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    win2kreviver replied to wimb's topic in Windows 10

    Thanks! Great tool! Good job! Win2kreviver
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    For those that are concerned, build 4.3.1 is now working also. win2kreviver
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    Ivo Belchev's Classic Shell can be used again in Insider Builds 18204, and 17723. I think it is great news for those that dislike the current metro interface.
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    Great, much needed! win2kreviver
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    Summary of tests: Installed non sse version on a MSI 6378 mobo with 512 mb of ram, winxp sp3 (really ancient hardware). Ran well, much better than firefox 48.02. Also using process lasso from bitsum.com version 8.9 (free for xp and win2k users). Application really helps with browsing and services like svchost.exe, info on request. Soyo mobo, via chipset vt8363 768 mb ram, windows 2000 athlon xp palamino 1600+ running at 1.4 ghz. Using extended kernel and blackwingcat's updates. Have not installed process lasso yet. Using only 15 services at the moment. Win2kreviver
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    @roytam1 Thanks for the fascinating and educational article. Win2kreviver
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    @cc333 I have been able to run xp on a pentium II with 256 mb of ram. It will run, but I never tried the Internet on it. It was part of a contest between me and one of my friends to see what was the absolute lowest values that would run xp. He won with 70 mb of ram. Mine ran adequately, but his was really slow! The mobo was a P2XLX slot I. Win2kreviver
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    MSVC++ 2012 requirements are for Windows XP and above. Visual C++, will it work in Windows 2k or below? Thanks for the info. Win2kreviver
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    That is fantastic! What version do I need? BlackwingCat's? Extended Kernel version? Do I need Tomasz86's updates? @dencorso: Thanks for the info, I will try to look into that. The SSE2 set was not introduced until the Pentium 4 in 2001 and the AMD AthlonX64 in 2003. Pentium III and the Athlon series did not have SSE2. If this is the case, then non SSE2 processors have the possibility of running New Moon. Win2kreviver
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    Roytam1, Thanks for the excellent work, great job. Your ia-32 version has allowed me to install an up-to-date browser on a Pentium III using 512 MB of ram to actually surf the Internet. I have run into no problems at all either installing it or using it. The non sse2 versions has opened up countless possibilities of reviving old hardware on windows. Even newer Linux requires the sse2 instruction set. Has anyone tried using windows 2k with your browser with good results? I will try to do that as soon as possible. This version of pale moon even runs faster that non-sse2 browsers, (chrome, firefox) that I have been using on this 17 year old Micron Millenia which has I have been using since 2000. win2kreviver
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    sdfox, Thanks for the updates, fantastic! However the chrome URL should be: http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/pdc/25.0.0.127/install_flash_player_ppapi.exe Keep up the great work.
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    I have an older PC that runs Windows 2000 without a hitch: AMD Athlon XP 1900 processor 768 MB RAM Soundblaster AWE32 soundcard NVidia 4200 128 MB Video Card. 40GB IDE HDD Plays DVD Movies with no stutter, with VLC, amazing! Soyo Mobo built about 2002 Been doing so since 2009.
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    I still use it on several PC's, runs great. Also run Windows 2000 with unofficial updates, and LXLE X64. Windows XP runs fewer services and has a memory overhead almost as low as Windows 2000. I am currently investigating full OS's with low memory requirement for older hardware, and Windows XP seems to have the edge for now. More to follow.
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    @harkaz, Thanks again for all your hard work, it is truly appreciated to keep alive one of the best OS ever made!
