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Edit: All already added by Moonchild by now and ready to be used by @roytam1 too Btw. there seems to be finally a solution which is able to make Custom Elements work - on pages like Youtube and Github for example, which would be a huge improvement of web compatibility - no need for Palefill anymore as it seems and with a high speed improvement. @roytam1 Take a look, is highly of interest for you too Explanation of the solution: https://repo.palemoon.org/MoonchildProductions/UXP/issues/1344#issuecomment-34171 https://repo.palemoon.org/MoonchildProductions/UXP/issues/1344#issuecomment-34177 https://repo.palemoon.org/MoonchildProductions/UXP/issues/1344#issuecomment-34185 Pull requests: https://repo.palemoon.org/MoonchildProductions/UXP/pulls/2129 https://repo.palemoon.org/MoonchildProductions/UXP/pulls/2128

1.1 MB does sound much too small. For alternatives to Photo Gallery, look under heading Video & Photo Editing Software at https://msfn.org/board/topic/175262-last-versions-of-software-for-windows-vista-and-windows-server-2008/.

Fantastic point! Heh, I almost forgot that I created this topic so long ago. I'm still exploring Linux to this day and in fact I do have a VM running CentOS on my main Windows server which is just used as a service. But some of these other things it powers is absolutely fascinating! Imagine being a cow getting milked by Linux! I do wish it would start catching on more on the desktop world though because it truly does have a lot to offer! But I think so much of it relies on the programs people need to use that just isn't available on Linux and sometimes the free alternatives just don't cut it in the professional world.

... This means they're targeting Win7 as minimum, now, either in their source code or the compiler they use is... In Vista, K32EnumProcessModules function is found inside psapi.dll, but in 7+ it was moved to kernel32.dll: see below: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/windows-sdk-v7-0v7-0a-incompatibility-workaround/ If the actual source code is still compatible with NT6.0, then recompiling with defining _WIN32_WINNT=0x600 or PSAPI_VERSION=1 will produce a binary launching under Vista SP2 fine...

This needs an update. The last version of Audacity that can run on Vista is 3.0.5. 3.1.0 and later throw this error upon launch:

- CSSE - Common Sense Security Essentials (self explanatory) Don't open random attachments, check the integrity of the websites you're getting executables from, check digital signatures, and so forth. Show file extensions in Windows Explorer. Ear on the side of caution with p2p. Use a good content blocker in browser, like uBlock Origin. Don't relive the IE6 glory days and mash every big green download button you cross paths with. - VirusTotal Really awesome for scanning executables and installer files. - COMODO Cleaning Essentials Pretty decent portable AV scanner. Runs as far back as Win2k with extended kernel, gets frequent database updates all without needing new clients. Has a Killswitch tool as well, which is just a big process list - Unchecky Not an AV tool per-se. It just unchecks most ad offers in junk ridden installers, in case you miss the tic boxes yourself. Can help prevent PUPs for the untrained eye. - Malwarebytes 3.5 Older client, still gets database updates. 1.x clients worked until recent. See pertinent thread: https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/191650-malwarebytes-3-frequently-asked-questions/#comment-1243649

Well, of course he doesn't own anyone, but you know what I think ? What they did is hypocrisy lvl 1000. When during his times here they wrote him extremely lengthy soapy posts, telling him good night/good morning every day, and in the end, all of that was just to get upvotes (from what I see in their recent activities). And not a single good word, like he wasn't even here at all . Only legacyfan and me remember him.

I realise he does not owe anyone anything I just put this here to honour what he did do here

He doesn't own anyone here anything and if he thinks he's better off without MSFN and/or its community, that's his choice. It's difficult when you feel disconnected from everyone and everything, you know?

As promised, some further information about MailNews. It's now my standard email client in Windows XP. All my email service providers are supported by MailNews. I talk about GMX, WEB.DE, Gmail and Outlook.com (formerly Hotmail, now the light web version of Microsoft 365). It works without any problems, simply great. Here are some screenshots from my installation: I installed a lot of extensions from both Binary Outcast and Thunderbird.net, without any modifications, no editing of install.rdf, right out of the box. Furthermore, I activated the embedded calendar Lightning. I am very happy with MailNews, no cumbersome and heavy loading web interfaces anymore. This means I can fully recommend MailNews. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Every security software which still works under Windows XP is worth to mention. Truth be told, I am not a fan of Norton (Symantec) security solutions anymore. Just too restrictive, deletes things without permission, heavy load on the system, more of a disempowerment of the user.

The Windows Live Essentials installer on Microsoft Update Catalog is the web version, which unfortunately doesn't work since January 10, 2017.

ive used panda dome before and it's worked really well for me!

Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1.6 MP10 gets virus definitions daily in the rapid release channel https://www.broadcom.com/support/security-center/definitions/download/detail?gid=rr Search for: *15-v5i32.exe *15-v5i64.exe Supports the following versions of Symantec antivirus software Norton AntiVirus / Norton Internet Security (later than 2012) Norton AntiVirus / Norton Internet Security 2008/2009/2010/2011/2012 Norton 360 (later than 6.0) Norton 360 version 2.0/3.0/4.0/5.0/6.0 Symantec Protection Engine 7.x for Windows Symantec Mail Security for Domino (32-bit) v 8.1.3 (or higher) Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange v 7.5.2 (or higher) but i dont like the performance hit in windows 7 and 8.1

It's ready when it's ready. If there are no further problems it will be final on Wednesday.

Now installers for NT5.x work! Download from https://1drv.ms/u/s!AsVjtW11rJfA3FQANrgg_QXRMgfx?e=lCF2lV, run it on your system and everything will work! Installers for NT6.x currently do not work. I'm testing them.

OK, looking back at what I said, it didn't make much sense. As someone said: Source: https://digdeeper.neocities.org/articles/mozilla Also: https://digdeeper.neocities.org/articles/technological_slavery But who even feels like fighting system and even if they do, are they doing it in a way that would result in an actual long-term impact? IMHO, this world's a lost cause anyway and a big object from outer space could do us all a favor. https://www.livescience.com/planet-killer-asteroid-found-by-sun

It could be measured and if true, then @roytam1 could add the faster UA string in his builds as default.

Hard to say, small businesses maybe. I personally don't know anyone with Server 2008. A sturdy OS, for sure, I agree.

I assumed you meant smth like this: (you wrote steeling cookies) hardening (!?) cookies. But then again, considering the way you spell, sometimes hard to understand, sorry ! So no reason to be mad. Web security : hardening cookies/ https://odino.org/security-hardening-http-cookies/

There are differences in which files are served depending on the Firefox version presented in the user agent string (60 vs. 42). Polyfill is definitely used, it's like Firefox 42 gets a faster version.

Strangely, if you download and install a version of Office 365, where you can still join the Insider Program (below 2301), it will install the latest (2303) without any errors on Windows 8.1. They officially ended support with 2301

There's this topic:

I know under the new owner Twitter isn't what it used to be, but hey, could either of you consider it as a good alternative to MSFN ? I mean, a good alternative for you in terms of *getting likes* and *exchanging niceties* (like @jaclaz recently said) ? I had to just freaking disable the new posts, 'cause I freaking want to read technical posts and not how either of you worried of not getting enough likes !

Sorry, got 68/78 mixed up. But yeah, that's the one, also linked here (GitHub page). It's not a webextension though, it's a legacy bootstrapped extension that depends on hacky re-enabling of loading of these types of extensions. FWIW, I've test driven MyPal when it was new on my XP x64 installation in multi-process mode, when first reports of BSOD started appearing, didn't BSOD on me once, and I've made it use all availabe RAM to the point pagefile usage naturally increased. I only encountered one specific crash of the browser, which could be worked-around with Microsoft's own compatibility shim IgnoreException. From what I recall, the exception indicating access violation had to be ignored. I found it interesting since unhandled memory access violations are often fatal and the program usually doesn't recover from it just like that. That said, my PC has top notch driver support for XP x64. Edit: Actually, not sure I'm remembering exception correctly. Maybe it was illegal instruction...UD2...encountered with sites using Web Assembly.

The Linux on desktop hasn't caught on, but: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/linux-everywhere-10-things-didnt-know-penguin-powered/

Found them ! https://msfn.org/board/topic/183138-mozilla-and-firefox-has-turned-into-evil-and-lie-to-their-userbase-leave-it-and-go-for-alternatives/?do=findComment&comment=1207584

Firefox aint better, there was a good topic here on how it leaks your data to russian yandex (with proof , screenshots , etc ).

Cookie Tracking and Stealing using Cross-Site Scripting Difficulty Level : Medium Last Updated : 13 Oct, 2022 https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/cookie-tracking-stealing-using-cross-site-scripting/

Since I don't know whether the guys (and girls?) from WiseVector have finally given up on their WiseVector StopX program or not, I have first completely deactivated it in my system, i.e. deactivated autostart of the program and its system service. Perhaps, they will reconsider their decision. After a deep research, I decided to give Panda Dome 22.00.00 a chance. This version is the most recent and fully compatible with Windows XP. Here are two screenshots of Panda Dome: So far, I am quite enthusiastic. The system load of Panda Dome is very low (lower than it was with WiseVector StopX), and the detection rate is supposed to be very good according to my research. I will keep you updated. Cheers, AstroSkipper

BINGO! Seemed pretty obvious to me. Moving on...

