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Wrong on both counts... Vista's End of Extended Support came in April 2017 (2017-04-11); WS2008's End of Extended Support came in January 2020 (2020-01-14) ... WS2008 updates released after Apr 11th 2017 (Vista's EoS} can be manually downloaded from MUC (Microsoft Update Catalog) and installed in Vista SP2 (with select few exceptions), practically "extending" its "Extended Support" up to January 2020... Additionally, M$ provide, under a fee, continued (paid) support for WS2008 (for Enterprises, only ) with security-only updates for an additional 3-year period, i.e. until Jan 2023; the Vista user community has come up with tools/ways to also install these ESU (Extended Security Updates) to Vista itself, prolonging its "Extended Support" up to Jan 2023; the morality/legality of applying this set of ESU updates on Vista is grey/questionable at least, so I won't elaborate more on this... Sadly, I'm not applying WS2008 ESU updates on Vista, but if M$ did release this annoying "security feature" for Adobe Flash in IE11 ("last March" signals it was an ESU update for Win7 SP1), it's highly probable a similar update was issued, under the ESU plan, for WS2008's IE9... ... Not one of those few , in fact IE9/Vista SP2 is practically worthless for most sites of 2021 , including MSFN, but I suspect IE11/Win7+, now deprecated itself, has still some residual "life" into it, if one cares to browse the web of 2021 with it ...

Hi Jody. Running Windows 8 must get lonely. I’m content to say goodbye to Flash Player myself, but you might be interested in something that Mathwiz posted last night in the main thread on this subject: https://msfn.org/board/topic/182654-adobe-flash-shockwave-and-oracle-java-on-xp-part-2/?do=findComment&comment=1203135

It's simple . If you want/need TLS 1.3 , then 57 is the first to support it . But it's too old for heavy "modern" java websites ... If you do online shopping and banking , I would say 79 is the bare minimum here , in Europe. For example , I do shop at a famous German hardware shop , they did a "renovation" on their website , it is ugly as hell , of course (android/apfel/win10 in one package with acid colours) and the website just won't load correctly on anything lower than 79 , spoofing UA won't help ! It's because of java. But works just fine with 360EE ver. 13. From my experience , also : twitter crashes with anything lower than 80. Youtube works weirdly fine with 55 (!) , if I spoof UA with my special programme . Local Dutch websites are a mixed bag , but also need at least 69.

We do all need to kinda know our own balance. I personally have never in my entire life installed any "certificates" (well, can't really say "never", I used to create my own certificate for a program called Proxomitron). But at the OS level, if it didn't come from an official Microsoft "KB", then it isn't on my computer! Mileage varies on this one, but I do NOT install POS updates. My balance is along the same lines of @Dixel - he did NOT just install a set of certificates, he extracted them, peaked inside, and knew what portion to install and what portion not to install. NOTHING gets "installed" on MY computer without me extracting them, peaking inside, making a few modifications, and creating my own self-extracting archive to copy files and create the registry keys I want and drop the "bundled" registry keys that the "author" tried to sneak past me, et cetera. I haven't "installed" any software on my computers via the developer's "installer" in somewhere between 15 and 20 years. But at the same time, "that" isn't for everyone. Being self-aware enough to control your mouse-clicks - that IS for everyone. Knowing which web sites are respectable and trustworthy and safe to download from - that IS for everyone. Caveat emptor! What I am trying to drive home is this - YOU are responsible for YOUR security, that "green padlock" should not be your warm-and-fuzzy!

I'm having zero problems with certificates using 360EE on Vista (even though I do not have SHA-2 nonsense on my machine) , since I installed the famous cert. pack by @legacyfan . All other solutions posted on MSFN or anywhere else just won't work, I tried them all . Do not listen to someone who tells you "cert. errors are meaningless" , you may very well be facing MITM ! In this dictatorship era (esp, in some countries) , ISP can perform MITM attacks and/or use forged certificates . But , of course , if you see no errors , while living in such countries , doesn't mean you're safe !

Perhaps this will help you as a quick fix . Block these with your firewall. Last time I tried to use this extension in 2019, it was trying to leak data to eff.org IPs : 151.101.0.201 151.101.64.201 151.101.128.201 151.101.192.201 Also , there is a very chatty extension called "Privacy" Badger , I deleted it immediately. It leaks data to these IPs too.

