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New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20240713-3219d2d-uxp-ca56c33715-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20240713-3219d2d-uxp-ca56c33715-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-20240713-3219d2d-uxp-ca56c33715-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-20240713-d849524bd-uxp-ca56c33715-xpmod.7z Win32 IA32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20240713-d849524bd-uxp-ca56c33715-xpmod-ia32.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20240713-d849524bd-uxp-ca56c33715-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win64-git-20240713-d849524bd-uxp-ca56c33715-xpmod.7z Official UXP changes picked since my last build: - Issue #2045 - Temporarily force hidden elements to be actually hidden. (f86664f131) - Issue #2542 - Part 1: Factor out Potentially Trustworthy URI checks. (0c71a6ada0) - Issue #2542 - Part 1b: Fix dom.securecontext.whitelist code issues (1f4b858be2) - Issue #2542 - Part 2: Base implementation of Sec-Fetch-* header code. (8076de8965) - Issue #2542 - Part 2b: Fix typo in pref check (8ee9e3bc52) - Issue #2542 - Part 3: Expand BasePrincipal with an IsSameOrigin check (5ee2871524) - Issue #2542 - Part 4: Use BasePrincipal's IsSameOrigin() in SecFetch. (65a588ba17) - Issue #2542 - Part 4b: Fix pointer mess-up. (9846090a38) - Issue #2542 - Part 5: Assume browser-initiated requests for unspecified content types to always be user-triggered. (0ef8b05101) - Issue #2542 - Part 6: Add Sec-Fetch-User header for all requests that are the direct result of a system principal request. (53149ed646) - Issue #2542 - Part 7: Move SecFetch.* to /netwerk where it belongs. (fffe6c4996) - Issue #2542 - Part 8: Enable Sec-Fetch-* headers by default. (18991a87f8) - Issue #2542 - Part 9: Remove TODO comment. (d9ff917f15) - Issue #2546 - Part 1: Remove BufferSource support in CreateImageBitmap. (60fbaa2155) - Issue #2546 - Part 2: Remove special FoxEye CreateImageBitmap method. (2b8d75e136) - Issue #2546 - Part 3: Remove mapDataInto (1bc0eda791) - Issue #2546 - Part 4: Remove mappedDataLength and findOptimalFormat (b1e5955ceb) - Issue #2546 - Part 5: Remove tests (aaf2dd416c) - Issue #2546 - Part 6: Remove canvas.imagebitmap_extensions.enabled preference. (7cc4dcb680) - No issue - Update SQLite to 3.46.0 (cf9b468d9c) - [network] Add additional cookie setting checks. (9759098329) - [IPC] Clean up control flow in WaitableEvent. (68639a9347) - [Dom/network] Disable DNS prefetching if document nodePrincipal is systemPrincipal (c94c6a5785) 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: - network: UserAgent: add Platform Version override (914569c0b9) - pref: enabling change_platform_version override setting (6cc07899cf) - network: follow-up rev 914569c0b (a50a1db5a7) - Revert "network: follow-up rev 914569c0b" (b5d57ea4e7) - network: follow-up rev 914569c0b (rework) (f8c34e7c0a) - UAO: correct UA string rebuild code, add platform_version pref. (f596e3d581) - UAO: add general.useragent.(change_)app_version (bf385f38eb) - [Pale-Moon] add MOZ_APP_UA_NAME and enable general.useragent.change_app_version for better compatibility (86e84dda0f) 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.

Although the whole conversation has actually become off-topic, I do not agree with your statement "Only if you don't tweak and optimize!". You can't redesign the whole OS. Tweaking and optimizing has nothing to do with the fact that the basic design of Windows 10, and more worse Windows 11, is crap. And I am not interested in modifying, tweaking and optimizing such crap. End of story.

Look at 1.42.X. Fast, overall. 1.26 seems to allow some ads to slip through.

Not to mention, classic UBO allows users to add custom filter rules by clicking on web page elements, which is great, does Ublock Lite allow it?

Why would I need to over-complicate my life with DNS level stuff? Isn't this product aimed at ordinary users? Hence the name "Lite". It doesn't look light.