It is good

I found it:

So I hope you guys know about some of the interesting things about Windows Me, at MSFN in fact, I found all this info in bits and pieces scattered over many threads so I am posting it in a single post. Also, there are many people here who already know it or are much smarter so ignore, I am only posting it for those still playing with this ancient OS in a VM or real old hardware. Hope it's not a problem: 1. Only the OEM version of Windows Me has hibernation support, retail doesn't. Also, OEM Windows Me CD is bootable. 2. It is common knowledge that Windows Me was patched to restore MS-DOS real mode. Io.sys, Command.com and Regenv.exe can be patched so it processes Config.sys and Autoexec.bat. That is old news. But this way of patching has a downside - you lose the nice white Windows Me boot logo (logo.sys that's inside Io.sys) because it takes the Io.sys/Winboot file from the EBD (Emergency Boot Disk). But instead what I recently learned (sure seasoned members and experts know it already) is after using the Me2Dos patch to modify Io.sys, command.com and regenv.exe or patching it yourself with a hex editor, if you take the Io.sys from Windows Me's Bootable CD (after it boots to DOS for Setup) or from the OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK) that's there in tools\nettools\fac -> DTA files (which are actually CAB files on the CD) and overwrite the one in C:\ drive's root with this one, then this OEM Io.sys does have the nice boot screen and you can still boot to DOS if you want due to the patched Command.com and Regenv.exe. In fact you get the full set of startup options like 95/98 except "Previous version of MS-DOS". So, after you have patched Windows Me with the famous Me2DOS patch to boot like 95/98, you can replace Io.sys with the non-patched Io.sys from Me OPK or Bootable Me ISO, and you get the best of both worlds - boot screen as well as boot to DOS/startup files no longer ignored. 3. Another advantage of Io.sys from OEM CD vs EBD patch is Expanded Memory is available in Windows Me for DOS programs. 4. Finally, you need to make a few changes to startup files after the Me2Dos patch and replacing Io.sys from OEM CD, so that "Command prompt only" option works like 95/98 and also you don't get boot errors at startup when booting Windows Me with the "Normal" option. I'll explain why you need to modify files again after the Me2Dos patch. With this unpatched Io.sys from OEM CD Boot image/OPK, it always loads Windows Me even if you choose the "Command prompt only" option. This is because the Command interpreter line in startup files lacks the /P (permanent) switch. You just need to add the /P switch to config.sys. After you install the Me2Dos patch, it modifies Config.sys to add this line: shell=c:\command.com e:32768. Just modify it as stated below so you don't get a "File creation error" when booting. Like this: shell=c:\command.com c: /p /e:32768 (Note the correct use of /p switch in Config.sys is to list dir where command interpreter resides before it so you must add: c: before /p) Also this Io.sys will automatically load Ifshlp.sys so you can comment out the line in config.sys added by Me2Dos patch by a semicolon and lastly remove the line from Autoexec.bat: C:\WINDOWS\win.com as with the non-patched Io.sys from Bootable OEM CD, it will load Windows Me anyway when "Normal" startup is used. So you get all options working exactly like Windows 95/98: Normal, Logged, Safe Mode, Step-by-Step Confirmation, Command Prompt only (which does process your Config.sys and Autoexec.bat but boots to DOS only) and Safe mode command prompt only which bypasses them. 5. Another fun thing I recently learned is with the ORIGINAL Io.sys that Windows Me officially installs (not the patched one from Me2Dos/EBD patch and not the one from OEM Me CD), Windows Me does not actually need Win.com to boot! It is there only for compatibility but Win.com then loads vmm32.vxd which is the main file that switches from real-mode to protected mode. So you can do fun trick (not that there is any use of it): - Rename C:\Windows\Win.com to WinMe.com so Windows doesn't find it automatically - Rename C:\Windows\system\vmm32.vxd to vmm32.com. - Take Command.com from tools\nettools\fac -> DTA files and rename it to C:\Windows\system\vmm32.vxd Now when your PC boots with original unpatched Io.sys, it will only load Command.com Also you can directly load Windows Me by running: C:\Windows\system\vmm32.com. Or create a batch file in C:\ called Win.bat which points to C:\Windows\system\vmm32.com. That way it loads command.com. If you type, Win, it loads Windows Me. Note that I find this trick (#5) useless as original Io.sys bypasses startup files so there is no advantage of booting to DOS. Also if you use any different Io.sys, then vmm32.com will fail to load Windows Me directly. Let me know what you guys think. I think having access to MS-DOS almost like Windows 98 is awesome. The only thing that is still missing is Restart to MS-DOS Mode option but you can always dual boot between some version of DOS and Windows Me/DOS if you don't like "Command Prompt only" (Windows Me DOS 8.0).

@UCyborg! Thanks for this tip! Works absolutely great! I extracted this file from the most recent release which unfortunately is no longer XP-compatible and copied it into the appropriate folder of my installation. Now, YouTube works much better than before. Thanks again!