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Thanks, that works fine!

@Dave-H, done! I cleared up my old attachments, and it now fits here. errorpage.zip

Well, in the link you posted there is no mention of "UEFI HDD" nor of "normal HDD". https://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/select-boot-device-on-uefi-bios/ For all it matters, your motherboard firmware can call your hard disk "Goofy" and an external USB one "Mickey Mouse", and as well you are perfectly free to call them whatever you like.. In any case a hard disk is a hard disk and it can be either MBR or GPT partitioned, the whole point is that a lot of people confuses GPT with UEFI (like you did and insist on doing) , whilst the second does not necessarily imply the first.. When you switched everything to "normal" (in your jargon) you installed the Windows 7 in "legacy mode", as said before Microsoft - in their wisdom - introduced a limitation not allowing to install Windows 7 in UEFI mode on MBR disks, still that does not mean that GPT is required by UEFI. jaclaz

Just a quick question. When a website won't load, for whatever reason, the browser goes to chrome://errorpage/. This is a blank page in 360Chrome. Should it be showing something else, presumably an error message? If so, why doesn't it? Is it a page which has not been ported to the current versions?

Which reaction? No need to sue the Chinese, but knowing when something is incorrect usually helps in life. jaclaz

First, it's not my mobo we are talking about, second - it's how MS calls them now. It's how they call them at tomshardware.com. "HDD not showing up as UEFI" https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/hdd-not-showing-up-as-uefi.2648298/ I'm not sure why such reaction, honestly. I don't even argue with you, jaclaz, many things in modern life don't make sense, but I'm not the inventor of them. And here more screenshots. Look - "UEFI hard disk". or just "hard disk". I also saw "normal HDD", too! Sue the Chinese then, maybe? Write a complaint to MS? I'm sure the new guy is also not the inventor of that nouveau terminology.

jaclaz

In all modern MOBOs it's called "UEFI hard disk drive", not "UEFI/GPT-based hard drive". Some mobos just say "UEFI HDD". Here's a screengrab.

"UEFI/GPT-based hard drive" makes sense (particularly in MS jargon). "UEFI HDD" (particularly when compared with "normal HDD") makes none. jaclaz

It's Microsoft jargon, motherboard manufacturers closely follow the nouveau English, it's like here at MSFN, no actual block function, but "ignore". Lemme help the new fella, here's the right Microsoft link. "UEFI/GPT-based hard drive ..." It's what they call now inside many (if not all) newer motherboards. What was the newest mobo you had recent encounters with, jaclaz? https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/configure-uefigpt-based-hard-drive-partitions?view=windows-11

Dave confirmed it works with his version. Is it not enough for you? Well, then here I attached another screenshot. The folder I uploaded also works with 1030 just fine, I'm ignoring the rest of the post. Please let me know if you need any further assistance, here at MSFN - we aim to please.

No prob., but like I said, two years of usage from 2020 to the early 2022, I never noticed any suspicious behaviour, but you're very welcome to check!

I've never changed anything, my UA is what's in 360Loader.ini - "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/86.0.4240.198 Safari/537.36"

https://www.maxoutput.com/authenticator/MOSAuthenticator_off.zip WFM : Warning: Most AV suites (including mine ) outright BLOCK this program ; I had to whitelist both its download page (for the download to even begin), as well as the binary (Authenticator.exe) itself; therefore, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK ... Regards.

Please open the folder, search the files and show us "chinese addresses". Otherwise it's just talk, and too much of it, I might add.

Russian repack does have the 360 Doctor module. The Russian repack also kept the 360base.dll and the skin file .srx's also contained portions of the 360 Doctor module. I think they did set a flag in the skin file .srx which prevents the icon from showing - that prevents a user from clicking the icon but does not prevent underlying code from launching 360 Doctor. But we have beat this dead horse sufficiently. Followers of the thread can decide for themselves if restoring error code content pane introduces unintended risks or not. We have both made our points and the reader can take it from here.

Russian repack which is the base of this browser, didn't have that module. But perhaps I missed something and you made it from scratch? I just don't know, sorry. Dixel's 1030 build didn't have that module, I don't even know what you're talking about. Dixel's build also has all search engines and redirects removed from chrome.dll.