Ublock Origin Lite is disappointing since I can't add my own custom filters. Not to mention that Fanboy Annoyance is now split into multiple smaller lists under the umbrella of EasyList. I don't recommend this product,

You accused me of being "wrong" without proof, without providing any insight on why it works on Windows 10 with an old UA, or even the original one, like in the case with the member @66cats. https://msfn.org/board/topic/182304-extreme-explorer-360-chromium-78-86-general-discussion/?do=findComment&comment=1268986 And now you write "it seems you are seeking strife where none exists." Are you sure you didn't confuse me someone else? I'd like to get to the bottom of why it works on 10, but not XP, which is the topic. Got any problem with that? Ignore, then. My theory is the fingerprint the browser makes. Client Hints is one of the most possible culprits.

That's not what I meant, and you perfectly know it. I meant you spoofed to v.77 from a Windows 10 machine.

I wouldn't rely only on one site to test that "feature". Client Hints have been main stream since as early as January 2020. Before saying I'm "wrong", how then you'd explain the site works perfectly fine on Windows 10 and old UA?

Of course it would load on v.77 under Windows 10, the OS you've been running for a couple of years instead of XP.

http://sweetlow.orgfree.com/download/esdi_506.zip Patches for ESDI_506.PDR from Windows 98SE [98SE] / RLoew's Terabyte Plus Pack 2.1 [TBP2.1]. Fixes: 1. [TBP2.1 - BigHDD] Handles drives with LBA48 support using algorithm from Windows NT: LBA48 commands are only used for drives that really need them, i.e. >= 128GiB, for drives < 128GiB LBA28 is used. Needed as work-around the rare situation of badly functioning hardware that reports support for LBA48 commands, but in reality does not process them. 2. [TBP2.1 - SATA] Interrupt handler: - Based on code from RLoew's TBP3.0. - For dedicated interrupts (Legacy ATA controllers) the code is completely identical in behavior to the original one (no unnecessary access to ports). - DMA error flag is preserved, only the Interrupt flag is reset. 3. [TBP2.1 - SATA] Data synchronization with BIOS: - LBA usage is enabled for drives with LBA support without any additional checks, drives without LBA use the old (full) algorithm - rollback to PIO if DMA fails 4. [98SE] Driver retrieves shared interrupt flag not from the CONFIGMG shared interrupt flag, but from the level/front interrupt flag. The CONFIGMG incorrectly changes the shared interrupt flag for multi-function devices (which are the vast majority of standard PCI ATA controllers). 5. [98SE] Fixed minor bug of non-saving register with the value of error of command execution for drives with removable media and media status notification enabled. 6. [98SE] Changed drive characteristic flags for the default record. Additions: 1. [98SE] Added IOR_IDE_PASS_THROUGH request processing for ATAPI devices. Also this request is correctly processed for ATA devices with sector size other than 512 bytes. Allows you to execute drive identification commands and SMART commands for such drives. It is recommended to use together with updated SMARTVSD.VXD for full functionality. Fixes 2 - 6 and Addition 1 are non-specific to TBP2.1. Corollary projects updated accordingly: https://github.com/LordOfMice/Tools/blob/master/atanames.zip - Right names of ATA drives plus version of device firmware in Device Manager for Windows 9x/ME http://sweetlow.orgfree.com/download/smartvsd.zip Patches for SMARTVSD.VXD - works for any combination of ATA channels and devices on these channels and more

I may have it. I'll report back this evening, will take some time to dig through a stack of burnt DVDs.

hello, i installed success i219v driver for Win7 original i219v (17) b660m e, I mod to i219v (7)