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    Thank you so much for providing these updates for an excellent operating system. Your outstanding work to keep it going after sixteen years is fantastic. Compared to XP, Vista, 7, 8, and 10, it runs on half the processes and services as the others do. Great Job and all of us that still use the OS find that it is still relevant in today's computing environments with outdated and otherwise useless machines that will be thrown away. What you have done should be the envy of any Linux programmer, even though they have come a long way.with open source. win2kreviver
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    Very interesting...... I believe that MS is: 1. As Noel C. said "crazy like a fox", not only force-feeding updates (to have an experience across all platforms), but to start charging what they do in Europe if you have a television what is "annual license fees" for use of their software to increase revenue, e.g. Windows as a Service. 2. As the "Store" has no realistic way of raising real revenue, it will use "optional updates", to add user features that used to be part of Windows. Such as the Windows 8.1 update. 3. Another way to raise revenue is to block third party software from being on Windows without paying a fee to allow it to be installed. This will be another way for the "same user experience". Just look at the Nvidia update issues. 4. As it is now, I will hang on to my other licenses and not lose them, come 29 July and for a while until this all shakes out. I thought Windows 10 had some promise, I was looking towards it. Now I am not so sure......
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    Pro: Boots faster than Win 7, 8.1. Cons: Cortana Edge IE Ad Supported User Tracking by MSFT Loss of 7, 8.1 license when upgrading Wireless Connectivity issues Slow, been proven by real world tests. Having to use third party tool for basic tasks and usage when they could be supplied with OS No Windows Media Center No real Start Menu Metro Apps The most important: Inability to refuse any update except Enterprise. We know the track record on this! Much More..... You will have to convince me to switch, I will wait for a year and see what happens. I have at least have Win 7.......
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    I have been using Edge and found it is very lacking in supporting websites such as msfn.org. It freezes, hiccups and is almost impossible to use. On some sites it gives acceptable performance such as msn. I have really tested it against Chrome and IE and on speed it is as slow as molasses in January compared overall to them. For page rendering it is not good. I really cannot say any positives about it, but I may be influenced by my former use of IE. I have not used it since 2005 as a primary browser, the only use I gave it is to get updates and even then I was using IE tab in FF. I think as it stands 10240 is not ready for distribution without third party help as Noel and others state and prove categorically. I think Edge as it is now is a total fail. Harsh words, but I will stand by them.
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    I feel your pain in the heating issues. All Pentium 4's seem to run very hot. You must keep the processor under 60 C and I have found that you need a lot of cooling to keep them happy at 50 C. I personally use an AMD Barton processor in my 2k machine and even that runs at 45 C. Get the best cooler you can find. Heat dissipation was not a p4 strong suit. You will find Win2k will run like a banshee, and your machine will do just that. I hope this helps. Good luck.
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    Noel, I cannot believe that for all the positive and negative feedback that you have given that you would be banned from the Microsoft forums. You have always spoken the truth from your point of view and given valid logical reasons to support your arguments. It is a sad day for one speaking their mind about improving a beta product and offending the powers that be. I hope you will still give us your opinions on this forum. Thanks for all the good work. Please continue to speak out.
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    I agree, presently I agree that Windows "10", is an improvement, but it deserves a version number of 8.2, it is only incremental. They still do not realize shoehorning a phone OS will not work in a business environment. I believe they will not allow their vision of Windows "10", will not stray from their notion of one OS across all platforms. At best it will be the worst of all across all platforms, All you have to refer to is "Vista", and "Windows 8", to prove this. The glory days of Windows 95, NT, 2000, and XP are all over. Innovation is got to be building on what works efficiently, as well as how to improve it.
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    I agree, great job. I will try it out as soon as possible. Thanks for giving instructions in the order the updates need to be installed.
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    I agree with Noel C., Classic Shell was an improvement over what MS had to offer for the start menu and though for most of us can get around the new "start menu", speed and USABILITY were what I was looking for. By blocking CS, MS took another giant step backwards on being able to customize its OS. In my very humble opinion it is trynig to force users to keep their XP or go to Mac or Linux. After all, the Win95 interface became the standard in computing. Why change it? It worked well until Windows 8. I think too many egos are at stake when one individual looked at Microsoft and trying to save it and succeeded. I might have to go back to LXLE 12.04.5 for my older pc's.
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    Why not try Virtualbox 4.1.32 in their old builds. It is still supported and has worked for me with ReactOS. Make sure you get the matching guest additions package. It will be on the same page. Hope this helps.
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    Thanks Noel for findiing that about CS, that was the last piece of the puzzle to start continuing Windows 10 TP. Fantastic!
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