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I will not continue with this project, I have outgrown it. Thank you for all your kind comments, advice, etc. My modified versions are removed - they are unsafe due to sandbox bypass, embeded videos do not work.

Support for installing Chromium extensions, saving their settings, as well as keeping cookies and other settings has been implemented: The original objective was to fix the "CultureNotSupported"-related exceptions that prevented .NET Core 5 from working, but under the belief that the .NET and Chromium issues were connected, I worked on solving the issue using Chromium. It turns out that .NET's issues are unrelated.

Here is the future of Chromium on Windows 7: https://github.com/win32ss/supermium I have been closely tracking the many changes made to Chromium since November 2022, made with the intent of dropping support for Windows 7 and 8.x. As of version 111, it became very difficult to keep the newest versions running on Vista with the extended kernel; shared memory allocation changes made it impossible to do so as subtle changes to the API (which were done in kernel mode) prevented stable operation of the browsers. So I decided to build my own Chromium. I discovered that a further change was made to the shared memory allocation which broke it even further; the successor to mojo, IPCZ, was forced on by default. It only works properly with Windows 8.1+'s shared memory API. I disabled IPCZ for pre-8.1 and this made the sandbox work again on Vista and 7. Perhaps I will see exactly why IPCZ is broken (from the Windows API level) and try to fix it for the next release. The only win32 API link I can find is CreateFileMappingW, which I need to test with an IPCZ-enabled build on both 8 and 8.1 to see what makes it fail.

Sad news for everyone here at MSFN. One of our forum supervisors, Dencorso, passed away on October 24th, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Apparently he was still upbeat and optimistic about the future a few weeks before he passed. My memories of Den go back quite a few years. He was incredibly helpful to me with technical problems, which is what this board is all about of course, initially mainly with Windows 98, and latterly with Windows XP. He was immensely supportive too when I first became a moderator here, something I will always be grateful for. He was definitely one of the good guys, and will be sorely missed here. Please add your memories here of working with Den. Thanks, Dave.

Off-Topic: so tomorrow is last day of my "sick leave" period caused by bicycle accident happened in 12 Nov 2022, I'll try to pick-up all upstream changes to my trees. Starting from 1 March I have to resume to my $DAYJOB and picking-up tasks that crated during the period that I was "missing" so it could be quite busy in following days/weeks. hope everything goes well and back to normal soon.

Off-topic: while testing my GreenPad on ReactOS, I found some bugs and fixed some of them. And ReactOS twitter account mentioned me. :)

I found that there are ultimately four reasons why Chromium is broken on NT 6.x: 1. New imports in kernel32 and userenv. They can all be stubbed, not hard to fix. (Vista/7; 8.x has them) 2. Use of job object APIs in ways that are only supported on 8.x (without sandbox) and 10 (with sandbox) 3. Use of new NtQueryInformationProcess class for enumerating process handles; if it can't be used, the content process will be terminated (8.0 and below, sandbox only) 4. Use of new DirectWrite factories, like IDWriteFactory3, which was introduced in Windows 10 #1 is taken care of, I'm getting there with #2 and then I should be able to do #3. #4's solution is actually quite simple; copy over a Windows 10 DWrite.dll to use with Chromium using DLL redirection methods (I used 10.0.17763.1 and I think 10240 and up should work too). Then patch these DLL names in the import table with a hex editor or CFF explorer: api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-2-0.dll -> kernel32.dll api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-2.dll -> kernel32.dll This is sufficient to run the latest Chromium browser snapshot on Windows 8: Right now there are truly missing functions on Windows Vista and 7, in api-ms-win-core-delayload-l1-1-0.dll and api-ms-win-core-delayload-l1-1-1.dll. Some of those return function pointers so they can't be stubbed.

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20221203-3219d2d-uxp-74a139ee2-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20221203-3219d2d-uxp-74a139ee2-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-20221203-3219d2d-uxp-74a139ee2-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-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20221203-d849524bd-uxp-74a139ee2-xpmod.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20221203-d849524bd-uxp-74a139ee2-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win64-git-20221203-d849524bd-uxp-74a139ee2-xpmod.7z Official UXP changes picked since my last build: - Issue #2036 - Prevent GTK color picker from being frozen when launched from a modal XUL window (6d6d149b6) - Issue #2030 - (chore) refactor event dispatch functions (4d310562d) - Issue #2030 - Allow child nodes of button to participate in mouse hit tests (4354c7a1b) - Issue #2030 - Pref-gate default button event dispatch logic (3f073056d) - Issue #2030 - Dispatch click on common interactive ancestor if mousdown/up are not on the same element (b4dd10626) - Issue #2022 Follow-Up - Add autorelease to our manual NSView to prevent potential leaks. Also move titlebar overrides from BaseWindow to ToolbarWindow... This caused problems in Waterfox Classic on Ventura, while this didn't seem to be necessary in UXP... There is no need for those overrides in BaseWindow, so why risk potential problems. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1576387 https://github.com/WaterfoxCo/Waterfox-Classic/commit/d7f5814dc089f615385a00db4dfe187c6aefa1af (e10eeed77) - No Issue - Fix building ldap on MacOS. Discovered this problem building Epyrus on MacOS, based on this Mozilla Bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1652906 (7354cde3e) No official Pale-Moon changes picked since my last build. No official Basilisk changes picked since my last build. Update Notice: - You may delete file named icudt58l.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.

We are working with one of our friend from far East, Their soon gonna be a newer Chrome on XP , I will replace Boring SSL with OpenSSL [No need of Proxy for TLS1.3 and ECC] and port Angle Library to DirectX 9[ Smooth Scrolling] , He already got Chromium 92 working. Please Kindly have patience and i cannot reveal more as per my promise to him. Dont ask me when it is coming , but it is coming.

Note - there is a known issue if you run this browser with a very long sub-folder file name. Please rename the downloaded file upon download, the names here are only to distinguish their differences. This thread is devoted primarily to WinXP and a Chromium fork based on Chromium v86. Any discussions regarding v86 and its "age" will be reported to the mods as "disrespect" and in direct violation of Forum Rule 7.b. 7.b This community is built upon mutual respect. You are not allowed to flame other members. People who do not respect personal opinions and/or personal work will be warned in first instance. If you ignore the warning and keep on flaming, you will be banned without notice. This project is my personal work that I share with MSFN because there is a need for a "relatively modern" web browser for use in WinXP and v86 has performed "reasonably well" in that regard. The user-base is perfectly aware that XP will not serve 100% of our needs, that v86 will not serve 100% of our needs, we know this and accept this, we are not here to be told to "move on" from XP and what works for us in XP. We The Community can respect this endeavor in the same manner that we respect content shared at MSFN threads devoted to Win98 and Win2000 without trolling such threads and citing "age". Many thanks to all that continue to support this personal work. There is a combination of several versions to choose from. Regular versus Ungoogled -- ungoogled intentionally breaks telemetry sent to the Chrome Web Store, this in turn breaks the "Add to Chrome" feature at the Chrome Web Store so extensions need added via other means. WebGL enabled/disabled -- WebGL may or may not work on older hardware, so mileage may vary. Translation enabled/disabled -- Chromium-based browsers have an embedded Google Translate context menu feature, I offer versions with and without this embedded feature. WinXP / Win10 skin -- I only use this browser in WinXP and therefore I prefer it to look-and-feel like everything else I run in WinXP. Others prefer the more "modern" Chrome GUI and the Win10 skin attempts to please that crowd. https://www.dropbox.com/s/wsch5owpc8yv184/360ChromePortable_13.5.1030_r8_regular_webgl-disabled_translate-disabled_win-10-skin.zip?dl=1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/fl9ureunhg2k2x7/360ChromePortable_13.5.1030_r8_regular_webgl-disabled_translate-disabled_win-xp-skin.zip?dl=1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/whki7vldp655nx1/360ChromePortable_13.5.1030_r8_regular_webgl-disabled_translate-enabled_win-10-skin.zip?dl=1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/59561mewhx0ufzb/360ChromePortable_13.5.1030_r8_regular_webgl-disabled_translate-enabled_win-xp-skin.zip?dl=1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/l3e5m48tzzb30bj/360ChromePortable_13.5.1030_r8_regular_webgl-enabled_translate-disabled_win-10-skin.zip?dl=1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/npnxobadg89m7uj/360ChromePortable_13.5.1030_r8_regular_webgl-enabled_translate-disabled_win-xp-skin.zip?dl=1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/ithrm1ttt2nypb1/360ChromePortable_13.5.1030_r8_regular_webgl-enabled_translate-enabled_win-10-skin.zip?dl=1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/f2935ei6q5d0w3u/360ChromePortable_13.5.1030_r8_regular_webgl-enabled_translate-enabled_win-xp-skin.zip?dl=1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/i9t2rul2t5g99ml/360ChromePortable_13.5.1030_r8_ungoogled_webgl-disabled_translate-disabled_win-10-skin.zip?dl=1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/wqm2tzaum2088ph/360ChromePortable_13.5.1030_r8_ungoogled_webgl-disabled_translate-disabled_win-xp-skin.zip?dl=1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/wqzujgi97cyuf7u/360ChromePortable_13.5.1030_r8_ungoogled_webgl-disabled_translate-enabled_win-10-skin.zip?dl=1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/tbt5g1pv9nazfo4/360ChromePortable_13.5.1030_r8_ungoogled_webgl-disabled_translate-enabled_win-xp-skin.zip?dl=1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/g4g0jdgogoexa3p/360ChromePortable_13.5.1030_r8_ungoogled_webgl-enabled_translate-disabled_win-10-skin.zip?dl=1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/bcsexi8cm5tw2np/360ChromePortable_13.5.1030_r8_ungoogled_webgl-enabled_translate-disabled_win-xp-skin.zip?dl=1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/yz8usl2hgsbxtk0/360ChromePortable_13.5.1030_r8_ungoogled_webgl-enabled_translate-enabled_win-10-skin.zip?dl=1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/pi43092cazygjz6/360ChromePortable_13.5.1030_r8_ungoogled_webgl-enabled_translate-enabled_win-xp-skin.zip?dl=1

Agreed. The behavior in that thread was unacceptable. I locked the topic and made it clear that I won't allow that behavior in the forum section for my project. If you see something like this in the Basilisk section of the Pale Moon Forum again feel free to let me know directly.

