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I have updated my self-created, offline Root Certificate Updaters in the section 11.2.4. Downloads related to Root Certificate Updates (in the first post of this thread). I have created the offline Root Certificate Updaters both from 27.02.2024 and the current ones from 26.03.2024 and added the links to my article. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Forgive me for such a simple explanation, I'm sure you know that already, *cat files are issued by drivers manufacturers, and Windows needs to run them by the MS Authority certs to make sure they are the legit WHQL ones. That's how it works. EDIT (how to make your own *cat): https://superuser.com/questions/515653/how-can-i-create-security-catalog-cat-file

People reported success by re-registering these dlls: softpub.dll, wintrust.dll, initpki.dll, dssenh.dll, rsaenh.dll, gpkcsp.dll, sccbase.dll, slbcsp.dll, mssip32.dll, cryptdlg.dll And reboot, of course, to apply changes.

Thanks! People had been doing that for decades! Of course it's always a risk, warnings are everywhere, including the dedicated topics about the flashing (the only place where one can obtain a modded bios). "the 8600GTS I flashed for him to the Quadro performed a lot better than the 8600GTS before the flash" https://www.overclock.net/threads/8600gt-flash-to-quadro-fx-1700.355437/ Flashing old (only very old generations!) of cards to Quadro is no "lie". Why only old? Because later nVidia made moves against it and issued a physical block. (need to solder some resistors off) Considering the current price of 5 bucks , in my opinion, the risk is worth it.

I'm just guessing. Probably they also added the support in the latest Win 10 updates? Though, no precise info about it. Anyways, it won't matter since Chrome itself supports QUIC for a t least several years.

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20240406-3219d2d-uxp-1577c24777-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20240406-3219d2d-uxp-1577c24777-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-20240406-3219d2d-uxp-1577c24777-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-20240406-d849524bd-uxp-1577c24777-xpmod.7z Win32 IA32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20240406-d849524bd-uxp-1577c24777-xpmod-ia32.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20240406-d849524bd-uxp-1577c24777-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win64-git-20240406-d849524bd-uxp-1577c24777-xpmod.7z Official UXP changes picked since my last build: - Issue #2483 - Support DOMMatrix2DInit for addPath (39f5c51c10) - Issue #2483 - Slight adjustments for allowing addPath with DOMMatrix (9ca2104248) - No Issue - Only explicitly enforce GCC SSE2 optimizations when building on Intel 32-bit architectures (2aa7dc2652) - Issue #2112 - Part 1: Remove Stylo tests (656ee639c5) - Issue #2112 - Part 2: Stub out Servo functions (88ac168f96) - Issue #2112 - Part 3: Remove --enable-stylo config and conditionals (e777ae5a3c) - Issue #2112 - Part 4: Remove Stylo support for mask-image (b1c9206051) - Issue #2112 - Part 5: Remove Servo from forwarding code used by magic pointer classes (a93a7bed47) - Issue #2112 - Part 6: Remove IsStyledByServo function and callers (10bf8705d0) - Issue #2112 - Part 7: Remove Servo CSS Loader support (14764253a5) - Issue #2112 - Part 8: Remove Stylo Stylesheet Cache (28cd0ceb47) - Issue #2112 - Part 9: Remove handling for multiple style backends (b96b733bfa) - Issue #2112 - Part 10: Remove remaining Stylo/Servo includes and code (d6852b3170) - Issue #2112 - Part 11: Remove dead off-thread Stylo functions in nsStyleStruct (4b44df794b) - Issue #2112 - Part 12: Remove reserved Servo bits from node/element flags and event states (f5792e6b64) - Issue #2112 - Part 13: Remove construction context for style structs (cb08fdd1f0) - Issue #2112 - Part 14: Remove style context source and use rule node directly (9279153af8) - Issue #2112 - Part 15: Remove leftover comment (0b3da59bc3) - Issue #58 - Follow-up: Remove Rust binding leftovers (6d154eee11) - Issue #2112 - Follow-up: Fix broken rule node assertion (4cdc0ce964) - Issue #2111 - Follow-up: Add missing include and fix namespace conflict when building layout deunified (5e34e0e81b) - Issue #2488 - Part 1a: nsCSSPseudoClassList should not include any header (d922a18efb) - Issue #2488 - Part 1b: Move PseudoElementType getter/setter implementation of Element away from header (63076e4211) - Issue #2488 - Part 2: Remove the DeclarationBlock class and use Declaration directly (4d7bdedade) - Issue #2488 - Part 3: Remove the StyleSetHandle smart pointer class (4bf43b8fb4) - Issue #2488 - Part 4: Remove the RestyleManagerHandle smart pointer class (6803c1f710) - Issue #2488 - Part 5: Remove HandleRefPtr (exclusively used by smart pointer classes) (81f77f18a0) - Issue #2488 - Part 6: Define and declare CSSStyleSheet cast functions directly in StyleSheet (f0116f51db) - Issue #2492 - Update TwemojiMozilla.ttf to E15.1 (5c296d7c4a) - Issue #2492 - Standardized use of Emoji Character Properties (69f3b4e199) - Issue #2492 - Don't Assume System Font for Emojis with Suffixes (0d07d4377a) - Issue #2492 - Keycap Bug Fixes (d590247b21) - Issue #2492 - Transparent Keycap Patch (15f8ca526c) No official Pale-Moon changes picked since my last build. No official Basilisk changes picked since my last build. My changes since my last build: - css: follow-up Issue #2112 of Servo removal (1577c24777) 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.

