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Any progress since you said you were stuck on the driver part?
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On 7/9/2022 at 10:02 AM, windows2 said:
Hello, I work with a program that is a little complicated and always exposed to BSOD that is difficult to fix , and I cannot explain how to use it in writing
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I decided at the beginning and I aspire to add as many missing DLL's functions as possible. I hope to continue my way, and I will do my best to add missing features and run as many modern programs as possible.
For Active Desktop Update shell maybe
I discovered that this method is different from the @win32 method, and his method is easier if you are good at writing inline assembly code
Ok, but after modifying the cpp file, how would you compile it into a dll? @win32
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10 hours ago, windows2 said:
Windows NT4 Extended kernel
New Added API's :
KERNEL32.DLL:
Heap32ListFirst
Heap32ListNext
Heap32First
Heap32Next
Toolhelp32ReadProcessMemory
Process32FirstW
Process32First
Process32NextW
Process32Next
Thread32First
Thread32Next
Module32FirstW
Module32First
Module32NextW
Module32Next
CreateToolhelp32Snapshotuser32.dll:
GetMonitorInfoA
MonitorFromWindowshell32.dll:
SHGetFolderPathWI managed to run the latest 7-zip version , work slowly but in the right way
Nice! I can't wait to try it once you're ready to release it if ever. However, I have a few questions. Once you have your kernelex finished, will will work with the Active Desktop Update shell?, and you said earlier that the way you did it is slightly different from how Win32 did it:
On 6/25/2022 at 7:07 AM, windows2 said:I am now using another method similar to this
Could you briefly explain how you did it? Did it involve writing code? Otherwise, great to see the progress you're making on this.
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On 3/20/2022 at 9:51 PM, win32 said:
I just made a wrapper for kernel32, which called itself kernel32.dll, with the original kernel32 renamed to something else. The benefit of this method is that the original kernel32 is not modified and thus does not change in size, so no rebasing is required. But you would have to know how to use VC++ or a similar IDE (but with VC++ and x86 code, you can very easily do inline assembly).
You will have to export every function the original kernel32 does, and forward it to the original kernel32 (renamed "kernel33" or something similar). To accelerate the process, I wrote an application called "scanexp" (which should run on NT 3.51/95 and up) that scans a list of function names (as in the type of list you would get if you ctrl-a a dll's function list in dependency walker then copied into a txt file) and turns them into pragma directives indicating that they are export forwards. Dependency Walker doesn't grab ordinal-only exports as easily, but if you manually input the numbers they will be enumerated properly as well.
Usage is as follows:
-name of text file with function names
-name of c/cpp file you want to make with the pragma directives
-name of file to export forward to
Awesome, is there any chance you can make a YouTube tutorial about how to make the kernel32 wrapper?
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On 3/19/2022 at 1:57 PM, Jody Thornton said:
Looks like he has left the Pale Moon team, and while at it, gassed the PM Forum Site on his way out.
Good, maybe Pale Moon has a future. Here’s his resignation thread in case anyone is too lazy to click the reddit link which includes the logs. I’d say this is karma for shutting Mypal down.
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1 hour ago, Ximonite said:
If you want to stay up to date on any projects of mine, I recommend you visit EclecBoard, which is a forum created by a friend of mine.
FYI you just linked to a wikipedia article, not the forum
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On 1/4/2022 at 12:50 PM, win32 said:
I was always told that NT4 was exceptionally tough. I'm not even sure if the approaches we use for 2000 and Vista are applicable here.
Ouch, I’m assuming it’s the same for NT 3.51? I really wan’t to do a mini kernelex for the OS, but I wan’t to know if windows2 can get the modified NT4 kernel32.dll to work first if that is the case.
19 hours ago, windows2 said:I will try with an old computer, I hope it will work well, and I hope the operation will be successful.
I hope so too.
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6 hours ago, Mr.Scienceman2000 said:
Brave gets paid from Google to use their search engine
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7 hours ago, voltage said:
Excuse me for bumping but can't the Spotify version specifically made for Vista (Runs on XP despite it targeting Vista) work on Windows 2000 with the extended kernel?