I wouldn't trust hosts file these days , there are browsers that can simply ignore it . Esp., if you run crappy windows 7 and up. My own observations are with Opera , that simply ignores some of the entries . Or any misconfigurations in your system can lead to this . Also , look here. "Chrome does its own DNS prefetching:" (all those weird names you were writing about are chrome's fault.) https://superuser.com/questions/252452/browsers-ignoring-hosts-file

PLEASE NOTE This topic is outdated, read the last post please, thank you. How to enable AHCI on Intel ICH9 under XP After some research by MSFN staff, we have a working solution to enable ACHI on the ICH9 with appropriate SATA/NCQ drive(s). For more information about AHCI, we refer to Wikipedia.org: List of needed files and driver packs: 32-bit Floppy Configuration Utility for Intel® Matrix Storage Manager 64-bit Floppy Configuration Utility for Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Index: 1. Unpacking drivers 2. Preparing the drivers 3. Creating Windows registry file 4. BIOS Settings 5. Installing the drivers in Windows 6. Final installation check 7. Editors thoughts 1. Unpacking drivers Unpack the Floppy Configuration Utility for Intel® Matrix Storage Manager and extract the file (.ZIP) with WinRAR or similar program. 2. Preparing the drivers Copy the file IASTOR.SYS to the Windows SYSTEM32/DRIVERS directory. Open the IAAHCI.INF with Notepad from the directory where you unpacked the drivers. Use CRTL-R and you should get a “replace” window. In the first input window you type “2821” and the second “2923”, so you will replace all “2821” text to “2923”, and click “Replace All”. Save IAAHCI.INF over the original file. Replace the line: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2923&CC_0106.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) 82801HR/HH/HO SATA AHCI Controller" To: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2923&CC_0106.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) ICH9 SATA AHCI Controller" Save the file under the same name, e.g. IAAHCI.INF and exit Notepad. 3. Creating Windows registry file Now we create a registry file with Notepad and the following contence: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CriticalDeviceDatabase\pci#ven_8086&dev_2923&cc_0106] "Service"="iaStor" "ClassGUID"="{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStor] "Type"=dword:00000001 "Start"=dword:00000000 "Group"="SCSI miniport" "ErrorControl"=dword:00000001 "ImagePath"="system32\\drivers\\iaStor.sys" "tag"=dword:00000019 "DisplayName"="Intel AHCI Controller" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStor\Parameters] "queuePriorityEnable"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStor\Enum] "0"="PCI\\VEN_8086&DEV_2923&SUBSYS_B0051458&REV_02\\3&13c0b0c5&0&FA" "Count"=dword:00000001 "NextInstance"=dword:00000001 Save it as AHCI_ICH9.REG and run it after closing Notepad. 4. BIOS Settings Restart the computer and enter the BIOS (Mostly entered by pressing DEL). Make the settings: SATA RAID/AHCI Mode [AHCI] SATA Port0-3 Native Mode [Enabled] Restart again to boot into Windows XP. For ASUS P5K motherboards (IF present in BIOS, please report if not present.): Restart the computer and enter the BIOS (Mostly entered by pressing DEL). Make the settings: SATA Configuration [Enhanced] Configure SATA as [AHCI] Restart again to boot into Windows XP. 5. Installing the drivers in Windows If you did steps one to four right, you will not get that “known” BSOD again before you hit the desktop! Windows will show new devices found like all your optical drives and hard disks until you hit to “PCI-Device”. Select “Install manual” and point to the folder where you saved the IAAHCI.INF file and select the IAAHCI.INF file as this is the driver that needs to be installed. Follow the instruction on the screen and restart your computer again. 6. Final installation check When Windows has started, go to the control panel to check your system properties. In the hardware configuration list there should be now: IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers -> Intel® ICH9 SATA AHCI Controller. Beware: You can’t install the Intel Matrix Storage Manager, as the ICH9 doesn’t have RAID. On the net people talk about a modified version that should install, but it’s useless when you don’t have RAID. We hope you enjoy your new ACHI enabled ICR9 Bridge in XP! 7. Editors thoughts It must be a marketing question from Intel and Microsoft. There is nothing else I can think of why neither Intel nor Microsoft made new drivers for XP. The only thing I can think of is that Intel wants to sell more ICR9R bridges and Microsoft wants to push its Windows Vista. Like always both companies won’t make any comments!... Regards, puntoMX Ps. if there is any good info I should add, please post it ... Changes: 23 DEC 2007, Edited point 4; ASUS BIOS settings. 04 JAN 2008, Edited point 6; Fact, unable to install the Intel Matrix Storage Manager. 07 FEB 2008, Edited point 1 and 2; Clearer explication about the IAAHCI.INF file, and option when a floppy drive is used. 19 MAY 2008, Edited point 3; ControlSet001 changed on second line of registry file to CurrentControlSet, thanks to skipg for correcting me. 10 AUG 2008, Post contents added to sticky FAQ, this post is now un-stickied and retired 10 DEC 2008, Changed the Intel driver links, now for 32 and 64 bit and the latest version, thanks to an3k for the links. 18 DEC 2008, Intel drivers are now packed as a .ZIP file, removed the outdated un-packing procedure, thanks to tre_ge.

I updated to the latest version of 7-zip, which adds support for the following archive/compressed file types: UDF, XAR, DMG/HFS nifs, fat, vhd, mbr mslz APM Out of this list, is there anything that would be particularly useful? As I said above, I'm not looking to add much in the way of new features for this update, but I can usually whip up something pretty quickly if 7-Zip supports it, so I don't mind working on this if there's any demand. There's one catch, though - I don't have any examples of the above files, so if you want me to add support you need to provide (or point me two) at least two examples of each. Try to let me know ASAP, please.