Recent content by Jody Thornton

Also, IE is really THE ONLY browser you have, which is outdated Trident. The few old browsers in the store are pretty useless, and you cannot install Chrome or Firefox. I would have been even happy if there was a Legacy port of the original Edge browser. Alas, your choice are either the...

Does your CPU support the SSE4.2 instruction set? Even a system from just over a decade ago MAY NOT work.

Do I understand correctly that the update for October for Server 2012 (KB5006732) and for 8.1 does NOT have the Flash removal component?

Hello Jason. I'm also from the Great White North

Thanks Wonder Woman. I've checked many of these, but I'll review again. I really appreciate the time you took. It appears the August updates remove Flash too. For now, I'm holding off on updates.

Yeah Ruffle and Flashpoint seem interesting, but with a lot of overhead (.NET and Visual C++), and I'm only looking to run locally installed flash files and executable flash games. So website compatibility is not an issue for me. So if I install this update, and then I try to install an older...

As of July 2021, all of the new security only updates for Server 2012 (including KB5004294 and KB5004960) now will remove the Adobe Flash Component from Windows 8.1. (Full disclosure - I use the original Windows 8 with Server 2012 updates from the Microsoft Catalog, but it's the same...

Well, if you're just using the desktop - and you're not planning to use the Metro apps or the touch environment at all, Windows 8 does provide some benefits over Windows 8.1 that are as follows: There are no known telemetry updates in Windows 8 that plague both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1...

Welcome. I have developed a penchant for dad jokes :)

Just saying hello. I use Windows 8 on an HP xw8600 workstation. Looking forward to great exchange of ideas and technical conversation. Cheers All, Jody