Nokiamies

Nice that you are back, I know how it is when body acts up. I been fighting with same for last few years. It is nice to run system you enjoy for a change instead of whatever POS (Performance Optimal System) you are required at work. I know there is working port of Firefox for 7 and 8 called Eclipse Plasmafox (https://eclipse.cx/projects/r3dfox) I don't have Windows 8.1 myself only 7 currently but that one runs just fine without any tweaks and should work with any Firefox extensions.

Interesting, I always though only NT had it. Well anyway it seems to be only be depend on VirtualAllocEx and VirtualFreeEx calls. Here is also dwi log from dependency walker I did under Windows 95 if you need it pidgin.dwi

Installer works just fine. That is error it is creating. In English that says "file PIDGIN.EXE is linked to missing export function KERNEL32.DLL:VirtualAllocEx". What really baffles me here is that call does not exist on Windows 9x to begin with only on Windows NT and when I run it on vanilla Windows 98 or ME without kernel ex or anything else it starts up just fine. If program would rely on that call it would not start to begin with on 98. Pidgin 2.6.6 is last officially supporting 9x platform when using standalone legacy GTK runtime (https://web.archive.org/web/20110106073509/http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Installing Pidgin#CanIrunPidginonWindows98ME). I just though it may have something to do with fact 95 identifies itself as 4.00.1111 whereas 98 is 4.10.2222. 4.00 is also kernel number on NT 4.0 which made me assume for reason unknown executable is thinking to be under Windows NT platform. While I can use PSI 0.10 under Windows 95 to connect my Jabber server I prefer Pidgin since it support text mode file transfers if transfer proxy fails. here is files I used http://nokiamies.net/files/sw/pidgin-2.6.6-no-gtk.exe http://nokiamies.net/files/sw/gtk-runtime-2.6.10-rev-a.exe

I have been trying to get Pidgin 2.6.6, last version of Pidgin for Windows 98/ME to run on Windows 95 OSR 2.0. However during startup I get error about missing call kernel32.dll:virtualallocex As far as I am aware that call is exclusive for the Windows NT family of operating systems and does not exist on Windows 9x. On 98 it starts without error and I got some sort of theory why: Windows 95 is identified as 4.00 by version number which is same as NT. Windows 98 is 4.10. I think for some reason program thinks it is on NT4 which 2.6.6 can also be run on and fails on that that call. Is there way to spoof version for single program under Windows 95 to show it as 4.10 instead of 4.00 or other way work around that issue? Any help will be useful

I had luck with TP-Link UB400 Bluetooth 4.0 dongle using Toshiba Bluetooth stack version 1.10.1029.1on Windows 98SE. I cant link it here but you should be able find it online, it is generic stack and should work with any standard BT USB interface. It worked great with my Nokia 8910 when wanted try connect it using bluetooth instead or infrared

Perhaps I went too technical there and did not get my point trough. What I try to do is help avoid people from making bad decision for their security or privacy. There are too many shills shilling too many allegedly secure or private services on the internet and unless someone does breakdown for problems with services and claims they may think they are secure to send anything, even data you you normally would not over it when using them. Point you think you are invulnerable is point you are more vulnerable than ever. I want everyone to take any promises of security or privacy with great grain of salt and not put all eggs to one basket.

I missed you guys too. I am happy you both are still here. My life will never be same as it was before but I believe that as long as blood is still pumping on my veins it is worth living and keep fighting forward.

Well then Tutonota cant send anyone not using Tutanota email messages and MXtoolbox or other tools that can check for SMTP will say no stmp found, oh wait it says there is MX record and SMTP https://mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx?action=mx%3atutanota.de&run=toolpage STMP is not just for sending emails from client it is also means which email server communicate with other email server. Just because you cant connect to SMTP to send message does not mean it wont exist. If there is email server you can send email to there is SMTP on both ends. Now STMP can (and should be) wrapped in SSL/TLS tunnel where it is encrypted similar to HTTPS traffic but if encryption is breached it is readable. And all this time I am referring to standard email, one other side will receive. There are similar commercial solutions with ability to send link to protected mail server but that mail telling you got secured mail is still sent using SMTP between two mail servers. I highly recommend you do more research on email system before you start argue about this topic. I work almost daily with email servers and know how it runs under the hood on any of them. Even Microsoft Exchange despite using MAPI protocol uses SMTP to talk with other mail servers.

