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Ok it is the type of message as I suspect, the black boot error screen. Hal.dll is important, yes. It comes with the OS but an update may have put a new version of it in, or had added a linking file of some sort, registry redirector and/or pipe to point to the file and that is what was removed. I doubt hal.dll was actually removed. You can verify if the file is actually missing or not. It should be in c:\windows\system32. As for putting the update back in place in offline, it may be possible using DISM but I seem to recall that this ability is something that came about in Windows 7 and I never attempted it with Vista. Even if it is possible with Vista, you'd need the Vista WAIK and I would not trust modern versions of ADK to work.

The first step would be to reinstall the update that was removed, to see if it fixes the missing hal.dll message.

Split from https://msfn.org/board/topic/183016-palemoon-drama-has-gotten-bad/page/3/

No I think you have it backwards. It is more likely as I said, the fingerprinting (or some portion of it) is still happening, but since JS is disabled and the site is using JS to show the test results, you just can't see it. Block all and allow as necessary, even if temporary. If the site requires JS to function but it is not that important, then it may not be that important for me to even use it. If I really do want to use it, then I will use a different browser and/or computer entirely.

I used to use a calendar in Thunderbird on Win 7. I'm sure there must be something lighter than having to install an email client or whole Office suite to just get a calendar.

No need https://msfn.org/board/topic/183119-new-web-browsers-sub-forum/ PS: Your last unread post location may have been lost after the threads have been moved. This means when you click to read last unread you will go back to Page 1. This should only be temporary.

With the large amount of interest in custom web browsers recently, we have created a new sub-forum specifically for topics about web browsers and the customisation and development of them. https://msfn.org/board/forum/200-web-browsers/

I tried the EFF site on my second browser (Iron) and it makes it to the white results page with "Our tests indicate that you have some protection against Web tracking, but it has some gaps." with a Yes on blocking tracking ads and a No on blocking invisible trackers... but the "Protecting you from fingerprinting" option just shows an animated gif and never completes.

Well it is 16 hours later and it still didn't change from the "Testing your browser" screen. I doubt it will ever return and show me the results. Now this doesn't particularly mean that the site didn't work on their end. It may well have recorded information and just isn't showing me the results screen.

I don't think that link is working for me. Just in case I'll go home and see if it has completed before I come back in the morning.

The article talks about things involved in this fingerprinting that is beyond the User Agent, so likely the method being used to get this information from the client is going to be javascript. Obviously the answer here is to whitelist sites for javascript, meaning unless the known good site you visited is compromised (such as from ads or external includes) then you are more likely to be safe.

Well that isn't an example of smart technology turning on itself, more like the companies who made the tech turning against the people. Sure some people like the idea of interconnecting everything and it does sound good in theory but it just hasn't been implemented well. I think a better example of smart technology turning on itself would be the products that have been running in botnets, due to the poor security implementation of these devices.

There are other users who have gmail who have registered and validated, so I am thinking that there isn't any issue with the forum being able to send to gmail.

Have been using these for some years, for clients that run embedded devices such as those with digital signage. I've always thought they look a bit hack-jobbish. The other side of the coin with these that the site mentions but doesn't show is that the power cord then used is the typical bulky notebook power adapter type, with the large brick in which you can then plug in a standard ATX or mickey mouse cable. Then there are other options where the power connector onto the board is just like a notebook would have, without having to use that type of adapter. Such as the Asus H410T/CSM: https://www.asus.com/Motherboards-Components/Motherboards/Business/Pro-H410T-CSM/

It is fine to point out that something doesn't work as advertised, but removing the content (as well as the reply about how reliable the information is) wouldn't do anyone any good. As then it could just be posted by someone else again. Leaving it the way it is now leaves it "on the record" in case anyone else happens to find it. Especially anyone who finds the post from a search engine. We are in the minority by posting on this site. Many more people use MSFN for info and never register or even post. I know many people in the local IT community who use this site but do not have accounts.

