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Yes, just seen. Thanks and sorry! (I hope @win32 make an x86 version too)

Can you please share more info about this? Thanks Edit: Sorry. I just read the post and realized you're talking about Vista x64,

I prefer xp,vista,7,8.0&8.1 too, I hope we will find an alternative and be able to run decent browser

so, are we going to a world full of gui lag and telemetry without brakes? well in 2-3 years this thread won't matter as much as it does now. the reason? modern cpus will be capable of running 10 and 11 at least as fast as 7 & 8 runs on NT6 & wddm capable hardware

Ok, I deleted part of the text since I don't know if it's allowed. _ This seems interesting: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/enhanced-h264ify/omkfmpieigblcllmkgbflkikinpkodlk?page=1&hl=en&itemlang=en Choose what video codec YouTube should play for you enhanced-h264ify is a fork of well-known h264ify extension for Firefox/Chrome which blocks VP8/VP9 codecs on YouTube, so that you can use H264 only. This may be useful because there are lots of devices on the market which support H264 hardware decoding and do not support VP8/VP9. This extension has new features such as manual blocking of H264, VP8, VP9, AV1 codecs and 60fps video. By default it blocks everything but H264 and 60fps video. It works only on YouTube. GitHub: https://github.com/alextrv/enhanced-h264ify but it's only for YT and for old hardware I guess.

Interesting, I compared chrome://gpu of these browsers & versions all running on windows 8: IRON 104: Video Decode: Software only. Hardware acceleration disabled CHROMIUM 112 (bp): Video Decode: Hardware accelerated GOOGLE CHROME 107: Video Decode: Hardware accelerated 1440p60 it's smoother on chromium 112 - I have also found these extensions when I tried to get hardware acceleration on IRON 104 first: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/h264ify/aleakchihdccplidncghkekgioiakgal/related https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/magic-actions-for-youtube/abjcfabbhafbcdfjoecdgepllmpfceif/related _ Ok, I made some more tests after I read about how to enable Chrome hardware acceleration [DELETED] (I don't know if I can post this) Long story short, I enabled acceleration on Iron playing with [DELETED] Anyway, I not discovered the wheel (the wheel was discovered by blackwingcat ), so comparing this to chrome on w10, I want to have the best video playback experience on w8, at least as smooth as in VLC, so I'll continue investigating... I knows this -maybe- doesn't bring anything new to the table, It's more like a personal appreciation about how accelerated video playback works these days on different chrome versions and windows oses... but I remember an old HP laptop from 2009 in which I installed 10 1511 10586 (wddm 2.0) and youtube on iron worked better than in Windows 8. This is what always kept me curious trying to understand...

No, it seems I was infected before I downloaded the modified chrome. And I'm the only one infected, you can continue all with the topic, it's just a coincidence I noticed it after I download chrome that's why I posted about the possible virus here. The chrome I downloaded was clean. It doesn't have any virus. Sorry. (And my files are clean since yesterday cause I was infected with the same virus 2-3 years ago and now I know a bit more about it) So: NO VIRUS HERE. JUST a personal infection in my computer and not realted to this topic. _ Keep the good work @D.Draker - And one interesting thing about ported chromium: 1080/720 Youtube videoplay in Chrome ver. 111/112 running on Windows 8.0/8.1 removes Intel iGPU micro stuttering. (With, of course, a gpu capable of playing 720/1080.) I noticed this cause it's the only thing I miss from w10 running chrome/ium. I don't know if somebody else noticed the same or if it's related to a concrete system file......

