Recent content by Orrhias

I recently bought a Canon Pixma TS9020 because a couple sites had me convinced there were drivers for XP Pro...which do not exist, so its a $70 loss for me. Now I have to buy another inkjet printer, but determined not to make the same mistake twice, so I'm asking for help to pick one of these...

Well, when my tech guy comes by for the monthly housecall, I may have him put Firefox ESR 52 (or another edition) on flash drive, and see about doing the procedure outlined in post #7. Maybe it will not be so fixated on 'security certificates' if I just use it to watch H.264 videos. Doubt I'd...

So for the benefit of any other XP users that may stumble upon this thread in the future, I have found how to run h.264 on windows XP Pro: http://wp.xin.at/archives/4059 If you follow the instructions exactly, at some point you will hit a 'roadblock', which caused me to think the above link was...

Anyone know which was the last version that worked on XP Pro? I'd like to try it out.

Actually yesterday I uninstalled SeaMonkey 2.48, then re-installed it, as it was acting weird, but that fixed its wagon! Don't recall whether I got it here: https://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/2.48 or here: http://www.filepuma.com/download/seamonkey_2.48-16190/ or someplace else. Guess I...

The Mozilla mothership has a long history of saying they will not force updates, addons, etc., on the enduser, then doing exactly that a few months or few years later...which is one reason I got rid of Firefox. I would be a lot more at ease if I knew their ability to surreptitiously update me to...

Unfortunately, Sea Monkey 2.48 is different to the version discussed in that link. I can click on 'Edit', then 'Preferences', then 'Advanced' at which point there is no 'Software Installation'...only options listed are: System Integration Crash Reports Developer Tools Port number for connection

Anyone know how to permanently disable updates (especially any sort of auto-updates) in SeaMonkey? I just got SeaMonkey 2.48 last week, and already getting pleas to upgrade to some newer version every time I open the browser. If its anything like Firefox, an auto-update will soon be coming, and...

I already have VLC (which is why I gave that link), but its not what I would call newbie-friendly. Could be quite awhile til I can figure out how to work it, meld the H.264 into it, and so on. Frankly I'm seriously thinking of installing MPC-HC to see if it's any easier. Cannot stand...

I finally got a home PC running XP Pro a week ago. Every time I try to play a TV show, movie, etc., I get a popup saying to either install Flash (not happening!), or H.264 decoder. This post will be entirely focused on the latter. So far as Google searches can tell me, it appears none of the...

I have not yet bought anything except the NIC and it low-profile bracket, so its not too late to do a U-turn if necessary. Are you saying that using a NIC in the x16 slot of this motherboard will disable the onboard graphics? Is this the same for the Asus board?

I'm ready to buy a case for my DIY router. Settled on Apex DM-317-A, but don't like the included PSU, so need to replace it. Was going with the Corsair SF Series SF450, but some on other forums said its too big for the case (I had thought SFX was smaller than TFX), so need suggestions for a TFX...

Many thanks for your help. I will go with this RAM. This problem is solved, with a few more to go!

After a lot of worry and thought, I decided to go with the Gigabyte. I may buy the Asus as a backup to add to my parts-bank for future use...not decided yet. Right now I'm too desperate to finish this router to think too far ahead. Thanks to all for your input!

Here's my build for a DIY router using pfSense: CASE: Apex DM-317-A CASE FANS: Noctua NF-R8-1800 CPU: Intel core i3-4160 CPU COOLER: Noctua NH-L9x65 MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A SSD: Either Intel series 530 or 535 (whichever I can find new and cheap) 2.5" SSD; 120MB SSD MOUNTING...