4e is in relation to a user who is posting about a project they have created or is involved in, that is vaporware, or that the person is making promises about accomplishing something in the future but doesn't live up to the promises. So it is not relevant here, since the entity that made this so-called Vaporware is Microsoft and not the person who posted a link to it. Since Microsoft doesn't have an account, they can't get banned for posting about vaporware or have their posts deleted.

I still use an old palemoon at home but I stopped caring about what they have to say when they decided to put in blocks for XP. And I don't even use their browser in XP, it is just that type of behaviour I cannot stand from software developers. In regards to the drama, readers of browser threads on this forum will see some familiar names in there, so it really shouldn't be any surprise that some people like to stir pots and make mountains out of molehills.

Probably because it is easier to punish a single corporate entity rather than many people from around the world*. Section 230 as far as in the USA goes means that the host (publisher) is not responsible for the content on their site and that the individuals who are posting it are. So if someone were to put a threat onto Facebook, then Facebook is not in trouble legally and the person who posted it is instead. * Marking this because the way things regarding internet content is covered in the US by the media or referenced by politicians is that all content on US based websites is created by people in the US, and international users are discounted, ignored or misrepresented. People from around the world use the internet, even on English speaking websites, as can be evidenced in many places not just here. But the news, rules and policies/laws are written as if those people do not exist.

MSFN is hosted in Europe, where I live doesn't really matter in that regard. While Xper says what the site rules are, we are bound by anything from EU in addition to that. Even if in EU it became legal to crack a program for investigative reasons, only Xper would be the one to say that we could talk about that on the site. @Jaguarek62 You are talking about newest drivers, but there are still drivers. I do not bother with updating drivers constantly, only stick with ones that work. Update only if necessary but for video drivers that rarely happens anymore. I used to be that way, but after years of working with manufacturing, embedded devices and "CSM" products, I tend to not be on the bleeding edge when it comes to drivers.

AMD and Intel. A new game release would normally not be needed to be posted about in here, unless it was a game that originally did support Win7 and the support was removed in one way or another. That could be that the devs put in a version check, or if there was some update that required a minimum driver version and that driver wasn't an option for Win7. D2R wouldn't normally be something to post about in this thread except that it did take many by surprise, that a remaster of a game that worked on XP couldn't be run on Win7. Especially since it is already known that the game actually does run on Win7 just fine, it is just the launcher or a version check in the game binary that prevents it from being launched. The unfortunate aspect of all of this is that we cannot talk about how to get games or programs like this to work on Win7 if the way to get them to work is modifying the binary, using a patch or crack of any type. But if it is possible to get a thing to work by putting the newer OS files into the program or game's working directory, that is fair game. That was the thing I was thinking about regarding D2R, and I am certain that if the game can be launched this way it wouldn't result in a ban, but I'm also not willing to spend full price on it to find out.

The internet of the future will just be like the internet of the past. When people first got AOL and didn't know there was something beyond AOL's walled garden.

Well, what programs have you used to make webpages before? I personally use Scite, but it is more of a general purpose IDE. The last actual webpage authoring program I've used was Dreamweaver MX 2004.

No they should still be reported. There are other video chips besides nVidia after all.

One observable so far is that WinPE 10 builds do not automatically assign a drive letter to the OS volume of a disk that has Windows 11 or Server 2022 installed onto it. This does not effect imaging but does effect capturing images. You can find the volume with the OS and assign a drive letter to it in order to capture it as an image. So only automated capturing would be an issue if using the WinPE made from ADK 10. I have not made a WinPE from ADK 11 yet to know if the issue also exists there or not.

Warzone is a good example of a game that can run on Windows 7 but isn't allowed to. It isn't even a support issue, it is actively blocked from running. I had played Warzone for quite a bit on Windows 7 and did want to revisit it someday, but now I can't because Activision decided that the game isn't allowed to launch on my OS anymore. I suppose it is fine, there are plenty of older games I haven't played yet, but it is really annoying when a current game or program's update can stop it from launching when it would work perfectly fine.