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20230311-3219d2d-uxp-6f99b9744-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20230311-3219d2d-uxp-6f99b9744-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-20230311-3219d2d-uxp-6f99b9744-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-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230311-d849524bd-uxp-6f99b9744-xpmod.7z Win32 IA32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230311-d849524bd-uxp-6f99b9744-xpmod-ia32.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230311-d849524bd-uxp-6f99b9744-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win64-git-20230311-d849524bd-uxp-6f99b9744-xpmod.7z Official UXP changes picked since my last build: - Issue #1693 - Use scoped enums for IDBTransaction. (c920f32df) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1430303: Implement ShadowRoot.pointerLockElement (3dfffeaec) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1430305: Implement ShadowRoot.fullscreenElement (e286eb8ad) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1413102: Ensure Shadow DOM boundaries are dealt properly in event handling (24572438a) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1413102 (Follow-up): Ignore current target because of shadow DOM retargeting (1bb2009f6) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1323815: FocusEvent.relatedTarget should work consistently with MouseEvent.relatedTarget (1185cfe3f) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1438129: Remove ShadowRoot.applyAuthorStyles. (3350af82c) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1430301: Implement ShadowRoot.elementFromPoint/elementsFromPoint (e64aeea52) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1356496: Don't use nsIDOM* in ConfirmSelectionInBody (b2c77e5ed) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1066965: Make contentEditable and spellchecking to work in Shadow DOM (010db07bf) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1453789: Remove Element.createShadowRoot (45c179d01) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1410578: Make <link rel="stylesheet"> work in shadow trees (588c2154a) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1455891/Part 1: Improve StyleChildrenIterator (263b719ef) - Issue #2135 - Implement sequential focus navigation for shadow DOM (56193120c) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1518795: Properly track responsive content in a connected ShadowRoot (7b395189a) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1329877: Optimize AncestorFilter usage in lazy frame construction (7924a2f60) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1414692: Adopt shadow roots when adopting a shadow host across documents (b72ddcf65) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1393806/Part 1: Change nsNodeUtils cloning/adopting stuff to use an ErrorResult for errors (e65a864a3) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1393806/Part 2: Modify AdoptNodeIntoOwnerDoc to use the non-XPCOM version of document.AdoptNode (3062964d2) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1393806/Part 3: Change dom::ReparentWrapper to take an ErrorResult (9f0fb9c16) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1425864: Ensure printing documents which have shadow DOM works (015148fcc) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1419803: Use GetComposedDoc instead of GetUncomposedDoc in ContentEventHandler (70d493586) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1433669/Part 1: Remove dead function (2f9186959) - Issue #2135 - Bug 1433669/Part 2: Flush the document instead of the shell in ContentEventHandler (4d778226e) - Issue #2135 - Follow-up: Fix crash for passing nullptr as an argument to the aNodesWithProperties parameter (c194fbf6a) - Issue #2135 - Follow-up: Fix typo (9cb33ab84) - Issue #2046 - correct debug assert for intl_FormatRelativeTime() (3fb11e542) - Issue #2135 - Follow-up: Fix potential crash if shadow root is null (ad929c5dd) - Issue #2136 - Part 1: Implement CSS inset property (21d468ee6) - Issue #2136 - Part 2: Regenerate devtools CSS database (ae26d8a04) - Issue #2143 - Implement CSS env() Environment Variables (2b903a20b) - Issue #2135 - Follow-up: Ensure document is not null in nsImageLoadingContent::BindToTree (cfef3fa48) - Issue #2148 - Root the RegExpShared in RegExpMacroAssembler. (1f0df8f42) Official Pale-Moon changes picked since my last build: - [Pale-Moon] Set compatversion for hardcoded overrides to 102.0 (5a627b6ce) - [Pale-Moon] Issue #1915 - [SSUAO] Add override for Instagram (c8488397e) Official Basilisk changes picked since my last build: - Revert "[Basilisk] Fade out tab label on overflow instead of ellipsis" (15e3a38b5) My changes since my last build: - [Basilisk] ported PM version of tab caption fading to here (2a32b18f4) - [Basilisk] add tab caption fading to CtrlTab (f159e44b2) - [Pale-Moon] add tab caption fading to CtrlTab (5db2ae1aa) - Revert "revert last rev (7faa37b7) and revert rev b7e45308 and 9824659d instead." (1b1d672dc) - Revert "reverting rev 22dc363c and 233802c9 for now since I got a crash in destructor of RegExpShared." (6f99b9744) Update Notice: - You may delete file named icudt58l.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.

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20230114-3219d2d-uxp-12b3c5e5f-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20230114-3219d2d-uxp-12b3c5e5f-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-20230114-3219d2d-uxp-12b3c5e5f-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-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230114-d849524bd-uxp-12b3c5e5f-xpmod.7z Win32 IA32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230114-d849524bd-uxp-12b3c5e5f-xpmod-ia32.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230114-d849524bd-uxp-12b3c5e5f-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win64-git-20230114-d849524bd-uxp-12b3c5e5f-xpmod.7z Official UXP changes picked since my last build: - Issue #2073 - m-c 1382683: Accelerate GIF decoding to SurfacePipe (7d75c2717) - Issue #2073 - m-c 1343341: Infrastructure necessary to allow discarding of animated images (squashed) (eac8afce3) - Issue #2073 - m-c 523950: Discard decoded frames of very large GIF animations (squashed) (e96122ede) - Issue #2073 - m-c 1383404: make SourceBuffer::Compact more efficient (squashed) (03a4a17cc) - Issue #2073 - m-c 1651587: Make image::Image release efficient on main thread (9a39001cc) - Issue #2073 - m-c 1546500: Avoid dispatching synchronous thread shutdown runnables (a6a420259) - Issue #2073 - m-c 1454149: Do not advance animated images which are not displayed (845411a7a) - Issue #2084 - Part 1: Remove CSSUnprefixingService.js and associated code (db3ce13f2) - Issue #2084 - Part 2: Simplify logic in CSSParserImpl::LookupKeywordPrefixAware (56e636d8e) - No issue - Fix invalid neq check on assert in RegExpParser (2f7f622cd) - Issue #2087 - Don't throw on lacking PresShell in SetFontInternal (efeb0e3e9) - Issue #80 - Re-unify some more missed sources in js/src (ee541a533) 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: - turn on TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 to fix download from mega (8f801c5c3) - [Basilisk] follow-up Issue UXP#2084 - remove CSSUnprefixingService from packaging (3ff80c5af) Update Notice: - You may delete file named icudt58l.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.

Hello I'm doing huge updates and corrections on server and site software in the last 10 hours. Still working on it. Please be patient. Thank you

The fact that Feodor has been able to do as much as he has, given the circumstances, is truly incredible. I admire his dedication and enthusiasm for the projects he's worked on over the years...his 'old' MyPal (29.3.0) is still one of my primary daily-use browsers in XP, and it's been very exciting to see the progress that has been made so far on the newer 68. He's one talented coder, as his 'resurrected' MyPal 68 has proven...it's a shame to look back on that whole fiasco nearly one year later, because the Pale Moon developers had an opportunity to take the highest of high roads by inviting Feodor to work with them and even help them restore official compatibility to benefit XP/Vista users, but instead they fought and alienated him and many others. In a more ideal world, there would have been a mutual respect that could have led to a long-term partnership, maybe even a friendship. I'm genuinely praying for him, his family, and all of his friends...and of course, I'm keeping Roy in my thoughts too as he's in Hong Kong. They both come from places that have been through so much, especially in recent times. To Roy and Feodor: thank you both VERY much for everything you have done. Your efforts have never, ever been in vain.

New release https://github.com/Feodor2/Mypal68/releases/download/68.13b/mypal-68.13.0.en-US.win32.zip @mockingbird Screensaver thing is fixed

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20230325-3219d2d-uxp-00534b26f-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20230325-3219d2d-uxp-00534b26f-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-20230325-3219d2d-uxp-00534b26f-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-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230325-d849524bd-uxp-00534b26f-xpmod.7z Win32 IA32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230325-d849524bd-uxp-00534b26f-xpmod-ia32.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230325-d849524bd-uxp-00534b26f-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win64-git-20230325-d849524bd-uxp-00534b26f-xpmod.7z Official UXP changes picked since my last build: - No Issue - Ensure more OsiSpace (82a2a67f0) - [GFX] Add some sanity checks and clamps to SurfaceData calculations. (fd5015fae) - Issue #2117 - Follow-up: Run precomplete cmd during package staging (05d29a53d) - Issue #2155 - Split TDZCheckCache, IfEmitter/InternalIfEmitter, JumpList from BytecodeEmitter (e8fee2056) - Issue #2155 - Simplify BytecodeEmitter::isRestParameter (da05c050e) - Issue #2155 - Refactor BytecodeEmitter in preparation for *Emitter work (a2fd8846b) - Issue #2155 - Add PropOpEmitter, ElemOpEmitter, NameOpEmitter, CallOrNewEmitter (89e682000) - Issue #2155 - Fix BytecodeEmitter::emitArguments for our ParseNode tree (e88f946c0) - Issue #2155 - Remove now-unused functions (5dc6be1bc) - Issue #2155 - Fix debug build (76c203014) - Issue #2155 - Fix wrong assertion (fbb5f7345) - Issue #1593 - Follow-up: Fix :host matching from inside the shadow tree (7374ca671) - Issue #2171 - Skip over shadow nodes that don't have an owning node. (f09d2bba0) - Issue #1592 - Part 1a: Prevent crashing if a slot element was selected via DOM Inspector (0232bcdfa) - Issue #1592 - Part 1b: Move <slot> UA rule to html.css (460e8db94) - Issue #1592 - Part 1c: Pass SelectorParsingFlags as a reference (ab63b7b94) - Issue #1592 - Part 2: Parse ::slotted() pseudo-element as if it were a pseudo-class (77ad970db) - Issue #1592 - Part 3: Ensure only tree-abiding pseudo-elements will follow ::slotted() (92b31dd25) - Issue #1592 - Part 4: Walk ::slotted()-containing rules for slottables (518c41fd7) - Issue #1592 - Part 5: Use flattened element tree when looking for a parent while matching ::slotted() (8d2533ad7) - Issue #1592 - Part 6: Allow pseudo-classes with a forgiving selector list argument to follow pseudo-elements (91d2b6f4c) - Issue #1592 - Part 7: Slottables cannot be matched from the outer tree. (19226fd56) - Issue #1592 - Part 8: Test the assigned slot for type/class/ID/attribute instead of the slottable when matching ::slotted() (4cd0de04d) - Issue #1592 - Part 9: Post a restyle event after changing the slot of a slottable (9a071f3b7) - Issue #1592 - Part 10: Slot elements should restyle their parent on attribute changes (bc12e05bd) - Issue #1592 - Follow-up: Don't post a restyle event if restyleElement is null (b29522749) - Issue #2161 - Ctrl + Enter should cause keypress event even though the key combination doesn't input any character (078b1b73d) - Issue #2135 - Don't discard event state mask when matching ::slotted() or :host arguments (f16994074) 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: - follow-up rev 24572438, `targetInKnownToBeHandledScope` can be null (af28af9f8) - add comments and formatting in mozilla upstream "bug 1440809, ensure we don't try to treat non-DOM-Node event targets as such, r=masayuki (89c8025537a5)" (64329d41b) - js: add `using js::LifoAlloc` to fix build (e162f075e) Update Notice: - You may delete file named icudt58l.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.

