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On 6/24/2016 at 11:23 PM, JorgeA said:
Dedoimedo found that setting up a new user account in Windows 10 downloaded crapware onto his PC:
Windows 10 user management - Account Savant
Just as PC manufacturers get paid a small fee by software vendors to put their programs on newly built computers, I wonder if MSFT gets paid for adding all this stuff to people's already existing Win10 installations.
--JorgeA
I'm pretty skeptical of this one. The user said something about "upgrading" existing Win8.x installs to Win10, and some of the things downloaded are in direct competition with M$. I really can't see M$ shipping Google Play Music with Windows. This is probably residual bloatware from an OEM install of 8.x upgraded to 10. I would love to see a retail 8.x install "upgraded" to 10 and the user creation process wiresharked just to be sure.
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6 hours ago, NoelC said:
Dencorso has it right. When the last of the permanently licensed operating systems can no longer be kept on life support or they are just too irrelevant to be useful any more for real development or content production use we can only hope that another shining star has arisen.
Well, we can only hope that most developers and content producers will remain on Windows 7 (or 8.1 or XP). As long as third-party developers remain on the older OSes, there will be software for them. I don't see that many people that know what's actually going on moving to 10 anytime soon. I can see third-party support for Windows 7 going into the late 2020s, possibly the 2030s. (Look at XP, it's fifteen years old and still perfectly usable in the modern world, and it has a worthwhile successor, something that Windows 7/8.1 doesn't)
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3 hours ago, JorgeA said:
A commenter down in the discussion section for The Register's post on that seeming "no choice" Win10 downgrade, offers this interesting advice to avoid the GWX nag:
--JorgeA
That will probably work for me. I never update IE because I just install Firefox the first thing I do and never look back. (of course, on my Win7 machines that'll never be an issue as I don't install KB3035583 and I have GWX Control Panel and the registry tweaks enabled.)
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3 minutes ago, helpdesk98 said:
Just doing my mandatory upgrade and noticed something:
Don't worry I am running this in a VM purely for testing purposes.
It's worth a try, try it and report your result.
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2 hours ago, NoelC said:
What do you mean, vinifera? Are you speaking of the positioning of the "10" in the graphic? That font has letters that really do sit on different baseline pixel rows. On purpose. I think the idea may have been that letters that are a bit jumbled were in keeping with this ad concept:
Regarding the dialog, the "10" part of the graphic was quite clearly added as an afterthought. Remember, the marketing goons originally removed all versioning entirely. Then someone put the 10 back in and didn't even bother to center it.
Yes, it really all is that ridiculous.
-Noel
I see they're making ads that feature their intended target audience now...
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4 hours ago, Dibya said:
In old days microsofts engineers are genius they improved there os in every step.
lets compare XP with new ones :-
*XP\2k3Server Booted faster than its ancestor but where most nt6.x builds booted slower than XP\2k3.
*XP\2k3 Server increased speed of XP than its ancestors but where mordern windows slowed down it.
*XP\2k3 are highly stable and less crashes than its ancestors (How many here faced explorer.exe crashed problem in windows 7 also going of screan white)
*DPI Scalling was improved for both newer and ancient softs(Where windows 10 is kicking over it and making it useless)
*Ram use was optimal and very low ( In my laptop , I have dual boot with xp /7 . Win 7 eats double resoarces as much my xp eats)
*Complete new look and made to look better than older os ( Windows 10 is so much ugly that i cannot compare it with 98se or old redhat linux)
*Less Bloated.
* Freedom to user (In newer windows I feel as if i am locked in my own pc)
*Ease of USe( newer oses are too much scatered in menu too work)
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In my conclusion Windows ME is far better than Windows 10.
