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Harry said when he moves the server, he will have more storage... and that he will consider updates for other languages then.

I don't see why people wouldn't be interested. Heck, I don't even USE the browser, and I'm interested. Namely I want to see if I can apply the method to a browser I actually do use (Yandex)

I made a video guide detailing another way to update 2000, XP, 2003, and Vista, it may be useful to you guys.

I have zero issues with the latest f.lux on Vista (or XP). Though, v4 is less liked by me than v3. You can try v3 from here: https://justgetflux.com/flux-setup3.exe Though, something is wrong with your computer if the latest v4 doesnt work, and who knows if trying this older one will change that.

GT/GTX 10 Series does not have drivers for XP so performance will be very nearly 0. Vista performance with 10 series is crippled. If memory serves, DirectX performance is miserable. Any 10 series will work fine with 7, though. Perhaps you should consider a GTX 980ti. It works wonderfully with XP, Vista, and 7, and is only a bit slower than a 1080 would be.

Care to elaborate with some actual, possibly-useful details, rather than clutter the forum with low quality postings? In my opinion, I would find it rather unlikely, no... impossible... to be hack proof. A LAN/WAN connection or even just a console is already enough for basically any machine to get busted into, depending on the dedication of the malicious person.

That is kinda normal for NT6.x, though you can help it a bit by disabling services you dont need. DWM, Windows search indexing, automatic updates, SuperFetch would be a good start to disable as long as you use none of those. Also perhaps clean out the task scheduler.

I'm not sure i'd consider that an obligation. EOS is EOS, they already have been "generous" in that regard, several out-of-support updates were released for XP (truly vanilla XP, not a derivitive using compatible updates). Some semblence of modern updates would certainly be nice, though. That being said, the last of the POSReady 2009 updates were getting a quite a bit flaky (built to require SSE2 often and without warning, buggy, or outright broken). I'd hate to see what their NT5 updates would look like now.

If you're going to make these polls, they should actually make sense (bonus points if they were to have a purpose). Obviously, one could not use XP "forever" (as a main, i presume that is what you are talking about). At some point it will become too difficult/impossible to use it for modern things, for even the most hardcore diehards. So that pretty much takes the first option off of the table for everyone. And presuming one didn't plan to use XP "forever" (or 2025, or 2023...rather inconsistent), switching to Linux is not the ONLY option. One could move to a newer Windows OS, they could use a Mac system, or any number of other things, should they stop using Windows XP. (as a side note, i find your personal vote of "I will use it forever" extremely amusing, considering every other day, or perhaps even more frequently, it seems you are switching your Main OS.) Personally, I'll hold out on XP until I can't anymore, whenever that is. I've got too much going on now to give more worry about the future than I already do.

This has been known for years. And this is obviously a years-old article, too... as Windows XP does NOT have 27% market share since probably 2014. And, Windows 8 is cited as "new". You did give credit to the site and author of the article, but a direct link (no shorteners) would be very handy, and reccommended to include should you share another article. Also, it is considered weird and somewhat annoying by many to capitialize the first letter of every word in English. Only the first word of a sentance, names (Microsoft, Bob, Ontario, etc.), and acronyms (Such as M.A.D.D.) would typically be capitalized. I don't know about whatever your first language is if it isn't English, but in English it's not customary To Capitialize Every Word In A Sentence As You Always Do. Just a tip.

That's really cool! As a solar power hobbyist, having things that run natively on 12 volt is a plus. Only thing im not sure about is how storage will be 12 volt only, most storage today uses 12 and 5 volt, or just 5 volt. Powering it wont be an issue, though... the modern PC provides a healthy amount of current capacity @5 volts through the USB ports. As for that, my absolute oldest AT psu (~1993) is in dire need of recapping, but the next oldest 2 (96 and 97) are still going strong. Both have been opened for cleaning, but no service has been performed and they dont need any. I think they'll make it the few years left to 30 without issue. and I do have other power supply units that are definitely older than 30 and still going strong. The ones in VCRs come to mind. But i sincerely doubt that AT/ATX PSU shortages will be much of a setback. There's always going to be converters to buck/boost your input whatever voltage to 3.3, 5, and 12 volts, (and even -5/-12, if you need those)

No idea, but that's how it always is. EVERY drive I have had with worn belts opens fine with a disc in the drive.

I would reckon that the issue is your drive's belts are worn, presuming it is a dekstop drive. Probably you can see the belt from the front when the tray is open. There are a few possible methods to fix this. Putting a cross in the belt may give it more tension. You can also submerse the belt in boiling water. The best solution, though, is to get a new belt. Doesn't need to be exact, it can even be one of those really small rubber bands... It just needs to fit between the pulleys that the original one did, and have tension when doing so.