I think you missed my point. Even though you send link trough email it is not standard email anymore as I cant read and answer it using email client of my choice. Tutanota and Proton while internally encrypting all still cant talk to outside world without utilising SMTP which is like sending your email on postcard. Even if over ssl it is just writing message to postcard using some secret language, if someone cracks it can read you message. Also you are relying on their server to be secured and not get compromised and even if they actually would be not storing encryption key on their server like they claim some hacker could just inject malicious javascript to steal your secret key and access all your mails. No system is hacker proof and point you become valuable enough target it is matter of time is hacked. And even if they made is hacker proof you still trust for them to run what they claim on their server. Unless you walked there without warning and scanned all server code you can only take their word for it. Showing server source code wont mean they run it on server side unless can inpsect the servers. On the other hand PGP I mentioned is standard and decryption key is only stored locally, if you try read email on server there is nothing to read. While there been exploit like Efail for PGP those been since patched and it did not affect Claws mail.

Even worse they expect you to have whatever smartphone app for something. For example if I need pay someone something they want me to use app called Mobilepay for it and look me like I am crazy when I say I will pay with bank transfer or cash as in Finland transferring money between IBAN addresses is common and does not require any mobile app, it can be done by going to bank or from their website. Or I can just go ATM and get some cash to pay it which can be instantly verified and does work even if phone battery runs out. Some people also only store their train tickets on phone app and then whine when train is on area without cellular or phone battery runs out.

Such as thing as secure email does not exist due to email nature. It was never built to be secure in first place. Even if you encrypt SMTP traffic with ssl and only access email using some client with perhaps even ip based blocking it is still not 100% secure. Solutions like that only add bandages into root issue. Point you are sending email outside "secure" provider it is as secure as on any other provider. Even if you use something like deltagon secure mail which many companies uses it does not offer full security as all i need is link for secure email and open it before original recipient does. And that email link is sent to any insecure email server. Even got SMS MFA to view secure messages there are means to intercept text messages (which i cant talk here) Closest for secure email is to use PGP to encrypt email but I just opt not send anything confidential over the email and treat it like sending postcards.

I think biggest issue is not email itself. Back in day it used to open protocol, it is companies trying lock you into their web apps these days for email access and block imap and pop3 access in name of security or atleast make it hard to access. Also many sites not allowing you to use more than few predefined email providers. I noticed that when switched into my custom email server, many sites says my email address is not allowed please use other provider. I can understand on spam standpoint maybe reduce it a bit but when been working on IT and email servers, most of spam comes from either free gmail or outlook addresses and rarely from new domains. Also big providers mark any email coming from custom email domain as spam even if SPF and DKIM records exists and are valid. It is fight against the windmills. What annoys me even more than requiring email is requiring smartphone app to verify yourself to some sites. Always asked about MFA that why do you need it everywhere, if you passwords are stored on piece of paper and are over 20 characters long. If you device where you logged in to MFA enabled service gets compromised, MFA wont help as they just use login token stolen from browser to access service. I am not saying that MFA is unneeded, in banking for example asking random number from piece of paper makes it harder for random transactions to be made but many people see using constantly internet connected spyware platform as more security option for MFA. I am lucky to be able still use what i have to use without needing smartphone and smartphone apps. If it has to go that point I will do all banking on their office.

Was he german? Usually people don't talk out from other people events unless it was something big like that person death. I am kinda happy people try avoid saying it since I don't want any rumors to be spread around

Seems this cafe is still open after all these years and there are people in here. Well now I am back (ex Mr.Scienceman2000). Why I was few years absent was because I had an accident and got injured pretty badly. Really did not feel like going to forums anymore and instead focused on slowly recovering from getting somewhat up from web with crutches to walk somewhat fine. On the other hand that time gave me time to reflect things on life I was not happy at all with and which felt like they were holding me back. Finally gotten rid of them and now I finally get to live way I want.

I understand and still would like username to be changed. I will add my previous username to my signature and to about page so board users know who i am

I would like to have my username to be changed into Nokiamies

Well I am not control over updates sadly and too many times those who do have control over updates have no idea how update properly, last time they did it task bar and start menu were hosed up. I am testing update on all possible configurations for good reason, but usually it goes that technicians are ignored until stuff break and then we get to do dirty job which could have been avoided. Well this time it seems like they finally listened me on this and things will turn into better. If I would have opinion on it i would have kept mission critical systems that were on their own network and not on office network running Windows 2000/XP/whatever tried and tested OS like they used to be. Still it does not excuse totally Microsoft on this. They do not offer cheap or easy way having non rolling release for OS like it used to be long ago.

