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Seriously MS? You kept office xp fully compatible with Windows 98 and ME up to 2011, why can't you do the same with 2010!?
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3 hours ago, Windows 2000 said:
Unfortunately, as of right now, the latest version of 360 Extreme Explorer downloaded on a Windows 7 machine and transfered to an XP one, does not seem to work in any way.
I sincerely hope that a legacy build is on the way. Maybe it takes them a little longer to release new versions for Vista, XP, 2000? If not, then version 11.0.2216.0 (Based on Chromium 69) seems to be the last for XP x64 and probably Vista, XP x86 and 2000.
EDIT: After a quick test, it seems like the final version is still in fact 11.0.2216.0 (tested on Windows 10 machine) so we may still be good to go. I do not know why the 7 setup did not work back when I did that test so my apologies for the false information.
I believe sogou browser is based off Chrome 72 and can run on XP. It's not dead yet; Chinese developers have to backport and/or remove XP-incompatible code, so it's going to take a while.
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Pretty much what the others have said here. It's sad to say it's kinda hard thinking of a reason to use Vista over 7 other than appearance. I love Vista's interface far more than 7, but the artificial killing of Vista on hardware doesn't make this fantastic OS available. Other than maybe compatibility reasons, it's hard to justify why to stay with Vista, especially with the decline of modern software support.
On older pc's, I try to dual-boot old Windows and Linux. Linux is perfect for browsing and codec support on streaming sites. With this method, I can enjoy both worlds: the endless software library of Windows and the moderness of Linux. 9x can't stream or lacks native compatibility with a ton of modern things, so Linux can take care of that.
I'm dreading the day I get a new PC that's forced to run Windows 10. It's been a massive headache. Windows Vista is far superior to 10 in stability, ram usage, and CPU usage.
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On 9/23/2019 at 12:36 AM, deomsh said:
Please read this:
https://msfn.org/board/topic/157173-kext-diy-kernelex-extensions/page/25/#comments
MSVCR70.DLL or MSVCR71.DLL should be used instead of MSVCRT.DLL too. Rename/ copy when still in MS-DOS (real mode) or use KnownDLLs in Registry (reboot needed).
I should've asked years ago, but how do I manually add stubs? I know KernelEx serves as a compatibility layer and stubs out missing functions to allow Windows NT programs run on 9x, but I was never informed how I could try doing this myself.
While stubbing functions, am I required to place those missing files with something? I am aware certain programs linked by jumper will give us a live info of missing files and dependencies.
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Using the 23 version of these updates, I can confirm Windows Media Player Classic (HC) 1.3 works
Sadly, anything later will not launch and reports an error, it appears to be a theme-related file too.The latest version of 7-zip works perfectly too
Open Office 3.3.0 installs but won't launch.
SamutraPDF 3.1.2 Portable opens, but cannot be installed because of missing graphics. Also, Samutra won't display books properly...
Anyone know where I can find a portable Google Chrome or Chromium archive? I wanna try testing early versions of Google Chrome that worked on Windows 2000!
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If I install the modded Radeon 9000 Omega drivers, I am given an option to display screen resolutions beyond the norm. Problem is none of them will scale to the screen.
But thank you all for this wonderful advice!
I believe laptop will probably display a higher resolution if I hooked up a VGA cable to a monitor.
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Hello!
Today, I am wondering how I can force my old Dell Latitude D600 to display a resolution larger than 1024x768. The standard options won't offer this of course, but does it mean it's not possible? I really love the keyboard of the older laptop models and hope to use that with a good screen resolution. I recall using an application a couple years back on a Thinkpad R60 laptop to force a higher screen resolution, but then everything won't fit on the screen. Is it possible to have a larger resolution completely fit on my laptop's screen?
I am aware that doing this is not very good for performance, but I am hoping to go beyond the regular screen resolution.
Thank you for your time.
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I require help with using the Chrome tool for Windows 2000.
I am currently using the tool on a Windows 2000 SP4 installation. I installed blackwingcat's kernelex, but I'm not sure if installing it even made a difference to my system. The version didn't have any difference.
Back to the Chrome tool, I am getting errors that certain dll's are not properly installing: Shell32, Kernel32, Advapi32, User32, Ws2_32, wtsapi32, dnsapi, and iphlpapi. These issues will not allow SRWare 30 launch.
What is the problem here? Am I missing any steps?
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5 hours ago, roytam1 said:
none for vanilla win2000 builds as pm26 is fx24 based.
Thank you for informing me!
Where can I find the main differences between your palemoon 27 and 28 builds? I've tried both to find 28 superior in HTML rendering and streaming; 27 can't stream video even if I place the codecs in the folder.
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This is a very late question: has anyone tested whether the codec files work with the Windows 2000-compatible builds?
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Are all system drivers installed? If not, it may cause problems.
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58 minutes ago, Vistapocalypse said:
If they worked on XP, then they should also work on Vista. I don't have time either.
That's the point. I don't have an XP installation on me at the moment, so that's why I asked of other users could test those because they were Vista-minimal.
