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Old January 6th 15, 05:59 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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I have K-Meleon 1.54 installed in Win98se. (Along with other browsers).
I have used K-Meleon for years and still like it, despite the repeated
script errors (I just keep Java Script turned off).

Anyhow, after years of using it, for some reason in the last several
months, I keep getting a message popup that says "A new version of
K-Meleon has been released - Do you want to install it now".

Any newer versions do NOT work with Win98 (I tried).

But this popup never pestered me in the past. Now it pops up about
every 6th time I open K-Meleon. This is really annoying. I can not
find anything in the settings to shut this off. But I am aware of the
"about:config" use. Yet, I dont know what lines to search for in there
to stop this popup. Anyone know?

I'm guessing that K-Meleon did something to cause this to start popping
up. I didn't change anything....

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Old January 7th 15, 04:57 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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I have K-Meleon 1.54 installed in Win98se. (Along with other
browsers). I have used K-Meleon for years and still like it,
despite the repeated script errors (I just keep Java Script
turned off).

Anyhow, after years of using it, for some reason in the last
several months, I keep getting a message popup that says


"A new version of K-Meleon has been released - Do you want
to install it now".


I can find no mention on the internet anywhere of anything resembling
that message in relation to K-Meleon, and I can find no discussion or
mention of any behavior or setting that K-Meleon may have to perform
automatic version or update checks.

However, since K-Meleon is based on Mozilla, I believe that if you go
into your configuration settings (with about:config) and search for
"app.update" you should see about a dozen such entries.

Specifically, look for "app.update.enabled". If you don't see that,
then create it (right-click somewhere on the page, select new, boolean.
The name will be app.update.enabled, and the value you want it to be is
false.

Any newer versions do NOT work with Win98 (I tried).


You should be able to run newer versions if you install KernelEx on your
win-98 system.

------------
Windows 98\ME

OFFICIAL: Use K-Meleon v1.5.4

UNOFFICIAL: Use K-Meleon v1.7 with KernelEX v4.5.2 (Run in Windows 2000
compatibility mode)

http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/forum/read.php?1,119989

May also need Visual C++ 2005 runtime installed

http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=12102
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Anyone still running Windows 98 should really have KernelEx installed.
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Old January 23rd 15, 05:10 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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On Tue, 06 Jan 2015 22:57:38 -0500, 98 Guy "98"@Guy . com wrote:

wrote:

I have K-Meleon 1.54 installed in Win98se. (Along with other
browsers). I have used K-Meleon for years and still like it,
despite the repeated script errors (I just keep Java Script
turned off).

Anyhow, after years of using it, for some reason in the last
several months, I keep getting a message popup that says


"A new version of K-Meleon has been released - Do you want
to install it now".


I can find no mention on the internet anywhere of anything resembling
that message in relation to K-Meleon, and I can find no discussion or
mention of any behavior or setting that K-Meleon may have to perform
automatic version or update checks.

However, since K-Meleon is based on Mozilla, I believe that if you go
into your configuration settings (with about:config) and search for
"app.update" you should see about a dozen such entries.

Specifically, look for "app.update.enabled". If you don't see that,
then create it (right-click somewhere on the page, select new, boolean.
The name will be app.update.enabled, and the value you want it to be is
false.

Any newer versions do NOT work with Win98 (I tried).


You should be able to run newer versions if you install KernelEx on your
win-98 system.

------------
Windows 98\ME

OFFICIAL: Use K-Meleon v1.5.4

UNOFFICIAL: Use K-Meleon v1.7 with KernelEX v4.5.2 (Run in Windows 2000
compatibility mode)

i have kernelex 4.5.2 installed. No ver of KMeleon above 1.5.4 is
stable, just like no ver of firefox above 3.6.28 is stable. Ive tried
all of this more than once and kernelex helps but it exaggerates what it
can do. Sure it will run FF 5.x or was it 6.x, but if it crashes
regularly, its' not working.

http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/forum/read.php?1,119989

May also need Visual C++ 2005 runtime installed


What does that do?

http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=12102
--------------

Anyone still running Windows 98 should really have KernelEx installed.


