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So, two things:
Firstly, anyone has experienced any issues with explorer after installing newest POS updates? I have to restart explorer.exe to have my desktop functional. I thing this might be a conflict with Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit in fact, yet still, I'd love to be sure.Secondly:... Uh, where to start from
I'd looked through whole topic three times, and every each time I found something I missed the previous time. Whole lots of useful information spread all around with a lot of distractors in between them. So, I'd like to sum it up. To have fully updated XP home one have to have:
- SP 3, Microsoft Update Instead of WU and all crucial and optional security and system and IE updates (and I have that).
- Disabled SSL 3 support for IE 8 via Control Panel (as simple as it is)
- Reg tweak by Serbjk and all POSReady system, IE and security updates (done that too)
- Updates cert list, manually replacing files or using Cert-updater by heinoganda (works smoothly, thanks!)
- uninstall .NET framework if not needed or
- use hmuellers's list to find all .NET 2, 3 and 4 security updates from his list provided here, I got all installed with no issues... and here starts the troubles for me.
- heinoganda's list contains also .NET 3.5 updates, Should i install them as well or ignore, meaning that hmuellers's list is enough?
- .NET 1.1 updates, that have to be modified before installing. They can be obtained via BlackWingCat's blog (sorry, Japanese appeared to be a blocking barrier for me so far) or downloaded from M$ site and modified using harkaz's method, am I right? I'd love to do it, but it seems as the riskiest part of it all.
- Get rid of Silverlight if not necessary or install newest Silverlight... gettin' latest installer and running it is enough, dudes?- Something about timezones update... Honestly,I didn't understood this one at all, sorry.
- Something else I missed?
And all of this not meaning keeping other software up-to-date, system clean, clear from not necessary services etc...
I'm into that from some time and still so many questions... Personally I think of myself writing some blog post summing it up when I'll get sure 'bout everything, which can be linked in first post... way too many things were covered here to be easily found and applied by any newcomer, especially if he's not into system administration and management or such sort of things.
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Read about that somewhere. This trick puts some of Vista 32bit system files into your XP to make DX10/11 work and thus is quite illegal, secondly I'd doubt the stability.
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Radeon 7xxx series is quite new, I'm afraid it might not be working on XP.
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop/previous?os=Windows%20XP%20Professional/Home
Here you have old driver versions. Catalyst should be independent form Notebook manufacturer and work correctly if supported for the system. Can't say which one works, sorry.
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Lots of IT professionals use that control panel..its very simple and we know exactly where everything is.
Well, simple... I remember times, when I had much less experienced ( and had no "type that in search engine" reflex) and I have spent hours looking for a things that I thought should be at the front page, as I thought. CP isn't perfect (and never were) yet it is still much more useful than metrotarded settings screen and ppl got used to it. I mean... come on, you can change the way toys look like in the system, but while speaking of such useful tool one simply don't force ppl to change way it looks it and their habbits and make them learn everything form the scratch, while it brings neither actual performance improvement nor new features.
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This just means M$ heads had well settled operation plan with tactical fallback included. Have had wanted to make money on 'tards gettng Win 10 and selling the info for advertising services, and while not working just have moved back to previously planned positions attacked the privacy of 7/8/8.1 users. People won't notice. People may care about 10, because it's new, flashy and get a lot of attention (as anything new does), but who really cares about what updates contain? Ya'll? You're IT pros/enthusiast, less than 1% of society... And when win10 is "the last system", people will adopt it, just after they they got used to being spied by their previous systems.
Clever from a business point of view. I still don't like the idea.
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You overestimate ppl, how many parents do check internet history when they share PC with they kids
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Adding recommended prices to your review would be nice... Or I'm blind and didn't see 'em
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(which didn't happen in Win XP, I am sure.)
@Ninho bad luck, just checked my XP Home, after unlocking visibility of both I have a cute little Thumbs.db file on my desktop. Not the double desktop.ini for sure, but still some some unnecessary crap become visible
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Depends on:
-Are you experienced in graphics? If you do it alone and have no talent to arts It will never look good.
-In which language/environment would you like to do it? Difficulty Will be different f.e. if you code it in C++ than if you decide to use RPGMaker
-Will you use external graphic resources, or "paint it" all alone?
-Have you any experience in coding
-Are you going to do it alone?
etc...
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Wow, I didn't know hard drives were around in 1979 already!
First time I came across a HDD was in 1984 ('85?), when my favorite computer store got a 5MB model for the IBM PC in their accounting office.
--JorgeA
Once while scrolling thru some site with stupid pics I've seen a photo of 80 MB HDD sent on board of an environmental satellite in the early '70, (most probably some Landsat or early NOAA, if you'd ask me). The crap, while standing vertically, was almost as tall as an adult man
Bad point is that I can't find the pic again...0 -
Don't worryThat title in my ID ... MSFN Expert is way too generous.
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, actually expert members know that the "expert" is an automatic qualification once you reach a certain number of posts, should be more like "been around here since a lot of time and posted over n times" (most probably with n=1000 ), but "expert" fits better in the available space.jaclaz
Blabber suits just fine, time to replace?
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Perhaps TH2 is no more than an excuse to reset everyone's tweaks.
I'm afraid to little ppl give a **** about M$ Windows 10 Intelligence Bureau and data it sends home to make Redmond high charges care. Even on security related forums people say it's no problem, and while most computer users are too little educated and too little causious to understand the problem, it shrinks our small group of privacy fanatics to so filigree size that M$ doesn't really need to bother.