Peoples who think bad about Vista they are wrong , that time peoples thought it so due to the fact that it cannot be handled properly by that era hardware.
peoples who think bad about XPx64 , they are wrong , that time peoples thought it so as x64 is new standard that time and all old soft is not compatible with it , XPx64 is a gold standard os as it is based on windows 2003 Server DCE the best server platform yet made
Windows 7 is a great os but unfortunately mS is not fixing few bugs
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Microsoft should understand it , that they cannot make a playground a highly restricted army base
I never understood why people had a problem with XPx64/2K3x64. I have it here on numerous machines and it is incredibly stable and fast. Granted, I'm running it on modern hardware and I just got it a few years ago. (long into Vista and 7's lifespan)
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6 hours ago, JorgeA said:
This afternoon I found someone else complaining about something that's bothered me about Win10:
=== Quote that new board software removed ===
By BAD design, the back button in Windows Explorer is shrinking from a comfortable one in Win XP to a ridiculously unusable size in Win 10.
[...]
So, is there a trick to make a bigger back (and forward) button? Or are we doomed to follow the bad design of who-knows-who?
Honestly, the guy(s) who made this decision should be fired.
=== end removed quote ===
I find it hard to believe that so few people have viewed this as a practical UX problem. Last time I checked, no one had even replied to the post.
--JorgeA
I continue to retain my belief that Explorer reached its peak of functionality in its Windows 98 - 2003 variation. Anything after, MS removed functionality (like the "Up" button, who's genius idea was it to remove that. Yes, the Back button is there, but the Back and Up buttons don't necessarily point to the same place, such as if you followed a shortcut.) in order to make it look more "sleek and modern" or added pointless features like "Libraries".
I also find it hilarious that nuMS keeps making the titlebars fatter while at the same time making the buttons on the toolbars smaller, or in some cases, nonexistent.
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38 minutes ago, Yushatak said:
Happened across a similar project (not a maintained one, a one-off) that you could perhaps integrate some fixes/tricks from: http://toastytech.com/files/95browsing.html
Doesn't render MSFN's forum any better, but there may well be some gains to be found here.
Those sources are already integrated.
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1 minute ago, Yushatak said:
I actually just scoured the NoScript version history and found the last to support Seamonkey 1.1 was NoScript 1.10. They list by Firefox version and by Seamonkey version, not Mozilla version, so I'm not sure how to tell if something is compatible with a specific codebase. I assume Seamonkey 1.1.x is Mozilla 1.8.1?
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/addon/noscript/versions/?page=25#version-1.10
About to try to install/use this one with RetroZilla.
I just downloaded 1.10 and it works w/ RetroZilla. I just got to upload it to the hosting provider so it can be accessed by going to Tools => Get Extensions.
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1 hour ago, Yushatak said:
After more regular use of the browser I've come across what I presume to be a JS bug. On onlinebanking.tdbank.com (yeah I know I'm insane to do that on 98SE, whatever..) the page rewrites the username to censor the center of it with password-field-dots after you switch form fields. This ends up clearing the box entirely on RetroZilla rather than the intended effect, making it impossible to log in. I disabled JS and tried again, and then you can't log in because the site is too JS-driven and the "Log In" button does nothing.
Also, I'm sure you noticed this, but MSFN loads very slowly and then doesn't render properly. Dunno if you can do anything about the speed, as the machine I'm using is pretty old, but the rendering probably just requires some newer JS functions or changes to the way existing ones work due to the age of the JS engine.
Since this is intended for such a specific audience it'd be nice if there were a built-in way to enable/disable JS per-page in a browser-managed remembered fashion, kinda like AdBlock works with per-site enable/disable. This way we could keep JS disabled when we don't need it to increase performance, and enable it when we do need it selectively for certain sites. For bonus points make it configurable what parts of JS are able to run on each site for fine-tuning. After it's toggled on/off it should refresh the page in question. This could potentially be done with an extension, I suppose, maybe NoScript can already do this if it's available for Seamonkey 1.19 (I don't recall whether it is). Since you're targeting old OSes (and by extension usually old machines) this would be a good integrated feature to have since old machines chug along with JS so badly.
