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KernelEx v4.5 RC 1 by Xeno86
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2010-07-30
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What's new:
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* Reworked 'Compatibility' tab to allow resetting compatibility settings to default values
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* Resources with high ID are disallowed when KernelEx is disabled
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* Platform check is now re-enabled when KernelEx is disabled
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* Fixed settings not applied for applications with international characters in path
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* Implemented get-post I/O completion ports functionality
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Apps fixed / now working:
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* Fixed: MSYS (broken)
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* Fixed: Microsoft Access XP (crashing)
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* Fixed: Rally Championship '99 (crashing)
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* Fixed: GTA San Andreas (crashing)
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* Fixed: VLC 1.0+ (UI)
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* Fixed: Firefox 3.6.4+ (high cpu usage)
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* Now working: Adobe Flash 10.1 plugin
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* Now working: Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta 1
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* Now working: Artweaver 1.0
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* Now working: MPC-HC (newer builds, svn build 1391+)
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#################################################
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KernelEx v4.5 Beta 2 by Xeno86
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2010-02-14
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What's new:
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* Implemented Uniscribe font caching (improves Firefox 3 performance).
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* New thread pool implementation (fixes IE6 problems).
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* Fixed rare font related Firefox 3 crash.
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* Implemented timer queue APIs.
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* Implemented SHParseDisplayName and restricted to XP+ configs to fix Firefox mailto issues.
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* Fixed premature kexCOM unloading crashing Photoshop 5 and other buggy apps.
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* Updated jemalloc to version from FF3.6.
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* Fixed jemalloc sensitiveness to invalid pointers. Fixes vmwareuser, cvtaplog crashing.
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* Implemented EnumPrintersW (Foxit 3.1 Unicode printing support).
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* Fixed Opera 10.50 Beta Acid3 crash.
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* Other small fixes / stubs.
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#################################################
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KernelEx v4.5 Beta 1 by Xeno86
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2010-01-18
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What's new:
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* Noticeably improved speed of applications which make extensive use of memory.
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This was made possible by introducing new memory allocator originating from FreeBSD - jemalloc.
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It improves heap memory allocation/free speed and reduces virtual memory fragmentation.
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* Improved compatibility with Unicode applications by implementing new windowing layer
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which provides NT-consistent way to work with Unicode window procedures.
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* Extended TLS slot limitation from 80 to 1000+, for some heavy apps.
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* Lifted PE loader named resource limitation, allowing named resource-heavy libraries to load.
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* Changed kernel obfuscator to produce positive object (process, thread) IDs in order to improve compatibility.
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* Introduced kexCOM - new library to take care of missing COM interfaces. Fixes creating shell shortcuts in newer installers.
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* GDI object destroying rules adjusted in order to fix certain resource leaks or unstability with Flash and other apps.
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* Implemented certain userenv, unicode winspool, thread pool functions.
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* Lot of API fixes and stubs.
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* Improved Compatibility tab.
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* Various architecture improvements.
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* Fixed uninstall kernel32.bak not restoring reliably issue.
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Apps now working / fixed:
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* .NET Framework 2 (fixed install/uninstall and apps)
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* AbiWord 2.8 (usable, minor problems)
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* Adobe Flash 10.1 beta
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* Adobe Acrobat Reader 9 (very unstable)
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* Adobe ImageReady CS2 (no Photoshop yet)
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* Arora (WebKit Internet Browser)
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* FastStone Image Viewer (fixed plugin crash)
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* Foxit Reader 3.1
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* ICQ 6.5 / ICQLite
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* InkScape (usable)
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* GIMP 2.6 (usable, fixed brush trace)
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* Half-Life 2 Episode One/Two
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* Miranda IM 0.8.x Unicode
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* Mozilla Thunderbird 3 (fixed out of space errors)
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* Nero DiscSpeed 4
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* QtCreator 1.2.1
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* SoftMaker Office 2008 (fixed input bugs)
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* WinAmp 5.5x (fixed ML crash, charset problems)
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* X-Moto
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Notes:
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* This release is beta quality in order to test several major changes in KernelEx.
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Please test the apps which were working before. Compare the performance and memory usage of any heavy apps you use.
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Pay attention to possible national language input problems.
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* If you want to downgrade to Final 2, you have to uninstall this beta first.
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* Enjoy this great release. win9x 4ever.
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#################################################
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KernelEx v4.0 Final 2 by Xeno86
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2009-08-20
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Major changes:
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* system won't try to load auxiliary libraries (PSAPI, MSIMG32, PDH, UXTHEME, WTSAPI32) when extensions are disabled
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Fixed regressions:
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* fixed ZoneAlarm not working properly
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* Firefox 3 couldn't be uninstalled if KernelEx was installed with extensions disabled
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* Foobar2000 v0.9.6.x installer was crashing
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#################################################
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KernelEx v4.0 Final by Xeno86
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2009-07-23
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Now working on Windows 98/Me:
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* Flash 10 in Internet Explorer
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Major changes:
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* added option to installer to select between enabling KernelEx extensions for all applications and disabling them
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* added installation verifier
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* printer driver software no longer running in NT mode
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* file select dialogs in Flash applets and certain applications should work correctly now
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* improved RP9 compatibility
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* loading MSLU altered floating point unit flags and caused certain programs to crash
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* MSLU (Unicows.dll) is no longer loaded right on startup and should be seen referenced less often in system
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* Dependency Walker is no longer slow when profiling
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* startup speed improvements
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* stability improvements
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* tons of small changes
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#################################################
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KernelEx v4.0 RC 2 by Xeno86
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2009-03-21
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Now working on Windows 98/Me:
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* The Chronicles of Riddick EFBB Demo
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* QEmu 0.9
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Fixed regressions:
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* fixed Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 not working with RC 1
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* .Net framework was broken in RC 1 now should work correctly
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* input issue in Firefox 3 affecting special characters
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* eMule couldn't complete downloads in RC 1, now fixed
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* transparency issue in Firefox 3
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* incompatibility with Norton Utilities
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#################################################
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KernelEx v4.0 RC 1 by Xeno86
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2009-03-10
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Now working on Windows 98/Me:
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* Firefox 3.6 alpha
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* JDK 6 / JRE 6 works fine with the exception of Java applets which don't work (reason: missing proper named-pipe support in the system)
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* PDF-XChange Viewer now works
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Fixed regressions:
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* Sysinternals TCPView display fix
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