Amazingly, I had already found exactly the same reference! It worked!

I changed the image links in my article about Pref Toggler due to access problems caused by the image hoster I use. BTW, if you may wonder where the user-selected preferences are stored, it's in a preference of Pref toggler in about.config called extensions.custombuttons.PrefToggler.prefList. I will also add this information to my article.

Those that are for the exact machine are stored in System32/DriverStore/FileRepository, on Vista. Could be the same for XP?

Could this be of help? https://mywindowshub.com/what-are-catroot-and-catroot2-folders-how-to-reset-the-folder/

You're welcome, Dave, those were needed for XP/Vista when the prompt about unsigned HD drivers (Intel) was driving people nuts. Some even used that Authority to install Net framework 4.0 or updates. It's a basic, important set of MS certs. Probably yours were damaged, leading to that annoying prompt. Anyways, it won't hurt your system. The link is official. Needs to run as admin.

Thank you for the hint! This time, I didn't look there for alternatives. In any case, good to know that there is a more recent fork of SQLite Manager. I've already added it to my article.

SQLite Manager - An extension to manage any SQLite database inside the browser The extension SQLite Manager can manage all sqlite files inside New Moon, Serpent, Pale Moon and other browsers, even those sqlite files which belong to the browser itself. With SQLite Manager, you can view all entries, add new ones, edit or delete old ones inside those sqlite files. Here is a quotation with all offerred features from its homepage: The last version is SQLite Manager 0.8.3.1 from 2015 which can be downloaded from the Classic Add-ons Archive or from here: https://github.com/lazierthanthou/sqlite-manager/releases Some screenshots: An alternative is SQLite Admin 1.1, a fork of SQLite Manager for UXP applications, recommended by @billmcct in this post: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183923-extensions-and-custom-buttons-for-uxp-browsers-corrections-modifications-adjustments-and-special-recommendations/?do=findComment&comment=1262553 You can get this extension here: https://addons.palemoon.org/addon/sqlite-admin/ Cheers, AstroSkipper

Introducing StartAllBack: an app to fix all Windows 11 UI issues! Restore taskbar functionality - Drag and drop, different icon sizes, different screen sides, widgets, new icons, old flyouts, oh my! Restore context menus - Win32 menus were never this sexy! Fix Windows Explorer - Ribbon UI and Command Bar made sexy and not slow; search box that works Top notch styling - Recolor everything: all UI elements in all apps don't have to be blue! - Fix broken Win32 styling in Win11 RTM version - Improved dark mode styling with Explorer And start menu: yes! - Windows 7 style all-signing, all-dancing yet again, refreshed with new look and functions It could be the last year you can enjoy Windows not crippled, so do it! https://www.startallback.com

How do I translate StartIsBack? Start with sample which contains latest strings: http://startisback.com/langs/RU-RU.txt (StartIsBack) https://www.startallback.com/langs/RU-RU.txt (StartAllBack) (there are other languages on server but only Russian is the latest; if you're skilled you can extract language file from StartIsBackCfg.exe) How do I test my translation? Put your file, named appropriately with you language code (ES-ES.txt, ZH-TW.txt, SR-LATN-CS.txt, etc.) into StartIsBack folder, alongside with StartIsBackCfg.exe; you have use this language as your system primary one. What to do later? Send me an e-mail or publish your file here. What do I get? You'll receive StartIsBack license for free. That is also true if you provide a better / fuller translation than StartIsBack contains.