A wider assortment of 32 bit applications run, including up to Chromium ~107 and Electron applications such as Spotify (Discord's updater is buggy, apparently it's reliant on IE). Firefox goes up into the 90s. Chromium 110 x64 works. Chromium 111 x64 may work, with --no-sandbox and ChromiumFix=1 set in a osver.ini override for the application. OBS Studio 29 works, Calibre is fixed and PCSX2 1.7.3195 QT6 works, but later versions have issues. And Premiere Pro 2019 working now, which I did not expect. There are two known issues; Chromium's access to audio devices is broken. The cause was discovered and it has been fixed, but I am waiting on a fix for the second issue to include it in an update. There is an issue with userenv.dll which breaks audio on various systems. As the updates to userenv.dll are only needed for Chromium 110+, you can temporarily replace it with the original version to restore sound if it has been lost.

Hi all and merry X-mass, I got bored and with the help of @Dixel and some amount of inspiration I sometimes get from @win32, I butchered the latest Opera 96 (110) to make it run on our beloved Vista ! This chinese browser Opera is based on the newest Chrome 110, which is officially supported only on Win 10 +. Also, I forced it to use its native hardware Skia engine 110. (which is now blocked on win 7 by default). For those who still drive their Sd.Kfz.8, Opera 95 and Chrome 109 are the last for win 7, so as of now, win 7 and the extended kernel for Vista are not able to run the 110 Chrome version. Please don't ask me about running it on WIn 7, I don't know (or won't tell) anything. In theory, it's possible for win 7 to run it. But only if you edit the browser code. (which is forbidden). Only Vista related questions. Thanks. Opera EULA says we can't edit their code, so I shall share my hacks/findings with @win32 and maybe he will be able to implement this in his next kernel release, so all of you could run it without the editing hacks.

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

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20230211-3219d2d-uxp-553e7438a-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20230211-3219d2d-uxp-553e7438a-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-20230211-3219d2d-uxp-553e7438a-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-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230211-d849524bd-uxp-553e7438a-xpmod.7z Win32 IA32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230211-d849524bd-uxp-553e7438a-xpmod-ia32.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230211-d849524bd-uxp-553e7438a-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win64-git-20230211-d849524bd-uxp-553e7438a-xpmod.7z Official UXP changes picked since my last build: - Issue #2104 - Part 1: Implement "clip" attribute value for XUL string cropping (60c344a56) - Issue #2104 - Part 2: Indicate if a label was cropped via the "_is_cropped" attribute (4c9665a4a) - No issue - Accept also `video/vp8` as MIME type (1644bf94f) No official Pale-Moon changes picked since my last build. No official Basilisk changes picked since my last build. Update Notice: - You may delete file named icudt58l.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.

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20230204-3219d2d-uxp-a234f6917-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20230204-3219d2d-uxp-a234f6917-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-20230204-3219d2d-uxp-a234f6917-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-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230204-d849524bd-uxp-a234f6917-xpmod.7z Win32 IA32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230204-d849524bd-uxp-a234f6917-xpmod-ia32.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230204-d849524bd-uxp-a234f6917-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win64-git-20230204-d849524bd-uxp-a234f6917-xpmod.7z Official UXP changes picked since my last build: - Issue #1382 - Remove incorrect assertion. (8f3badf88) - No issue - bump default platform UA compatibility mode to 102.0 (d89f4e145) - [xpcom] remove incorrect assertion. (8bf892d72) - Issue #2083 - Part 1: Make RegExpShared a GC thing. (3796c7c1e) - Issue #2083 - Part 2: Remove use of RegExpGuard. (d163d08cb) - Issue #2083 - Part 3: Fix RegExpShared rooting hazards now it's a GC thing. (2ac60a27c) - Issue #2083 - Part 4: Give RegExpShared a finalizer. (9824659d3) - Issue #2083 - Part 5: Fix memory leak in RegExpObject. (b7e453086) - Revert "Issue #1382 - RegExpShared::groupsTemplate_ cannot be a GCPtr since RegExpShared is managed by C++" (233802c9a) - Issue #2089 - Shrink Promise instances from 8 to 4 slots by moving debug information to an external object (ed8af362b) - Issue #2089 - Only create result Promises in Promise#then and Promise#catch if it's used or the creation is otherwise observable (6e2201d3a) - Issue #2089 - Turn AsyncGeneratorResumeNext recursion into iteration to avoid stack overflow (55eacd43a) - Issue #2089 - Optimize Promise.then and Promise.all/race with default resolving functions (9744b0c2b) - Issue #2089 - Don't use BlockOnPromise fast path with non-default resolving functions, combine default resolving functions flags (ee395231d) - Issue #2089 - Improve Runtime perf of Promises (1fd51e14f) - Issue #2089 - Add a PromiseCapability struct, directly initialize dense elements in PerformPromiseAll using NewbornArrayPush (c0b1bf7e1) - Issue #2089 - Create a shared helper for PerformPromiseRace, PerformPromiseAll and PerformPromiseAllSettled (5ff7a51da) - Issue #2089 - Further runtime perf improvements for PromiseState (078daa705) - Issue #2089 - Report unhandled rejection for optimized away promise (a215929a3) - Issue #2083 - Follow-up: RegExpShared::source should be a GCPtr. (22dc363c3) - Issue #2099 - Remove unnecessary cast in GeneratorObject::suspend's do loop. (10ef0da5a) - Issue #2089 - Add cache for Promise property lookups (92906d4da) - Issue #2089 - Move ErrorObject parts from jsexn.cpp to ErrorObject.cpp (209c8e06a) - Issue #2089 - Implement AggregateError (61c99bf6c) - Issue #2089 - Rename shared Promise combinator functions, with helpers for element functions (9fc50a992) - Issue #2089 - Implement the Promise.any combinator (f75e9d944) - Issue #2103 - Fix typo in RegExp Parser (8d3f23ed0) No official Pale-Moon changes picked since my last build. No official Basilisk changes picked since my last build. My changes picked since my last build: - reverting rev 22dc363c and 233802c9 for now since I got a crash in destructor of RegExpShared. (7faa37b7d) - revert last rev (7faa37b7) and revert rev b7e45308 and 9824659d instead. (4475b2d9f) Update Notice: - You may delete file named icudt58l.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.

Some thing I have been work on in my very little free time. You know "Browservice" project right? He made a software that pushes endless stream of JPEG images to the browser that contain a website rendered by Chromium engine. Complete with fake address bar and front end JavaScript to capture keyboard and mouse. The idea sounds so ridiculous, so crazy, but it actually works on almost every OS and almost every old browser. Problem of "Browservice" is it doesn't feel convincing. IE constantly downloading images and status bar goes crazy (it appears that the memory leak exists). Also very slow when website has a animating. I did something similar but using RDP. Only for IE5 and IE6. Should work Win98/ME/2000/XP<SP3. I develop in XPSP2 IE6 and WinME IE 5.5 for now. Since it's ActiveX control, I am inside of IEXPLORE.EXE and have full control (that's how drive-by downloads installed spyware and virus back in the days). I use the power to intercept the menu, toolbar, address bar, status bar, etc. IE becomes only a bit of GUI under my control. All commands are redirected to remote server running Chromium engine there. RDP has the feature "Virtual Channel" to send messages (WTSVirtualChannelOpen etc.) My implementation so far browsing experience feels 99% like using real Internet Explorer because RDP protocol is much faster and get clipboard support, access to local hard drive, sound, video streaming, etc. for free by Microsoft. Unfortunately still very early in development. Downloads not yet work. History not yet work. Popup window not yet work (very difficult). But I hope that in a few months from now good old Win9x and Win2000 can join a modern Internet again. Backend in C#. Frontend in Visual Basic 6 with OLEEXP and patched SSUBTMR (just to prove it can be done, but it is painful). Maybe you will say that's the fake screenshot. Okay, you can do it. I don't have the argument at the moment. But soon I hope to show it running on real hardware.

I am so sad. He was a great person. I knew him since my first days on MSFN, many, many years ago, and besides the public interactions on the board we had a lot of correspondence via PM's, both on computing and on a whole range of different topics, from cinema and TV to art and linguistics (he could read and understand very well Italian and I can understand a very little Portuguese, we had a common interest in Latin - as root of both languages - and we often exchanged opinions on these and many other things), I considered him a friend. I will greatly miss him and our exchanges. Besides his great work in helping and advising other people on technical matters, he was always polite and just (as a moderator), while often managing to keep a veil of humour in his posts. He told me about his illness, describing it as a "a quite mean cancer", from the tone of his latest messages he was fighting fiercely against it, and was hoping to defeat it only one month before, at the end of september. May he R.I.P. jaclaz

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20221126-3219d2d-uxp-de0b4ac20-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20221126-3219d2d-uxp-de0b4ac20-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-20221126-3219d2d-uxp-de0b4ac20-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-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20221126-d849524bd-uxp-de0b4ac20-xpmod.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20221126-d849524bd-uxp-de0b4ac20-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win64-git-20221126-d849524bd-uxp-de0b4ac20-xpmod.7z Official UXP changes picked since my last build: - [Network, DOM] Align our implementation with the current CORS/Fetch spec. (37f0199c7) - WebSocketChannel::CleanupConnection should run on the socket thread (7fab5ebd1) - [network] Fix Mac buffer overflow. (6408291d7) - [XPCOM] Deal with lstat potentially lying in nsLocalFileUnix. (dc04d9f79) - Issue #2027 - Use reserved stack space instead of heap allocation in nsLocalFile (eb0c06101) - Issue #2029 - Part 1: Add preference for opening the protocol handling dialog as window modal (36ddeff63) - Issue #2029 - Part 2: Protocol handling dialog should be `dependent` if not `modal` (bbd05cb4c) - Issue #2019 - Follow-up: Make nsPluginInstanceOwner also listen to keypress events in the system event group. (f35ae1ce7) No official Pale-Moon changes picked since my last build. No official Basilisk changes picked since my last build. Update Notice: - You may delete file named icudt58l.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.

