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It is fine to point out that something doesn't work as advertised, but removing the content (as well as the reply about how reliable the information is) wouldn't do anyone any good. As then it could just be posted by someone else again. Leaving it the way it is now leaves it "on the record" in case anyone else happens to find it. Especially anyone who finds the post from a search engine. We are in the minority by posting on this site. Many more people use MSFN for info and never register or even post. I know many people in the local IT community who use this site but do not have accounts.

With what I use (map editors , strategy gaming , hooking , browsers modding) , it needs low latency RAM , like CL7 and 1866MHZ , expensive RAM . I bought several sticks in 2013 and they still run fine with only 1.42V . Yeah , I know , very good chips. I game on Haswell and the whole platform seems very slow to me . The amount of RAM won't help. Besides , I can't use more than 3.8GB , because I'm on a 32-bit Vista. The other PC with Quad Xeon (for the internet usage) is able to use 32GB , but this amount is an overkill for my needs. So I decided to install 16GB.

KB4489887 was a March 2019 Preview in which build 6003 was first introduced. For those actually running Server 2008 SP2, such Previews were Optional updates. I don’t think any MSFN member running Vista installed it at the time, since the build number change was not noted here until April 2019. About your BSOD: AFAIK those Win32k.sys BSODs were all attributable to applications that depended on version string “6002.” Even if you don’t use Avast/AVG, antivirus would still be my first guess. One MSFN member traced his BSOD to VMWare (see my link and read a few pages). If you can identify another program that was broken by 6003, I would be as interested as anyone. Since this seems to be the only Vista thread that new members want to read, I’ll mention that Avast solved their issue with a microupdate in June 2019. To install Avast 18.8 on 6003, I would try an online installer because the offline installer is older than the microupdate.

It's alright. The Dell laptop that I have is insanely fast! It has enough strength to emulate Nintendo GameCube and Nintendo Wii games through Dolphin flawlessly. What was listed on the eBay listing for this laptop was only partially right, and that was the laptop itself and the 320GB HDD. The other stuff it advertised (8GB RAM and Nvidia graphics) was incorrect and I instead got a beast of an Ivy Bridge HD 4000 graphics card and 16GB of RAM. While most instances of the listing being incorrect tends to not be of any benefit to the customer (I.E. They needed what was listed and not what they instead got), in my case, I benefited a whole lot more by getting a really good bang for my buck with this laptop. This and Windows Vista replaced my 2019 Acer Aspire A315-21 as my daily driver OS. Now when I use the latter, I find it is slow, even with a 1TB SSD and 12GB of RAM. Since the former is from 2014 and nearing 10 years, I am likely gonna build a souped up laptop around Christmas/Birthday (about a month out from each other) that can hopefully be just as powerful as this Dell (like have RAM higher than 16GB), As for Haswell, I do have a really good Dell Inspiron 3847 with it. Only has 8GB RAM compared to the laptop's 16GB's, but regardless, it still runs GameCube/Wii games flawlessly in Dolphin when coupled with 8.1 or 10 (7 works but its Bluetooth stack has issues with the Wii Remotes that were only resolved in 8 and later). So, my two powerful computers happen to be Dell's with Intel Ivy Bridge/Haswell, which are literally one generation and year apart (laptop in 2014 and desktop in 2015). EDIT: All the laptop's/desktop's I own can be seen in my signature.

Thank you Andrey !

I'm sorry , I didn't notice you earlier , must have been the generic profile name , like Jonny88 , you know. So yeah , you have a Dell mobo , I see . I too like some of Dells , but there's no OC capabilities , sadly. Unfortunately anything below or even Haswell is too weak for my gaming needs , so I'm thinking maybe I need to purchase ryzen or pentium GOLD.

it's the same way as in win 10 or 7. first unlock the taskbar from context menu on it. then just drag it to any side of your display

it depends from age of equipment. Caps from that era could dry out sometimes if been used but age did not always mean no drying. PS3 for example had issue with capasitors drying out despite being from 2007. And generally if under 10 years between use times it will be ok. Mostly seen dried caps on original Macintosh (before Macintosh was fancy cult symbol) that had been last turned on in 1992 and was turned on after 30ish years. So as long as you wont leave them stay there for 2040 without ever testing there should be no worries. Also solid state capasitors do not try out. This was more to your old capacitors.

Yes, I did get one digitally signed set working at USB 3 speeds. I don't believe they are posted in the forum however. I will send them if needed.

I suggest using a PORTABLE LOADER even with all of Roytam releases (similar to how my 360Chrome releases use a portable loader). For all of Roytam releases, use the official portable version from here -- http://archive.palemoon.org/palemoon/28.x/28.2.2/ I personally use only the 32bit version even on my 64bit systems. Do not "exectute" the file after you download it (the file name is Palemoon-Portable-28.2.2.win32.exe). Do not download the "latest and greatest" (it will not work on XP, if I recall, unsure). Extract the file into its own folder using 7zip or similar. Delete all of the files in the Bin folder and replace with your Roytam files for whichever browser you wish to run as portable. If it's a Basilisk or BNav browser, just rename the executable to palemoon.exe or dig through the .ini and edit accordingly. You'll have to learn a new portable loader .ini format but well worth it - I always run all of my browsers using a loader and .ini. You can copy your existing profile into the portable loader file structure, the default profile for a NM/PM is in User -> PaleMoon -> Profiles -> Default. I also do this for added security, my OS doesn't have a "default browser" and the OS can't open what it thinks is the "default browser" because the executable file no longer exists.

