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I'm aware of the checkbox in the Pale Moon that controls it, though I keep it as-is (disabled), I doubt they can get anything interesting out my browser instance or rather they must know by now there's not much they can sell me.

Steam Desktop Authenticator is .NET 8 based. Readme says Win10 and up is supported. Obviously can only be tested by Steam users.

The backup copy of Win10 install should work better, but longer cold boot on its own isn't too critical. It would just be nice to get to the bottom of what messed it up for once, despite being careful and not purposefully making the installation dirty. I only know how to reinstall / restore backup image, not diagnosing such issues. That darned Win10 20H2 doesn't log boot times in Event Viewer for some reason. I usually just switch the Windows version at times like these, but there's nowhere to run to and reinstalling / restoring old image or downgrading isn't appealing just to solve boot time and ending up with the same old version or even older. I'd prefer something newer / better, but not aware of anything must-have in Win10 22H2 and Win11 doesn't seem suitable either.

Even messing with ClearType? I remember turning it off in Windows would mess up most fonts.

Probably a design decision they decided to implement in practice. I wanted to imply Chromium browsers custom render their GUI elements rather than inherit directly from the OS they run on, but these elements can still be be whatever they make them, flat or not, curvy or not.

Yup, I exploit it regularly. Mozilla threw it out in recent Firefox versions it seems. And that support goes beyond title bar; context menus, checkboxes, buttons, menus, all these items are covered. On Win11, even native themes don't bring back window borders. Maybe with WindowBlinds...but c'mon, might as well buy a Chromebook or run ChromeOS Flex. I miss the times when unique aesthetic meant something.

Oh, well, now to find some more complex .NET 9 targeting app and see how it works. If anyone has any suggestions.

I'm aware of that default startup delay, prefer to keep it due Windows itself needing a bit of time for itself. I'm interested in what goes on before login screen appears. This is the time that I usually report as post login usually wasn't problematic for me. Pre-logon part seems much slower than it used to be. Virtual Win11 RTM booted from the same disk hosted on that slow to boot Win10 is done in around 60 seconds while Win10 itself is about 1min 45s. That POS Lenovo with 5400 RPM disk does better. It has 32-bit Win10 1809, but still. Does BootRacer offer any detailed insights in what goes on pre-logon?

Yo, anyone installed .NET 9.0 on Win 8.1? They list Server 2012 (and R2) as supported here with extended security updates.

I stopped SysMain (Superfetch) service for the test yesterday, can't say it improved speed during login. Man, I used to be able to cold boot Win10 in under a minute. Though KUbuntu 21.10 also takes its time to load.

UXP apps adapt to the underlying theme, flat or not. Chrome's flatness is hardcoded. These fonts kill my eyes, man...

Computer didn't feel like mine with XP, had to look for workarounds to get it running when MS deemed I activated it too many times. That thingie I found patched winlogon.exe. XP was the start of phone-home in MS software. I ran Vista on a 2 GHz Celeron, it was OK, just loaded a bit slower. The graphics driver for poor GeForce4 MX 440 included was better than what you got on NVIDIA site without looking for older version, newest one slowed down all games to the point of making them unplayable. Even HP DeskJet 3550 printer just worked. I think it was rare to install Windows and have all hardware working out of the box without messing around with drivers.

Add a new user script in Greasemonkey and paste the code. The project was around for few years now it seems. Supposedly basic functionalities requiring login work, though TBH, I'm more of a passive user myself so can't offer any first hand experiences. Comment box is enabled when logged in at least. This user script just acts as a launcher, the main thing is fetched from their server and it does receive updates every once in a while. I notice ads in search results, guess standard uBO filters don't cover it. They said it's best to turn off uBO for VORAPIS to avoid conflicts, supposedly there's a setting to turn off ads in the interface, but I don't find it. I don't seem to get any at first glance in videos themselves without uBO though.

What not to do? Switching random devices / drivers to MSI mode. https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/windows-line-based-vs-message-signaled-based-interrupts-msi-tool.378044/ GPUs may do fine in MSI mode, others, it depends.