Thanks to you all Since I can't find https://github.com/jack51706/byte_stinker compiled, I searched all partitions for .exes containing TjProjMain and I deleted lot of downloads. If anybody can compile this and send me it by dm, will be also useful for you all since I don't know if there is another option to recover .exes infected by this virus even Malwarebytes doesn't recover your .exes I think how to recover the infected .exe files using stinker.exe: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/66956355/125113641-9666ed00-e0f1-11eb-920d-30e6d759d478.mp4

I downloaded the files 2 days ago, now the links are removed, I know. But I'm not sure if I was infected by the files on that thread cause I just found a bunch of .exe files with Creation date = 08/02/2023 Anyway the first time I was infected with this was 3 years ago, but now I'm faster searching for the common infected files with "SwiftSearch" utility Please, if somebody can recommend me a tool to detect the infected files I'll be very grateful.

is there someone who has downloaded the files in this topic that is now infected with the TJPROJMAIN.EXE virus ???????????????????? I need to confirm this since I found a virus on one of my computers today and the only .exe I downloaded recently was the chromium from the link. It's easy to check if you're infected https://github.com/skidaim/TJprojMain-explorer.exe-remover (I'm not saying the .exe from the link was infected but I found this today and I don't think I downloaded other application recently. ) I have had this virus in the past when it wasn't known, if you have "byte_stinker" please send me a private message (I don't know if it can be posted here) but I really need HELP right now. I know this can be offtopic.. but please if you know an alternative method to remove this virus, please tell me how. Thanks

Yes, thanks Youtube works perfect. Better than chrome 104, cause I always have stuttering on HD and 1080 videos on Windows 8/8.1, (tried different hardware and this doesn't happen on w10) so now I can play youtube without stutterings (I don't know if it's the chrome version or the dll...), amazing! But on all other sites where I tried online Embedded video players, the video playback don't work, I don't know why. This is an example of an error I get on one site: JW Player Error 202630. For more information see https://developer.jwplayer.com/jw-player/docs/developer-guide/api/errors-reference#202630

Please check the link for 112 in first post, it's linked to 111 version too, only working with copy-paste link text.

Amazing! Thanks @msquidpl

Today is the day, will we see the Windows 8.0 extended kernel today? I can't wait to try it! 😊

Yes, .NET Framework 4.8 can be installed on the best Microsoft Windows version til date, aka Windows 8.0. (it can also be installed on xp & vista) yes, it's faster than 8.1. Video memory pagination "improvements" added to WDDM starting with 8.1, made the UI more laggy. So there are 5 types of LAG which can be attributed to those added functionalities + standby memory problems. each new WDDM version is always worst than the previous: 1) 8.1: WDDM 1.3 2) from 10240 (LTSB 2015|1507|TH1) to 10586(1511|TH2): WDDM 2.0 3) 14393 (LTSB 2016|1607|RS1): WDDM 2.1 4) All other Windows 10 versions starting with 1703|RS2 (not sure if it's an OS, a website, a videogame...): 2.X you have "HwSchMode" (aka GPU scheduling) in between... 5) Windows 11: WDDM 3.0 Sure modern hardware can take advantage of these newer functionalities, but we need it? You can play turning on and off things like: dpi, gpu, telemetry, memory compression, control flow guard, security patches/vulnerabilities (spectre, meltdown), pagination, metro, explorer shell, ribbon... and you can have an acceptable experience at the end, except for WDDM and video memory pagination which also affects DWM. Lot of headache, right? and when you have all configured... et voilà: Working on updates 87% Don't turn off your PC. This will take a while. Your PC will restart several times to ensure your tweaked registry is all reverted so you get the 100% of lag again So, long story short, all mobos with a GPU capable of WDDM drivers (any mobo starting with 2006 until now, or til 2016 so it's compatible with w8 and have wddm drivers), can have the best Windows experience running 8.0 and the worst running something >10. Of course, installing 10 on a HDD it's something like using Windows 95 with a multi-core cpu, you can take benefit of the cores right?... and installing 8.0 on SSD, even on celeron or atom, for example, feels like having an Core i3 cpu... Sorry for the offtopic too, just want to have more people sharing it's interest for w8.0 so we can share acknowledgment and improve it. There's a reason why it's the only MS OS which need less requirements than it's predecessors. Bonus: I just realized this week how similar it's the forgotten Windows Whistler Watercolor theme compared to Windows 8 Metro UI default theme:

Thanks for sharing these details. What a pity. I have replaced ntoskrnl.exe of Windows 10 beta build 10.0.10074 with the one from 10.0.10102 build myself, so I though what is done in the video could be possible too... Of course it's a different OS. Anyway I'm happy with the current progress and interest in the XP / 2K3 NT5 kernel these days If one day we can have the same cpu and memory management of Windows 8 / 8.1 / 10, it will be the best OS... well I need to try these utilities like Process Lasso to see If I can improve the cpu/memory while I browse Internet with firefox/chrome