It has passed its objectives after months of development and testing, so it is now released, with the objective of the enhanced compatibility and driver support.

I agree, the existence of both Basilisk and Serpent is beneficial for all of us. I am aware of the hostility that occurred here in the past with Matt A Tobin (I have read the roytam1 browser threads here on MSFN for years) and I am aware of the events that occurred with the MyPal browser. I have no hostility towards anyone who uses Windows XP, I think we can work together to make great web browsers. I'll look into the PDF issue, there is definitely a bug somewhere in Basilisk that occurred between January and August.

I am the owner of the Basilisk project. While I have no issue with Serpent being developed, at this time I do not plan to restore Windows XP support into the official Basilisk release. In the last release I reinstated 32-bit Windows 7 builds. Those of you on a newer 32 bit Windows OS should be able to use those builds. The 2022.08.06 32 bit installer has a bug where the installer does not actually run on 32 bit OSes. That will be fixed in the next release sometime in September. I do intend to remove the Serpent branding from the upstream Basilisk repo. I will let roytam1 have that and create a new unofficial branding for people who use self compiled Basilisk builds so there is no confusion. If there are any bugs that affect both the official Basilisk and Serpent feel free to open an issue and I'll see if I can address it. Please make sure bugs affect Basilisk first before reporting them, I can't provide any support for Serpent.

Now coming to the extended kernel, Qt 6 application support: The kerning issues happen even on NT 6.4. I will look into that as well, but there is also some more work to do to get Qt 6.3.1 and later working as well.