GUI for browsing. Also, have you tried Project VORAPIS? // ==UserScript== // @name Project VORAPIS TURBOLAUNCHER // @namespace //www.github.com/VORAPIS // @version 2.0.9.9 // @description V3 is the alternative solution to a fast and responsive YouTube frontend which combines performance with beauty, bringing back Google's best web layout. // @author eov3cv@hotmail.com // @include /.*:\/\/.*\.youtube\.com\/.*/ // @include /.*:\/\/www\.googleapis\.com\/youtube\/.*/ // @include /.*:\/\/youtube\.clients6\.google\.com\/.*/ // @include /.*:\/\/content-youtube\.googleapis\.com\/.*/ // @include /.*:\/\/myactivity\.google\.com\/.*/ // @include /.*:\/\/storage\.googleapis\.com\/.*/ // @exclude /.*:\/\/.*\.youtube\.com\/embed\/.*/ // @exclude /.*:\/\/studio\.youtube\.com\/.*/ // @exclude /.*:\/\/consent\.youtube.com\/.*/ // @exclude /.*:\/\/.*\.youtube.com\/oembed.*/ // @exclude /.*:\/\/.*\.youtube.com\/api\/.*/ // @exclude /.*:\/\/.*.youtube.com\/subscribe_embed.*/ // @exclude /.*:\/\/.*\.youtube.com\/s\/.*/ // @exclude /.*:\/\/.*\.youtube\.com\/img\/.*/ // @exclude /.*:\/\/img\.youtube\.com\/.*/ // @icon https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=youtube.com // @grant none // @run-at document-start // ==/UserScript== //Project VORAPIS (V3) License & Disclaimer // //Copyright (c) 2024 VORAPIS (eov3cv@hotmail.com) // //All rights reserved. // //DISCLAIMER // //Project VORAPIS (short. V3) is a JavaScript application developed to run as a userscript/extension on www.youtube.com, aiming to recreate the experience of using YouTube as it was in 2013-2014. //It is important to note: // //1. This project is not funded, endorsed, or affiliated with Google LLC, YouTube, or any of their subsidiaries. V3 is developed independently and operates within the Terms of Service (TOS) of the utilized Google and YouTube services, including but not limited to "My Activity", "InnerTube", and "YouTube Data API v3". // //2. The developer(s) of V3 claim rights only to the original code that powers this library. No claim is made to any CSS, HTML, JavaScript, or other assets owned by Google, YouTube, or their subsidiaries. This includes a modified version of the 2014 Google/YouTube HTML5 player, adapted for compatibility with today's APIs. The modification efforts are acknowledged, but proprietary rights to the original player remain with Google/YouTube. // //LICENSE TERMS // //The V3 project is provided "as is" for personal, non-commercial use, free of charge, with the following conditions: // //- Sale or any form of commercial exploitation of V3 is strictly prohibited. //- Users are not allowed to claim V3 or any of its parts as their own work. //- The developer(s) of V3 offer no warranties or guarantees regarding the software's functionality, performance, or its compliance with any legal standards. // //LIMITATION OF LIABILITY // //Under no circumstances shall the developer(s) of V3 be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages resulting from the use of or inability to use the project, including but not limited to reliance on any information obtained through the project; or any failure of performance. // //COPYRIGHT NOTICE // //Copyright (c) 2024 Project VORAPIS. All rights reserved. // //By downloading, accessing, or using V3, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to comply with the terms and conditions outlined in this license and disclaimer. //page script void function () { window["trusted_policy"] = window["trustedTypes"] ? (window["trustedTypes"].createPolicy("VOR_TRUSTED_USELESS_POLICY", { createHTML: function (a) { return a; } })) : { createHTML: function (a) { return a; } }; window["PatcherJSC_TURBO_RUNNING"] = true; var turbo_launcher = {}; turbo_launcher.gcc = {}; turbo_launcher.gcc.url = "https://vorapis.pages.dev/product/v3/game_service/patcher/get_latest_client"; turbo_launcher.gcc.update = function () { return fetch(turbo_launcher.gcc.url + "?t=" + (new Date()).getTime()).then(function (r) { return r.text(); }).then(function (r) { return r; }); }; turbo_launcher.vss = {}; turbo_launcher.vss.req = function (u) { return fetch(u).then(function (r) { return r.text(); }).then(function (r) { return r; }); }; turbo_launcher.vss.get = function () { var ls = window.localStorage; if (!ls) { return console.error("LocalStorage error!"); } var info = ls.getItem("VLTURBO_INFO"); var data = ls.getItem("VLTURBO_DATA"); var imp = false; if (data) { imp = true; var s = document.createElement("script"); s.innerHTML = window["trusted_policy"].createHTML(data); document.documentElement.appendChild(s); } else { window.stop(); } return turbo_launcher.gcc.update().then(function (cver) { if (info != cver) { return turbo_launcher.vss.req(cver).then(function (cvss) { ls.setItem("VLTURBO_DATA", cvss); if (!imp) { window.location.reload(); } }); } ls.setItem("VLTURBO_INFO", cver); }); }; turbo_launcher.main = function () { turbo_launcher.vss.get(); }; turbo_launcher.main(); }();

Oops, YouTube apparently solved itself, as for 24ur, I had videojs.ima$script written among my filters in uBO.

So I don't spend nearly as much time messing with the browsers as some individuals here do, but looks like my Pale Moon profile on home PC will need some investigation because I encountered some unexplainable issues in terms of working of certain web sites. Certain rare videos on YouTube just don't play when using Project VORAPIS, I get the message on the player screen that there was an error, additionally, videos on https://www.24ur.com/ don't play, I get o.ima is undefined error in console. Which is funny since my uBlock clearly replaces real Google IMA script with a stub and window.google.ima is clearly defined when checking through console. Still, the site works properly in clean profile while it does not in mine. YouTube works properly as well in clean profile. Who needs NoScript to break things? Extensible browser with many hooks does give an appearance of support nightmare.

You people sure seem to spend a lot of energy configuring your browsers. Pretty sure basics work with default config.

https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/indiana-bakery-still-using-commodore-64s-originally-released-in-1982-as-point-of-sale-terminals

I tend to always install VisualCppRedist AIO. I like that it includes even runtimes that were never released as redist installs and aren't as straightforward to find. So the old stuff is easily covered by latest version of needed runtime installed system-wide, no need for local app copies then.

It's the one I used in the past on XP. The error code means illegal instruction, so CPU doesn't support invoked instruction (SSE2?).

I updated Floorp to the latest version on work laptop. ClearType params in about:config are still ineffective.

So syncing mails for 30 days (IMAP) has a side effect that you can't search among the older mails. I went back to syncing whole mailbox, the local copy is still holding. I will make a habit of exiting via File->Exit. While I'm not sure if Interlink could have such a bug (losing all mails), I worked with one other program that didn't take closing via Alt+F4 well, it wouldn't close connection to the database then, you have to click Exit in the menu and then again Exit in login box.

Is he ever on vacation?

Maybe it's time to change the bank.