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8 hours ago, Vistapocalypse said:
Why don't you test your "gold mine of web browsers" on Windows XP? AFAIK there are only 3 or 4 browsers that work on Vista but not XP, and one of those is IE9.
Excuse me, I already did [test over 15 separate browsers] and found the only browsers that worked were either the Chinese ones I've tested before. I did find a Russian Chromium 49 browser that fixed codec issues
Is it too much to ask if certain browsers can be tested for me when I don't have time?😂
Also, thanks for the tip.
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Could someone with NETFramework 4 test these:
Pampa Browser (claims to support XP and Vista)
FireSky (Claims to have Vista support)My Windows Vista installation won't install Framework 4 and it's FRUSTRATING.
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On 7/7/2019 at 5:56 PM, win32 said:
Yes, if the web installer for v10 detects XP, it starts the 9.7 (Chromium 53) setup.
Only when identifying itself as Vista did it try to install v10 (Chromium 70).
So that site is wrong.
Yikes! Thank you for informing me of this! The site gave information of being based off Chromium 70 and did not provide info of a different version on XP!
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If anyone has spare time, I found a GOLD MINE of web browsers! I've never even heard of HALF the browsers on this list!
http://browserss.ru/vse_brauzery.html0 -
Hello MSFN,
As usual, I'm on another software search. Is there a per-volume sound replacement for Windows XP available? While using Windows XP, some applications don't have an option to adjust their volume and it can be a bit annoying. One of the few features I miss from newer Windows is control over each application's volume along with a native screen brightness utility.Thank you for your time.
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Is it possible for someone to test these extremely obscure browsers?
https://sourceforge.net/projects/lawlietfox/
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Does anyone know whether flash player 11 works natively on Windows 2000?
SDFox's archive:
https://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2000/installing-flash-11-on-windows-2000-no-hacks-required/66322.html
A hack required:
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/10125690 -
Hello,
I'm wondering if there's an all-in-one update pack for Windows Vista (SP1 + SP2 + Platform Update + Supplement Update? + Frameworks + DirectX)If not, I was thinking maybe I could compile one myself (assuming the files are re-distributable). In theory, would it be difficult to simply compress the files into a smaller size, then find some program that will give an option list like PROBLEMCHYLD's unofficial Windows 98SE service pack, and have it automatically install from there? Windows Vista's lack of popularity makes it harder to find patches...
https://msfn.org/board/topic/175262-last-versions-of-software-for-windows-vista-and-windows-server-2008/#comments
https://msfn.org/board/topic/179810-download-links-for-all-vista-sp2-32-bit-and-64-bit-updates-from-windows-update/1 -
Sorry to yet again bump this old topic...
I'm wondering if someone could re-upload the 20mb file listed here. As usual, download links seem to die overtime on MSFN.
I have a hold of the Chinese 64gb ram patch that's only a couple kilobytes, but I'm wondering if this one has any differences.
Thank you!
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Windows Vista is literally the in between of Windows XP and 7; there are more modern features at the cost of less native backwards compatibility and higher system requirements.
A couple examples are...
-DirectX: Windows XP only supports 9 (unofficially a buggy 10), Vista officially supports 11. If your system needs newer things, use Vista over XP.
-Web browsers: Windows Vista has a tendency to work with unsupported web browsers meant with 7 a bit more than XP. Although not much in practice. Qutebrowser is a notable example of working on Windows Vista 64-bit but not XP (forget which version, latest version doesn't seem to work...but I didn't install all Vista updates)
There are a couple more conveniences Vista has that XP doesn't:
-Built-in screen brightness adjuster
-Sound mixer for individual programsAnother random example of Vista working w/ Win 7 or later stuff that XP cannot do:
-Resident Evil Remake works on Vista
-Newer versions of Netframework work fine on Vista with some modificationsWould I choose Vista over XP? Only if Windows XP is not stable with system drivers. Windows Vista has a tendency to more or less work with newer drivers than XP because its kernel is more similar to modern windows. I would advise Vista, if your system isn't super low-end.
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A small list of working web browsers onto Windows XP:
360Chrome
360 Secure Browser
Sogou Web Browser
Baidu Spark Browser (Chromium 44)
Coc Coc
UC Browser
Maxthon
Nano Browser
Lunascape
QQ Browser (Tencent)
Untested:
Puffin Browser
Redcore
Navar's Korean Browser (can't find an offline installer; discontinued)
Windows XP is well alive in 2019
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This is such an odd pc. Windows 7 will install on my Dell Inspiron, BUT will reset upon booting (never gets past boot screen). Afterwards, I'm sent back to the menu whether I want to start Windows 7 normally or in safe mode...
What could the problem be?
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Windows ME on Thinkpad R60
in Windows 9x/ME
Posted · Edited by ~♥Aiko♥Chan♥~
Attempting this again. Not sure what the issue is, but the display driver is not allowing higher resolutions or better colors despite installing the chipset and display driver just fine.
I noticed the driver wouldn't install unless I had DirectX 9 included.