I think there is a video on YouTube that doesn't have many views... (06:18) Maybe... is this a new door to port WDDM (LDDM in Longhorn) drivers to XP? https://betawiki.net/wiki/Desktop_Window_Manager Enable DWM (Desktop Composition Engine DCE in Longhorn) https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_Aero#Windows_Longhorn_builds_4074_to_4082 https://longhorn.ms/theme-format-aero/ Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DesktopComposition] "StartupOptions"=dword:00000001 https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_Longhorn_build_4074 https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23052 Build 4067 with WDDM/LDDM driver working: (3:10) So, this is DirectX 10 working on 4074, right? _____ Offtopic: while I search about WDDM / LDDM on Longhorn, I found it's possible to get DWM working with XPDM drivers (I'm not talking about the EnableMachineCheck trick or sbctl.exe start)

Wow, this is really interesting ! Thanks for sharing it can be useful to get some devices working

January 10, 2023: End of support. Now what? I know this isn't a solution, but can we consider something like running chrome with "Wine on Windows" using one of these (at least while there isn't a kernel extension) : Cygwin MinGW-w64 MSYS2 Babun LINE CoLinux GnuWin32 andLinux Another, more dirty, way: Remote App similar to the old "XP Mode" (w7's VirtualPC): VMware Unity Mode Parallels Headless Mode Virtualbox Seamless Mode Well, this was commented in the past "It'd be possible to develop a Windows-native Wine-based ThinApp-like solution." https://www.elpauer.org/2011/10/a-wish-a-day-14-wine-based-application-virtualization/ https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=633 This is an example of Chrome running on cygwin running on Windows 10 (yes it's 10 but look at minimize maximize and close buttons). Cygwin can be installed in windows 7 and windows 8. https://github.com/aben20807/my_vim This is Office 2019 running on Wine 6.1, is not possible to run chrome on Windows the same way in 2023 without an entire OS, Kernel or VM running ? outdated but an example of native firefox running on windows and also firefox on andLinux on Windows 7 (edit: ok this is not a valid example since it's running the linux version of chrome in a seamless mode for sure):

@ojt_1998 Yes, 9.0.1.1200 %Intel% %i900G0% = iegd_plb, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8108 i900G0="Poulsbo Embedded Graphics Chipset Function 0" Filename: IEGD901_2kDrv.lzh Download: 1Mbytes Version: 9.0.1.1198 Platform: Windows 2000 Language: English/Japanese Describe: atom VGA Driver. http://blog.livedoor.jp/blackwingcat/archives/08995.html Credits to the amazing @blackwingcat http://pub.idisk-just.com/fview/n0cu2sxdcImBPWXDJQRR0YYTRexvvOfwPC98kgz0dfCFkK10LXJeinl-P7rM9oD6fEHGKtw11vds_xUzs6bOeg.lzh __ if you want the best drivers for using GMA500 on XP,7,8 or >8.1 https://gma500booster.blogspot.com/2017/09/download.html https://gma500booster.blogspot.com/2014/11/optimus-iemgd-for-windows-88110.html ___ if you want to experiment read this about intel 8.14.10.2023 & GMA 3150: https://groups.google.com/g/intel9x-gaming/c/SoLxoFGu_ks ____ I hope some user can make a GMA 500 driver for Windows ME Millenium Edition or 98 like they have done here with similar device: https://retrosystemsrevival.blogspot.com/2019/06/intel-945gm-display-driver-for-windows.html https://msfn.org/board/profile/408069-fantasyacquiesce/ ___ Intel GMA 500 GPU Intel's Poulsbo GPU uses the PowerVR SGX535 Licensed Imagination Technologies PowerVR SGX 535 graphics core + PowerVR VXD370 H.264/MPEG-4 AVC playback https://www.anandtech.com/show/2493/16 Intel's i840 https://www.phoronix.com/news/ODQyMg https://www.phoronix.com/news/ODY5Mw