New regular/weekly KM-Goanna release: https://o.rthost.win/kmeleon/KM76.5.4-Goanna-20240713.7z Changelog: Out-of-tree changes: * update Goanna3 to git d04fd99cb6...696c195395: - import changes from `dev' branch of rmottola/Arctic-Fox: - Bug 1259678 - Refactor SubjectToCSP to avoid calling ShouldLoad if CSP doesn't apply to the content type. r=ckerschb (73d79be6f9) - Bug 908933 - Part1 - CSP: Call ShouldLoad inside ShouldProcess for TYPE_OBJECT. r=ckerschb (eb87244649) - Bug 1263790 - Resource timing initiatorType should be "iframe" instead of "subdocument" r=bz (e38569e488) - Bug 1257809 - "Improve telemetry for PR_Connect". r=mcmanus (225fc45f80) - Bug 698882 - mozilla::net::PollableEvent r=dragana r=mayhemer (abf47e4653) - Bug 1260218 - SocketTransportService socket expansion r=dragana (6045e8d1a4) - align comment (4b4cb6ac97) - Bug 1253711 - delete unused MediaFormatReader::ByteInterval typedef; r=jya (b66387bb4f) - Bug 1265974 - Don't fire push events in MediaQueue::PushFront(). r=jya. (f5caa8dcd4) - Bug 1265969 - Don't fire pop events in MediaQueue::Reset(). r=jya. (601f546522) - Bug 1250934: Don't reopen input AudioCallbackDrivers on a second use r=padenot (a5beb7ad31) - Bug 1246310 - Resample the AudioSegment in SourceMediaStream::AddAudioTrack. r=padenot (bd3964f725) - Bug 1239911 - Remove unused |mAudioChannel|. r=bechen. (8ba8408728) - Bug 1250934: remove unused method from MediaStreamGraphImpl r=padenot (5d5767a14f) - Bug 1199069 - Remove ancient deopt from AudioStream required for MSVC2010. r=jwwang (73b4390bfa) - Bug 1229256: P1. Only check readyState update upon buffered range completion. r=jwwang (189ea2bd9e) - Bug 1242338 - fix numerical issue in MediaDecoder::Seek(); r=jwwang (fa45e4bc4a) - part of Bug 1158448 Part 2 (ee6f4fb502) - Bug 1266680 - Fix stopping MediaStreamTrack when there are clones. r=jib (ffc225f820) - Bug 1252459 - Replaced 'identity.name' by 'name' to fix identity undefined bug, r=mt (cc105ed048) - Bug 1213056 - change getStats to be maplike. r=bz (95cadfa385) - Bug 1259728 - minimal fix for reentrancy in pc.close(). r=jesup (56f8f5945e) - Bug 1257100 - Report we can play type 'audio/mp4; codecs=mp4a.40.29'. r=jya (dbc04361a6) - align some media tests (dfd85dfa34) (d90bc03678) - import changes from `dev' branch of rmottola/Arctic-Fox: - bits of Bug 571294 - Part 1: Implement selection events (8af4ef3f65) - Bug 1208885 - Remove mozGenericWordUtils; r=smaug (b1a529f772) - fix nsRefPtr/RefPtr (c56979e04d) - Bug 1243657 spellchecker should check if IME composition works as deleting whole text r=ehsan (8b4d4825b9) - Bug 1137544 - New scripts to upgrade en-US.dic to the latest upstream version; r=ehsan (47150b3549) - Bug 1137544 - Upgrade en-US.dic dictionary to upstream version 2015.02.15; r=ehsan (057540f06b) - Bug 1137544 - Generate 5-mozilla-added and 5-mozilla-removed to aid in submitting changes upstream; r=ehsan (f0d6332df3) - Bug 1137544 - Update the en-US dictionary based on the SCOWL 2015.04.24 wordlist using the new scripts (e87b0a0285) - minor test alignment (f3e976adf2) - Bug 1162823 - Do not treat non-Latin words as misspelled; r=ekanan (c298db7251) - Bug 1160730 - Add composited, compositing and compositeness to the en-US dictionary. r=ehsan (7d62babbdb) - Bug 1167912 - Add eldritch to the en-US dictionary. r=ehsan (4d1e08e03b) - Bug 1168802 - Update the en-US dictionary to SCOWL 2015.05.18 (3daa6d0831) - Bug 1183765 - Add crappiness to our en-US dictionary. r=ehsan (54ccd28fa2) - Bug 1192054 - Add subsumption to the en-US dictionary. r=ehsan (8c5aaa92bc) - Bug 1199540 - Update the en-US dictionary to SCOWL 2015.08.24 (cb21d0092d) - Bug 1200508 - Add dialogs to the en-US dictionary. r=ehsan (1e69b4d574) - Bug 1202600 - Add Fukushima to the en-US dictionary. r=ehsan (6ffca1c47b) - Bug 1213765 - Add preliminarily to the en-US dictionary. r=ehsan (cb12d4979b) - Bug 1228174 - Add validator to the en-US dictionary. r=ehsan (b356d7f5cb) - Bug 1199532 - Add disassembly, disassembler to the en-US dictionary. r=ehsan (979bb4f997) - Bug 1235506 - Correct 353 entries in the en-US dictionary. r=ehsan (efb2f4a890) - Bug 1238031 - Fix make-new-dict to use a custom en_US dictionary that adds common variants and accented words. r=ehsan (39464a234f) - Bug 301712 - Remove uncommon proper names, remove unneeded words. r=ehsan (a6ece3925f) - Bug 1240916 - Part 2: Update the en-US dictionary to SCOWL 2016.01.19 (bb059318e5) - Bug 1196784 - imageset will use permissions.default.image. r=jdm (9a5669f71f) - Bug 1182727 - Part 16: Fix a bug in build_tar_package (1d8f444eba) - Bug 1182727 - Part 19: Fix another stupid mistake in build_tar_package() (87bb241693) - Bug 1261264 - Apply GCC PR64905 to fix miscompilation with -fomit-frame-pointer. r=froydnj (d746a0c878) - missing option, for safety (6fba93dff9) - Bug 1260605 - Remove hack from bug 967556. r=nalexander (9513dbcd26) - Bug 1239789 - Add secondary buffers to zxx_stream::StaticAllocator to handle reentrancy. r=glandium (74b60ffaad) - Bug 1260351 - MozGlue: Build: Add mips support. r=glandium (8a463032f6) - Bug 1249849: Ensure that we can always reach malloc_decl.h even when MOZ_REPLACE_ALLOC is not defined; r=glandium (1a8d0356ac) - Bug 1248915 - TSan: data race on global 'mozilla::net::CacheObserver::sDiskCacheCapacity'. r=honzab.moz, n.nethercote. (86769cd893) - Bug 1249157 - prefapi enums into class enums, explicit conversion, cleanup. r=bsmedberg (1843c09593) - Bug 1251393: Remove a duplicated line. r=me (c2bca1a4f4) (2c8ca451b9) - import changes from `dev' branch of rmottola/Arctic-Fox: - Bug 1161686 - libmar's |SECU_GetModulePassword| can leak allocated string (command line build utility). Free unused return of GetPasswordString. r=bbondy (25107e4c3e) - Bug 1253775 - Remove libmar and libbz2 Makefile.ins; r=ted (7d693933b8) - Bug 1186934 - update jemalloc to upstream HEAD; r=glandium (cd4fdf0c93) - Bug 1254850 - Update jemalloc 4 to version 4.1.0. r=njn (6cc351fb51) - Bug 1254948 - Remove makefiles used to transition from jemalloc_config.c to jemalloc_config.cpp; r=glandium (c8e0684478) - Bug 1263735: Update libcubeb to remove wasapi stubbing for enumeration r=kinetik (156c7e4ef8) - Bug 1264594 - Update libcubeb to revision 727121. r=kinetik (e982bc0eef) - Bug 1264892: Use system declaration of |__system_property_get| on B2G, r=padenot (b50185e037) - Bug 1265692 - Update cubeb to 0bc02f9. r=padenot,kinetik (420c905a02) - Bug 1251502 - Add a duplex AudioUnit implementation. r=kinetik,padenot (a4e00f217a) - Bug 1266753 - Update cubeb to revision dbdfb to pick up OSX device notification changes. r=padenot (12532f1cf6) - Bug 1266753 - Fix mac bustage: use the old enum values, on a CLOSED TREE. r=padenot (afe9874670) - Bug 1251502 - Compile the resampling code in cubeb for OSX and Linux. r=kinetik (6f07d50796) - Bug 1236937 - Use correct value for Pi in AAFilter.cpp. r=padenot (d54113bf18) - Bug 1235675 - Add the source directory to the -include directive in media/libsoundtouch/src/moz.build. r=mshal (0d56029898) - Bug 1135942 - Enable MMX/SSE code unconditionally in libsoundtouch, it does runtime