I would not suggest iTunes for Windows unless you want to sync with an Apple device or shop at the Apple store. It is a large installation and not as good as it once was.

The final 117 will work as well. Even 118 alpha works on 8.1

I intentionally removed the error pages. One, they were all in Chinese. Two, the error code still exists in the URL and that 3-digit number is all we really need most of the time. Three, some error codes redirected to Chinese telemetry web sites.

Notice for Goanna3-based browsers (NM27/KMG): starting with 2023-08-05 build, browser may crash with random memory locations when browsing (for example, archive.org) and you may workaround it by toggling `javascript.options.ion' to `false'. issue for tracking this problem: https://github.com/rmottola/Arctic-Fox/issues/149

Noticed a couple of things there: first, But later: So I guess you were one of the "lucky" ones that got "selected" well before the end of 2023. Second, here's the excuse they gave: I don't think for a minute that Micro$oft cares one bit about "protecting developers." If that were the case, they could've made this optional, perhaps with a banner on your page so visitors would know whether you'd enabled 2FA. No, I think this has to be about protecting Micro$oft. I think they're worried that someone will upload bad software (buggy, or conceivably even malware) to GitHub, the guilty party will claim that their account was hacked, and Micro$oft will get sued for lax security. Making 2FA mandatory is intended to remove the "my account was hacked" excuse. Which, I suppose, is fine; if that's what they feel they have to do to protect themselves from legal liability, so be it. I just wish they'd drop the "we're trying to protect you" malarkey. Third, I see they do support 2FA via SMS, but.... I don't know why it doesn't provide "the same level" of protection, but that makes me worry that other sites requiring 2FA will soon stop supporting SMS as well, so even non-GitHub users may soon find themselves in the same boat. So thank you for the advice on KeePass. XP/Vista users may soon need it, GitHub or no GitHub! Seriously? I couldn't possibly care less how Mozilla prefers I abbreviate the name of their product. It's clear what "FF" means in context! But at least they didn't suggest "F5x"....

the title has been fixed now

Even Firefox 117 works on windows 8.1. On Windows 7 I have not tested. See the moded files there: https://mega.nz/file/5MkDSTKD#NupHlxjsdGI__AjSotr5nexMbOqbDrXm7Rvldq_xsVo

With One-Core-API, that's works fine with Windows XP.

After making it past the notion that you need bloated Electron app or a smartphone just to generate a code to login, things don't seem to be as annoying. But due to today's society obsession with smartphones, other options remain hidden from plain sight. Common form of 2FA, also employed by GitHub, they give you a Base32 encoded key, which should be stored in a safe place, and this key serves to generate time based one-time code. It doesn't really matter what application is used to generate the code. One lightweight option for Windows is the good old KeePass password manager (pick the latest portable 2.xy version, installer doesn't work on pre-Win7 OSes, with some extra steps, it could be converted to properly installed application though). On the Advanced tab of the individual password entry, when you right-click in the section containing String fields, there is an option OTP Generator Settings..., where on the Time-Based (TOPT) tab, the key given by the website is entered without spaces/dashes and that's pretty much it, assuming the site/service expects the common configuration - Base32 string, 6-digits for generated code, 30 seconds expiry time and HMAC-SHA-1 algorithm. The current code will be shown right away under Preview, later, it can be shown by right-clicking the password entry in the main window under Other Data option, where there are options to copy the current code to clipboard or show it in a message box. Some older versions of KeePass already have OTP functionality, but no special dialog to configure it, regardless, could be set to perform auto-type of the OTP code after main credentials. There's a plugin that brings its own configuration dialog, a dialog with the code being refreshed in real-time, a context-menu and even the ability to read QR code containing the key off the screen... - KeeOtp2 - seems to require .NET Framework 4.5, so Windows Vista is the oldest OS that should run it.

That's weird. Windows properties should also show 16GB. Are you actually using One Core API or some other patch? This is a screenshot from December 2020, during the pandemic, when I upgraded to 64 GB of RAM: Which browser are you using? Are you using the builds from here? http://rtfreesoft.blogspot.com/search/label/browser Welcome to adulthood. And I'll tell you a secret: it will just get worse once you'll get to the point of having a job and going to the office every single day with as little as two weeks vacation per year that you won't really enjoy as you're an engineer so they'll be calling you for literally any little thing that happens to any of the systems you either made/coded or that you manage.

