. Most of affected users performed a complete reinstallation of Windows XP and they reported it would have worked. A lot of them were assisted by remote connection to Microsoft and their experts couldn't find the cause of the problem. And what did they do? Of course a complete reinstallation of Windows XP. So what does it tell us? Microsoft itself is the causer of error code 0x80072f8f. What would I do if I were you? At first I'd create an image of my system partition, replace CMOS battery, set up BIOS settings including date and time, clean my registry to get rid of all waste due to incomplete uninstallations and so on, clean complete system and all caches, reset Internet Explorer and Windows Update, perform all steps once again (and when I say all I mean all, regardless of steps or installations I did before) and execute all solutions I've posted here if necessary. If that didn't work I'd reinstall Windows XP or better I'd restore an image which was the last working one. I do have such images. If my system fails seriously I'll restore my system partition in less than 30 minutes and my computer is a very, very old one. Cheers!

@Dave-H Have you already tried this new solution?