Good point, I'll edit the main post.

Is a very bad driver , in my personal experience. Would you consider trying out 347.25? One of the best drivers for XP ! 347.09 is very good too.

Oh , and I tried Win 7 Beta build 7000 , and it's the first beta to not have the logon bug on newer mobos. Earlier 6xxx builds will definitely have that bug.

Guys , I'm sorry to point that out to you , I understand you can't remember such things due to your age (5-7 years at that time?). Windows Vista Logon failure started to happen long before haswell or ryzen , It started right after SP1 came out , with it. It was Core Quad Era . Q6700 and the such . I had a Siemens PC with q6700 and Vista RTM didn't have that logon failure (we called it "Black screen of death") , but SP1 did ! If you have some time , scroll the ex-kernel topic back , somewhere closer to Dec. 2020 , I think . I'm sure you will find some links that I posted (from 2008 or so) , perhaps they are still alive . My guess : the culprit is the new activation they implemented in SP1. Where did you get that information about HAL ? Win32 told you so ?

Hi , I didn't give you my driver 373.19 , so I can't comment on yours. Also , your question belongs to the "drivers for Vista section" , not here. I repeat again , my 373.19 works on Vista , but it's a paid driver made by Siemens and can be shared only with the owner of this website , supervisors and win32 to help with the kernel development , I don't want some very wrong folks to get their hands on it.

Just disable that crap in BIOS . Problem solved. I also disable prefetch and plenty of other junk in BIOS , like HPET , etc. Though HPET is only used on late 2004 - 2005 mobos and up.

Hi. This certificate updater is the easiest way to update certificates IMO (instead of having to download rootsupdyyyymm.exe, where y means year, and m means month). I knew about this tool recently, and ran it on my XP SP3 VM and wasn't nagged about the certificates anymore. What's more interesting is that, this tool also runs on Windows 2000 with extended kernel, and it also updated the certificates successfully. Here's a screenshot of it running on my 2000 SP4 VM:

Was using W2K myself up to the beginning of 2018. Predominantly for (some) research and typing, light internet browsing (I still frequent some forums that are friendly to the antiquated browsers). Was useful for the work aspect, as, with the system incapable of handling the modern web (2.4GHz P4 Northwood, 512mb RAM etc), there was no use trying to meander around the internet in a cloud of distraction. There was something wrong with the system, as under W98, W2K or even XP, it's performance was never particularly good. Even a faster 2.8GHz Celeron did not help. So for this, I'd happily rate it 9 or even 10 out of 10. I appreciated the extended kernel, but trying to get that working amidst of a myriad of conflicting unofficial update packages is not something I'd have any great interest in now. Personally, I'm of the opinion that if you can get away with period-correct software on W2K, use that. And use a newer system for those data-sensitive tasks you might have to do (internet banking, for example).

I would say 8/10 for fully patched vanilla windows 2000 and 9/10 to one with extended kernel. I am running win2000 vanilla on Fujitsu Siemens lifebook c1320 (2.00ghz Pentium M, 1gb ram, gma 900, 14" 1280x800 display 160gb hdd achi mode). For browser I use Palemoon 26.5 for win2000 (from this forum) with noscript and ublock origin and until lately it could play youtube. I got codecs so can play all of my movie files on it and browser web wirelessly (boingo client to wpa2), for games I got lot older titles that some needed appcompat tool. What is funny back in day I said I will never play games on win2000 since it cannot run them properly. How wrong I was on that. And for messaging I can use escargot MSN messenger 4.5, for office older openoffice and office xp. That is just surface scratch what all I have done on vanilla win2000. For non vanilla I am currently looking create core2duo/nvidia 8xxx config to win2k. Only tried extended kernel on vmware where had promising results

Here ya' go: Changes and download My pleasure, don't mention it. Any time. Oh c'mon you didn't have to; they are so nice. They smell nice too, almost like bits. Updates: 09.12.2008. - 1.2 Final

I apologize for the cross-post in the Win7, Vista, and XP unattended sections, but a few of us are working on updating the MSFN unattended site with a polished, updated guide that will apply to XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, Windows 7, and Server 2008 R2. It's of course nowhere near ready, but in the meantime I'm posting random bits (some parts polished, others maybe not so much) to my personal blog in the meantime to bridge the gap. Since the XP unattended guide has gone fairly unchanged since 2004, we thought it time to update the content to include the newer operating systems as well. Please take a look, comment, pass the link along if it's good, etc. We're always open for comments and suggestions.