First, a screenshot: From my imgur description: Latest Discord running on Windows XP (with tray icon) Chrome 100+ running on Windows XP (with YouTube) Office 2016 (and above) on Windows XP C++17 support via g++ 7.x, shared folders, and SSH (mintty) Newer C++ standards can be supported (e.g. by building clang from source or downloading pre-built binaries) Full Windows XP taskbar and tray icon integration Full Windows XP file association support. For example: associate all *.xlsx documents with Office 2016+ (with proper icons and double-click application launching). Full Windows XP Add/Remove Programs support haiku-os.org cannot be accessed from XP Chrome 49 due to needing ECC cipher suites, as proof of modern Chrome This screenshot uses Windows 7 as the "application server" (for RemoteApp). Windows 10/11 are also supported, allowing you access to the latest software--such as the latest Chrome and Microsoft Office--beyond what is shown in the screenshot. Just for fun, here's a second screenshot showing file association support. The .xlsx document has an Excel 2016 icon and will open with the remote Excel 2016 when double-clicked. The .xls document has an Office XP (Office 2002) icon and will open with Excel 2002 when double-clicked: This method has been tested on both Windows XP Professional SP3 (32-bit) and Windows XP Professional x64 SP2. I've curated the exact files you need. Getting this to work on XP x64 (my preferred OS) was the hardest, but I've done the hard work and will share with you. So now that I have your attention... My Story I've used Linux for over 15 years now. After tolerating Desktop Linux for such a long time, my final verdict is: Linux will never succeed on the desktop. Anyone that has used Desktop Linux long enough, regardless of distro, will immediately know what I'm talking about. The gist of it is that the design & philosophy is not conducive to success in desktop operating systems, UI/UX issues, and, on top of all of that, there are too many minor bugs and annoyances that add up to an overall degraded experience. Even when the distro or desktop environment tries to emulate Windows in design, there are too many nuances that are just missing or wrong, and they inevitably run into a wall due to the overarching design and philosophy of Linux. One example of one of these "minor annoyances" that add up is when Desktop Linux still freezes in 2023. I haven't seen this in Windows since 9x. In some edge cases, I have to actually edit code to get things working in Linux. Linux/OSS fanatics will rejoice, "Yes! This is the way." I don't subscribe to the idea that something being open source is automatically better than fully developed, commercially successful, proprietary software. I don't have time to "edit code" every time something breaks, and anyone whom has been around software development long enough knows that understanding the code you want to edit takes significant time. With all of this aside, Linux is a fantastic server operating system. The average Linux application UI is essentially this though. Finally, the number of eyeballs on "server Linux," like OpenSSH where money can indeed be made or lost, far exceed the number of eyeballs on Leafpad, the attempt at a Notepad clone (which crashes and hasn't been fixed in over a decade) that's been in the Debian package repository for a while. Recently, I migrated back to Windows XP, the last Windows OS I used. I had been doing all kinds of Linux tinkering some 4-5 years ago for remote work (before COVID): SSHFS and remote filesystems, HPN-SSH patches, etc. However, I came to realize, as a developer, I only needed: Editor Compiler SSH All of the above are available on XP, and they don't consume hundreds of megabytes of memory. Furthermore, since I had been on Linux for the last 15-17 years, I haven't really been a heavy gamer. The games I play are from the XP era. I've played DotA 2 on Linux via Steam, but I never really got into it. I can't dedicate enough time to it to reach the threshold needed to not be a liability to a team in multiplayer. Long story short, I migrated back to XP recently. I don't want to get into all the nagging issues with Linux, but I only recently discovered the value of rest and breaks in productivity. Not having the games I actually care to play available on Linux and resorting to doomscrolling social media instead, on top of all the poor UI/UX paradigms in Linux, has led to substantial drops in overall productivity that has worsened over time and were not at the forefront of my consciousness or obvious enough to me until I came back to XP. I sympathize with people whom stubbornly stay on XP because it's where they feel most productive. Since it's the last Windows OS I used, and since it's the only Windows I know inside and out, this is also the most productive OS for me. Motivation I'm still learning and tinkering to get the most out of XP. At some point, I'm going to compile everything I've learned into a website. For convenience, I'm sharing what I've learned on message boards for now. There's a lot to share with the XP community. For example, I've observed (possibly incorrectly) the community has yet to recognize the benefits of hardware virtualization and instead run XP natively on old hardware. If you're running XP for productivity (rather than retrogaming), you should be virtualizing. Just because XP doesn't "officially" support Threadripper doesn't mean you can't run XP on a single Threadripper core and benefit from its 256MB L3 cache. You might have to write custom benchmark code, but I'm almost certain the data will confirm virtualized XP will have full access to the CPU's modern L3 cache. I had an NVMe drive failure, but I was going to set up my website with actual browser benchmarks. I've already tested the latest Firefox on modern Linux to be slower than Chrome 49 XP on the SunSpider and Octane benchmarks with the 4790K. FYI, this has something to do with JIT implementations too, but the XP VM will clearly be using your actual CPU hardware if you do your own tests. The cache is important because program instructions are loaded into memory. The differences in speed from the L1 to L2 to L3 SRAM cache, to DRAM, and, ultimately, to SSD/HDD are significant. Hardware virtualization is the only way to run Windows XP on a modern CPU and take advantage of innovations in CPUs over the last 10-20 years. If you're running XP for retrogaming, you should STILL be virtualizing. Look up qemu/kvm with GPU passthrough. With GPU passthrough, the XP VM will use your actual GPU, rather than the emulated 3D acceleration that Virtualbox/VMware have. You'll still need an XP-era GPU, because GPU passthrough requires XP drivers. However, you can couple it with modern CPUs, DDR5 RAM, NVMe SSDs, etc. Consumer hardware is only just now starting to hit XP's limits. 32-bit XP with the PAE patch should be able to support up to 128gb RAM. XP x64 natively supports 128gb RAM. Mini-ITX motherboards are just now hitting the 128gb limit. Again, at some point, I'll have a website that teaches you how to 1) select hardware most suitable to virtualized XP (it's not Threadripper anyway), 2) how to actually use and properly virtualize the hardware (e.g. CPU pinning, host OS configuration), 3) how to handle SSD TRIM, 4) etc. My motivation is to spread the gospel of virtualization. Running modern software on XP requires virtualization. Today, you'll be dipping your toes into this wonderful new world. 1. What is RemoteApp? RemoteApp is an official feature introduced to Remote Desktop by Microsoft for Server 2008. Rather than showing you the entire desktop, RemoteApp shows only the specific application you want. For example, if you want to edit a .docx file in Word 2021 hosted on Windows 10, Remote Desktop will route your local .docx file (on Windows XP) over to the Win10 server. Instead of showing the entire Win10 desktop to you, it will show you just Word 2021 with the document you opened. Since RemoteApp is a feature officially from Microsoft, integration into Windows is tight. You can create installers for RemoteApps. When you run the installer, it'll install the application as if it were a local application. So I can install a Word 2021 RemoteApp to my XP machine. If I go to Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs, I can uninstall Word 2021 as I would with any local application. As part of the tight Windows integration, RemoteApps can also have file associations. For example, I can install Office XP on my XP machine and associate .doc with Word 2002. However, I can also choose not to install Office XP at all and associate .doc and .docx with the remote Word 2021 hosted on Windows 10. When I double-click a .docx file, RemoteApp will launch Word 2021, forward my local .docx document over to the server, and Word 2021 on the Win10 server will load the file forwarded from the XP client. If I uninstall Word 2021, it will uninstall the .doc, .docx file associations. In other words, "RemoteApp" is an official feature from Microsoft that allows you to run modern applications as if they were local applications existing on Windows XP. The integration is very tight: taskbar, tray icon, install/uninstall, application launching, etc. 2. Hardware and Software Requirements The last post I made here about using VirtualBox seamless mode to achieve something akin to RemoteApp received some flak for having hardware requirements that are too high for the average XP user on older hardware. The benefit of RemoteApp is that you can run the latest Google Chrome on a XP 32-bit machine with 512mb RAM. The resource usage occurs on the server. Buried somewhere in my VirtualBox thread, you'll find a screenshot of Chrome 100+ hosted on Windows 7 using some 25mb memory on the XP32 client. This is because the bulk of the memory consumption is occurring on the Win7 server, not the XP client. For this tutorial, I'm assuming: - 4gb RAM for Windows 7 Ultimate - 4gb RAM for Windows XP x64 (although you can probably get away with 512mb RAM, but I haven't tested this) - 4gb RAM - additional memory available for the host Linux operating system. Use whatever CPU that will support both Windows operating systems running simultaneously. You'll want both Windows operating systems on the same machine for lag-free audio that syncs with streamed videos. If you want to use an operating system besides Windows 7 Ultimate, please make sure you check the compatibility table for RemoteApp Tool here first! In my tests, I was able to get RemoteApp Tool to work on Win7 Ultimate but not on Win7 Professional--which is in line with their compatibility table. You can get Windows 7 Ultimate for about $50 USD on eBay. You can get a stick of 16gb DDR4 RAM for $40 on NewEgg. The requirements here are relatively low, but they aren't minimal. Additionally, you'll need some software: - .NET Framework 4, WiX Toolset (pre-requisites for RemoteApp Tool) - RemoteApp Tool (again, check the compatibility link to make sure your OS is supported if you don't want to use Win7 Ultimate) - RemoteApp Windows updates for your version of Windows XP. You only need RDP 6.1, but I've been able to find updates up to RDP 7.0 for XP 32-bit. You can find the downloads at my archive.org profile here. 3. VMware Workstation You will need virtualization software. VMware Workstation is a Type 2 hypervisor. If you want a Type 1 hypervisor, you can use qemu/kvm, but you'll ideally want to set up GPU passthrough. For the sake of simplicity, Type 2 hypervisors like VMware Workstation are the easiest to set up. You can also use Virtualbox, but VMware has better support for 3D graphics. VMware Player is also free. XP is so old that I haven't seen this tip anywhere else on the internet, so here it is: if you want to play Warcraft III and other XP-era 3D games, you don't need native XP or a Type 1 hypervisor with GPU passthrough. VMware 3D acceleration supports these games. Enable 3D acceleration for the virtual machine and SET YOUR HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY TO VMWARE WORKSTATION 10.0. Modern VMware dropped support for XP a long time ago, so, out of the box, it seems like VMware doesn't have 3D acceleration for XP. By changing the VM's hardware compatibility to a legacy mode (and installing the corresponding VMware Tools), you can play fullscreen XP-era 3D games. Again, this is outside the scope of this article and will need to be put up on my website at some point. However, for the sake of simplicity, I'm going with VMware Workstation because you can enable 3D acceleration on both Windows XP and Windows 7 simultaneously, on a single GPU, by just clicking a checkbox. This is much simpler than writing docs to get graphics working on both operating systems and various hardware configurations. Advanced users can tinker for best results. For the host operating system, I'm using Xubuntu 18.04 LTS. My kernel version is 5.4.0-149-generic. The reason I am using this specific distro (rather than newer Linux distros with newer kernels) is because I have been getting periodic CPU spikes on my XP VMs on both AMD and Intel hardware with the newest distros/kernels. (X)ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Debian 9.5 are the last versions of Debian/Ubuntu I've had without periodic spikes in CPU usage on XP over VMware. In VMware Workstation, make sure you go to Edit > Preferences > Memory and check "Fit all virtual machine memory into reserved host RAM," otherwise, you might find Windows 7 will be incredibly slow. The last VMware hardware compatibility version guaranteed to support Win7 is 12.0. I've tested this setup on VMware Workstation 15.x, with the XP VM set to 10.0 hardware compatibility and the Win7 VM set to 12.0 hardware compatibility. Each Windows VM is assigned 4gb RAM, as previously mentioned. 4. Installing the Updates on the XP Client Since Windows XP predates RemoteApp, you'll need some Windows Updates to enable it. I've compiled the exact updates you need and archived them: https://archive.org/details/@superworkstation Find your version of Windows and install the updates in order. I've numbered each update. Start with 1, then 2, then 3, etc. Always reboot when prompted. For convenience, here are the installation orders taken directly from my archive.org profile: XP SP3 32-bit 1. KB961742-v3 - Updates to RDP 6.1 2. KB969084 - Updates to RDP 7.0 After updating to RDP 7.0, read the included text document, "Enable Network Level Authentication.txt" to enable NLA. Reboot after the registry edit or NLA will not work. XP x64 SP2 1. KB925876-v2 2. KB956744 3. KB2481109 Let me just add that it took many days of searching to find the needed updates for XP x64. At first, I thought Microsoft just never brought RemoteApp over to XP x64. However, I've been able to track down the three updates above, and I've archived them because I truly believe virtualization is the future for XP. So far, I've only been able to get XP x64 up to RDP 6.1 (the bare minimum needed for RemoteApp). The 32-bit XP has RDP up to 7.0 with Network Level Authentication (NLA). I have still yet to find the corresponding updates for XP x64 (if they exist at all). 5. Configuring the Windows 7 Ultimate Application Server 1. I would recommend skinning Win 7/8/10 to look like Windows XP. In this way, your RemoteApps on the XP client will look like native XP applications. This step isn't necessary for Chrome and Office 2016+ as they use their own styling. However, it can be useful if you intend to run other modern applications. 2. Install .NET Framework 4. 3. Install WiX Toolset 3.11. 4. Install RemoteApp Tool 6.0.0.0. Finally, start the RemoteApp Tool. You'll see something like this: Click plus button and select the EXE file you want to create a RemoteApp from. Click the added application and click the "Properties" button (right of the minus button). Now you'll see a screen like this: 1. Give your new RemoteApp a name. This is the name that will go into your Windows XP Control Panel's installed programs. 2. Click "Configure..." for file type associations. 3. Click the plus button to add a file extension you want to associate with the RemoteApp. Example: .xlsx for Excel 2016. Once you create the installer, the installer will install these new file associations on the client machine. RemoteApp Tool will prompt you to choose an icon. This is the icon that will be used for the file association. 4. Click OK once you're done with file associations. 5. Click "Save" Click the RemoteApp you want to export as an installer to your client machine. You should now see a screen like this: 1. Choose "MSI installer" under the "Options" tab. 2. Configure your installer in the "MSI options" tab. I usually keep the "Shortcut tag" checked with "Remote" in the text field to identify my remote applications on the client machine. Example: Excel 2016 (Remote) 3. Click "Create..." 4. Copy the .msi file to your Windows XP client machine. 5. Install your RemoteApp in Windows XP. 6. Done! 6. Quality of Life Issues Use VMware Shared Folders (or network file sharing, etc) to easily share files between the Application Server (Win7) and XP client. For example, when Chrome downloads a file, you want XP to be able to conveniently access it. Make sure "ping" from the client to the server is <1ms. Besides network latency, the reason you want both Windows operating systems (client and server) running on the same machine is for latency-free audio. Specifically, RDP has an option for the audio to be played directly on the server instead of being streamed to the client. For Google Chrome, I would recommend an RDP file instead of an MSI installer. Open the .rdp file in Notepad to edit it. Here's my config: screen mode id:i:2 desktopwidth:i:1920 desktopheight:i:1080 session bpp:i:16 winposstr:s:0,3,0,0,800,600 compression:i:1 keyboardhook:i:2 displayconnectionbar:i:1 username:s:<YOUR USERNAME HERE> disable wallpaper:i:0 disable full window drag:i:0 allow desktop composition:i:1 allow font smoothing:i:1 disable menu anims:i:0 disable themes:i:0 disable cursor setting:i:0 bitmapcachepersistenable:i:1 full address:s:<YOUR SERVER IP HERE> audiomode:i:1 redirectprinters:i:0 redirectcomports:i:0 redirectsmartcards:i:0 redirectclipboard:i:1 redirectposdevices:i:0 drivestoredirect:s:C:;Z:; autoreconnection enabled:i:1 authentication level:i:0 prompt for credentials:i:0 negotiate security layer:i:1 remoteapplicationmode:i:1 remoteapplicationprogram:s:Chrome disableremoteappcapscheck:i:1 alternate shell:s:rdpinit.exe shell working directory:s: gatewayhostname:s: gatewayusagemethod:i:4 gatewaycredentialssource:i:4 gatewayprofileusagemethod:i:0 promptcredentialonce:i:1 Specifically, you want to make sure audiomode:i:1 is set. This plays sounds on the remote computer instead of streaming it to the client. For an overview of RDP configuration settings, see this link. Conclusion I once talked to a technology executive at a major company. What struck me is that he was searching for ways to get the most results with the least amount of work and resources. This is in stark contrast to a lot of hardcore programmers that pride themselves on hard work and showing the results of their passion projects that consume hundreds/thousands of hours of work. I want to spread the gospel of virtualization and get more people to dip their toes into virtualization (starting with RemoteApp) because I truly believe this is the path of least resistance for Windows XP going forward. We're now in an age of Remote Desktop/RDP where you can get 60 FPS remote gaming. It's not just Google Stadia and other promises. For example, this Reddit thread shows a configuration to push RDP to its limits for 60FPS AAA gaming, tested at a AAA game development studio currently working remotely. Level1Techs on YouTube shows virtual machines all streaming graphics from a single server with one GPU. Here's one of their videos with VMware. However, I don't think 60 FPS remote gaming is possible on XP. Looking Glass uses DXGI for 60fps game streaming, which isn't available until Windows 8/10 (with only Win10 being officially tested and supported), but let's hope someone can get it working with RDP alone. There is still work to do. However, the obsession with porting Chrome, which I consider to be a solved problem with virtualization--whether via RemoteApp or VirtualBox Seamless Mode--would be better spent on bringing 60fps Remote Desktop to Windows XP. Microsoft Remote Desktop provides the tightest Windows integration, but the FPS seems to have a hard-coded limit. Try rdesktop (win32 build) with VcXsrv or Xming, and you might find it to be much smoother. Taking the open source rdesktop code and improving the Windows integration (taskbar, tray icon, minimize) would be far more rewarding, more future-proof, and apply to far more applications than a port of Chrome 87. My hope is that this is useful and, ultimately, redirects XP users' attention from ports to virtualization. A quest toward 60fps RemoteApp will be far more rewarding than ports and configs to get <insert application here> working on XP. I hope this helps! Happy computing!