I will look into the JS engine bugs, but those are low on my list, I want to get websites rendering properly first.
MSFN isn't working properly because of the new software they're using. I need to take a look at the source to see what I need to add to get that working. Obviously, this site is high up on sites that I need to get working. I'm curious to see if it needs an ACID2 or ACID3 compatible browser to run properly.
There is a version of NoScript for Mozilla 1.8.1, I will find it and post it on the add-ons website I was talking about a few posts up sometime tonight.
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4 hours ago, pionner said:
I was thinking, maybe there should be a catalog with old browser addons like adblock, menu editor etc like Chrome Web Store or Firefox Addons site?
I could build, host and oversee such website. It would be of course lightweight and minimalistic.
Two things: There would have to be a link in browser that would open this catalog, otherwise there would be no sense in making it, and how installing addons is handled in old Mozilla builds? Is it just download with certain file extension?
What do you think?
Great minds think alike, I already included the framework for such a feature in 2.0. You can go to Tools => Get Extensions to redirect to a website that I already have hosted. All I would need is the .XPI of the older extensions (the default Mozilla extension format, still used today) and I will verify them and post them. The old version of AdBlock that I have is too old to work, so I would have to mess around with that a little, but if you have any other .XPIs that you tested and they work, send them to me and I'll post them.
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22 hours ago, roytam1 said:
/me remembers old good "Menu Editor" extension.
Why don't I just integrate that and allow everyone to decide which they like best.
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49 minutes ago, MiKl said:
Not a matter of life and death but if it is possible it would be nice to change the sequence when right-clicking on a link to:
- open in a new tab
- open in a new window
...OK, I'll do that. It's easy and brings it closer to modern Firefox/SeaMonkey.
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13 minutes ago, Formfiller said:
Finally. Almost all of the Channel9 denizens are pissed of over the Windows 10 nag:
https://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Annoying-Get-W10-updates
Incredible. It takes A LOT to turn some of these guys against MS. W10 did what W8 wasn't able to.
I never thought I'd see the day...
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20 hours ago, Yushatak said:
Ability to remove the "Print" button like you can with the "Search" button on the navigation bar (I never print anything, and if I wanted to I'd use the menu or Ctrl+P).
I will consider this.
20 hours ago, Yushatak said:Is the throbber theme-able, by the way? I can't remember if it was possible in Seamonkey 1.x without resource hacking it. If it isn't, then could you add that capability? I'd like to use a retro throbber from Netscape for nostalgic purposes. :3
Yes. It's not resource hacking, but it still requires some code. Open up your RZ profile folder (usually C:\WINDOWS\RetroZilla\Profiles\Default\<Something>.slt\ on Windows 9x, C:\WINNT\Profiles\<Your Username>\Application Data\RetroZilla\Profiles\Default\<Something>.slt\ on Windows NT 4 and %appdata%\RetroZilla\Profiles\Default\<Something>.slt\ on Windows 2000/XP and later) then go into the Chrome folder. Create a new file called userChrome.css. In this file put:
#navigator-throbber { list-style-image : url("file:///C:/NSThrobbers/throbber-single.gif") !important; } #navigator-throbber[busy="true"] { list-style-image : url("file:///C:/NSThrobbers/throbber-anim.gif") !important; }
where C:/NSThrobbers is the path to where you have the NS throbbers. (I recommend sticking them there)
If you want to hide the print button, you can do so by adding this to the end of the file:
#print-button { display:none !important; }
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5 hours ago, JorgeA said:
> Ransomware
> Windows 10 "Upgrade"
What's the difference?
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On 5/8/2016 at 6:22 PM, JorgeA said:
Windows 10 update brings unwelcome end to pro gamer's 9-hour Twitch livestream
You've GOT to see the video on the NeoWin page.
And the fanbois down below are blaming HIM. They miss the point, which is that this could not happen if Windows 10 users were permitted to make heir own decisions as to when and whether to install updates and builds.