Even if they disable the tweaks within TH2 I'll consider it a side effect :>
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Now maybe something as common as a Dell Dimension from the early to mid 2000s is not necessarily classic, but everyone that I knew had one. They were pretty good for their time. But apparently because it can't watch HD YouTube videos or play these really extravagent games where you basically shoot people up like they did in the 90s...they're no good.
Maybe that's the reason - just not old enough to be classic and gather its own scene. And the Fact that Windowses (what a word
) are somehow continuous and backwards compatible doesn't help.Ppl can do awesome things with old machines, look at demoscene, look what Amigas have nowadays, look... anywhere. Retroscene can produce wonders, what is said by proud owner of Everdrive N8
Actually old PC scene is not as big and somehow hidden (comparing to what Nintendo or Sega fanboys established), but you can find a good advice. Sometimes. Somewhere :>I thought myself about making my old PC a DOS-games machine, by replacing XP with 95 or 98 and adding some old Soundblaster card or sth like that, but dropped the idea.
Maybe not exactly the answer for what you said, but still... just a stream of thoughts somewhere around the topic :>
PS a nice example of sth new for an old PC
http://retrocityrampage.com/msdos_retail.php0 -
Oh and do not think your drone will remain yours forever:
http://garage4hackers.com/entry.php?b=3105
which is not that shocking since we have malware that attack heart bypasses or have the way to remotely get someone's Jeep Cherokee :>
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Received two updates this morning........Internet Explorer 8 security update and update to Windows related to daylight savings time. Both installed and system functioning normally.
Same in my case.
EDIT:
Is there a list of .net updates after IV 2014? Think I've seen it
Thought I won't be needing this, and yet I do... and strolling thru all the posts might take a time...
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Frankly, I'm a little concerned about publishing a policy file at all, frankly, because my personal goals are built into the setup... For example, I have zero interest in running a Metro/Modern App. I have zero interest in logging in via a Microsoft account. And I implicitly trust everything on my LAN segment. If that matches what others need, great, but I suspect it won't.
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-Noel
Actually MSFN IS a gathering of ppl with similar approach, I think... so it might be worth publishing
Of course some sort of information what-why-and-how would be necessary, as well as a tutorial how to change things you have blocked and we might need, which would have taken your time, but I guess many people might appreciate the outcome. I'd be applying that If I ever install W10, but surely not unless my XPocaypse shelter collapses... and I don't think it will come soon :> And the worse thing is that W10 EULA makes me feel bad for not being a Linux guy, which was discussed in a few other topics Simply speaking, I appreciate your works :>
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It were 4 posready updates, malware removal tool and 10 office 2007 updates.
Report they installed with no problems and work with no problems. Such a cheerful update :>.0 -
Ehm... Isn't it too simple answer, if I say it decreased by 3000% of the outcome, so at the end we have ~3.23% of the input, and the journalist is just incapable of expressing himself properly?
Because we decrease input 3100% to output 100% (3100% - 3000%), and thus if we turn that and input is 100 we divide it by 31, and decrease by ~96.7 Just a case of point of view :>
I know that something like this was said previously, but well hidden amongst other phrases0 -
As in topic. I've started some internet UML course and I'm looking for best possible program, that will do what i want. Tested few so far (VioletUML, ArgoUML, UMLet 13, UMLEditor) and none truly fulfill my needs, especially that none of which i found supports n-multiple associations.
And no, answer "pen and paper" does not apply
Sorry if topic posted in wrong board, wasn't truly sure about that one...
EDIT: Okay, i did a bit more research and decided to stay with free version of Modelio. Topic might be closed. Sorry for inconvinience
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Same here, for me also looks like PUP element or other sort of malware.
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So far so good, updates seem not to spoil anything this time. Machine works pretty fine.
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If you guys guitarish instrumentals like the Samus pusted above, you might also like polish band Tides From Nebula, playing pure instrumental post rock. One of their songs keeps making me have creeps on my neck when I listen to it:
Turning volume up strongly recommended! :>0 -
On 7'th of july Sir Christopher Lee has passed. He might have won some Nobel or Guiness prizes for movie related crap, but who of you knew that he was also the oldes heavy metaler, who recorded 3 albums, first one when he had 88 years?
Also cooperated with Rhapsody of fire and Manowar with their albums. Here in non-metal (but ooo-som!) song:0 -
Yep, works fine.
Seems they have fixed this malfunctional oh-my-god important security update for WMP on non-english OSes, just got it installed with no error.
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I'd looked through whole topic three times, and every each time I found something I missed the previous time. Whole lots of useful information spread all around with a lot of distractors in between them. So, I'd like to sum it up. To have fully updated XP home one have to have:
Bad point is that I can't find the pic again...
, actually expert members 
), but "expert" fits better in the available space.
) are somehow continuous and backwards compatible doesn't help.
POSReady 2009 updates ported to Windows XP SP3 ENU
in Windows XP
Posted
Seems like hmuellers spared me hours of writing and searching, since he knew what I suggested I'll write about and. Many thanks for summing everything up, this should be added to the first topic's post
) uninstall it, but I want to apply the patches. Just a case of ambition, want to finish what I've started, but yet I'm not sure whether I understand it correctly. harkaz's method is ok or am I wrong?
Still, few things remained unclear to me. Sorry for being DB and asking same things again, but I'd love to be sure and secure:
- How about this timezones updates, mentioned in topics early posts? Do I need to do anything more?
- No need to install .NET 3.5 updates If I have everything from your list?
- And this .NET 1.1 case. Of course I don't have to use it and I can (and probably should
I also think adding info about installing newest Silverlight might be worth, since it was being covered by Wu and now it's not.
and last but not least, my explorer works fine after shutting down Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit, so no update bug but software conflict.