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20230415-3219d2d-uxp-75bef7b73-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20230415-3219d2d-uxp-75bef7b73-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-20230415-3219d2d-uxp-75bef7b73-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-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230415-d849524bd-uxp-75bef7b73-xpmod.7z Win32 IA32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230415-d849524bd-uxp-75bef7b73-xpmod-ia32.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230415-d849524bd-uxp-75bef7b73-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win64-git-20230415-d849524bd-uxp-75bef7b73-xpmod.7z Official UXP changes picked since my last build: - Issue #1361 - Follow-up: Merge dom.getRootNode.enabled pref into dom.webcomponents.enabled. (8182d08b1) - Issue #252 - Move getElementsByName from HTMLDocument to Document (b2d750411) - Issue #252 - Follow-up: Include a null check against mDocument (7c759b2c2) - Issue #2197 - Part 1a: postMessages should have transferable as [] by default (438cdbd91) - Issue #2197 - Part 1b: Transferables should be arrays of objects (47147d58b) - Issue #2197 - Part 2a: Implement StructuredSerializeOptions for MessagePort (fd982fd29) - Issue #2197 - Part 2b: Implement StructuredSerializeOptions for Worker (158784cbe) - Issue #2197 - Part 2c: Implement StructuredSerializeOptions for ServiceWorker (4d58139fe) - Issue #2197 - Part 2d: Implement PostMessageOptions for Window (4174037d8) - Issue #2197 - Part 3: Implement self.structuredClone() (ef6b8db1d) - Issue #2197 - Part 4: Expose structuredClone in Sandbox (bbcfb6275) - Issue #2197 - Follow-up: Remove GC debug assertion on sandbox (8e6d73046) - Issue #595 - Implement window.event (31283d993) - Issue #2053 - Part 1: Performance should be an EventTarget (995f3117b) - Issue #2053 - Part 2: Update PerformanceMeasure to User Timing L3 (23519e0c2) - Issue #2053 - Part 3: Update PerformanceMark to User Timing L3 (3b57ba141) - Issue #2053 - Part 4a: Align IsPerformanceTimingAttribute to user-timing spec (4fc9cde7c) - Issue #2053 - Part 4b: Fix measure name to timestamp conversion (a0d52c009) - Issue #2053 - Part 5: Throw a DOMException instead of a JS exception for some errors (ef8e3b541) - Issue #2053 - Follow-up: Make the default ResourceTimingBufferSize larger (7823439b1) - Issue #2053 - Follow-up: Re-enable navigation timing now it's to-spec. (e51a63852) - Use nsAnonymousTemporaryFile for clipboard cache (42723b163) - Increase size of data over which we write the data to disk rather than keep it around in memory (af613ef24) - [network] Improve checks while parsing MIME parameters. (c9d961633) - [devtools] Don't allow sourcemap URLs to redirect (47bcca168) 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: - Issue UXP#2053: fix deprots (5a74c0114) - mailnews: follow-up rev c9d96163, fix build (6beccbf6c) - Bug 1159003 - setResourceTimingBufferSize shouldn't affect user timing, but we should clean user markers if we have memory pressure, r=bz (bc3eb89de) - Bug 1159003 - Remove Performance::GetAsISupports(), r=bz (16a1923c3) - Bug 1378537 - Store PerformanceEntry objects in AutoTArray; r=smaug (75bef7b73) 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.

Yes, you are right, javascript engine at the 76 level. The goal is 78-79 level, left not so much to do.

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20230401-3219d2d-uxp-c867bd4fe-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20230401-3219d2d-uxp-c867bd4fe-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-20230401-3219d2d-uxp-c867bd4fe-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-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230401-d849524bd-uxp-c867bd4fe-xpmod.7z Win32 IA32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230401-d849524bd-uxp-c867bd4fe-xpmod-ia32.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230401-d849524bd-uxp-c867bd4fe-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win64-git-20230401-d849524bd-uxp-c867bd4fe-xpmod.7z Official UXP changes picked since my last build: - Issue #2176 - Don't reconstruct the parent when tearing down display:contents nodes with pseudo-elements. (dd2697172) - Issue #2175 - Fix build bustage in WebRTC. (1788589ca) - Issue #2155 - Split Nestable to ds/ and EmitterScope to EmitterScope.{cpp.h} (81691afbc) - Issue #2155 - Move NestableControl classes except ForOfLoopControl to BytecodeControlStructures.{cpp.h} (a8ac1cac3) - Issue #2155 - Move TryEmitter and ForOfLoopControl to TryEmitter.{cpp.h} and ForOfLoopControl.{cpp.h} (70e1654c3) - Issue #2155 - Add SwitchEmitter (2554a83d1) - Issue #61 - Reinstate buildability with shared gkmedias dll (371d7cf05) - Issue #61 - Place Skia in libxul (6b3767c44) - Issue #61 - Add configure option for non-windows platforms (924bf92e4) - Issue #61 - Add missing external symbol cubeb_set_log_callback to gkmedias symbols.def (c85f28b0c) - Issue #61 - Add missing external symbols for gkmedias when WebRTC is built (6b510a74e) - Issue #62 - Get --enable-shared-js and --enable-export-js working again, and fix link bustage related to ICU when doing shared lib (b171da18f) - Issue #62 - Fix xul.dll link bustage related to MovableCellHasher. (2c8387f4f) - Issue #62 - Fix xul.dll link bustage relating to JSErrorNotes. (6890cdd9a) - Issue #62 - Fix xul.dll link bustage related to JS::ubi::DominatorTree. (ed30a9646) - Issue #2165 - Build ICU as a shared library if we're building Spidermonkey shared. (bad884a7c) - Issue #2165 - Follow-up: Always build ICU as shared lib in Windows. (18e43fad2) - Issue #324 - Follow-up: Remove more traces of *INTL_API. (9ff14017e) - Issue #2165 - Disable LNK4217 and LNK4286 warnings when linking ICU as they're too spammy. (f09b0002e) - Issue #62 - Always build Spidermonkey as shared lib in Windows. (66eaa872f) - Issue #1831 - Add an option to enable TLS 1.3 "compatibility" mode. (ca93d4b42) - Issue #2180 - Add pref to control NSS TLS 1.3 protocol downgrade sentinel (dc4bf9b82) - Issue #2180 - Follow-up: Move sentinel check up a bit. (f6f0a495a) Official Pale-Moon changes picked since my last build: - [Pale-Moon] Issue MoonchildProductions/UXP#61 - Add gkmedias back to package-manifest (d7a120958) - [Pale-Moon] Issue MoonchildProductions/UXP#2165 - Support ICU as shared library in packaging. (f284afab4) - [Pale-Moon] Issue MoonchildProductions/UXP#2165 - Follow-up: Simplify OS detection for MOZ_SHARED_ICU check. (64bc4788e) Official Basilisk changes picked since my last build: - [Basilisk] Issue MoonchildProductions/UXP#61 - Add gkmedias to package-manifest (e6ed122e1) My changes since my last build: - [Basilisk] Issue MoonchildProductions/UXP#2165 - Support ICU as shared library in packaging. (09138ab01) - gkmedias: add missing `_moz_cairo_scaled_font_get_hint_metrics` export, fix linking (68d130e55) - [Basilisk] Issue MoonchildProductions/UXP#2165 - Follow-up: Simplify OS detection for MOZ_SHARED_ICU check. (c867bd4fe) 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.

XP is old but millions of people around the world still use it because they have to for whatever reason. Heck I still boot into it on occasion because perfectly good software like Nero 7.5 won't install on Windows 7+. That was intentional to force users to purchase upgrades. Now Microsoft has upped the game with Windows 11 and unrealistic OS requirements for literally hundreds of millions. Hopefully they'll get slapped with antitrust lawsuits and fines once Win 10 has expired.

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20230318-3219d2d-uxp-85f6a4929-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20230318-3219d2d-uxp-85f6a4929-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-20230318-3219d2d-uxp-85f6a4929-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-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230318-d849524bd-uxp-85f6a4929-xpmod.7z Win32 IA32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230318-d849524bd-uxp-85f6a4929-xpmod-ia32.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230318-d849524bd-uxp-85f6a4929-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win64-git-20230318-d849524bd-uxp-85f6a4929-xpmod.7z Official UXP changes picked since my last build: - Issue #2135 - Follow-up: Check for aElement not being null (2249fbdf4) - Issue #2137 - Part 1: Modify :not() selector to accept a complex selector list (82fa9fb80) - Issue #2137 - Part 2: Implement SelectorParsingFlags and use it to pass info around (3bb3c193d) - Issue #2137 - Part 3: Don't always use the internal pseudo-class for handling negations (b257a71cc) - Issue #2137 - Part 4: Fix namespace regression (ef36c5659) - Issue #2135 - Destroy the host frame and restyle when there are content changes (18e693464) - Issue #2078 - Follow-up: Ensure empty selector lists aren't iterated when serialized (2be0261d5) - Issue #2046 - Follow-up: Fix deprot in RelativeTimeFormat. (77b618055) - Issue #80 - Fix deprot in js/ipc. (261dc37ad) - Issue #80 - Fix deprot in js/xpconnect. (0b039ff7a) - Issue #80 - Move implementation of CPOWTimer::CPOWTimer to header. (c2c95eff9) - No issue - Make content-type on JAR channels behave the same as HTTP channels (091a2aab8) - Issue #2046 - Follow-up: Fix deprot in builtin/intl (a2d6260cd) - Issue #2160 - Initial support for notarizing during DMG package. Added --with-macbundle-idenity configure option to set a codesign identity. If no identity is set or cross-compiling from Linux no codesigning will be done. Currently doing a full deep bundle v2 sign, instead of limited v1. (3d2a4f406) - Issue #2148 - Don't null out RegExpObject -> RegExpShared pointer on GC. (ad8d9639a) - Issue #2148 - Discard RegExpShared data tables when discarding regexp JIT code. (cdd91edd7) - Issue #2148 - Make Vector not use AlignedStorage for its inline element storage (0365f940f) - Issue #2148 - Shrink Vector from (usually) four pointers in size to three when no inline storage is used. (481069044) No official Pale-Moon changes picked since my last build. Official Basilisk changes picked since my last build: - [Basilisk] Add useragent override for instagram port of MoonchildProductions/Pale-Moon commit d641959f15cb1172f6f39130b579ccf6111a6f2f and 6d41a6139440a9c396308deca1725b0db823e127 (76cd3dfac) - [Basilisk] Port Pale Moon version of Tab fading Backport of roytam1/UXP commit https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commit/2a32b18f465a8d068d1b1866d027374b4706cd5a.patch (4abf53728) - [Basilisk] add tab caption fading to CtrlTab backport of roytam1/UXP commit add tab caption fading to CtrlTab (78bb7159e) My changes since my last build: - Reverting rev b7e45308 and 9824659d again as I can still get a crash in `RegExpShared::finalize(FreeOp* fop)` (bb547a1b5) - Revert "Reverting rev b7e45308 and 9824659d again as I can still get a crash in `RegExpShared::finalize(FreeOp* fop)`" (0bfc6e378) Update Notice: - You may delete file named icudt58l.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.

So the AeroGlass for Win8+ would violate the EULA, as the restriction or limitation in this case would be the inability to display Vista/7-style glass. Also there was undoubtedly some disassembly and reverse engineering of internal DWM functions to make it work. And I think this goes for Stardock's assortment of desktop enhancement products as well, but they may have the resources to perform clean-room RE. This also goes for products that may have also violated EULA in this way, such as VMware (which reimplements some kernel mode functions for systems lacking them) and Chromium (which uses undocumented classes of some Native API functions). But these EULA terms are often superseded by exemptions in copyright law. In Canada, we have section 30.6 in the Copyright Act where: (i) would cover the additions to the Vista kernel that make newer drivers run, such as NVIDIA 398.11. Perhaps adding support for newer user mode software also plays a role in "compatibility". Adding support for NVIDIA 398.11 made Windows Vista compatible with a system with a GTX 1080 Ti, then the extended kernel also made new browsers and games compatible; thus, it is now fully compatible with the particular computer, whereas it was not when it could not run the software and device drivers. (ii) would be technically satisfied if the process of installing the extended kernel constituted the adaption or modification of the software, to create the reproduction (Vista with extended kernel installed). I believe this is also valid. I expect most of the world to have similar exemptions, including the EU where MSFN is based. An activation bypass would not usually be essential for compatibility, unless the activation procedure itself made it incompatible. This is not the case with any form of Microsoft Windows.

