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@Mcinwwl You seemingly did not get the point I was trying to make, but it doesn't really matter, those that wanted to understand it surely got it. @Heinoganda Thanks, but sorry , I still don't understand, if I don't have the IE8 installed, what would an update to IE8 do? Or since the update is cumulative (and updates other files) does it mean that it will install nonetheless? jaclaz

All is well that ends well . jaclaz

Sure and it is also pretty much irrelevant to those running Windows 3.1 (for Workgroups) but that was not the question. I do have a couple machines that do have SP3, and have never seen any Office version and surely not Internet Explorer 8. jaclaz

Someone must *somehow* underline/highlight how this GRC tool (like I have seen a few on the Linux side as well), DO NOT in any way actually test the vulnerabiity, they only check whether the OS (or the kernel) has been patched against the vulnerability. The distinction is subtle, but not void of meaning. So, IF your processor is affected, and IF your operating system has a patch available, and IF you have applied the patch, then this program might verify that the patch has been installed properly. jaclaz

The really sad part is that given MS trend someone in a not too far future may need to express the phrase: Of course the sheer moment something like that will be written the Universe - at least as we know it - will cease to exist (don't ask me for the details, it is something connected with the global improbability level going out of bounds or overflowing) jaclaz

Can you explain the actual "requirement"? If I don't have IE8 nor any Office installed how would any of those matter? jaclaz

Many are in the "oldversion" folder on onedrive: https://onedrive.live.com/?id=53F5D45A736673!245 jaclaz

That virus (actually the whole family of similar viruses) will be *everywhere* on your system, under a zillion different filenames. Try running Combofix following EXACTLY what is suggested here: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/450940/system-is-infected-with-the-win32chirbmm-runouceexe-virus-many-programmes-have-been-corrupted/ jaclaz

Well, if it retirns after a (proper) reinstall, it means that *somewhere* it is still there (like on another device on the same lan, the installations files, etc.). The creation of a read only folder might be a "temporary" workaround, still it needs to be understood where it remains resident and kill this possible source of re-infection. jaclaz

Does it allow batch conversion of html to doc (or docx)? I thought it revolved around PDF's. jaclaz

Check this one too: https://www.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=1715165&action=filfo It does contain the "athwx.sys", it is seemingly a "just later version", 7.7 and it has a specific entry for "Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter" jaclaz

if you are OK with .Net (and its incredible amount of bloat): http://www.multidoc-converter.com/en/index.html Otherwise (still not exactly a "small" tool): https://pandoc.org/i https://gist.github.com/arthurattwell/ea6fa1764f989398f659ab619b654e1f Libreoffice however allows this, should be more or less: soffice -headless -convert-to doc -outdir docs/ *.html jaclaz

1. http://reboot.pro/topic/2384-alter-group-universal-ata-driver-for-windows-nt351nt42000xp/ driver_9x_39g1.rar 2. You are looking for either VBEMP or Scitech Display Doctor, see: http://www.bearwindows.boot-land.net/vbe9x.htm https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=59559 3. you simply do NOT. [1] 4. As always. [2] jaclaz [1] The whole point is that setting up a 9x/Me system on modern hardware is EXTREMELY difficult, and prone to errors, if there is not a specific packet of files tested to be integrated/automagically installed on the specific hardware it won't simply work, you need ot install a "base" system and then later test all the changes/various drivers, etc.. For this ME is less suitable than 98 as you will need to have a DOS of sorts for many of these tests (of course a ME with the DOS enabler patch will do) [2] Which usually means that you don't. Since the dawn of time it has been custom for people that are in the knows (to make installs) to copy the files to hard disk and then install to hard disk, from hard disk (as this is usually faster, allows to easily make changes, and have the source available in case some component is needed later). So all you need is normally a boot floppy which can be made (as floppy emulation El-Torito) by *any* .iso making software or even manually created using a trick or two, references: http://reboot.pro/topic/9916-grub4dos-isohybrided/?p=86679 BUT nowadays you would more likely have NOT a .iso/CD/DVD, but rather a "plain" USB stick booting to a DOS of some kind.