Dark Magic technology preview has debuted in 3.6.6 This technology will bring StartAllBack improvements to other apps in the system. Or not if this cases trouble. Experiment #1 - acrylic menus and mica menu bars. More to come Use 'startisbackcfg /magic' command to enable or disable. Known caveats: - Elevated applications are handled only if you're admin and install for all users - No settings, you have to restart I'm interested in compatibility issues. [Not applied and not broken is fine for custom menus apps]

@pappyN4 Hi, thanks for the advice, but formatting the GPT disk in XP -> Disk Management did not work: even in this case, the first file copied on the disk immediately became corrupted as soon as the 2.2 TB limit was reached. But unlike what happened in my previous tests performed on a GPT disk initialized by the manufacturer and with other disks initialized by me in Win10, after completing the copy operations and rebooting the system, connecting the disk to the same internal sata port, all the files are now disappeared. As can be seen from the following image, the disk is now seen as both GPT and MBR and also all operations that should be allowed on the partition are now greyed out: The same happens by plugging the disk in Win10. For the other GPT disks tested previously, however, files under the 2.2TB limit still remained visible and fully available in XP. At the moment the possibility of using a GPT disk greater than 2TB in XP seems to be impossible to achieve The only way to be able to use a disk larger than 2TB remains to initialize the drive in MBR style by using the WD Quick Formatter utility, even if only for the external drives.

If different machines show the same error, then a programme is most probably the causer which is used on both computers. Just an assumption which has to be proved, of course. Focus on things that you have done the same way on both machines!

Registry corruption, like I suspected, did you use un-installers, maybe?

Thanks, where would we be without NirSoft! This does beg the question though, how do files get unregistered in the first place?!

Re-registering of dll files is a very safe and in a lot of cases successful method in Windows XP to fix errors of whatever kind. I use different tools for that. One is the Nirsoft tool RegDllView for doing that in a more convenient way: https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/registered_dll_view.html It offers additional, useful features. All is descibed on its homepage. Another nice, small tool to register or unregister dll files or ActiveX controls is Register Tool: https://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Registry-Tweak/Register-Tool.shtml

You're welcome! Glad to be of help!

it is guarded by a condition variable: .text:77F89846 sub_77F89846 proc near ; CODE XREF: RtlFreeHeap+A6p .text:77F89846 .text:77F89846 ms_exc = CPPEH_RECORD ptr -18h .text:77F89846 arg_0 = dword ptr 8 .text:77F89846 arg_4 = dword ptr 0Ch .text:77F89846 .text:77F89846 ; FUNCTION CHUNK AT .text:77F903D1 SIZE 0000000A BYTES .text:77F89846 ; FUNCTION CHUNK AT .text:77FB5794 SIZE 00000016 BYTES .text:77F89846 .text:77F89846 push ebp .text:77F89847 mov ebp, esp .text:77F89849 push 0FFFFFFFFh .text:77F8984B push offset stru_77F898D0 .text:77F89850 push offset sub_77FB80DB .text:77F89855 mov eax, large fs:0 .text:77F8985B push eax .text:77F8985C mov large fs:0, esp .text:77F89863 push ecx .text:77F89864 push ecx .text:77F89865 push ebx .text:77F89866 push esi .text:77F89867 push edi .text:77F89868 mov [ebp+ms_exc.old_esp], esp .text:77F8986B mov ecx, [ebp+arg_0] .text:77F8986E inc dword ptr [ecx+14h] .text:77F89871 cmp byte ptr ds:7FFE0276h, 0 ;<-- here checks shared user data of CX8 flag .text:77F89878 jz loc_77F903D1 ;<-- jumps out if CX8 flag is unset .text:77F8987E mov ax, [ecx+4] .text:77F89882 cmp ax, [ecx+8] .text:77F89886 jnb loc_77F903D1 ;<-- another jump-out check .text:77F8988C and [ebp+ms_exc.registration.TryLevel], 0 ;<-- SEH __try{} .text:77F89890 mov edx, [ebp+arg_4] .text:77F89893 call sub_77F898AF ;<-- calls cmpxchg8b function below .text:77F89898 or [ebp+ms_exc.registration.TryLevel], 0FFFFFFFFh ;<-- SEH __except .text:77F8989C mov al, 1 .text:77F8989E .text:77F8989E loc_77F8989E: ; CODE XREF: sub_77F89846+6B90j .text:77F8989E mov ecx, [ebp+ms_exc.registration.Next] .text:77F898A1 mov large fs:0, ecx .text:77F898A8 pop edi .text:77F898A9 pop esi .text:77F898AA pop ebx .text:77F898AB leave .text:77F898AC retn 8 .text:77F898AC sub_77F89846 endp .text:77F898AC .text:77F898AF .text:77F898AF ; =============== S U B R O U T I N E ======================================= .text:77F898AF .text:77F898AF ;v-- cmpxchg8b function belows .text:77F898AF sub_77F898AF proc near ; CODE XREF: sub_77F89846+4Dp .text:77F898AF push ebx .text:77F898B0 push ebp .text:77F898B1 mov ebp, ecx .text:77F898B3 mov ebx, edx .text:77F898B5 mov edx, [ebp+4] .text:77F898B8 mov eax, [ebp+0] .text:77F898BB .text:77F898BB loc_77F898BB: ; CODE XREF: sub_77F898AF+1Bj .text:77F898BB mov [ebx], eax .text:77F898BD mov ecx, edx .text:77F898BF add ecx, 10001h .text:77F898C5 lock cmpxchg8b qword ptr [ebp+0] .text:77F898CA jnz short loc_77F898BB .text:77F898CC pop ebp .text:77F898CD pop ebx .text:77F898CE retn .text:77F898CE sub_77F898AF endp