Windows 7 Pro 64bit forever!!! I just joined this forum & am watching this thread with great interest, especially @msquidpl's posts. A browser is my one concern because browsers are major entry points for malware. However, I surf the internet while in Shadow Defender's "Shadow More" -- it's like a virtual computer -- so a permanent infection is extremely unlikely. Even so, an updated browser for Win7 would be delightful. My Plan B is Zorin Linux Pro -- it's very similar to Win7 & I am getting fairly proficient with it. Aloha to all from Hawaii... bellgamin

I am still working on editing the list and keeping it up to date. While Windows Vista Extended Kernel has made the list somewhat obsolete, not everyone wants to or can use the extended kernel (namely x86 users). I just haven’t been able to keep up with it lately due to things happening in my personal life, but I’m going to try to resume working on it soon. Unless you have contributions of your own, you can keep your disrespectful comments to yourself I’ve poured a lot of blood, sweat & tears into this list since 2016, and I think it’s one of the best resources for Windows Vista users today. To anyone who wants to know if an application is already listed, press Ctrl+F in your browser and search for the application name.

Couple interesting/related articles: The Website Obesity Crisis Is software getting worse?

SM-2.53.x is based on gecko56, and SM-2.57.x is based on gecko60.

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20230128-3219d2d-uxp-fd45d6324-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20230128-3219d2d-uxp-fd45d6324-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-20230128-3219d2d-uxp-fd45d6324-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-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230128-d849524bd-uxp-fd45d6324-xpmod.7z Win32 IA32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230128-d849524bd-uxp-fd45d6324-xpmod-ia32.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230128-d849524bd-uxp-fd45d6324-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win64-git-20230128-d849524bd-uxp-fd45d6324-xpmod.7z Official UXP changes picked since my last build: - No issue - implement js::NativeDefineDataProperty helper (2db0386e6) - No issue - reformat GlobalObject::skipDeselectedConstructor (7d2b83faf) - No issue - Remove "code" from jsprototype.h macros (41c2b3454) - No issue - Cleanup unused function exports to self-hosted global (123080858) - No issue - add API to tell Profile Timeline Recording state to JS engine (531906eb8) - No issue - Throw error when resolving or rejecting promise returned by async function with testing function (021610819) - Issue #2089 - Use JS engine stack if necessary when reporting errors (6b50dd5d0) - Issue #2089 - In Promises, use a C++ version of SpeciesConstructor when calling from C++ (8322304fb) - Issue #2089 - Avoid copying/recreating iterator result, AsyncGeneratorRequest and GeneratorObject expression stacks (ece049698) - Issue #2091 - Parse \p{Extended_Pictographic} too. (849523139) - Issue #2093 - Trace HeapPtr<RegExpShared::groupsTemplate_> for GC move/compact events, regression from #2072 (70279e1eb) No official Pale-Moon changes picked since my last build. No official Basilisk changes picked since my last build. Update Notice: - You may delete file named icudt58l.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.

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20230121-3219d2d-uxp-cad030d6c-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20230121-3219d2d-uxp-cad030d6c-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-20230121-3219d2d-uxp-cad030d6c-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-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230121-d849524bd-uxp-cad030d6c-xpmod.7z Win32 IA32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230121-d849524bd-uxp-cad030d6c-xpmod-ia32.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230121-d849524bd-uxp-cad030d6c-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win64-git-20230121-d849524bd-uxp-cad030d6c-xpmod.7z Official UXP changes picked since my last build: - [network] Avoid queue manipulation inside a loop (525b4e188) - [gtk widget] Use text/uri-list for file drag&drop. (4381425b2) - No issue - factor out some frame iterator helper functions. (549389d32) - [DOM] Add some null checks for PerformanceWorkers (d8756a58d) - [devtools] Improve Copy as cURL (7764640b0) - [DOM] Make nsHTMLContentSerializer handle noscript depending on the scripting enabled state of the document. (f080f2e97) No official Pale-Moon changes picked since my last build. No official Basilisk changes picked since my last build. Update Notice: - You may delete file named icudt58l.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.

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20230107-3219d2d-uxp-7ecc55be2-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20230107-3219d2d-uxp-7ecc55be2-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-20230107-3219d2d-uxp-7ecc55be2-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-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230107-d849524bd-uxp-7ecc55be2-xpmod.7z Win32 IA32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230107-d849524bd-uxp-7ecc55be2-xpmod-ia32.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230107-d849524bd-uxp-7ecc55be2-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win64-git-20230107-d849524bd-uxp-7ecc55be2-xpmod.7z Official UXP changes picked since my last build: - Issue #2075 - Part 1: Rename offset-* logical properties to inset-* (0c37c0db8) - Issue #2075 - Part 2: Update devtools for inset-* (07af4123d) - Issue #2075 - Part 3: Regenerate devtools CSS database (48087df57) - Issue #2075 - Part 4: Update tests (1b22ef40f) - Issue #2075 - Part 5: Allow logical aliases in the property database. (e38f362d4) - Issue #1382 - RegExpShared::groupsTemplate_ cannot be a GCPtr since RegExpShared is managed by C++ (86782b8f3) - Issue #2079 - Fix linking libxul on *nix when using a linker other than bfd. (5b438179a) No official Pale-Moon changes picked since my last build. No official Basilisk changes picked since my last build. Update Notice: - You may delete file named icudt58l.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.

No versions of Windows are abandonware.

I'm a bit late to the announcement but this is extremely sad news for me. I credit Den a lot for me becoming a moderator here on MSFN. I still remember he offered the position to me to which I humbly and graciously accepted it. We had some good discussions back and forth and because he was originally into Windows 98 like I was, we easily found common ground that way. Den was a very kind, cordial, and courteous person. When I first heard he was diagnosed with cancer, I was deeply saddened. I lost both my grandparents to cancer and my mother is a cancer survivor, so I don't like cancer very much to say the least. As optimistic as he seemed to be about keeping the cancer at bay, I was really hoping he'd return one day like nothing ever happened. But he'd go months without any sort of an update and that was very worrying to me. Now the worst has happened, but he is at peace now and pain-free, which is the best thing out of a horrible situation like this. Rest in Peace buddy, until we meet again!

HOW TO RESTORE WINDOWS UPDATE V5 This message is for all people who want to restore and run the Windows Update v5 site on their computer. This is the 1st guide to restore Windows Update v5. Disclaimer: The v5 site can contain bugs. Please report bugs, so they can be solved by us. Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 R2 recommended. The IIS and DNS features (roles) are necessary to do this guide. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Download the latest Windows Update v5 files : Download Windows Update v5* 2) Extract the files in a folder on your server. 3) Go into "the folder where you extracted the files > v5consumer > shared > js" and rename the file "redirect.js" to "redirect2.js". 4) Go to your DNS role (Start > Administrative tools > DNS). 5) Create a new zone called "v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com". 6) In this zone, create a Host record (A) and enter ONLY your server's IP address (in the IP field, like that "192.168.1.14" - this is an example). To know your IP v4 address, press Windows + R, then type cmd. When the Command Prompt appears, type ipconfig. Your IP v4 address should appear.). 7) Close the DNS, then go to IIS. Create a new website (in the left sidebar, expand "your server name", then right-click on Sites and then click on "New website".). 8) In the field "Site name", type v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com. In the Path field, click on Browse, and then browse to the folder where you extracted Windows Update v5 (this folder should contain the folder "v5consumer" - DO NOT SELECT V5CONSUMER. In the Binding group, use the default settings. In the Host name field, type v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com. 9) Do not forget to install the IIS url2rewrite module - Download the module (english) (overrender.com is my website, and this file hasn't been modified, it's the original one from Microsoft). WARNING! x64 INSTALLER! IF ENGLISH IS NOT YOUR IIS SERVER LANGUAGE, SCROLL DOWN TO THE ADDONS SECTION OF THIS POST. 10) Go to your client (Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows 2000). Go to the DNS settings, then enter the IP of your server in the Prefered DNS field. Click OK. 11) Check if you can access the Windows Update v5 website. Open Internet Explorer (Internet Explorer 6 recommended), and type v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com. If you can access the site, continue to Step 12. Else send me a Private Message. 12) Download ProxHTTPSProxy Mii v1.3a - Download the file 13) Extract the file on your host computer (only if you're using a virtual machine. If you're using a real computer, extract it on your server). 14) Go into the extracted folder, and double-click on "ProxHTTPSProxy.exe". This will create a file called "CA.crt". 15) Double click on "CA.crt", then (in the window) click "Install certificate" In the wizard, click Next. Click on "Place all certificates in the following store", then click "Browse...". Check the Checkbox, then go at the top of the list, then expand "Trusted root certificate authority" and click on "Local computer". Click OK, then click Next, and close the window. If the certificate was imported successfully, you will get a message box saying "The importation was successfull" or something like that. 16) Go to the ProxHTTPSProxy folder, then open the Launcher.exe file. It will open in the System Tray. 17) Open Internet Explorer, then go to the Tools menu, then click on Internet Options. Go to the Connections tab, and click "Lan settings." Check "Use a proxy server for your LAN". Click on advanced and, in the HTTPS field, type the IP Address or the computer where ProxHTTPSProxy is running. In the Port field, type 8079. 18) Click OK, then click OK. In the "Advanced" tab, scroll down and find the Checkbox "Use HTTP 1.1 with Proxy connection". Check it, then click OK to close the Internet Options. If this was done successfully, download the "Restore_WU_XP.zip" file - Download the file 19) Extract it in a folder onto your client (ONLY THE CLIENT). Then run "Install.cmd". When a prompt "Windows File Protection" appears, click CANCEL (this is VERY important). 20) Restart your client. 21) Open Launcher.exe (in the ProxHTTPSProxy folder). 22) Open Internet Explorer, then type http://fe2.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/default.aspx?g_sconsumersite and try Windows Update v6. 23) If you can check for updates without problems, type http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com and the v5 site should work. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADD-ONS This section is for add-ons (multilanguage files, etc...) IIS Rewrite Module (Official Microsoft Site) : Go to the IIS website --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This guide is not definitive and might be updated in the future. So, stay up-to-date! If you have any question or problem, send me a Private Message or ask @maile3241, @WinFX or @ByQuadCore. If your problem is happening to many other people, I'll post a solution. All files except the Windows Update v5 files are hosted by OverRender.com. Report a missing file or a problem with them to me. This site has been restored with the great help & work of @maile3241, @WinFX, @ByQuadCore and me. - WULover

I just reviewed all changes: -Windows 7/8 functions added to kernel32 to support Firefox 106+, a couple of games, and Blender -DXGI extension added to run newer WxWidget x64 version of PCSX2 and others asking for CreateDXGIFactory2 -ole and user32 extensions to run many Qt 6 applications -Extension to bcrypt: add support for PBKDF2 hashing algorithm -PowerShell Core up to at least version 7.0.1 working -Several applications such as x64dbg and Telegram will now run if spoofed to Windows 7 (the fault of the VC++ 2012/13 runtime) -NTOSKRNL extension added, compatible with NVIDIA drivers 378 (adds support for all Pascal except GT 1030) in full, and 398 on some systems (supports all Pascal plus OpenGL 4.6). A modified version of 378 (and 398, which may not work properly on some systems) will be made available through the extended kernel website.