So good, that it posted your message FIVE times!

FWIW, it's not support, it's updates only. As far as M$ will care, POSReady updates on Vanilla 7 is an unsupported configuration and as such you wiill not receive any support from microsoft. Just security updates.

I *really* have no faith in the capacitor plague being related to the size of the PSU (other than if the voltage from it is far from the nominal rating, but thats not a size thing). I have had several PCs with capacitor issues, the most interesting of such was (caps are replaced now) my Compaq Presario 3550.That has an 85 Watt (yes, 85 watts total) power supply, and that is the computer that lasted by FAR the longest with bad caps. by the time the cpu voltages finally drifted too far out of tolerance, I think it had 12 spoiled capacitors. Until the very day that it failed to POST any longer, it was completely reliable, which is rather unusual for capacitor issues. Of course, upon recapping it, it immediately started working again. One could ask if the psu size and capacitor deaths are related. I think not. It did have the most busted caps, but that system has seen much more use than my others. And the others of mine dont have as many caps that are affected by the plague anyway. That system was in daily use from 1999-2012 and i beleive by 2012 a few had already spoiled. It then saw semi daily use by me from 2015-present. I think it's more about power-on hours (and maybe thermal cycling) than anything else. Of course the TRUE root cause is that they're misformulated, though.

The T60 is my main laptop. I have 4GB RAM (3GB is all that is usuable as mentioned), C2D T7600 (2.33GHz), 14.1" 4:3 screen and a 1TB SSD. And a triple boot: Windows 2000, XP x86, and Q4OS Trinity x64. This is very slightly a "frankenpad", as the cooler was upgraded using one that was intended for use in a T500. My ThinkPad T60 was an early one, made in (either july or august, cant remember) 2006, so it has the IBM branding. I beleive I am this laptop's 4th owner, with it appearing to have been professionally refurbished at least twice before i bought it in 2017. To make battery life more optimal, on Windoze I use RMclock to undervolt the CPU and control the speedsteps to only increase when the system tasks absolutely need it. I also use TPFanControl in a slightly modified smart mode 1 to keep the fan off when not needed. As for linux in this regard, i know ThinkPad/voltage control libraries exist, but I've yet to mess with them. So currently, the powersaving on linux is only to the extent of TDEPowerSave's "dynamic" mode.

Not my project of course, but the last time i talked to Looking4awayout, he was very, very busy with his job and life in general, but was still planning to at least release the version he has been working on. Whether or not that is still the case I am not sure, it was a few months ago now.

I think I pay about $90/month for """broadband""" satellite (advertised speed 15/5, its never even near that.) 15GB/month "soft" data cap. When you're the only person on the road who doesnt have cable service, the cable company will not care about changing that.

Thank you all for your suggestions, but after being too busy with other projects to mess with it for a while, I turned the laptop on today and system sounds just...worked. I've booted this thing a couple of times since i last tried to fix purely with the intention of getting data off of it, and there wasnt sound then, and i didnt try anything then. Somehow, it started working purely by its own doings. When problems just disappear as randomly as they appeared, its never a good sign. But hopefully, the issue doesn't return.

scanreg /restore said: "system restore operation failed". So, i suppose restoring an old registry isn't happening.

I registered quartz, whether or not it was already, i do not know. didnt change anything. I have restarted. scanreg /restore can take me back 5 days, i suppose i will try it. what files am i replacing? added that to the drivers line. still nothing.

I added it just now. Didn't change anything.

I've attached my system.ini. I'm not exactly sure which ones i need in it. PCM. FWIW, these are the default windows wav sound files. I do not see sound.drv=mmsound.drv in system.ini, but its attached if you want to look at it. SYSTEM.INI

Hello all. I have a Compaq Presario 1260 that suddenly stopped playing system wave sound (sounds in mplayer, or the windows event sounds). I'm not sure why. In windows sound recorder and mplayer i get this: "MCI Error: MMSYSTEM326 No wave device that can play files in the current format is installed." And manually playing a sound file in the control panel "sounds" thingy: "Windows cannot play the "<sound file name here>" file. It may be damaged or may not be a valid sound file. Replace the file and try again." WAV sounds play fine in Windows Media Player, winamp, etc, and basically any other aspect of sound on this computer is working. The sound chip is a ESS AudioDrive (ES1869) I've tried installing the k-lite codecs, uninstalling and reinstalling the system codecs, removing the audio driver and letting windows install it again. Help would be appreciated. Thank you.