We seem to have drifted a bit off topic with all this discussion about who's a "real" XP user. If you need a browser that runs on XP, you're welcome here, regardless of how "real" your XP use may seem to others. Thanks for the clarification, although I'm surprised that anything on bugzilla is still relevant to UXP! (Considering how much FF has diverged from UXP in the last several years.) Thank you! A couple of simple prefs make a lot more sense than jumping through hoops to get the necessary code off userstyles.org! (Seriously - they actually look for the word "Chrome" in the browser user agent? Sounds to me like a good reason to avoid them altogether!)

I think this definition is a bit hard, because software is usually built by the developer and he can chose to use newer/older windows or even cross compile from Linux or OS/2 or whatever. this does not mean the target OS is not really used. Newer MSVCs depend on newer Windows version but is not for real technical reasons but rather because of development cycles. MS has to drop old windows versions eventually, but keeping XP compatibility would not be a huge burden compared to creating new frameworks every two years. You can still use the latest GCC on Windows XP to this day and build C++23 programs. The really hardcore definition would be to only use programs that you built yourself like on Gentoo Linux and the most hardcore definition would be to only use software that you wrote yourself (including the compiler). I do agree with you that there is a purity loss but even VS2010 was probably built on Windows 7. So even like that would it count? We always depend indirectly on the past as well. No compilers would run on XP if it were not for compilers on older Windows. so Any XP users depends on older Windows. Also with this definition nobody is really using Windows 7 anymore because most programs are build on Windows 10/11. Soon none will be really using Win10 anymore as well. don't get me wrong I do not really disagree with your definition, I just find it a bit hardcore. Also I always felt Windows XP to be quite meaty so I do not feel vegetarian at all when using it, I feel carnivore...

OT, good ol' joke about engineers and mathematicians (and physicists): jaclaz

I am. I use XP almost exclusively. Like I said in previous posts, from time to time Windows 7 comes handy for some stuff when XP really gives me trouble. But I always come back to XP simply cause it's much more comfortable for me. I feel at home. I've tried Minios Windows 11 and this old PC runs it perfectly. That gives me the notion that I will be yet able to juggle ahead for some time. All software I use run very well in XP and get things done. Like other users said, newer versions of Windows are troublesome. For me, it's like Microsft finds a way to get annoying with each new version. Everything we love about one version, they take it away and make things difficult.

Since you say this often, are we allowed to ask if a certified board of education labels you as this, or is it just something you label yourself as? edit - and to make it fair, I dropped out of college after TEN YEARS, did not complete an actual degree, but still LABEL myself as an ENGINEER (but so does the company I work for ).

Some also don't classify my i7-4770 to be "era-correct". It was launched in 2013 and came with Win7 which was released in 2009. Microsoft's own "downgrade rights" was still in effect as late as 2016 and perhaps even beyond. So YES, my hardware is "era-correct" per Microsoft's own "downgrade rights" licensing! But not "all" Win7 machines qualified for the FREE DOWNGRADE LICENSE (an UPGRADE to all of us that did it!). And the "downgrade rights" was only eligible if Microsoft provided support for the version of Windows that you were "downgrading" to. Extended support ended in 2014. So again, YES, my hardware is "era-correct".

I thought so.

