AstroSkipper

BTW, to mention here tests of recent Bitdefender and Avast versions is absurd and not helpful at all. Both have not supported Windows XP for a long time. The last, XP-compatible version of Avast, for example, is from 2018. Anyway! This thread is about antivirus or security programs that still target the Windows XP operating system.

And to reject MWAV - eScan Antivirus Toolkit as one of the few, free, up-to-date antivirus offline scanners for Windows XP due to font preferences speaks against all reason and for itself.

None of these negative statements here about Panda Dome can be confiirmed by me, and such kind of presenting "facts" are rather meaningless. Panda Dome has been tested many times in the past and the protection found to be good. In any case, I trust such tests much more than any "data" presented here in a highly dubious manner. Here are some links to form your own opinion: https://www.av-comparatives.org/vendors/panda/ https://www.lifewire.com/panda-free-antivirus-review-1356582 And here are the last tests of Panda by av-test.org: https://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/home-windows/manufacturer/panda-security/ And one thing In general. A program is only as good as it is installed, configured and operated. And logically, that also depends massively on the user.

Thanks! Of course, I could revert to a previous build, but as a Frisian I am a very patient person. I'll wait for your next releases.

this is an old problem since feb uncovered by https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commit/9824659d3c6b1c4fdc2616f789f0696d1cbe2ef8 and https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commit/b7e4530861fcc971aee9d867b3b376e31263486c and they said it is fixed by https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commit/1f0df8f421626bcbc397512773f3043d72d96a4f but I still need to revert first 2 mentioned commits in order to make it not crashing. Thanks for the information! It would be great if reverting these commits really fixes these crashes. In the meanwhile, I had a further crash in mozglue.dll.

BTW, TUP's feature "multi-row tab bar" also works again in the latest releases of New Moon and Serpent.

For me, as a simple, temporary workaround, eMatix is helpful. In eMatrix, I blocked 17 scripts, and the website "Microsoft .NET Framework Repair Tool is available" becomes readable again in New Moon 28. Additionally, uBlock Origin (used in normal mode) is also enabled on this site. Here is a screenshot taken from my New Moon: All is completely readable again. I don't really care which functionality is broken by blocking these scripts. The main thing is that you can read the Microsoft articles again. I reloaded this website a few times and restarted my browser. The website is rendering without any problems and looks like always (when everything was fine). The download of the Microsoft .NET Framework Repair Tool works, too. A positive side-effect is this website is now easy to load and very responsive if blocking these scripts. No negative CPU impact anymore. Hope it stays that way for a while now. Kind regards, AstroSkipper

It definitely depends on both the email web service and the browser. GMX and WEB.DE expect the most recent browsers. Any user agent spoofing does not work anymore. Therefore, only a reduced, simplified interface with the bare essentials in Windows XP. Gmail can be used with its full interface, but is then very sluggish and cumbersome, especially on weak hardware. Fortunately, you can switch to a reduced, fast html interface. Outlook.com can also be used with its full interface, but it is very sluggish, slow and cumbersome, unfortunately.

What a coincidence! I just had a browser crash regarding mozglue.dll in the very latest release of New Moon 28 (28.10.6a1 (32-bit) (2023-03-10)). Here is the entry from the event log: Ereignistyp: Fehler Ereignisquelle: Application Error Ereigniskategorie: Keine Ereigniskennung: 1000 Datum: 12.03.2023 Zeit: 16:15:32 Benutzer: Nicht zutreffend Computer: Beschreibung: Fehlgeschlagene Anwendung palemoon.exe, Version 4.8.6.8297, fehlgeschlagenes Modul mozglue.dll, Version 4.8.6.8297, Fehleradresse 0x00004cd1. Weitere Informationen über die Hilfe- und Supportdienste erhalten Sie unter http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Daten: 0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat 0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail 0010: 75 72 65 20 20 70 61 6c ure pal 0018: 65 6d 6f 6f 6e 2e 65 78 emoon.ex 0020: 65 20 34 2e 38 2e 36 2e e 4.8.6. 0028: 38 32 39 37 20 69 6e 20 8297 in 0030: 6d 6f 7a 67 6c 75 65 2e mozglue. 0038: 64 6c 6c 20 34 2e 38 2e dll 4.8. 0040: 36 2e 38 32 39 37 20 61 6.8297 a 0048: 74 20 6f 66 66 73 65 74 t offset 0050: 20 30 30 30 30 34 63 64 00004cd 0058: 31 0d 0a 1.. No idea what caused it!

Thanks for your clarification and contribution here! As I already pointed out, I do appreciate it in any case. To have the correct min and max version numbers in the file install.rdf for each browser is sensible and fine.

