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  1. Jody Thornton
    I've been running the New Moon 28 Sneak Peek for a few days now. I upgraded to the last build from a day or so ago, but the New Tab Page changed a tad (it added a Search bar like Australis builds did and increased the size of thumbnails). I went back to the previous v28 build and that's running great. Apparently, the v27 builds now work again with Facebook, but I find that v28 works so well, that I'm going to stay put. :)
  2. Jody Thornton
    Well that does instill some confidence. I must admit though I am REALLY concerned with NoelC's findings. I thought that Windows 8 felt slower in March before I switched back to Vista on this old PC. And Vista seems more sluggish than I once remember it being. The only hope is that the cumulative update that NoelC installed had some other crap in it that is slowing him down. Whereas, I was only installing the Security Only update.
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    What I had planned to do this time around was, install Windows 8, install all of the updates up to the point of EOL (January 2016), and then start with the most recent manual updates. I would install all of December 2017, then November, then October, ...etc .... Eventually there are superseded updates that won't require installation, because I installed them in a newer patch. Does anyone think that's a good strategy? I thought it might keep the component store smaller, and only install updates I really need.
  4. Jody Thornton
    I installed New Moon 28. Works great on Vista. Renders a good deal better (and slightly faster). My tabs (when using the FoxE9 add-on) tend to look a bit big, but I'll live ....lol
  5. Jody Thornton
    But now it's not working properly again on Facebook. You can't choose reactions and videos seem to go full screen play with no transport controls. I extracted Roytam1's 28x pre-release version. It works pretty much perfectly.
  6. Jody Thornton
    I've just extracted the New Moon 28 x64 build over top of New Moon 27.9. It works perfectly. My only issues are that I run the FoxE9 extension (which mimics the appearance of IE 9 - really cool), but the tabs are thick and large. But hey, I'll deal. Everything else works great! :)
  7. Jody Thornton
    Great! Now Facebook Reactions have stopped working on New Moon. How decent is version 28 for day to day use?
  8. Jody Thornton
    Well January 2020 is just over a year and a half away. That's a blink of an eye when you're going on with life. So I would plan. @wykchari: If you can source a license for Windows 8 (as in the original - I refuse to call it 8.0 because no such thing exists), that could work for you. I was running Windows 8 on a NetBurst based Xeon CPU (basically a hyperthreaded P4), so that should work for you. Then just mosey over to our thread called "Server 2012 Updates on Windows 8". I'd link it for you, but right now, several people are getting a "403 Forbidden" error when they try that. Any way, follow that advice - and now you're good until October 2023. What is it that you personally know about this? I'm just curious to be honest.
  9. Jody Thornton
    Sorry @Tripredacus: I just tried posting in a thread, and I get the 403 Forbidden Fruit Error - and yes I pressed Ctrl F5 first. I think this appears too universal to be a browser issue. (Edit: if you link a site, that's when you get the error)
  10. Jody Thornton
    I responded to you in another thread. This really concerns me. I was ecstatic when I realized I could update Vista and Windows 8 in to the future. But I also wonder how much slow down was accumulated even up to December 2017? Well perhaps I should only update to 2017 on my new Windows 8 installation come September-ish.
  11. Jody Thornton
    Well, something in one of the updates did overwrite my patched uxTheme files, so I fetched those from a backup, just so my themes worked. I guess my .NET was all patched up, since the update did not apply. Otherwise, all is well in Vista-Land!
  12. Jody Thornton
    Well I've reviewed the updates as best I can and have gone through with the installation. I dunno, somehow I feel as if Microsoft isn't leveling with us on everything, you know? Oh well (I'll let you all know how it goes.)
  13. Jody Thornton
    Why would I want to still run Firefox 45 ESR at this point? What is the perceived benefit? :)
  14. Jody Thornton
    See that sort of news worries me. I've gone back to Vista for a bit on this old system I'm on. In the last couple of months, I've noticed slower browsing, but that could the mobility-first developed sites overwhelming my older system on New Moon (Roytam1's Pale Moon build). I really hope that Server 2012 updates for the next five years could provide some benefit to Windows 8 (not 8.1). I'll have to plug my nose I guess. I'm waiting to do my new install on my newish PC, until I get all of these particulars figured out.
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    vistax64.com
  16. Jody Thornton
    I posted this info over at the Vista DM Forum. @townsbg was on this forum as well. Maybe he can better explain the complete lack of interest on this topic (post-EOL updates) on that forum which should be ALL ABOUT Vista. Even he spreads the pessimism.
  17. Jody Thornton
    Why thank you John - and now !!!! Life may have just become a tad easier for Vista users: https://www.ghacks.net/2018/06/17/windows-server-2008-r2-switched-to-rollup-model/ Server 2008 Updates have also switch to the unified/rollup model
  18. Jody Thornton
    Actually those using Firefox ESR 52 would probably benefit more from Roytam's Basilisk build. Same Australis interface and plugins, Just sayin' :)
  19. Jody Thornton
    I'm on Ghacks pretty regularly. I'll go check the June entries. :)
  20. Jody Thornton
    I went to this page but I was unable to obtain all of the update explanations like the January example above. https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/help/20180612/security-update-deployment-details I know greenhillmaniac posted the right links before, but has something changed?
  21. Jody Thornton
    I've downloaded but not installed the following updates: KB4284846, KB4230450 (IE10), KB4287903 (Flash), KB4095518 (.NET 4.5) (all part of the 4099638 .NET Package) When I move back to Windows 8, I'll have lots of updates in front of me. What I was doing was: Installing all of the automatic updates until January 2016 Then starting at the most recent updates, and installing backwards. I find that I can skip a bunch of superseded updates that way. Is this a good move? Repeat the process for IE10, Flash, and .NET Feedback desired :)
  22. Jody Thornton
    Well I've downloaded (but yet to install) this month's Vista updates from the catalog: KB4230467, KB4234459, KB4130956, KB4093227, KB4294413 KB4095513 (.NET v2 and v3) KB4230450 (IE9) Of course no longer wanting to be a guinea pig, I'll wait a few days until I hear more. Being a pioneer can be fun and all, but I'm beginning to prefer paved roads that I see traffic has already used. :p
  23. Jody Thornton
    Yeah I think I am starting to hear about more people using Windows 10 now (anecdotally in my own circles). I find that's the best real-world indicator.
  24. Jody Thornton
    Glad to have MSFN back up a second time. One of these days I will have to donate, even though I know this wasn't the case of the down time (this time around.)
  25. Jody Thornton
    @greenhillmaniac: Well I'm glad MSFN is back up, because I would have hated to lose track of you. Moreover, the last link you've provided for the logon picture works with Windows 8 correct? That seems nifty. :)
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