What is the latest Windows 8 beta built with XPDM/XDDM driver support? Starting with Windows 8 RTM, only WDDM is supported. (And since I prefer to not create the same topic for Windows XP subforum: What is the first Whistler - Windows XP beta build to support XPDM ? ) Thanks

You don't know what a person might be going through. You don't know what he can bring you or how he can inspire you. I always prefer to be kind and polite. When I want to hear something unpleasant I turn on the news. After all these years since w10 release, I have been testing and tweaking it trying to get it as fast as w8.1 on the same hardware and noticed what really makes it better in memory usage and laggy in general use (ui lag). I searched for tweaks year by year... and I can say the os CAN be faster than w8.1. I even know at which beta build the os makes a difference in terms of slowness compared to early builds and 8.1 but I don't want to go offtopic here. Just remember how fast 98 and 2000 (even XP) were on normal hardware and you will understand how losing cpu cycles has been normalized these days. Don't believe me? You still think w10 it's "always" faster? Ok, just take a look at Windows 7 market share percentage and ask yourself why people is still interested in an "old" OS. MS optimizes the kernel/OS as much as they can so that Telemetry and Metro running in the background does not penalize the general system peformance (that's why they recommend you a list of the minimum required cpus to run it) but once you get rid of these and other things you have an OS faster than w8.1... cause you won't release an os slower than its predecessor, right? Do you still don't believe it? I'll maybe release a software someday to really optimize windows considering all these tweaks here and there... it's really a different OS once you heavy tweak it. Well, sorry for going offtopic and thanks to everyone who liked my customized w10 with w8 theme. Edit: Anyway I'll always love Windows 8.0, but I can't completely ignore Windows 10 when Intel isn't releasing iGPU drivers to run w7,w8 on new hardware...

@vinifera @UCyborg @Jody Thornton take a look at my customized LTSB 2015 for a low profile fanless laptop with NVME ssd. I used files from windows 8.1 and windows beta 10.0.9888 (First beta with w10.0 kernel version & last beta with w8.1 theme style in taskbar & windows): uxtheme uxinit themeui shellstyle from 9888 & windows 8.1 theme folder c:\windows\resources\themes Only StartIsBack is used for the taskbar. Yes, processes and threads tweaked by me. Also take a look at the explorer without ribbon and explorer navigation arrows and icons... (imageres.dll from 8.1) caption buttons can be tweaked to make it look smaller like windows 8.1, titlebar font is the same as 8.1 button and dialog style can be changed too to be more like 8.1 but wasn't done in the screenshot. (you can see inactive window black border... w10 dwm? ) No patches. All files are MS original from other builds:

@vxiiduu can you make this tool compatible with Windows 8.0 (6.2), please ? Thanks !

Are all the updates of the repository free of Meltdown and Spectre? Do you know if it's possible to install Net Framework 4.8 on Windows 8.0 the same way as greenhillmaniac installed Powershell 5.0 on 8.0 ? Or if it's better to integrate them on WS2012 R1 and use MICROSOFT SERVER CONVERTER 2012 to convert 2012 to Workstation? I don't know if I can publish the link here but there is a batch script ( made by @abbodi1406 ) to install .NET Framework 4.8 packages on Windows 10 Version 1507/1511, by modifying the mum files and remove parent node using powershell.exe this, however, allow to install the package from offline servicing only (because security catalogs integrity will prevent live online installation). It is possible to do the same on Windows 8.0 ? So this script will solve this other comment, right?: So the way to create an ISO with all w8.0 pre-EOL updates + post-EOL updates without installing rollups containing spectre and meltdown code is: 1) Run WSUS 9.25 on 8.0 and then manually remove (if any) the rollups on download folder (>march 2018). 2) Download all pre-EOL updates of the repository and add to the folder 3) Integrate all the updates with a tool like ntlite, right? I hope the rollups have "-UR-" in the filename when downloaded with WSUS, if not this won't be an easy process... Please, correct me if I'm wrong, I want to create my own updated iso without spectre and meltdown code on it Thanks I love Windows 8.0 ...as much as XP, 2K3, 2K, ME, 98SE & 95