You're welcome! Glad it works for you! Und schönes Wochende auch für dich! (Translated: Nice weekend for you, too!) AstroSkipper

Hello @Mark-XP! Thanks for your nice words! Much appreciated! The solution you linked in your comment works without any modifications. Here is my detailed instruction to get the "Alternating row highlighting" working in MailNews right away: Create a folder called Chrome in your profile folder. Copy the file userChrome.css containing your linked CSS code into the created folder Chrome . Open about:config, create a new Boolean variable toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets and set it to the value true. Restart MailNews. That is exactly what I did. And it worked right away. Please note that toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets is a Boolean, and not a string variable! And the file userChrome.css must be copied into the Chrome subfolder of your profile folder. That's simply all. Cheers, AstroSkipper

You're right! The direction isn't good for XP/Vista email clients. Logically! No doubt about it! Windows XP is an abandoned, ancient OS which hasn't been supported since 2014. I'll leave the POSReady updates out of my consideration. I think by Web mail you mean the email web services of different providers. Right? If not, please be so nice to provide a link to this email web service in question! The problem with email web services is that most of them work only with a reduced, simplified interface in old browsers as for example GMX or in Germany WEB.DE. These interfaces are awful and restricted, only for the bare essentials. When these email services are managed for example by MailNews, they work much better, more comfortable and faster. I prefer this way, love it and use it as long as possible!

@Ryder252! As we all know, Windows XP is an old OS. I would try the .NET Framework Setup Verification Tool first. Strictly following the rule: old tool with old OS. Here is a link from archive.org as the original site is no longer available on Microsoft: https://web.archive.org/web/20170213203348/https://msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net/media/2016/10/netfx_setupverifier_new.zip

I always appreciate your investigations. Maybe, my installer is more recent, or there are different versions. I download it from Germany, maybe they redirect to another server or file. A lot of different possibilities. I downloaded it by myself and by using the online installer. Same sizes! Anyway! Dito! Καληνυχτα!

I do not use the Windows Explorer directly. All file operations are only performed by me using Total Commander. The best Windows file manger ever! But for you as requested, a screenshot from my Windows Explorer additionally: I never observed any differences between WE and TC in terms of file sizes. I use TC since 1995. It's always the first tool I generally install in a new Windows partition. Greetings

There is a special tool to check a .NET Framework installation called .NET Framework Setup Verification Tool. Download it from the internet! The more recent tool is now called Microsoft .NET Framework Repair Tool. Here is its download page: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30135

Ok. No SSE2 problem. You said all that happened after a clean reinstall of XP SP3. My next assumption is an essential component is missing or damaged while installing. I would check the Microsoft .NET Framework installation first. BTW, what version is the Panda Dome installer of you used for installation? The version of my offline installer is 15.14.5.0 with a size of 92.041.632 Bytes. And you should get rid of all remnants of previous Panda installations before you start the next attempt. @Ryder252 It doesn't matter whether you use the online or offline installer. Both should work, or something is wrong in your system. I used the online installer, and it worked flawlessly. Check your network, partition or better, your whole system! At least, that's what I would do.

Here is a screenshot of my offline and online installer taken from Total Commander: The sizes are in Bytes.

Hello @Mark-XP! Sorry for the late reply! I totally overviewed this. I managed to get the "Alternating row highlighting" working in MailNews right away without any problems. So what is your problem in detail? For me, it works like a charm. Here is a small screenshot from my MailNews client: Greetings from Germany,

Hello @Mark-XP! Sorry for the late reply! I totally overviewed this. I managed to get the "Alternating row highlighting" working in MailNews right away without any problems. So what is your problem in detail? For me, it works like a charm.

Ok. No SSE2 problem. You said all that happened after a clean reinstall of XP SP3. My next assumption is an essential component is missing or damaged while installing. I would check the Microsoft .NET Framework installation first. BTW, what version is the Panda Dome installer of you used for installation? The version of my offline installer is 15.14.5.0 with a size of 92.041.632 Bytes. And you should get rid of all remnants of previous Panda installations before you start the next attempt.

Panda Dome installs fine in Windows XP Professional SP3. No problems here. My system is fully updated including all POSReady updates. These are the system requirements for installing Panda Dome: Does your CPU support the SSE2 instruction set? Running an installation program that then immediately closes again is something I know well from systems whose CPU does not support SSE2, although the program needs this feature.

I did a scan of my system partition by MWAV - eScan Antivirus Toolkit. Surprisingly, the tool found a strange file that other AV programs did not notice. In any case, it is always a wise decision to use different scan tools. The one perfect tool will never exist. But we have to be glad that there are still a few tools running under Windows XP at all.

MWAV - eScan Antivirus Toolkit is an antivirus/antimalware offline scanner for a manual checking of the computer and cleaning if necessary. WiseVector StopX is an AI based antivirus program with a background guard, but its development has stopped, unfortunately So they are completely different and not easy to compare. You will find only a few tests of both tools in the internet. They are not as well known as the AV programs produced by big antivirus manufacturers. MWAV is a good tool, easy to handle and is updated on a regular base. I do trust it. For more information, follow this link to its English homepage: https://www.escanav.com/en/mwav-tools/download-free-antivirus-toolkit.asp If you are looking for an antivirus program with real-time protection under Windows XP, you can try Panda Dome. I wrote about this program in previous posts. In my system, I use both, Panda Dome and MWAV. A good combination, in my opinion.