detection anyways. r=padenot (1e1c3c6c84) - Bug 1134744 - Fix baseline for form controls when line is inverted relative to block dir. r=smontagu (8be618ce3f) - Bug 1261284: Don't include <button>'s children in overflow areas, if we know we're going to clip them when painting. r=mats (094dd9c33b) - Bug 1263773 - Mark a bunch of classes in layout as MOZ_RAII. r=dholbert (e28d735a60) - Bug 1249664 - Save the combobox's dropped-down state across frame reconstruction. r=dbaron (6caf06c91e) - Bug 1253977 part 1 - Update focus state on combobox frame destruction/construction properly. r=tn (0c1841dc35) - Bug 1253977 part 2 - Reftests. (985b87a008) - Bug 1212688 - Drill through any <optgroup> scroll frames to get at its <option> child frames when estimating the list's row size. r=roc (67b9ac481c) - Bug 1228670 - Null-check GetContentInsertionFrame() before using it. r=bz (bffbf4769c) - Bug 1208978 - Limit the size of a potentially-scrollable dropdown list to the actual size of its contents, as our estimate based on row count may be too large if the row heights vary. r=roc (b9447f9f1c) - Bug 1121515 - Error tapping empty listitem in a <select> box, r=roc, wesj (bffe267a89) - Bug 1194733 - Don't honor DefaultPrevented for mouseup events in list control frames. r=enndeakin@gmail.com (37c43372b6) - bits of 1225280 (1869476ed8) - Bug 1239504 - Avoid ASan leak report by holding PseudoStack in ImageBridgeChild. r=sotaro (d9125680ad) - Bug 1223193: P1. Make ImageBridgeChild::mShuttingDown atomic. r=nical (3a5b496dae) - Bug 1223193: P2. Cancel ImageBridge proxy functions if shutdown has started. r=nical (a66cd45878) - Bug 1243466 - Don't crash if DeallocPImageContainerChild is called prematurely. r=sotaro (e8d4776fde) - Bug 1251808 (Followup) - Mark the new SourceSurfaceImage constructor explicit. r=me (1087add7d0) - Bug 1260391: Fix |ImageBridgeChild::UseOverlaySource|, r=dvander (e423cc3a27) - Bug 1255823 - Add a two-step destruction process to PAPZ. r=dvander (3d53adaecc) - Bug 1261321 - Null-check when the CompositableClient when forcing its destruction at shutdown. r=jnicol (7180c6d737) - Bug 1259301 - Remove GeckoContentController::RequestFlingSnap(). r=kats (d94da5f624) - Bug 1253512 (part 1) - Overhaul DMD's "sampling". r=erahm. (536dcdf84e) - Bug 1282185 (part 1) - Remove a bogus assertion in DMD. r=erahm. (ec09953fac) - Bug 1253512 (part 2) - Aggregate live blocks. r=erahm. (57db2ffa75) - Bug 1254029 - Do not wait in ImageBridgeChild::FlushAllImages() except gonk r=nical (aeac940199) - Bug 1175895 - separate tier start message for mach; r=ted (cd56ddae05) - Bug 1077670 - Package tests in parallel. r=gps (28b531ba3d) - Bug 1253478 - Use Atomic<uint64_t> in AsyncTransactionTracker r=nical (c1f2cf892f) - Bug 1150338 - Use the tooltool gcc in automation rather than /tools, r=terrence (15f1fa12bc) - Bug 1259848 - Various fixes for finding gcc in the correct location for spidermonkey TC builds and hazard shell builds, r=terrence (9963274899) (696c195395) * 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.win32-20240713-7bda12e7-uxp-ca56c33715-xpmod.7z BNavigator Win32 https://o.rthost.win/boc-uxp/bnavigator.win32-20240713-7bda12e7-uxp-ca56c33715-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.win32-20240713-id-656ea98-uxp-ca56c33715-xpmod.7z IceApe-UXP(suite) https://o.rthost.win/hbl-uxp/iceape.win32-20240713-id-656ea98-ia-93af9a0-uxp-ca56c33715-xpmod.7z source repo (excluding UXP): https://github.com/roytam1/icedove-uxp/tree/winbuild https://github.com/roytam1/iceape-uxp/tree/winbuild