The files in the driver dir that are oem*.* (inf and cat) are actually generated by Windows when a driver is installed. It copies the inf and cat from the install source and renames them and puts them in there. As such the numbers are not going to match up between systems.

I just tried to use Win 11 for a day without SAB and while it's now passable because of the taskbar icon ungrouping, SAB just makes things 👨‍🍳!

I have Malware Hunter 1.181.0.803 installed on my Windows XP computer, and I can confirm that it is still XP-compatible. Therefore, I have updated my corresponding article. and my list in the second post of this thread. Cheers, AstroSkipper

StartAllBack is improving the ribbon on old classic apps (SaB 3.7.8). i love that..

I do not see any recommendation to purchase anything. The OP lists specific cards and doesn't mention flashing cards to become different cards.

ISP has nothing to do with it. QUIC works through UDP, ISP won't block UDP for obvious reasons.

This happened after applying Rectify11 theme with enabled Mica effect on top setting:

uBlock Origin Legacy - Blocking of certain browser detection scripts If you want to block browser detection scripts which contain in their URL the string browser-detect- from all websites, you simply have to create an universal rule in the tab "My filters", strictly according to the motto "one for all" , just like this one: /*browser-detect-*.js I personally prefer such universal rules to block as many of those crappy browser detection scripts as possible. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Thunderbird.net has still been a source for some legacy extensions. That's why I initially listed it in the first post of this thread to offer and collect here different sources.

347.88 last stable driver for GT610 (also kepler, just like GT 710) https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/game-ready-drivers/13/214437/34788-last-stable-driver-for-gt610/

I get loooongish pauses before the posts finally come through. Probably the site checks the words, I don't know. It's absolutely random. Even when no links in the posts. Chromium 119.

And don't forget, CUDA wears out cards more quickly, as it keeps them at their highest clock rates. The owner of GT710 had complained about high temps.

Sorry, got no XP at hand right now. From what is known, MPC-HC relies on Nvidia driver capabilities.

It doesn't matter whether you use DXVA (XP) or DXVA2 (Vista), those two are specifically designated as "hardware video decode", Please see the screenshot.

No, you don't. DXVA2 is natively supported, You can combine it with CUDA, of course. H264 plays fine with DXVA2 up to 1080p. For H264 2160p or H265 8 bit you need to add CUDA to the mix*. *If your CPU is weak.

Like I said, the revision B1 always runs hotter. Besides, you could simply get a a bad ASIC quality card. over 90C is the max limit, I think at 95 it should throttle down and reboot to try to save itself.

On the other hand, FX 1700 is a direct copy of a very common 8600GS. I personally reflashed it in 2007. GT version should have a different VRAM though. So maybe a good BIOS for 1800 exists. If flashed properly, not drivers editing would be needed. I'm still afraid the 9 series is too new. https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-8600-gs.c1767

I'm afraid - no. Both have have two different chips. GPU Variant G94 GL-U https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/quadro-fx-1800.c1323 GPU Variant G94-300-A1 https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-9600-gt.c206

Update notification! As already reported , the Root Certificates have been updated and are now from 27-02-2024. Here are screenshots of both updaters: Therefore, my self-created, offline Root Certificate Updaters in the section 11.2.4. Downloads related to Root Certificate Updates (in the first post of this thread) will also be updated as soon as possible. Cheers, AstroSkipper

here be dragons