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A heads up to all Windows users - Microsoft will be deploying Windows Updates to permanently remove Flash Player - these updates *cannot* be reversed: https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2019/08/30/update-removing-flash-microsoft-edge-internet-explorer/#PAAgpmTRlOOih0TO.97 It would be nice if Flash was dead, but since it isn't, be wary of these if you need Flash Player! Updates are coming for 8.1/10, and possibly for 7 ESU.

Yup When I say NT6, though, I always forget about 6.2 and 6.3... don't mean those. But 5.0-6.1 were great. ? Just use an Ethernet cable! I never use Wi-Fi anyways. Slower, less reliable, flaky, higher latency, etc. There's probably enough Cat5 behind my desk to wire a small town... You can do it!

I'd definitely be interested, but I tried the heinoganda method I think and it didn't work. If there's an easy way, that'd definitely be great for the community! That being said, my Vista system is more of a novelty. Windows 7 is my "serious" OS.

Welcome! W2K is definitely usable in 2020! Here's a guide that might help you: https://w2k.phreaknet.org/guide It goes the route of HFSLIP rather than USP but you should be able to get fully up to date this way.

You should be able to get fully up to date using this guide: https://w2k.phreaknet.org/guide I don't rely on Windows Update live downloading to patch older OSes.

Is RD 7 the XP/Vista one or the W7 one? I have some information about Remote Desktop in my W2K guide here, which you might find helpful: https://w2k.phreaknet.org/guide

Cool! Glad you found those changes useful. I've been using that script with the tweaks I made since and it's been hum-de-dum. I owe it to you though for putting the foundation together! Great installer!

To be perfectly blunt, Windows 10 is a hot mess. I'm much more productive on Windows 7. Each version of Windows requires more and more tweaks to make it half-usable, and Windows 10 isn't even then. This sums it up pretty well: https://blog.interlinked.us/44/an-open-letter-to-microsoft-why-windows-10-sucks

Well, it's completely your choice to make. I'm not a gamer, so this part doesn't bother me. At the end of the day it comes down to productivity, since that's what I use computers for. I'm just less productive on Windows 10. I really wanted to like Windows 10 and think Microsoft had changed, but I was massively disappointed. You could continue to use Windows 7 in a VM or on a secondary machine if you wanted, though. Yeah, in general, newer versions of Windows use more RAM. Windows 10 is at least 1 GB, I find that Windows 7 is around 800 MB, ditto for Vista, and then maybe 500 for XP. and considerably less for W2K.

Windows Update works. You need the SHA-2 updates. Our domain controller at work runs Windows Server 2008 R2, and so when the Zerologon exploit went public, I was naturally concerned. Well, turns out, last time it was updated was: Never, so I had some fun with that. I installed the SHA2 updates and let WU run overnight, and after maybe 6 reboots it was finally up to date with all patches through September 2020.

Personally, I'm part of the "hate Win10" group and would recommend against it at all costs. Windows 7 is very much a more stable and superior OS. Plus, it's still technically supported through 2024... didn't hear that from me, though... Much of the customization and flexibility of Windows was removed following Windows 7. I myself use probably 5 dozen group policy and registry tweaks just to try to make the OS more sane to use, and it still sucks. Trust me, updates and privacy are just the tip of the iceberg. The OS itself is complete junk IMNSHO. This is a great overview online of just why Windows 10 is a POS (and I don't mean point of sale)... https://blog.interlinked.us/44/an-open-letter-to-microsoft-why-windows-10-sucks Of course, YMMV. If you don't mind Windows 10, technically, it's "more secure" according to Microsoft, and if it doesn't bother you, more power to you. I can't stand it, and I hate it, even though I use it. The more time I spend using Windows 7, the saner I stay.

Man, I thought this was day was long in the future... sad to see it coming up so soon... On an unrelated note, glad to see there are other fellow W7+ users also part of the "Never Combine/Use small icons" club... welcome!

What's the big deal with skipping this commit anyway? Isn't New Moon a lot of selective commits from upstream anyways? Nobody's obligated to integrate all their commits. Personally, I am a big fan of my New Moon and MailNews and am not ready for "Browser"!

