Dave-H

Well it's perfectly possible that I didn't run the file checker after the previous Office update, so those Excel files could have been updated by that, not by the latest one! They do have the same file version as the new ACECORE.DLL though, if that's relevant.

Strange, Custom User Agent String should work with any Firefox version above 48. Have you tried one of the older versions?

As far as I can see from my system file checker, the files updated were ACECORE.DLL (Microsoft Access database engine DLL), EXCEL.EXE, and EXCELCNV.EXE. All are now version 14.0.7237.5000. Why an update apparently for Outlook should update Excel files I have no idea!

I couldn't agree more, a very generous gesture, which will I hope ensure that Rudolph will never be forgotten by the DOS and Windows 98 preservation community. I have four of his programs, and I will happily provide them if they prove to be missing from the proposed archive.

It would certainly be a great shame if Rudolph's work now became permanently unobtainable. We don't know the circumstances of his death of course, but if he knew enough in advance what was going to happen, he may well have taken steps to preserve his program archive and make it available in the future as part of his legacy. We can only hope that he did have a chance to do that.

Wasn't sure which section to put this in, but here's as good as anywhere. I can't vouch for the accuracy of the information, but it's quite hypnotic to watch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJuvKn5j_kE

So shocked to hear this, it was only a month or so ago that I was corresponding with Rudolph about a disk partition alignment program that he had just built. I use several of his programs, to enhance my Windows 98 installation, and to do things like applying TRIM to my FAT32 SSD. He was an absolute genius, up with the very top experts on this forum IMO. 67 is no age to go nowadays. RIP Rudolph.

Of course there is now an iPhone 11, but the argument is certainly valid with desktop OSX and Windows 10, which I suspect will be with us for the foreseeable future!

I agree about the ridiculous version numbering nowadays, but I certainly hope Mozilla's ship isn't actually sinking! That would be a great tragedy, and an indication that effectively Google Chrome and Edge (also now soon to be Chromium based of course) have finally permanently won the "browser war", and will permanently control all of the web's browsing technologies. I'm sure you're right about "rapid release cycles" being all about "looking good". In the "old days" a "version 10" for instance, would last for years, going to 10.1, 10,2, etc., with sub-increments even between them. Nowadays there would probably be more than 20 full version increments where before the main version number would have only changed once!

I changed the screen in my Asus netbook as it was fitted with a highly reflective one which was like looking in a mirror! The matt finish one I replaced it with is much better. It wasn't too difficult to do, but obviously this varies a lot between different units. Its native resolution is 1024x600, which means that Windows 8.1 apps will not open as they have to have at least 768 vertical resolution to work. I used a registry hack to enable me to switch the resolution to 1024x768 to use the apps, but in this mode the display is not only blurry, but also compressed vertically so everything is distorted. That is preferable IMO to the image being the right shape but vertically cropped! This is tolerable for temporary use to read the mail or news app, but hardly ideal, and is a good example of the undesirability of using any display at anything other than its native resolution.

What is the native resolution of the display fitted in the laptop? Usually, displays only look at their best at their native resolution, so trying to go higher may actually produce poorer looking results.

Thank you again! And yes, point taken. Cheers, Dave.

Yes, I've noticed that as well. Not so much of an issue as there aren't that many of them, but it would be good to get them working if it's possible.

Thank you so much @mixit, it's now working fine again. I will keep your user agent string on Instagram just for hopefully some future proofing in case they start completely rejecting older Firefox versions, although it was almost certainly just my sloppy attempt to modify the userCustom.css code that was the problem, nothing to do with the user agent! Cheers, Dave.

Thanks @mixit! I now have this in userContent.css @-moz-document domain(instagram.com) { div._97aPb [role="dialog"] { display: block !important; } } How strange to have a trailing space in the div name! I had tried that div name before and it didn't work, but maybe it needs a different user agent string now as well, which it didn't before. I've tried several, and none of them make it work again. Could you tell me what user agent string you're actually using? Thanks, Dave.

I've tried using custom user agent strings on Instagram, which I've not done before, and all that seems to happen then is that the page won't load at all, just showing a blank white page with a camera icon in the middle of it!

Thanks. I've been trying to tweak @mixit's code to bring it back, but no luck so far. He did say that it might well break if they changed their "div" names. I guess we were lucky that it worked for as long as it did!

Oh dear, it looks as if this has happened again! Anyone else confirm?

Being pedantic, I should point out that Office 2010 isn't actually compatible with Windows XP any more, as recent security updates include a version of MSO.DLL with isn't XP compatible. It is therefore necessary to use an out of date version of MSO.DLL for the programs to run on XP, potentially opening up security risks. Microsoft have shown no sign of addressing this problem, despite being told about it, so I can only assume that as far as they are concerned, XP compatibility has been dropped. That's why I said "supposedly" in my post.

I would almost certainly be using Avast now if I could have got it working on my machine, but it absolutely refused to work, the main service would not start, cause unknown, so I ended up with Malwarebytes Premium, which I've been very happy with.

I'm sure the case will be fitted with plenty of fans! Thanks for the clarification about the expansion slots, still strange you can't see them in your picture though! Cheers, Dave.

That's a serious looking GPU you've got there, I wish I had the physical room in my system for something like that! Where are the other expansion slots though, does that motherboard not have any others?

Do you have the files for ProxHTTPSProxy? If not, the first thing you'll have to do is to PM @heinoganda to get his version, which he has ported to XP.

Well I already have ProxHTTPSProxy installed and in use on IE/Eudora, but routing the Sky sites through that doesn't seem to work, I just get the "insecure connection" page. I'm guessing this is because it's using localhost and therefore the HOSTS file? I also have a very old version (4.5 from 2003!) of Proxomitron installed, although I haven't used it for years. I'd rather not do it by having yet another program running in the background on the machine just to access a few websites which I don't visit that often anyway. A reliable online free proxy would be ideal. EDIT: I've now seen that the version of Proxomitron I've already got is the latest (and presumably last) version, over 16 years old!

That's right, all I need now is a free proxy server that I know will always work! Any suggestions gratefully received........