I got perfect example of what is wrong with having rolling release forced for Windoze 10 while it is used in enteprise. One factory is running clients between Windows 10 1909 up to latest release. On this monday I had tons of tickets, printers did not work giving driver error, almost all of machines that were used to log work progress or control machines were no longer booting up. After diagnostic I found out new quality update M$ had rolled was blame. It took lot of overtime to fix those issues and by weekend new issues keep popping up . They should rename them Russian roulette updates since you can't be sure how badly it will be hosed up. Most end users have no idea how bad it is when support team need run to every workstation trying get them up and running. Sometimes even reinstall would be too slow option since 4 hours production lines stopped can cause millions on loss. Even with automated reinstall it is still too slow I can see no reason to defend Microsoft rolling updates to Windows, you cant release that type of garbage into production environment . Well atleast robots are still controlled trough Windows XP there.

i was meaning trying reinstall key it currently got in case something have caused key to be corrupted. I have had that few times.

You can try following commands from command line that helped when I had issues and Windows refused reactivation. slmgr /ato tries online activation if that fails with bad key use SLMGR /IPK <INSERT KEY HERE WITHOUT BRACKETS> to install key if that wont work try phone activation with manual command SLUI 4 then pick your area to find local MS number. it seems to be by design that Microsoft does not allow reactivate from gui when they believe Windows is not genuine. I had that with Ryzen PC and doing that fixed issue

Real story. I wake up in sunday checking clock I got. It shows 8:00 and I am meeting friend on 10:00 so I decide to sleep one more hour. Then friend calls me that where I am and I realize was DST... Likely I am not only who had that since not every single clock in planet got auto DST or internet time. I hate whole thing period. I have not been on computer or doing lot on home so I missed DST changing. Someone could say I just add notification but it is easier cut whole DST

Well edge is basically same as other chromium browsers with some MS exclusive spyware features and some ms own code. You might as well use ungoogled chromium or chromium. I have not installed it personally but one client had it forced via automatic updates and seems that uninstalling it took away atleast all visible components for it. Under Windows 7 and 8 based on my own research Microsoft edge installs like any chromium and does not replace any OS components. I may not like MS edge but that is huge improvement over internet exploiter (wow I cant believe I am praising company for instead of assimilating OS just trying force install it). Also Internet Explorer on Windows 11 exist too but as MSHTML.DLL stub for Microsoft edge internet explorer compability mode. That is kept since many software from Microsoft and it partners did in past were tied to IE and many web based tool requiring Active X is even today issue even for on work so they cant remove it totally.

Another Windows 98 compatible software. adsbSCOPE 2.7. http://www.sprut.de/electronic/pic/projekte/adsb/adsb_en.html#downloads I found out it 9x support when found mention from it on documentation. That software is Radar software that can be used to track Civil aircrafts using RTL-SDR or other radio dongle. It uses ADS-B signals that aircraft trasnmit to find location. There is public sites that show it but it is cooler to have one offline. If you live close to busy big airport like I do following it will be fun. There is few limits on my tests: -As far as I know RTL-SDR dongles cant be used on Windows 98 so you need to have ADSBSharp or RTL1090 or other raw data client sender on XP or newer. If someone knows way I will correct this -Trying move on map causes illegal process atleast on my Windows 98 workstation. I did map config on my Windows XP pc for that reason. I am going away from Windows 98 for a while since will be exploring new horizon. I can run vanilla Windows 98 day to day but how about running vanilla Windows 95 day to day? I will be running it on my Celeron 266 system with TNT2 Vanta 16mb, 256mb ram, Fortemedia FM801, CD burner and 20 and 40gb hard drives. Windows 95 can be installed without Internet Explorer with few config tweaks. I did those modifications to my Windows 95B. Many of my favorites like Retrozilla, winamp will work there too and my favorite codec for old hardware XVID works well on it too (320x240 800kbps bitrate). It will be fun ride so 98 and most other stuff need to step aside for now.

Well you cant defeat my response time which can be from instant to months. I am not lot online. I enjoy walking and even when on on computer I do stuff offline. I like to be partially unreachable. If someone reaches to me fast way they most likely got actually urgent thing. And even when would want to be here life decides to throw me around like ball . Well I always got atleast one workstation online if use other systems so it is not really big deal to me. It depends from use case

Who knows. I will be keeping break to internet likely. Only will check email from time to time. Maybe you could take break too.