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  1. AstroSkipper
    Linux is great and can be very helpful, especially if problems occur which can't be solved in Windows. And Linux is especially valuable if you are an Android user like me. Android is based on the Linux kernel, so Linux is predestined to communicate with Android devices. No driver problems in Linux when an Android device is connected to the computer, as is unfortunately very often the case in Windows. Of course, you should choose the Linux distribution that is best suited for you. There are so many, and it is not so easy to find the right one. It should therefore meet your needs and fit your hardware. Greetings from Germany, AstroSkipper
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    FYI, real, independent booting of OSs is only possible if the OSs have been installed independently and completely. How this can be done and checked is described in this article "Check independence and completeness" here: https://www.boot-us.de/eng/tips_i02.htm Cheers, AstroSkipper
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    I never used dual boot, i.e. two OSs installed in the same partition. I always use an independent booting of each OS. Each of my system partitions are independent from the others. Boot-US can be installed into MBR of your hard disk, floppy disk or bootable USB stick. If you boot into a OS, all other system partitions will be hidden. All my system partitions have been backuped by an imaging program. If something goes wrong in one of my system partitions and can't be fixed easily, I simply restore the saved image.
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    On my old Windows XP computer, I installed a Linux distribution on a separate partition years ago. I decided to go with Xubuntu, a distribution for low-performance systems. With the installed boot manager Boot-US, I can select the desired operating system when I start the computer. For each OS, you can set in Boot-US which logical partitions are to be available. Linux as an additional alternative to Windows is simply great. My main operating system is still Windows XP and will remain so, though.
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    To force the installer of DreamMail Pro 6.6.6.2 to use English instead of Chinese as the installer language, I updated my small loader that does this when it calls up the setup program. It must be executed in the same directory in which the setup file is located with its original file name dmpro_setup6.6.6.2.exe. Here is the download link of my loader Force_En_Install_DM_Pro_6662.exe: https://www.mediafire.com/file/6byu8gx1g996m3r/Force_En_Install_DM_Pro_6662.7z/file Although some virus scanners detect this file as malicious, it is just a false-positive as always. Use my loader to force an English install, only if you trust me, of course! Cheers, AstroSkipper
  6. AstroSkipper
    A small update information! DreamMail Pro is now available in version 6.6.6.2.
  7. AstroSkipper
    That's correct. Only username and password is not sufficient anymore. The email client has to support OAuth2 or app password to access a Google account. Gmail's web interface still works with username and password, of course. And Android's Gmail app works without any problems if the user has logged in their Google account. I mention this as I am an Android user for nearly ten years. Windows XP and Android (and rather rarely Linux) are my main OSs. For example, DreamMail Pro (I wrote about this email client in some previous posts) also works with Gmail under Windows XP, but only via app password, at least in the version 6.6.5.9. No real OAuth2. MailNews supports a real OAuth2. It opens an own window to allow access to your Google account. No app password needed.
  8. AstroSkipper
    As promised, some further information about MailNews. It's now my standard email client in Windows XP. All my email service providers are supported by MailNews. I talk about GMX, WEB.DE, Gmail and Outlook.com (formerly Hotmail, now the light web version of Microsoft 365). It works without any problems, simply great. Here are some screenshots from my installation: I installed a lot of extensions from both Binary Outcast and Thunderbird.net, without any modifications, no editing of install.rdf, right out of the box. Furthermore, I activated the embedded calendar Lightning. I am very happy with MailNews, no cumbersome and heavy loading web interfaces anymore. This means I can fully recommend MailNews. Cheers, AstroSkipper
  9. AstroSkipper
    Every security software which still works under Windows XP is worth to mention. Truth be told, I am not a fan of Norton (Symantec) security solutions anymore. Just too restrictive, deletes things without permission, heavy load on the system, more of a disempowerment of the user.
  10. AstroSkipper
    There is nothing more I can tell you. In my browser Mypal 68.13.0b, the uBlock Origin site on addons.mozilla.org doesn't appear unless the user agent is set to a higher Firefox version (>= 78). Anyway! uBlock Origin 1.47 won't work properly in Mypal 68. It is not meant to work in Mypal 68. Gorhill changed the minimum version not without reason. @Milkinis! For more information, read this post from @VistaLover:
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    A user agent switcher is not necessary. Look in about:config whether there is an entry called general.useragent.override.addons.mozilla.org and check its value. If it is not existent, or the string contains a Firefox version less than 78, you can't find the uBlock Origin site on addons.mozilla.org.
  12. AstroSkipper
    Are you using the new nightly build Mypal 68.13.0b? If so, maybe, Mozilla's addon site recognizes a higher version, or you have changed the user agent for addons.mozilla.org. I am sure it is the last. I could find the uBlock Origin site on addons.mozilla.org in Mypal 68.13.0b only after changing my user agent to a higher (>= 78) Firefox version.