Lot of people though cannot say on so-recent models, examples: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/125486-which-netbook-can-work-with-windows-98-properly/ http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/122401-asus-eee-pc-and-windows-9x/ The issues - generally speaking - are with drivers, the ICH7 and 945 chipset are still within the known to be working hardware, but with no "manufacturer drivers" see: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/107001-compatible-hardware-with-windows-9x/ the display, and a few other peripherals including USB ports may be tough to be made working fully, as well as the SATA, you will need most probably Uniata and a number of the patches by RLoew. jaclaz

Sure , last time my car didn't start in the morning I changed wheels and tires first thing and that did solve the issue of poor handling in tight curves, but - curiously enough - only after a mechanic replaced the battery and managed to start the car. @Feamane Some (historical only) info for you: jaclaz

Yep , I was highlighting your abillity in writing truisms in English. @Beau H. https://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/386085/windows_7_home_premium_vs_windows_7_professional/ And, for the record, most of what is "missing" in Professional can be obtained using third party tools, jaclaz

Care to expand on this? FAT32 limitatin is 2^32-1, aka 4,294,967,295 bytes. OP is talking of a limitation at around 2 Gb, possibly specific to the Windows 95 Explorer (he has no issues whatsoever with non-explorer up to 4 Gb). jaclaz

Good morning, Monsieur de La Palice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_de_La_Palice Op stated his/her needs as: Now, what do you recommend for those needs? jaclaz

It is possible that this is a yet different case, i.e. the "old" WD elements case is "locked" (by design) to a max 2Tb disk drive. If this is the case there is in it a translation of sorts, but instead of being a 512 -> 4 KB one it is a *larger size* > 2Tb size, and this "tricks" the XP into mounting/accessing the disk, but since this happens because of the translation in the case, *any* OS will see only 2 Tb, as that is the max amount allowed to pass through. @All - side note Anyone has an Asus motherboard and a large drive and is willing to experiment with the Asus unlocker? Maybe (just maybe) it is not strictly Asus specific, and will also work on similar motherboards with same chipsets https://event.asus.com/mb/2010/Disk_Unlocker/ jaclaz

The issue is that there is no actual "good for all" solution, these reports are (the ones I have seen) confused/confusional and/or use this or that specific driver/tool/whatever, like - say - Seagate DiscWizard, or Asus Disk Unlocker, or newer Interl RST drivers, it is a mess, and part of it may be connected actually to the actual motherboard BIOS. In your case the problem seems that the disk needs to be "seen" by the motherboard, depending on a number of factors it may be seen as a 746 Gb disk. You can try doing a "blind" partitioning with grub4dos as we did with Tripredacus, around here: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/176480-2-tib-limit-size-in-mbr-hard-drives/?do=findComment&comment=1142954 but the disk needs to be *somehow* seen by BIOS (and thus by grub4dos). jaclaz EDIT: @Asp I see now you solved the issue another way, ignore the above

There is an extensive and detailed thead about the matter. XP is limited not by the MBR, but rather from other system files, on Windows 7 it works fine. (although the partitions need to be created manually): jaclaz

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@Budws The "gullible" and "high income" was referring to your: I don' t think that after you saved three weeks wages to buy an iPhone you would - on a whim - buy an Apple TV or an Apple Watch. jaclaz

Sure. , particularly (gullible and) high income Apple customers . It didn't happen to me, but if I had gone to an Apple shop and paid US$ 79 for replacing the crappy battery they put inside their crappy iPhone (after already having gone to the same Apple shop to be told that the battery was within specs and thus replacement was not under warranty by their own "genuis" after the device was tested with their own crappy testing software), now that my friend gets the same battery replaced for US$ 29, while happy for the deal he got, I would be a tad bit upset with Apple. https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/28/16827248/apple-iphone-battery-replacement-price-slow-down-apology ... and it's not like - given the outageous price of the hardware they sell - they couldn't afford to replace them for free. Just for the record, I once replaced the battery of an Iphone 3g (obviously out of warranty and of market value near to 0) and - though I am used to repair small electronic and mechanical devices, it was the first time in my life that i actually *needed* to look for a disassembly and re-assembly guide, I still remember the experience as a nightmare, and I presume that at each later release - for one reason or the other - they made the disassmembling and reassembling more difficult. jaclaz

The whole point being, if it works, it works, if it doesn't it doesn't. It is not like forking an awful lot of money for hardware gives you any assurance of it working, surely better built *whatever* has more probabilities to last longer or perform beter, but remaining in Apple's territory, the recent iPhone battery issue should tell you something. And now, back to the crap, some news on MS patches for Windows 10 on AMD processors: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/08/microsofts_spectre_fixer_bricks_some_amd_powered_pcs/ At the end of the day, both Meltdown and Spectre risks are just vulnerabilities, that have very, very low probabilities of being taken avantage of on your local machine, whilst the Microsoft patch is almost surely going to brick it. (and the way out is to re-install the whole d@mn thing and keep it it not updated, i.e. having it as exposed to these vulnerabilities as before). jaclaz