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Thanks for the kind offer, I just searched for suitable software. For OpenGL test; a Quake engine derived game would suitable, like Call_of_Duty_Dawnville_Demo.exe, which seems to be available here: https://http.download.nvidia.com/downloads/nZone/demos/ For Direct3D 9.0c maybe one of the 3Dmark benchmark suites, edition 2006 or older. Available for free on the official site: https://benchmarks.ul.com/legacy-benchmarks In Catalyst control center, Graphics Settings, 3D, Anti-Aliasing: Uncheck the "Use application settings". This will force 2x AA mode to improve polygon edges.

Thanks for sharing your tips and observations. I was considering similar hardware a while back, but decided to play it safe for XP support with this thing: Foxconn Nettop nT-A3500 with AMD E-350. That one comes with the Radeon HD6310. The Radeon 6xxx series is pretty good for Windows XP when using the right driver version. I also have such a card in a normal sized Desktop. Though for me it remains a trade-off: - For 3D games with forced "Full Scene Anti-Aliasing 2x" setting: Catalyst version (20)11-10. With atioglxx.dll from driver version (20)11-5 for better OpenGL compatibility. - For Hardware Accelerated Firefox and Videolan/VLC: Catalyst version (20)12-01 (which unfortunately cannot combine with the above atioglxx.dll). That is the best I could find after trying many combinations. Could you maybe try a Direct3D and OpenGL based game on your system with the AMD A6-1450 / Radeon 8250 system? The downside of the AMD E-350 is that the CPU is pretty weak. Better then the Intel Atom N280, but not all that much. Often it manages in doing the intended tasks smoothly, but other times it just seems to choke or stall. I suppose your AMD A6-1450 has just that bit of extra CPU power to make it more comfortable.

There was this mysterious issue with the game store sites https://www.gog.com / https://www.origin.com and since a few weeks it also got to https://www.epicgames.com. When there is a free game giveaway, and you click the "GET" button. On the usual XP browsers nothing happens, no way to proceed. Normal Firefox 52.9.0 ESR has this issue and palemoon-27.9.7...xpmod has it as well. Changing user agent identification does not help. Fortunately basilisk52-g4.4.win32...xpmod does show the checkout page and all the rest, so that is awesome. Thanks! Edit: epicgames is a good site to test this now, Since they have an active giveway pretty much all the time.

Interesting. That matches my experience as well, that every App has it's own documents folder. Windows XP interfacing worked fine in 2014. For now my Ipad is still in 2014 software-wise, by choice. - IOS version 8.1.3. - Itools for Windows 1.8.4.6 (3rd party, works on Windows XP, requires iTunes driver like most such USB transfer software) - iTunes v12.01