That was the actual call. I need information especially regarding Comodo Antivirus in terms of its definition updates. Does Comodo Antivirus 12.0.0.6818 or another XP-compatible version that I may not yet have on my radar still receive definition updates on a regular base in these days?

It's time to post on topic again.

Exactly! When I use Windows 10, I am constantly looking for where a certain function has been hidden again. For me, using Windows 10 means that I have to swear all the time. Windows XP, on the other hand, is pure relaxation. I'm happy to accept that some things can't be done.

This firewall is a special version for Windows XP. Formerly, it was called Vista Firewall Control, then Windows 7 Firewall Control and so on. That doesn't mean anything. Technically, I am running a pure Windows XP equipped with a lot of software. And the more recent OSes are crappy because the admin is no longer an admin. The admin is Microsoft in more recent Windows OSes, especially starting with Windows 8. And in the end, you can't do much about it. Apart from that, you are bombarded with so much junk that you lose all sense of humor.

If you know me a little, you know that I won't ditch anything. But one thing is clear. My "beloved", ancient Windows XP machine can do most of the tasks I want it to do. Thus, I do not have to use the crappy more recent Windows versions that often. Apart from that, I'm also an Android enthusiast. And I am Linux user, too. So I dance at all weddings.

@Tripredacus, it's a new spammer Dixel wrote about, not related to the earlier banned figure. There's an influx of similar clones with generic names and early 2000s pics, with spam details in the bio, or "about me", That particular one promotes a social or dating app.

Wow! The interest in Comodo security programmes seems to be huge.

I'm not sure how to reply here, but I'll try to be thorough. This has been happening since I bought StartAllBack since a few months ago. So I'm assuming all versions before and including 3.7.11. After changing from EP (this was 2-3 months ago) to StartAllBack I've been having a singular issue. To provide some context I run physically two monitors, left is 1920x1080@100% display scaling (main monitor) with the taskbar on the right side and right from it 3840x2160@200% display scaling (secondary monitor). Now I use DisplayPort on both of the monitors, so turning one off makes the literal display signal disappear. Keeping this in mind if I have both the monitors turned off, and turn the secondary 4K 200% monitor on first, the taskbar will change size by becoming smaller by width. I usually leave the PC on, but without sleep. So only the monitors are off. Basically, while both monitors are off, if I accidentally turn on the 4K monitor (so it gets the signal first) before the 1080p the Windows right side taskbar loses some width. I usually have it as 62px, but it becomes smaller than this if I accidentally turn on the 4K (200% DPI) secondary monitor before the first 100% DPI scaling one. I apologize for the weird explanation, but I am willing to provide any and all logs that are required. This program is perfect in all ways besides this!

But Vista has known troubles with Haswell CPU family. Do you have delays upon boot?

@genieautravail BTW, I tested the SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition last night. The installation worked without any problems. Also the update of the programme to version 10.0.1266 and the update of the signatures database. Additionally, I carried out a function check. Everything ran as it should. TBH, I have no idea what's going on in your Windows XP system. But one thing is clear. Your hasty conclusions are simply wrong. And this is unfortunately not the first time.

SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition works absolutely fine here. No issues. No DLL problems. I can access all features. I think your system is the causer. You can alternatively try the installer version 10.0.1250 as this version was the one before incompatibilities with the programme appeared the first time. BTW, I have been using SUPERAntiSpyware since 2007 without any serious issues. So, please check your system first before posting issues one can't confirm!

Yes, this will be the next/future StartAllBack version.

Sorry, no clue! I had been using Comodo programmes only a short time in the past. Maybe, some others here can say more about the different versions of Comodo. I used the Comodo Firewall for the longest time (some months). But all that is long time ago. So, here is my next call to all users of Comodo under Windows XP. This thread needs information about Comodo Antivirus, Comodo Internet Security and Comodo Firewall. Especially users running Windows XP in a VM or users running VMs in general might test some of the last compatible versions and report here. That would be very helpful as I cannot test all software by myself. And here is what I know about the last compatible versions which had been running error-free: Comodo Antivirus 12.0.0.6818 Comodo Internet Security 12.0.0.6818 Comodo Firewall 8.4.0.5165 Now, we need confirmations and information by testing these versions and maybe others.

Who's "WE"? Does @Dave-Hknow we have a new administrator?

I'm divided on how I feel about that. I like the idea of extending a browser that still works the way I like, however some sites I use for health benefits through work do not work on ESR 115, even when spoofing a user agent. Well, I guess we'll see.

No, ExplorerPatcher did reimplement taskbar too. It's however a de/recompilation but who cares in the end.