Yep, been running it for many years. I ONLY use Win98, and Win2000
also, but I will never go above that. I fought with XP and all the
viruses it attracts, and got rid of it. Any newer MS operating sys is
crap. I played with linux and found that thing beyond repulsive.

Honestly, I dont much care. I just thought I'd see if I could remove
this annoyance in Kmeleon. I wont be using the internet much longer
anyhow. It used to be both fun and useful. Now that facebook has
devoured the web, and the newsgroups are nearly dead, about all I use is
email, and the few newsgroups that still have life. Just once and
awhile I may try to find an article on the web, from what's left to it.
In another year from now, the newsgroups will be entirely dead, and
facebook will own the web. I will probably do all my email from my
cellphone and just dump the internet completely. The only reason I
still use the internet now, is because I still need a landline, and
dialup internet is included free.

Anything else I do on this computer, such as music, playing videos,
office/word processing, and photo editing, and other programs work just
fine in Win98se, even on this 15 year old computer (which I have
upgraded many times, with bigger hardrives ans the maximum RAM.

Thanks

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Old January 24th 15, 02:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Default K-Meleon issue

In message ,
writes:
On Tue, 06 Jan 2015 22:57:38 -0500, 98 Guy "98"@Guy . com wrote:

[]
Anyone still running Windows 98 should really have KernelEx installed.


Yep, been running it for many years. I ONLY use Win98, and Win2000
also, but I will never go above that. I fought with XP and all the
viruses it attracts, and got rid of it. Any newer MS operating sys is


I'm in the same position with XP as you are (and I was) with '98
(98SElite in my case). I've never had a virus on XP (and I visit some
dodgy sites, though not warez and the like ones on the whole). [I still
do run a 98 machine occasionally - without KernelX, so FF 2 - for just
one site.]

crap. I played with linux and found that thing beyond repulsive.


(I used Unix 30 years ago! But you are probably using Linux in places
without knowing it [isn't Android based on it for example?]. I'm sure I
will be/am.)

Honestly, I dont much care. I just thought I'd see if I could remove
this annoyance in Kmeleon. I wont be using the internet much longer
anyhow. It used to be both fun and useful. Now that facebook has
devoured the web,

It does seem to be everywhere, doesn't it. I don't actually hate it
unlike lots of people, just have no interest in using it; however, I do
get irritated in a few cases where you need a facebook ID (or whatever
it's called) in order to use them. (Which I don't so I don't.)
and the newsgroups are nearly dead, about all I use is

People have been forecasting the death of usenet for many years! I agree
probably 90% of users who've come to the internet in the last 5 years
don't know of its existence, but it refuses to die.
email, and the few newsgroups that still have life. Just once and
awhile I may try to find an article on the web, from what's left to it.


Me too; I usually succeed. (Well, in finding information. I don't think
I've looked for a specific _article_ for a while.)

In another year from now, the newsgroups will be entirely dead, and


No (-:

facebook will own the web. I will probably do all my email from my
cellphone and just dump the internet completely. The only reason I


Your cellphone, of course, passes your emails by some sort of magic?

still use the internet now, is because I still need a landline, and
dialup internet is included free.


Ah, now we're beginning to see. (A) by "the internet", you mean "the
web"; (B) you're talking about dial-up speed. Yes, most of the web _is_
now unusable at dialup speed, because webpage designers (with a few
honourable exceptions) assume everyone has broadband; which is a pity,
since it is perfectly possible to design web pages - even with images -
that _are_ usable with that limitation (in fact I'd even argue they're
often _more_ usable, to everybody!), but nobody can be bothered (and in
many cases nowadays, probably doesn't even know how, as they use
generators).

Anything else I do on this computer, such as music, playing videos,
office/word processing, and photo editing, and other programs work just
fine in Win98se, even on this 15 year old computer (which I have
upgraded many times, with bigger hardrives ans the maximum RAM.