It is still on their website, here: https://www.spotify.com/us/download/other/Yes, but I wouldn't recommend it. I had to use both Alky for Applications and OS Spoofer to get it to run. In case you don’t know what Alky for Applications is, it basically is a plugin that allowed Windows XP to run Vista applications like the Windows Sidebar that would allow you to run Vista gadgets, but it somewhat runs on Windows 2000 w/KernelEx, albeit poorly (not in this case, though). First, spoof the win2k installation to xp, then if you haven't installed Alky already (Link to download Alky), make sure to install it first before installing Spotify. Then, install Spotify. You can then spoof it back to win2k if you want. Don't just directly open Spotify up, Right click on the desktop shortcut and select "Run Vista Executable..." in the menu. It runs, but its a bit buggy. Note that I tested it in VMWare, how sure how it would run on real hardware.
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11 hours ago, Mr.Scienceman2000 said:
I said out of so called privacy options it is worst. Did I mention Chrome or Edge as alternatives? No. Many fall for Brave after Firefox thinking it is more private and secure and close their ears from facts. You choose trust some other evil than before but wont get rid of the evil.
Few interesting facts like here that may also interest @Dixel
https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/brave.html
here was some analysis from Brave on it default settings.
http://tilde.club/~acz/shadow_wiki/browsers.xhtml#Brave
here some more
and if I did not prove enough here is last nail to coffin related to your comment
You need account on uphold which privacy policy states
that is same level of surveillance as Facebook for me. That is not anonymous or privacy respecting at all. If they did not do payment system to respect privacy can you trust anything else they say.
take everything on internet with grain of salt even my sayings. My sayings are based on my and others research. I compare my test results to ones mentioned on websites. I do them on lab network with MITMproxy.
And I can say Brave is as evil or even more evil than Mozilla. It is shilled everywhere for and they usually defend it with "Mozilla does bad things too". If someone does bad things it does not justify others to do bad things. If someone else steal car am I allowed steal one too? No.
Brave, Mozilla Firefox, Protonmail etc. are mostly aimed for privacy normies so they can think they are on super secure platform that respect their privacy. Once you evolve with your technican knowledge you understand there is no such as privacy respecting provider. All that say so are liars. You wont trust any provider to handle your private stuff.
First one I never heard about but that name suggest it is not private at all. Well I need fire up my lab again.
GNU icecat is okayish but I rather recommend librewolf. Only thing it adds is libreJS that can also be downloaded other browsers. And librejs is pretty useless for privacy actually as it only cares from javascript licence and not what JS does in your system.
Iridium got one problem that developers wont address and that is google safebrowsing
https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/iridium.html
That still exist on latest version of iridium. Why safe browsing is issue? Since browser needs to connect on Google servers to download file and that means excess connection. Also developers refuse to address issue saying "it only downloads them for local use". Safebrowsing always been obsolete since malware sites got so many domains ready. Once safebrowsing blocks one they add another.
Vivaldi is huge red flag too. Here some more sauce to support my findings
https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/vivaldi.html
It sends telemetry that includes your profile unique ID, screen resolution and your IP. That is same fingerprinting as other violators.
Also their developers don't care about user concerns.
And forget about building it from source since there is no full source code that makes it not to be open source.
So what browsers I should use?
If you really need to use big browser use either Ungoogled Chromium or Librewolf (Firefox based).
If you want something else UXP browsers like Palememe and and Basilik based browsers are great alternatives. Though vanilla versions have started limit user control but many forks still respect.
And do not fall for built in privacy protections scam. Remember that developers whitelist trackers many times from built in protections.
Use your own set of privacy addons like Umatrix/Ematrix, Decentraleye, Nocript, Ublock origin that gives you much better privacy.
I welcome any actually privacy respecting browsers to be listed at end of first post. We need to give them that alternative I told to go for. And it does not have to be for "latest and (not so) greatest" OS.
Lets take example from ff52 that is latest on XP and Vista with offical support. It got plenty of telemetry built in already like you know. And yes I know Windows phones home but I mitigated most of it on my personal rig and it is not as bad as with windows 10 or 11.
Palememe based browsers are way better alternative or go minimal like Netsurf.
I asked your opinion for other legacy supporting that non spyware browsers since you got experience with Chromium under older Windows versions.