1- Your copy of Vista must be 64-bit, as well as having all the updates up to April 2017 + kb4474419 + kb4493730, plus the latest version of the extended kernel. 2- Have a copy of Office 2016 64-bit handy (The RTM version of July 2015 is needed, since it has an MSI installer like Office 2013, since the following versions use the current installer, which does not work at the moment) 3- Copy to the desktop in a new folder the root of your copy of Office 2016 4- Copy the ProPlus.WW.en-US folder to the desktop (the name may vary due to the language/edition of the copy), this is important since the Office installer detects the edited files and the installer of this folder needs to be edited. 5- In the folder copied to the desktop open ProPlus.WW.msi with Orca, go to InstallExecuteSequence and remove AbortMsi (it blocks the installation outside of setup.exe that verifies the files), then in Components change all Conditional VersionNT >= 601 by VersionNT >= 600. 6- Replace gdiplus.dll with the one from Windows 7, this is the path in the system: c:\windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft.windows.gdiplus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.6002.19749_none_56a723b1b598503f\GDIPLUS.DLL 7- In group policies of the local machine, it prohibits rollback (very important) 8- Create an osver.ini file with the following settings (required at all times when installing Office 2016): [global] Enabled=1 MajorVersion=6 MinorVersion=1 BuildNumber=7600 8- Open ProPlus.WW.msi and after installation the Office 2016 suite should appear in the start menu, but it is not enough! 9- Go back to group policies and disable rollback, but keep osver.ini 10- In the root folder of Office 2016 the only change we will make is to delete the update or updates folder, they cause bugs when installed 11- Open the setup.exe of the normal Office 2016 installer and customize it to your liking (it should install successfully, if an error appears, reboot the system) 12- Replace outlook.exe with this one: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B2PcraGfa0p3yBIGTF19-04vI0dwbFMh/view?usp=drive_link. To avoid missing dependencies. 13- The programs of the Office 2016 suite will need to be detected at all times as Windows 7 or an annoying Windows Installer dialog will appear configuring each time the program starts: [C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\EXCEL.EXE] Enabled=1 Win7SuperVerFix=1 MinorVersion=1 BuildNumber=7600 [C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\MSACCESS.exe] Enabled=1 Win7SuperVerFix=1 MinorVersion=1 BuildNumber=7600 [C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\MSPUB.exe] Enabled=1 Win7SuperVerFix=1 MinorVersion=1 BuildNumber=7600 [C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\ONENOTE.exe] Enabled=1 Win7SuperVerFix=1 MinorVersion=1 BuildNumber=7600 [C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OUTLOOK.exe] Enabled=1 Win7SuperVerFix=1 MinorVersion=1 BuildNumber=7600 [C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\POWERPNT.exe] Enabled=1 Win7SuperVerFix=1 MinorVersion=1 BuildNumber=7600 [C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\WINWORD.exe] Enabled=1 Win7SuperVerFix=1 MinorVersion=1 BuildNumber=7600

I am about to change my mind about Avast Antivirus 2015, after some more experimenting. Avast Antivirus 2015 - SSE-only files The "offline" installer of Avast Antivirus 2015 (both Free and Premier) does NOT contain all required components for installing under SSE-only. During the "offline" installation under SSE-only the installer downloads 2 files, ais_gen_gui_nosse2-7e5.vpx and ais_gen_gui_nosse2_cef-7cc.vpx. If there is no internet connection, e.g. the Ethernet cable is pulled out from the computer during the installation, the "offline" installation under SSE-only will terminate with the msg "There was an error while installing the product" -> Restart computer, with Avast Antivirus 2015 NOT being installed. This has two consequences for installing Avast Antivirus 2015 the regular way under SSE-only: 1) You must have an online connection during the installation, during which Avast Antivirus 2015 constantly transmits who-knows-what to who-knows-where. I had to keep clicking continuously on firewall messages permitting outbound connections for completing the installation OK.. 2) Whenever Avast decides to remove these 2 files from their server, Avast Antivirus 2015 canNOT be installed anymore under SSE-only and the installer becomes useless trash. The compatibility with SSE-only is nowadays the only reason for installing old Avast Antivirus 2015. There exists, however, a little trick to install Avast Antivirus 2015 completely offline under SSE-only. STEP 1: Create a partition backup, Then make a 1st installation with the computer online + permit individually all outbound connections. After the installer msg window finishes displaying "Downloading ..." of the 2nd file, wait with the granting of firewall permissions. Immediately copy the 2 downloaded files ais_gen_gui_nosse2-7e5.vpx and ais_gen_gui_nosse2_cef-7cc.vpx from the \Temp\ folder of the installer to another folder on a different partition etc. Then restore the partition backup. This STEP 1 needs to be done only once, for obtaining the 2 rare files required by the installer under SSE-only. STEP 2: Disconnect the internet connection, e.g. the Ethernet cable, then re-install Avast Antivirus 2015. When the window "Question: You are installing an old version of Avast!" is displayed, the installer has finished extracting the installation source. $$$ -> copy these 2 files into the temp folder created by the installer, so that the installer will not attempt to download the missing files from the server. Avast Antivirus 2015 will then install OK, without attempting to download the 2 files. The trick with manually copying these 2 files into the \Temp\ folder during the installation also results in a software where the firewall can automatically disable outgoing connection attempts, no constant clicking when the computer is online. The nuisance part of Avast Antivirus 2015 seems to be set during the online connection of the installer With this installation trick Avast Antivirus 2015 may have become a useful tool under WinXP with SSE-only, especially for retro-computing enthusiasts who do not have my ancient version of Kaspersky.