Thanks

Ditto for this XP one. (Well, for the working fine; I've upgraded the
RAM [to the max. 2G] and HD once each.)
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Worst programme ever made? I was in hospital once having a knee operation and I
watched a whole episode of "EastEnders". Ugh! I suppose it's true to life. But
so is diarrhoea - and I don't want to see that on television. - Patrick Moore,
in Radio Times 12-18 May 2007.
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Old January 26th 15, 02:16 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Default K-Meleon issue

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message ,
writes:
On Tue, 06 Jan 2015 22:57:38 -0500, 98 Guy "98"@Guy . com wrote:

[]
Anyone still running Windows 98 should really have KernelEx installed.


Yep, been running it for many years. I ONLY use Win98, and Win2000
also, but I will never go above that. I fought with XP and all the
viruses it attracts, and got rid of it. Any newer MS operating sys is


I'm in the same position with XP as you are (and I was) with '98
(98SElite in my case). I've never had a virus on XP (and I visit some
dodgy sites, though not warez and the like ones on the whole). [I still
do run a 98 machine occasionally - without KernelX, so FF 2 - for just
one site.]

crap. I played with linux and found that thing beyond repulsive.


(I used Unix 30 years ago! But you are probably using Linux in places
without knowing it [isn't Android based on it for example?]. I'm sure I
will be/am.)

Honestly, I dont much care. I just thought I'd see if I could remove
this annoyance in Kmeleon. I wont be using the internet much longer
anyhow. It used to be both fun and useful. Now that facebook has
devoured the web,


It does seem to be everywhere, doesn't it. I don't actually hate it
unlike lots of people, just have no interest in using it; however, I do
get irritated in a few cases where you need a facebook ID (or whatever
it's called) in order to use them. (Which I don't so I don't.)

and the newsgroups are nearly dead, about all I use is

People have been forecasting the death of usenet for many years! I agree
probably 90% of users who've come to the internet in the last 5 years
don't know of its existence, but it refuses to die.
email, and the few newsgroups that still have life. Just once and
awhile I may try to find an article on the web, from what's left to it.


Me too; I usually succeed. (Well, in finding information. I don't think
I've looked for a specific _article_ for a while.)

In another year from now, the newsgroups will be entirely dead, and


No (-:

facebook will own the web. I will probably do all my email from my
cellphone and just dump the internet completely. The only reason I


Your cellphone, of course, passes your emails by some sort of magic?

still use the internet now, is because I still need a landline, and
dialup internet is included free.


Ah, now we're beginning to see. (A) by "the internet", you mean "the
web"; (B) you're talking about dial-up speed. Yes, most of the web _is_
now unusable at dialup speed, because webpage designers (with a few
honourable exceptions) assume everyone has broadband; which is a pity,
since it is perfectly possible to design web pages - even with images -
that _are_ usable with that limitation (in fact I'd even argue they're
often _more_ usable, to everybody!), but nobody can be bothered (and in
many cases nowadays, probably doesn't even know how, as they use
generators).

Anything else I do on this computer, such as music, playing videos,
office/word processing, and photo editing, and other programs work just
fine in Win98se, even on this 15 year old computer (which I have
upgraded many times, with bigger hardrives ans the maximum RAM.

Thanks

Ditto for this XP one. (Well, for the working fine; I've upgraded the
RAM [to the max. 2G] and HD once each.)


I'm waiting for the day (but not really!) where even XP won't be usable on
the web, due to no supported browsers (meaning, if you don't have a
sufficiently recent browser (and one that won't install on XP), the web
pages won't render properly). Hopefully Firefox and the like won't go that
route, but I sure wouldn't bet on it, as some browsers already have moved in
that direction, such as IE and Pale Moon, an excellent Firefox clone).

I also upgraded to 2 GB RAM, but truth be told, I was doing just fine with 1
GB (on XP), and it was probably overkill. Then again, I don't run 40
applications simultaneously - I'm more of a single task guy. :-)

It is unfortunate what has happened to the newsgroups over the years. I,
too, blame Facebook.

I'm happy with XP now, but I think I'm stuck here with that OS. It's gone
far enough (and some would argue too far). :-)


 




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