Love to hear it! MailNews is my main email client. @roytam1 Here's a bug I've noticed. I don't know whether it happens in actual TB. When detaching image attachments in PT mode, the "Received" timestamp of the message changes to the current time. Obviously, this should not be happening, and it's beyond me why MN is modifying the email timestamp, as it distorts the message, making it impossible to tell when the message was received on the server. Is there any way to put an end to this egregious violation of email standards/protocol? I don't know if this bug just affects MN or all upstream TB products, but maybe others have noticed this, too? It irks me a lot since whenever I detach email signature images or the like, the timestamp changes, and there's no way to know the original timestamp of the message anymore. It's like rewriting history, basically... not cool!

We actually backported some encryption from XP to W2K. It got read only encryption working but not write encryption. As far as I know, there are no incompatabilities. XP's encryption has not changed through 2020, Microsoft Office 2010+ documents work just the same. As long as you have at least XP, you have full encryption support.

Ah, so that makes Chrome 49 not have all those SSL errors, I'll bet! Back in the day, you couldn't have expected to have been able to do all this, though, while you COULD have used it to work with encrypted Office documents and I did so regularly for many years. There's simply no reason why that functionality should be lost. Replacing a single DLL is arguably far better than either not installing those updates - and some have even been able to have both DLLs in use and not replace ANYTHING at all - I was not so fortunate, I had to replace the DLL in system32 to get it working.

You can get TLS 1.2 and 1.3 in XP without these updates anyways. This only brings the support to native Windows e.g. Internet Explorer. Good to have but far from necessary. Encryption is necessary for me on a day to day basis so lack thereof is just a nonstarter. I don't. I multiple versions of Windows. But for XP to be useful, encryption needs to work. If you followed the thread, you'll see a couple others found a way past this. Just replace a DLL file from an older KB update and you're good to go. You can have both native TLS 1.2 and encryption!

Can't help you with this exactly, because I don't download the individual KB updates for Office 2010. Instead, I download the latest updates and slipstream them into Office 2010 SP2 during install. This way, I have the latest version available without having to do anything post-install. The updates are not OS-specific, so you should be able to do the same. Here is the list I use: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-office-2010-click-to-run Just did this the other day to get from February 2020 to July 2020.

Eh, guess I just never bothered to install it. W7 is arguably more secure than Vista or XP anyways so I didn't see as much need there. I'll probably do it at some point, next time I'm changing things around...

OK, seems it shows up in Task Mgr for a few seconds then exits again. Version hasn't changed, and I can confirm this is a higher version in the executable details, so this is weird. It's like MSE is checking the file and deciding to ignore it...

I was just running it directly from the network drive. Thing is, I had tried copying it to the desktop before to see if that would do it and it didn't work those times. Somehow, everything must've lined up just right this time.

OK, finally, something! I unblocked the file AND ran as admin, nothing. I copied to the desktop, then right-clicked to run as admin and FINALLY I got a UAC prompt! And now there's activity in Task Manager, crossing my fingers that something's going on...

Aha! I think that is it! I am pretty sure I probably just reused the same installer because I read that 4.4.304 was the way to go on Vista as well. No wonder the 64-bit definitions aren't working. I should probably install the 64-bit version of 4.4.304. How do I confirm which version I have? It doesn't say in "Help -> About" as I would assume: Antimalware Client Version: 4.4.304.0 Engine Version: 1.1.17300.4 Antivirus definition: 1.321.941.0 Antispyware definition: 1.321.941.0 Network Inspection System Engine Version: 2.1.14600.4 Network Inspection System Definition Version: 119.0.0.0 Odd thing is MSE is in Program Files, not Program Files (x86), so one would think this IS the 64-bit version... I downloaded the 64-bit version again from page 2 of this thread and the bit sizes match exactly, so I think that pretty much confirms I have the 64-bit version... it would have made much more sense if I had the 32-bit version! I do use GPOs but I don't think I have any that have done anything to MSE or Defender. Why not use Vista Ultimate? You get the Ultimate Extras, too

I didn't see it in "View list of installed updates" though. That's how I knew I had the other update. I unblocked the file and tried again but unfortunately that didn't seem to do the trick for me...

I mean I run the executable and nothing happens. When I try running as admin, I don't get a UAC prompt. No activity in Task Manager. Hours later, MSE console is unchanged, which means nothing happened, either. I've got 1.321.941.0, while @SIW2 has 1.321.917.0 Definitions created 8/8 7:36am, last updated 2:07pm 8/8 Unfortunately, it seems nothing is happening again, and 10 minutes later, no change in virus definition version... I had 4474419 as well, as well as maybe 100 other updates, since I used Greenhillmaniac's post-EOS pack to get up to date. Trying to install 4493730 just says "this update is not applicable to your system"