I have my doubts about the German BSI. Their current head Claudia Plattner is a red-green political appointee, who seems to consider US interests https://www.danisch.de/blog/2023/07/07/die-seltsame-it-sicherheitsexpertise-der-neuen-bsi-chefin-claudia-plattner/ Why did she go to Tulane, couldn't she get admitted to a top university like MIT? She is not listed in the US wikipedia, only in the German wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Plattner "BSI's predecessor was the cryptographic department of Germany's foreign intelligence agency (BND)" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Office_for_Information_Security Relying on BSI for anti-virus software recommendations?

Considering StartAllBack is alternative history genre, it should be possible to pull one from the multiverse.

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Love the Terminator reference, although Back to the Future would have been appropriate too! So far my initial impression is nothing obvious looks broken. I'm going to run this alpha for a few days and I'll update if I run into any weird regressions. I have noticed that both old style deskbands and newer overlays like Networx work well! That's a big piece of functionality that keeps me wanting the old taskbar, so I'm glad to see that works. Update 5/27: I've been rocking T2 for a few days now and what is implemented works faithfully to the Win 10 TB. I see no major degradations or differences from 3.7.9 in my own usage patterns when doing a direct comparison running T2 on my Surface Laptop Studio 2 and 3.7.9 on my Windows VM I access with Parsec. This is a great first Alpha release. You are a brilliant engineer @Tihiy, thank you for working so hard to implement this functionality!!

Functionality checklist Task icons Enumeration of existing; adding, removing classic/uwp apps; AppID, title, icon task update reflection Virtual desktop filter toggling / switching Enumeration of existing pins; pinning via other UI; pinning via drag & drop; unpinning from other UI, jumplist, if shortcut deleted; policy preventing pinned apps Reordering by dragging: single / multiple rows Click to activate/minimize; combined button click shows thumbnails Ctrl+clicking group or LastActiveClick registry key switches between combined button tasks Shift+clicking button or middle-clicking launches new app instance; ctrl+shift+clicking group launches elevated app elevated Right-click, dragout: show jump list Shift+right-click: window system menu or shortcut context menu Layout: all combinations Different icon size / padding / screen DPI / metrics Vertical / horizontal layout on different screen edges Multiple horizontal rows: filling each visible row with maximum density Different visible / total rows: scrolling and scrollbar position Combined/auto-combined/uncombined behavior Task list extensibility Overlay icons + badges on uwp apps: grouped/grouped Progress bar: paused/error/normal/indeterminate; grouped/ungrouped Window flashing: depends on caret blinking speed Custom windows added or removed to list; alternate activation windows (Office < 2013?) Thumbnails Thumbnails are shown after ExtendedUIHoverTime (default hover time) Thumbnails are used when there are less than NumThumbnails (16) tasks Thumbnails are sized according to display aspect ratio no bigger than MaxThumbSizePx (200) Hover thumbnails should close if any key is pressed Click to activate window; press-and-move to rearrange Right-click for system menu Close with red button or middle-button click Window tabs (IE? VMWare?): active tab, tab order/switching/thumbnails Thumbnail toolbars: lot of rarely used behaviors; special media toolbars for UWP apps Snap groups: activation, closing, group context menu Window sharing (webex/Teams): not for groups or tabs Hover for Aero Peek: shows if DisablePreviewWindow(0) is not 0 after ThumbnailLivePreviewHoverTime(250) initial hover Keyboard: Win+{number}: same as click with one-window button; switch between tasks while help Alt+Win+{number}: show jumplist Shift+Win+{number}: launch new apps instance Win+(Shift)+T, F6/Tab/keyboard arrows/space/enter: navigate between icons and thumbnails Accessibility: Narrator / automation Misc: Drop file over icon / thumbnail to activate window Animations: open/close, collapse/expand, hover, launch feedback, added to group, flashing, progress bar, move from icons to thumbnails Taskbar on virtual desktop switching animation (unfinished) Fullscreen classic / uwp app behavior Tooltips