--JorgeA
Oh my god, the comments. It's like staring into the abyss. The sheer stupidity of the people in that comment section is humbling.
First, they're questioning the guy's life choices. While I don't personally agree with them, for each his own. Then they proceed to blame him for not turning off automatic updates... of which if I remember correctly is impossible.
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33 minutes ago, Flasche said:
Good to see some love for the pre 2k OSes of the NT line. Curious did you incorporate some of the back-ports bearwindows has on his site? http://bearwindows.zcm.com.au/wintips.htm
No, I was not aware of those sources. Thank You, I will add those to 3.0.
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5 hours ago, Flasche said:
Aye I'm gone for a year and come back to a new 9x (and NT 4
) project. Going to test it out now on the ME system.
EDIT:
I like it. It's a quick little browser that holds some promise. Buggy accessing MSFN Forums however.
EDIT2:
You may also like to look at some of the sources here, you may find it useful.
My main goal for this is actually the NT 4 support, but if I am doing the work for NT, why not also target Win95. TBH, the lack of a modern browser is the only thing keeping me off of NT4 as my primary OS.
The MSFN bugs were introduced recently when they updated the forum software. The HTML elements they used in the new version are not (yet!) compatible with RetroZilla. I am working on rz3.0 now which should improve HTML5 support drastically. (For example, RetroZilla doesn't pass ACID2 in its current state, I plan to change that)
I already incorporated the sources over on ToastyTech, in fact it was that page that inspired me to do this, I figured that if we can make those minor improvements to the codebase, we can do much more if we backport more patches to the old Gecko.
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On 5/2/2016 at 6:24 PM, CamTron said:
Do you need to use VC6? All versions up to Visual Studio 2005 support Windows 9x and NT4 as targets.
I don't think that VC2005 supports Windows 95, I know that it works with Win98/Me. Besides, the Mozilla build system is designed to work with one version of VS, possibly 2, at a time, so it may not work right and require a bunch of extra effort to fix the build system. I may experiment with building a Gecko 1.9/Fx3 tree, but I know that the Cairo GFX engine doesn't work on Win9x, so I will have to port that too.
Microsoft also isn't really good with publishing an extensive list of win32 functions and the versions of Windows they were introduced in, that would help a lot.
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Windows 10 Now on 300 Million Active Devices – Free Upgrade Offer to End Soon
A few interesting things here:
QuoteWe’re pleased to see Windows 10 become one of the largest online services in less than a year. Core to delivering our more personal computing vision, Windows 10 offers experiences that are familiar, safer and more secure, and more personal and productive – enabling innovative new experiences.
Notice how they used "online services" instead of "operating systems"
QuoteOver 63 billion minutes were spent on Microsoft Edge in March alone, with 50% growth in minutes since the last quarter. Exclusively available on Windows 10, Microsoft Edge is our modern browser for helping you get things done.
Remind me how they would get this information without user tracking again?
QuoteCortana, the personal digital assistant in Windows 10, has helped answer over 6 billion questions since launch.
Most of the presumably "how do I turn Cortana off?" or "How do I go back to Windows 7/8.1?"
QuotePeople are playing games on Windows 10 more than ever before, with over 9 billion hours of gameplay on Windows 10 since launch.
Again, remind me how they would get this information without user tracking?
QuoteApps that come with Windows 10, including Photos, Groove Music, and Movies & TV are seeing millions of active users each month, including more than 144 million people using Photos.
Well, if your application is the default photo viewer on an
operating systemonline service, I would expect a high usage count too.And my personal favorite:
QuoteWith the highest customer satisfaction of any version of Windows, (where are you getting this information from?) we want everyone to enjoy the benefits of Windows 10. We continue to see awesome new Windows 10 devices becoming available – at a price point for everyone. And, today, we want to remind you that if you haven’t taken advantage of the free upgrade offer, now is the time. The free upgrade offer to Windows 10 was a first for Microsoft, helping people upgrade faster than ever before. And time is running out. The free upgrade offer will end on July 29 and we want to make sure you don’t miss out. After July 29th, you’ll be able to continue to get Windows 10 on a new device, or purchase a full version of Windows 10 Home for $119.