  13. AstroSkipper
    Just to clarify! You can't have installed uBlock Origin 1.47 in Mypal 68. It is not compatible. It needs FF 78+. I really don't know what you did. Even if you have modified uBlock Origin 1.47 to make it install in Mypal 68, it won't work. Gorhill changed the minimum version not without reason.
  14. AstroSkipper
    Once again, I can open or close tabs in Mypal 68 without any problems. Never observed any BSODs in single-process mode. In this mode, Mypal 68 is totally stable. If you have any problems, report it in the issues on GitHub!
  15. AstroSkipper
    AFAIAA, all people who posted about BSODs on the issues of GitHub, were using Mypal 68 in multiprocess mode. I think this is the main reason for a BSOD in Mypal 68. Maybe, it will work in the final release of Mypal 68 whenever it comes.
  16. AstroSkipper
    What can he say? Has he ever used or tested my system? No. Therefore, he can't say anything regarding my system, unfortunately. And BTW, if you want to post interesting facts about Mypal 68 here in terms of extensions or custom buttons, or maybe about the new nightly build, you are welcome here at any time. But any comparisons with other browsers are off-topic, unfortunately.
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    No, but I use Mypal 68 in single-process mode. In multiprocess mode, your chance to get a BSOD is much better.
  18. AstroSkipper
    I can't confirm that. 360Chrome 13.5 doesn't run smoother than Mypal 68 on my system. And I never had any BSOD while using Mypal 68.
  19. AstroSkipper
    uBlock Origin works perfectly in Mypal 68. The last compatible version is uBlock Origin 1.46. I use this version in my installation without any problems. All more recent versions need FF 78+. I already wrote about this extension here:
  20. AstroSkipper
    Thanks for the link! I already knew this source for userscripts. But where did you find a link to Tab Mix Plus on this site? I can't see any there. AFAIK, there is just this pre-release of Tab Mix Plus in form of a webextension: Tab Mix Plus v1.0.0-pre, available on their homepage https://tabmixplus.org/, but unfortunately only for FF 78+. For Mypal 68, there is only this one: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/tab-mix-plus-webextension/ called Tab Mix - Links, but it has very few features. Cheers, AstroSkipper
  21. AstroSkipper
    My German language pack for New Moon 28 - Fixed - Part 1 For New Moon 28, I use the German language pack from here: https://github.com/JustOff/pale-moon-localization/releases/download/28.10.0_RC1/de.xpi which I modified and corrected myself a long time ago in terms of the dev tools. Here is a screenshot of the Web Developer menu (Web-Entwickler) of New Moon 28.10.6a1 (32-bit) (2023-01-19) with my fixed German language pack already installed: My modified language pack is fully working, and all has been translated. If you are German like me, or German is your native language, you are lucky and can use my already modified language pack file de-mod-content-dev.xpi. Here is the link: https://www.mediafire.com/file/99riihhfrxrju2k/de-mod-content-dev.xpi/file Cheers, AstroSkipper
  22. AstroSkipper
    You can read a lot somewhere, and rumors are ten a penny. AFAIAA, @feodor2 posted the link to the nightly build himself (under his GitHub account). Anyway! I hope he is well and unharmed. Best wishes from here!
  23. AstroSkipper
    I tested this nightly build of Mypal 68.13.0 with some websites which caused problems in Mypal 68.12.5b. The assets on GitHub are loading again. MEGA is working, too. And, the online dictionary LEO also seems to be fixed. Unfortunately, VirusTotal stopped working completely in Mypal 68.13.0b. Neither the main site https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload nor the reduced site https://www.virustotal.com/old-browsers/?style=bright works. On the main site, no way to upload a file. All elements in the middle of the website aren't loaded, only the outer frame. On the reduced site, the Google captcha doesn't work (endless loading).
  24. AstroSkipper
    I wrote about email clients in this thread: https://msfn.org/board/topic/184410-xpvista-compatible-clients-for-modern-email-services/?do=findComment&comment=1238445 . I tested IceDove and MailNews. The main diffrence I noticed is MailNews supports Oauth2, IceDove unfortunately not. Oauth2 is an important protocol for authentication. A lot of email service providers use it nowadays as for example Gmail. MailNews is simply great and works with all my email service providers. It can easily enhanced by installing legacy extensions. At least, that's what I did.
  25. AstroSkipper
    Why unfortunately? A zip file is great, better than an installer. You have just to copy the new files over the old ones. That's why I simply wrote installer. With this archive, you install Mypal 68.13.0b. By the way, Mypal 68 is not fully portable. The browser creates entries in the registry. Therefore, to be absolutely correct, it's a zip archive for manual installation.
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