Hello everyone. I must extend my sincere apologies for being inactive here this year. My life has changed dramatically over the past year, from walking away from a toxic relationship, to putting myself through therapy to recover from the trauma that it caused me, to finding someone new, to working at the Post Office every day and that taking up most of my energy (as @LoneCrusader can relate ) the time has just gotten away from me, and I haven't made the time that I should have to keep this list up to date. With that being said, I am setting up a virtual machine of stock (NO extended kernel) Windows Vista to test software on, and continuing my obligation of providing Vista users with the best and most up-to-date resource available when it comes to running their favorite software on their preferred operating system. I am going to go through nearly every entry still listed as ONG as of October 2020, and find out which ones no longer fit the label of ONG, and try to narrow down exactly the final versions of these pieces of software to run on Vista, and list them here accordingly. I will also be going through and fixing every broken link I can find, as I'm sure a lot of them have stopped working over the past couple of years. Thank you all so much for your patience and understanding. I hope everyone here is happy, healthy & doing well! (Screenshot of VM so you know I'm serious about this :

No, this is not acceptable. Don't bring it up again.

Release of ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu TLS 1.3 3V3 I am pleased to release my brand-new version of ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu TLS 1.3 3V3 to the public. The main feature of my program package is @cmalex's ProxyMII, a TLS 1.3 proxy. I replaced @heinoganda's TLS 1.2 proxy from my last release of ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu REV3e 3V1 by @cmalex's TLS 1.3 proxy. This sounds simple, but, unfortunately, it wasn't. A lot of problems had to be solved to implement this proxy completely, enhance functionality, and get control of it as convenient as the old one. ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu is a one-click menu in systray to access and control the brand new TLS 1.3 proxy ProxyMII, better known as ProxHTTPSProxy, credits to @cmalex and its original creator whenever. All information about ProxHTTPSProxy can be found in my article: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183352-proxhttpsproxy-and-httpsproxy-in-windows-xp-for-future-use/?do=findComment&comment=1213600 which will be updated in the next time. @cmalex's ProxyMII, dated from 2022-07-17, is now based on OpenSSL 3.0.5 and Cryptography 3.4.8. It provides all TLS protocols from TLS 1.0 up to TLS 1.3 and its corresponding ciphers. ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu TLS 1.3 3V3 is the third release of ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu 3.0, now in version 3.0.0.0, shortened 3V3. It is a synthesis of the excellent, brand new TLS 1.3 proxy ProxyMII, dated from 2022-07-17, credits to @cmalex at MSFN, several self-programmed executables and a very few commands, credits to @AstroSkipper at MSFN, the freeware PopMenu 3.0, credits to Jochanan Agam at freeware.persoft.ch, the open source utility Min2Tray v1.7.9, credits to Junyx at junyx.breadfan.de, and the program Certificate Updater 1.6, credits to @heinoganda at MSFN. If you wonder when the second version was released, the answer is very simple: never. This version was unofficial. ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu is not a classical launcher, it is rather a systray pop-up menu. It can be totally customized and continuously extended according to the user's needs due to its modular structure, therefore, much more flexible than a classical, compiled launcher. More features can be added easily without touching the existent code. Due to ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu's modular structure, the user can change, add, delete and reorder features. Even the icons in the menu can be changed easily by the user. Here is a screenshot: System requirements: @cmalex's ProxyMII was created by Python 3.7.1 which requires Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable or Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (latest version 14.28.29213.0). Furthermore, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 is now required to run my program package. Check if both are installed in your system! A CPU with SSE2 instruction set is no longer required, SSE only is sufficient. Features of ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu TLS 1.3 3V3: Here is the complete list of features implemented in ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu TLS 1.3 3V3 and a short explanation of them: Start ProxHTTPSPoxy – Activates the proxy's settings in IE LAN Settings, starts the proxy, and deactivates and cleans its settings after closing, all automatically. Stop ProxHTTPSPoxy – Stops the proxy and closes its status window. Minimize ProxHTTPSProxy to systray – Minimizes ProxHTTPSProxy's status window to systray and shows its icon there. Restore ProxHTTPSProxy from systray – Restores ProxHTTPSProxy's minimized status window from systray. Hide ProxHTTPSPoxy – Hides ProxHTTPSProxy's status window completely. Show ProxHTTPSPoxy – Shows ProxHTTPSProxy's hidden status window again. Check if ProxHTTPSPoxy is running (in RAM) – Checks if ProxHTTPSPoxy is running in the background. cacert.pem Update – Performs an update of the file cacert.pem. Root Certificates Update – Performs an update of the system's Root Certificates. Open IE Proxy settings – Opens the tab LAN Settings in IE's Internet Options. Close IE Proxy settings – Closes the tab LAN Settings and IE's Internet Options completely. Check system proxy status – Checks whether the proxy is used system-wide or the system has direct access. Enable ProxHTTPSProxy system-wide – Permits the whole system to use this proxy. In this mode, services can route their traffic through the proxy, too. Disable ProxHTTPSProxy system-wide – The proxy can be used only locally if it is running, generally all have direct access to their servers or the internet. Edit config.ini – Opens the file config.ini with the editor Notepad to check or modify the proxy's configuration. Read documentation – Opens the documentation with the editor Notepad to get quickly information. In the screenshot above, you can see a red arrow. This is the icon of ProxHTTPSPoxy, minimized to systray. It's a new feature, and the green marked items have been added to the pop-up menu since last release. ProxHTTPSPoxy's PopMenu is provided together with ProxyMII from 2022-07-17, created by @cmalex and branded by me as ProxHTTPSProxy 1.5.220717. This new archive called ProxHTTPSProxy TLS 1.3 1.5.220717 PopMenu 3V3 has been additionally updated by me. These are the changes to the previous version of ProxHTTPSPoxy's PopMenu: Changelog of ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu TLS 1.3 3V3: @heinoganda's ProxHTTPSProxy REV3e replaced by @cmalex's ProxHTTPSProxy 1.5.220717 with a brand new TLS 1.3 support. New starter program StartProxy.exe created to activate the proxy settings, start the proxy, and deactivate its settings after closing, all automatically. cacert.pem updated to the most recent one. Alternative cacert.pem from Mozilla, updated to the most recent version dated 2022-07-19. The open source utility Min2Tray has been fully implemented by the new configuration tools Configure PopMenu.exe and Setup Min2Tray.exe, all automatically. After the setup procedure, the programs PopMenu and Min2Tray are started automatically. All self-created files are not UPX-compressed. Therefore, the version is a noUPX only. Two new items added to the pop-up menu: Minimize ProxHTTPSProxy to systray and Restore ProxHTTPSProxy from systray. All unnecessarily embedded files have been removed from my self-created executables. Changes in calling up other programs. In all my affected programs, protection against code injection has been improved. This leads to preventing of future "space bugs", too! Different issues, which could have been noticed only in very rare cases, have been fixed. All unnecessary code has been removed. New bugs I additionally found have been fixed. Autostart entries of PopMenu and the new Min2Tray, automatically added to the registry by my configuration program, have been fixed in regard to the "space bug". All message windows of my programs have been resized and adjusted for a better visibility. All my self-created program files have been recompiled by using a different compiler. @cmalex's original ProxyMII wasn't modified by me, except a replacement of ProxHTTPSProxy.EXE's program icon, back to the old one and an update of the file config.ini to get access to the Microsoft Updates (MU) website with this proxy. Installation and start of ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu TLS 1.3 3V3: Check if Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable or Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (latest version 14.28.29213.0) is installed in your system. Check if Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 is installed in your system. Unpack the archive and copy either the complete folder ProxHTTPSProxy_TLS_1_3_1_5_220717_PopMenu_3V3 or its complete content to your desired location. Install the file CA.crt, located in the main program folder, to Trusted Root Certification Authority under the account local computer, or use the program ProxHTTPSProxy Cert Installer, provided in the archive. Go to the subfolder PopMenu and execute the program Configure PopMenu.exe. PopMenu and Min2Tray will be started automatically. A more detailed documentation, titled Documentation of ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu 3V3, can be found in the subfolder Docs of my program package and should be read before using ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu in any case. All features and more are described there. The programs PopMenu and Min2Tray have a very low usage of RAM. It's only about 2 MB and 4 MB respectively. And here is my release of ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu TLS 1.3 3V3: Download of ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu 3V3: Link: https://www.mediafire.com/file/1fd0ezzpuy7qctu/ProxHTTPSProxy_TLS_1_3_1_5_220717_PopMenu_3V3.7z/file All files in my archive are definitely virus-free and clean, although some AV scanners produce false positives. I recommend adding the complete folder to the exclusion list of your security program(s), only if you trust me, of course. Apart from that, you can also check positive reported files on VirusTotal, though. If you find a bug, need help, or have questions relating to this package, post it in the commenting zone of this thread here! And finally, we, @cmalex and me, would be very pleased about posting your experiences and opinions relating to ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu TLS 1.3 3V3. Any reactions by commenting, liking, and up-voting are welcome! All this can be done in my threads https://msfn.org/board/topic/183352-proxhttpsproxy-and-httpsproxy-in-windows-xp-for-future-use/ and https://msfn.org/board/topic/183684-looking-for-a-person-with-python-programming-skills-to-implement-tls-13-functionality-in-proxhttpsproxy-rev3e/. As you know, an author of software lives from the feedback of the users! Kind regards, AstroSkipper