Jody Thornton

Apparently, the Visual Studio compiler can indeed set a flag to allow compilation for Windows XP, so it CAN be made to work. All of the unofficial x64 builds of SeaMonkey also target Windows 7 and higher. If the developer doesn't allow compilation with the XP compatibility flag set, the limitation is in the executable.

@2008WindowsVista, I forgot about Cyberfox. I'll have to remember that one if I need to resinstall Vista

No apolgies needed. I just recall the post that's all. Let's hope Vista compatibility doesn't break in Pale Moon. :). Of SeaMonkey and Firefox ESR are x86 options. As it stands, Pale Moon is the only 64-bit option.

Don't even need to look 2008WindowsVista, I remember it well. It seems the installer script has been fixed so next release will work.

Trying to find out if things will be getting iffy in Moonchild land: https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=14182&p=102517#p102517

It appears that there were issues running the latest Waterfox builds on XP x64 Edition. It also appears that SeaMonkey is headed for a world of trouble. A lot of integrated tools were removed for the new v2.46 release, which itself took nine months for a completed release. And it appears that a lot of the code for Gecko was already removed for XP compatibility (from what I've been able to gather at MozillaZine.) It's estimated that v2.49 of SeaMonkey will likely get something similar to an ESR-style release. Though I think SeaMonkey is in even deeper trouble.

Yeppers. I use a Dell D610 (circa 2005) - not my daily driver. It came with Windows XP, has a Centrino M 1.8 GHz CPU and 1 GB of RAM. Puppy Precise v5.7.1 is what is installed (I used a full installation on an ext2 partition). It kinda looks like OS/2 the way I have the fonts setup. I browse and email with SeaMonkey on it.

Linux builds like Ubuntu are already bloated I use Puppy Linux on an old notebook that had XP on it. You'd probably like it Dibya.

If I were to ever long for a return back to XP, I would want Windows XP x64 Edition - plain and simple, and I would want a 64-bit browsing option. Those odds seem few and far between. But bar none, it was the besat desktop experience on my aging xw8200 workstation. Though Vista and Windows 8 work quite well on it.

Is that a true story? I'd post it at the Windows 10 Forums over at tenforums.com, if I knew it was legit. That would get their blood pressure going

Happy Ho Ho Dibya!

I use it on Windows 8 x64 Pro, so it should work.

Pale Moon v26.50 (make that the Atom version) K-Meleon 76 RC (still current)

See I thought the ReactOS team were going after a lighter windows-like build, so without the bloat. So ala Windows 2000, but compatible with today's applications.

How current is the browser for modern rendering?

TrueOS? Hmmm the first I'm hearing of it. I shall check it out. Thanks Dencorso!

I was hopeful for React OS, but I think that's a dead project now.

I wish you were around when I wanted to discuss XP security two years (even if it was to an ad nauseum soap operatic degree). Holy crap was I tarred and feathered for that, and I even ditched the forum for awhile. I like how you think NoelC. Of course, I don't REALLY care about XP anymore, but if Dibya wants to shout to the hills about it, he should be able to. And yes that whole "stay on topic" people. Every forum mod does that. But conversation is an organic, fluid thing. Many folks drift off topic in real life, sp go ahead and do it here.

Oh I know. You know, I'm not sure that I mind the security only update model all that much. It was what I was doing anyway. by installing all of the critical updates. So really nothing changes except it's just one big update. I'm shocked Microsoft hasn't clamped down on this ...lol. Even with POS Ready, it's amazing how long XP users have been able to continue.

Yes that's how I understood the new format working. I wasn't confused at all. I simply forgot the Flash update ... lol. Also now, you have to download from the Catalog site. The bulletins don't link to a download page for each update anymore. Now before, there were sometimes only updates for particular .NET Framework versions. Sometimes only v3.5 had updates, and there were none for v4x. Cheers to January 2023. I wonder what I'll want to do after that. Hmmmmmmm

Whew! No restart needed.

Oooops Yes I did

Yes it's Eight Breeze - very 7-ish. I deleted the shellstyle those because it was this funky blue across the top. But I like it.

All good! Here's my screenshot of success

So I have downloaded the Security Only Update KB3205408. Also I have a .NET Security Only patch for .NET v4.6x, which is KB3204801. So let's update and see how it goes. See you after the boot