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> There's probably a way to do it under QEMU/Proxmox. But I haven't dug deep enough to figure it out myself Maybe one of the same utilities commonly used to wo

by Lammy 1y ago

> There's probably a way to do it under QEMU/Proxmox. But I haven't dug deep enough to figure it out myself Maybe one of the same utilities commonly used to work around this same issue on Windows 95? Amn Refrigerator (formerly AmnHLT) — not relevant for NT because it uses a VxD driver, but it's my favorite for Windows 95 so I'm linking it here for completeness: https://web.archive.org/web/20010331184312/http://www.amn.ru/refrigerator.html https://web.archive.org/web/20010331184312/http://www.amn.ru... KCPUCooler: https://web.archive.org/web/20010607173439/http://www.kt2k.com/go.php?s=14 https://web.archive.org/web/20010607173439/http://www.kt2k.c... CpuIdle: https://web.archive.org/web/20030925110541/http://www.cpuidle.de/ https://web.archive.org/web/20030925110541/http://www.cpuidl... Waterfall and/or Rain from Leading Wintech (can't find the original URL): https://vetusware.com/manufacturer/Leading%20Wintech/?author=1419 https://vetusware.com/manufacturer/Leading%20Wintech/?author... VCool or CPUCooL might be the ones to try because they're the only ones that seem to explicitly mention supporting NT: “VCool now utilizes its own driver on NT, W2K, XP: vcool.sys” https://web.archive.org/web/20041205132318/http://vcool.occludo.net/VCool.html https://web.archive.org/web/20041205132318/http://vcool.occl... “CPU Cooling under Windows 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 (Watch Wintop !)” https://web.archive.org/web/20041211214000/http://www.cpufsb.de/CPUCOOL.HTM https://web.archive.org/web/20041211214000/http://www.cpufsb...

anonymars 1y ago
Which, by the way, for background of why this issue exists (Old New Thing of course): https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20030828-00/?p=42753 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20030828-00/?p=42... If anyone can find the archive link to the original, I believe there was discussion in the comments about "why not exclude it for specific hardware only" and the risk of false negatives was deemed too high
- Lammy 1y ago
  > If anyone can find the archive link to the original Here's the full list: https://web.archive.org/web/20220712161524/https://bytepointer.com/resources/old_new_thing/index.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20220712161524/https://bytepoint... Here's this particular entry: https://web.archive.org/web/20220712161524/https://bytepointer.com/resources/old_new_thing/20030828_036_hardware_backwards_compatibility.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20220712161524/https://bytepoint... (11 comments)
CursedSilicon 1y ago
Sadly none of those worked in my testing :(

by Lammy 1y ago

anonymars 1y ago

Which, by the way, for background of why this issue exists (Old New Thing of course): https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20030828-00/?p=42753 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20030828-00/?p=42... If anyone can find the archive link to the original, I believe there was discussion in the comments about "why not exclude it for specific hardware only" and the risk of false negatives was deemed too high

Lammy 1y ago
> If anyone can find the archive link to the original Here's the full list: https://web.archive.org/web/20220712161524/https://bytepointer.com/resources/old_new_thing/index.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20220712161524/https://bytepoint... Here's this particular entry: https://web.archive.org/web/20220712161524/https://bytepointer.com/resources/old_new_thing/20030828_036_hardware_backwards_compatibility.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20220712161524/https://bytepoint... (11 comments)

CursedSilicon 1y ago

Sadly none of those worked in my testing :(