FINALLY!!!!! Maybe they will get rid of GWX and stop shoving this garbage down our throats now!
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3 hours ago, mikedigitize said:
In 14332 it seems that all buttons has gone on apps -application; no close, resize or minmize is no more visible but function is still there....
I love how these issues are popping up between what are essentially service packs to the same operating system. Hell, I don't even think there were issues like this between 2000 and XP or all throughout Longhorn, in any publicly released build.
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10 hours ago, NoelC said:
The older things have apparently been essentially "hands off" for the current crop of Microsoft programmers.
And that is a Very Good Thing.
I can only imagine what would happen if the new programmers had access to that:
QuoteRecently we took a long and hard look at what makes Windows work. In doing so, we discovered many legacy holdovers from previous, inferior eras and we were embarrassed with what we found. In the next update, we will fix these wrongdoings once and for all. Here is some insight to what we're calling "Windows 10 Enhancement Update"
- Depreciation of outdated subsystems: We decided that the Win32 subsystem is no longer used and is just taking up precious space that could be used by your Apps and Media. With the "Windows 10 Enhancement Update" you will finally get all of that space back.
- New Driver Model: The driver model we're currently using, WDM, has been around in some form since 1998. That is far too long. With "Windows 10 Enhancement Update" We will finally release a new, totally backwards-incompatible driver model designed with today's needs in mind. Again, please note that all previous drivers will not work, but we're giving hardware manufacturers a three month warning, so all devices should be good to go when "W10 EU" gets released.
- Single-User Mode: In keeping up with the latest computing trends, such as Android and iPhone, we will also remove the "multiple user accounts" feature. We realize that modern computer users don't use it and it's just a waste of space.
- Permanently hidden directories: We realized that we are being left behind by our competition. We're the only ones that still let the user view and modify the system and application directories. With "Windows 10 Enhancement Update" we will restrict access permanently to the Windows and Program Files (which will soon be renamed "Like, Apps!") directories.
- Depreciation of legacy processor architectures: When Windows was first created a long, long, time ago, it was designed with the Intel x86 processor in mind. Well, that was over 30 years ago and a lot of things change in that period of time. Maintaining support for these architectures from release to release takes away time from Microsoft engineers, which should be allocated to design and build better Apps, just for you. With "Windows 10 Enhancement Update", We decided that it is finally time to depreciate the x86 and x86_64 processor architectures and focus solely on the far superior ARM. hardware manufacturers are already out making ARM-based tablets, cell phones and all-in-ones. Of course, this will prevent the newest build from running on all legacy computers, but don't worry, they will still get the update. On first boot, they will be alerted that their computer is no longer supported, and will be greeted with a smiley face and a list of addresses and phone numbers for the closest computer stores to buy a replacement.
We hope that by removing all of this legacy cruft that the user's experience will be enhanced. and that we will progress into the 21st century ahead of our competition.
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Well, this is just something else:
Windows 10 interrupts a live TV broadcast with an unwanted upgrade
QuoteIf you’re in Iowa you might have seen KCCI 8 News Meteorologist Metinka Slater’s thunderstorm update and warning of 12 hours of heavy rainfall interrupted by an unwelcome upgrade message covering up much of the radar screen. If you’re not in Iowa, or missed it, you can watch the amusing moment below.
"Microsoft recommends upgrade to Windows 10, what should I do?" a surprised Slater asked.
As always the annoying window offered two choices -- 'Upgrade now', or 'Start download, upgrade later'. Slater wisely chose neither option and switched to another video source instead.
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) project. Going to test it out now on the ME system.
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It's about time! Now to see if it actually works...