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20230819-3219d2d-uxp-864fc133a3-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20230819-3219d2d-uxp-864fc133a3-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-20230819-3219d2d-uxp-864fc133a3-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-20230819-d849524bd-uxp-864fc133a3-xpmod.7z Win32 IA32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20230819-d849524bd-uxp-864fc133a3-xpmod-ia32.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20230819-d849524bd-uxp-864fc133a3-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win64-git-20230819-d849524bd-uxp-864fc133a3-xpmod.7z Official UXP changes picked since my last build: - Issue #2284 - Add exception for flex/grid items resolving percentages against parent. (5235861f6e) - Issue #2284 - Update reftest for behaviour change. (4b1c9976be) - Issue #2284 - Adjust some in-content CSS to account for flex definite-sizing change. (a02ef4f1d7) - No Issue - Fix building WebRTC/Basilisk with --enable-debug A bogus MOZ_ASSERT was added at some point, this should make it work. (013f130eef) - Issue #2255 - Disable untested code path in Stopwatch.(h|cpp). https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1325299 Multiprocessor support in Windows returned bogus times causing debug asserts. This may or may not be related to the issue but found it trying to debug it. (9f80f52d0a) - Issue #2266 - Part 1 - Allow MSVC and potentially GCC to use Address Sanitizer on Windows. Check for WINNT instead of CLANG-CL, except for the Blacklist that isn't supported by MSVC. Neither CLANG-CL nor MSVC require -fsanitize=address on the link phase. (0f78df0e2c) - Issue #2266 - Part 2 - Add Leak and Undefined Behavior Sanitizer support. Also fix building on FreeBSD and Linux, from the previous commit. (549f402d4d) 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: - font: update twemoji-colr to https://github.com/jdecked/twemoji/releases/tag/v14.1.2 based version (1e1d729702) - add pref for en/disabling CSS Animations and Transitions. (864fc133a3) Update 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.

Hello, I have "windows vista extended kernel" installed with all its files, but when I want to open an installer of any program it doesn't even open, even if I modify the osver.ini file, removing the "*" yes, portable programs work quite well like firefox 102 or chromium, but I want to fix that problem, does anyone have a patch or something?

Works fine here too. It appears to be using a plugin. I'm using the default UA string BTW.

@Dave-H / @Tripredacus - please LOCK this thread. I am assuming as the first-poster that I can request this. Thanks in advance.

I installed the March 9 build of Windows Vista Extended Kernel without restoring the system files and it runs fine.

Do NOT restore your files before installing the March 9 build of Windows Vista Extended Kernel, otherwise your 32 bit systems will break after installing the March 9 build of Windows Vista Extended Kernel!

so what ? who makes the Basilisk and Palemoon forks ? what's the origin of the chrome 13.5 fork ? who is behind Mypal 68 project ?

how you restore the files? I before updating the extended kernel run sfc /scannow, then I restart the system, then I install newer version of the Extended Kernel.

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.

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.

and BTW I tested JS BigInt in real situation (i.e. discord) and got a crash with some missing pieces in the patch, and I fixed up in my side. https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commit/bdc6b9057267bb576a2751085087bad16a2d6026 browser with discord web UI(with a discord testing account) running over 8bpp RDP session over SSH tunnel over WAN:

Thanks for your kind and genuine concern ; Wed, July 26th, will be a living inferno at "my" place (33-44C) , but temps should fall back to tolerable figures after Thurs 27th ... ... In all fairness to that "previous post" you're alluding to, a download link was never asked originally: OT: I'm finding myself posting less frequently in MSFN lately, especially when I see "behaviour" I don't condone myself - I really hate "politics" and some posts and actions by certain members here are being "policy"/strategy-driven; "opposing" groups of members have formed and the reason of the "opposition" isn't actually based on the merit of one member's contributions, but on (often irrelevant) matters like age, nationality, political "tendencies", "way/style" of expressing one's thoughts, etc. I'm no member of any social medium, I, practically, only post here (when I feel the need to ) and on GitHub, so I have no "addictions" related to "like/approval" counts; I have striven to remain impartial and only (positively) react to content I find useful/helpful, never giving a second thought if the member posting it isn't to my full approval as a "character/person"; sadly, that same impartiality isn't exercised by everyone here and this has become quite evident to those (few?) of us frequenting the forums on a steady basis... I was raised as a liberal person so I had to speak my mind about how I feel; apologies if any of you found that little "rant" as unacceptable/offending... Best wishes to all : remember, we all share the same planet ...

Thanks, I'll try it then. I mostly run x64 games, and if the Office is 64bit, what about it? No errors?

Could you please describe in details? What did you mean "kill Vista"?

Here you can obtain the latest MPC-HC versions. Some later beta versions might be too bright, https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/

Even though I too like the French VLC media player very much, don't forget about the other famous player - MPC-HC, not to be confused with the infamous, cheap knock-off MPC-BE, that can't evn properly handle HD streams. MPC-HC also works very good with the new gen. BluRay UHD.