Thank You for the detailed analysis, but I would like to correct you on this:
11 hours ago, Mr.Scienceman2000 said:You need account on uphold which privacy policy states
Brave recently added Gemini integration for those who don’t wan’t Uphold. Not saying it’s any better
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28 minutes ago, Dixel said:
You mean this fake/scam browser "brave" ?
"Despite explicitly opting out of telemetry, every few secs a request to: “variations.brave.com”, “laptop-updates.brave.com” which despite its name isn’t just for updates and fetches affiliates for brave rewards, with pings such as grammarly, softonic, uphold e.g. Despite again explicitly opting out of brave rewards. There’s also “static1.brave.com”
That's "why".
The Brave Team did respond back with this:
I guess one can take it with a grain of salt, as they can be seen as trying to defend themselves. I have never had issues with it, I only use it for the BAT it gives you.
26 minutes ago, Dixel said:I'm sorry , I shan't comment on this since this topic is about how awful Mozilla/Firefox is.
OP suggested to add alternatives they may have missed
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I was with you until the part where you said Brave was the worst privacy-respecting browser. I am notably confused even after reading the article and your analysis. Why? How is it any worse than Chrome, Edge or even Firefox?
Other browser alternatives I suggest reviewing are Epic Privacy Browser, GNU Icecat, Iridium, and Vivaldi.
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Msiinst.exe lauches fine and everything, however msiexec.exe runs into an entry point not found error due to a missing NdrClientCall2 in RPCRT4.dll. I’m not fully sure how to hex edit, but how would I hex edit the dll file to add the missing NdrClientCall2 in the dll file? No worries, just doing it for fun
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I tried Windows 11 in a VM and I am very disappointed. The new task bar and start menu infuriate me and the high system requirements are a turnoff. My only first impression is Windows 11 not being as bad as other bad release cycle versions, like Windows Me, Vista, and 8/8.1. Just a boring, bland operating system.
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On 8/29/2021 at 6:18 PM, MrMateczko said:
Best option would be to buy a GeForce 6200/6600/6800 or 7000 series PCI-E GPU, or a Radeon X300/X550/X600/X1050 (slow), X700/X800/X850 (fast) PCI-E GPU, and use Linux together with QEMU passthrough like someone did here:
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=72401
If you are looking for a way without buying anything? Sorry, but that's not possible.
If I knew a way to virtualize/emulate a decent GPU for 98SE, I would have know it by now. That would have saved me from spending money on building a powerful 98SE PC. I know my game.Thanks for the answer, but whats wrong with using something like Mesa3D and/or wined3d for software emulation?
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I’m wondering, would it be possible to get a newer version than OGL 1.1, preferably up to 2.0,and maybe D3D working on VMWare? If not, what alternative VM or emulator software would you recommend, or should I switch to Virtualbox? Note that SciTech Display Doctor does not work properly in VMware.
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2 hours ago, WinFX said:
This project is dead?
I hope not!
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6 hours ago, schwups said:
Thanks for testing and confirmation. Which dll files do you use, of XPSP2 or SP3 or ReactOS or mixed? There are reports about problems with XSP3 files only.
I used a mixture of the dll files of the XPSP2 and SP3 from ApertureSketch's video:
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On 8/20/2021 at 2:49 AM, schwups said:
Please read my instructions on the first page/first post: Newer Versions and Forks. You can always ask questions.
Took me a while to get working, but Thanks! It actually works better than the Firefox versions 45 and 48 on the win98 VM, and I'm impressed!
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Any possibility we could get a tutorial on how to run FF52 on win98/me in the near future?
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I’d also recommend attempting to contact BWC, before giving up, to see if he may still have the file somewhere
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Avast sucks anymore, anyway. Welp, time to finally drop Avast products on my remaining machines. Can anyone recommend a better alternative to CCleaner?
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Do you have the extended kernel installed? You should be able to get the normal version to work, if you have it installed.
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Hello everyone,
Long-time lurker here. I’m just someone who likes technology. Looking forward to enjoying this site with ya’ll.
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Compiling newer WineD3D for 98SE and/or XP...?
in Windows 9x/ME
Posted
https://archive.org/details/qemu-3dfx-vmaddons
Here is a link to kjliew's qemu-3dfx additions, in case anyone still wanted to try the additions he kept under a paywall for years. He doesn't seem to care too much either, but feel free to remove the link if it's still against sitewide rules, despite being a FOSS project.