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  1. Hello,

    To this very day, I am frustrated with what little freeware and open source options exist for simply inputting multiple images and putting them in a nice arrange and/or background. Collages software has existed for decades now and I am just hoping to find one for use on etsy. I am hoping for anything.

    Thank you for your time.

  2. On 4/27/2023 at 4:29 AM, Sergiaws said:

    will really that work on XP? Ana tts is pressent on Windows Vista/7 as far as I know. XP uses Microsoft Sam.

    Yes, there is a version of Microsoft Anna for Windows XP but I'm pretty sure it does not restore TTS on stripped-down installations.

  3. Hello,

    My Windows XP computers are incapable of using TTS with components removed. I tried to install SAPI5 but it did not restore the ability to use TTS. I really need text-to-speech for purposes of reading documents and files aloud.

    How can I restore TTS to modded Windows XP? It would be a plus if I could also do this on modded Windows Vista and later.

  4. 14 hours ago, mjd79 said:

    Probably the last 100% working stable version at this point is 110. On the other hand, from the "dev/canary" channel I managed to run probably build 5545 as the last one with the help of a user who unfortunately "escaped" from the forum....

    I got a copy of the 111 builds, but never got a chance to grab the 112 build before it was removed.

  5. Realistically, we're just going to have to do the following:

    • Stick with Windows XP/Vista/7/8.1 on low-end hardware
      • If Chromium or modern web browsers become unusable, simply dual-boot a Linux distro like ZorinOS (I personally use Mint Linux)
    • Purchase an SSD on a higher-end PC and install Windows 10/11
      • Strip-down Windows 10 and customize it
        • If you gotta, replace its system shell and explorer with a third party one. The majority of Windows 10's built-in components (image viewer, media player, etc.) are bloated and inefficient.
      • Windows 10 LTSC IoT versions will actually be supported until 2032 at minimum (according to wikipedia), so I think there's a bit of relief for all of us
      • At this point, I personally prefer 10 over 11. Windows 10 at least does not get rid of the Windows UX we love it for.

    I smell a potential lawsuit towards Microsoft for abandoning Windows 10. They've literally made computers from the past 15 years unusable and are adding onto electronic waste. Even our archaic Windows 98 computers can still be made useful in 2023 if given a right Linux OS.

  6. For a modern office suite, I personally use OnlyOffice as a free solution. There's active development for even Windows XP. ;)

    In the meantime, it would be a good idea if we listed any existing Chromium-based browser developers that want to continue supporting Windows 7 and 8.1. Some third party vendors did so with XP for a tiny bit (not including Chinese vendors) and a little longer with Vista.

     

  7. On 12/24/2022 at 12:16 PM, reboot12 said:

    What version because 3.3.61 does not work on WinXP.  Old version 3.3.19 works but not support TTS.

    Balabolka can read many files and also from the Windows clipboard and works on WinXP 32/64-bit (tested version 2.5.0.531):

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    Can use TTS and Microsoft Speech Platform voices.

    My apologies. I did not realize coolreader3 dropped support for XP...

  8. I know it's Windows 8.1, but it looks like Visual Studio 2022 works on Windows 8.1 unofficially. :)

    Gives me a warning that the OS isn't officially supported, but works anyway ^o^

    Now, I won't be forced to use that malware Windows 10 just to get school classes done.

  9. 14 hours ago, yoltboy01 said:

    Yeah that was already a very possible scenario years ago, since Windows 8 and 8.1 usage isn‘t as high as Windows 7. That‘s also the reason why they don‘t offer ESU for 8.1 devices. However, 8.1 is closer to 10 than 7, which makes some things easier to backport to 8.1 than to 7, just like it was the case with XP and Vista. Vista is obviously way more identical to 7 than XP, which made some things much easier

    True. This is why a lot of software is still Vista or later in 2022: Ice Cream Reader, FireAlpaca, SumatraPDF, Panda security, and a lot of lesser-known software. Under the hood, it's extremely similar to 7. I'm sure many developers don't really have a good reason to go onto newer IDE's if all they are is more bloat.

  10. I gotta say, it stinks most Windows XP computers don't hold USB 3.0 support. All Microsoft and manufacturers need to do is add hardware support for XP on newer hardware and everyone will be happy. File transfers on my modded Windows 10 PC run extremely quickly...my Intel Core Duo 2 XP laptop takes about 3 hours for about the same size file transfer.

    My biggest pet peeve here is how overly bloated programs are nowadays too. Because the tools used to write them are so bloated now, the software that comes from it is also bloated. Like, we don't need to have 16gb of ram and an i9 to play MP3's, watch downloaded videos, use a word processor, or browse the web. Literally, a computer from 20 years ago can do all these tasks.

     

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