Re: win32-loader: Dropping Win ME/98/95 support, digital signing, Windows Store

2019-09-09 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 4:18 AM Thomas Gaugler wrote: > Therefore I intend to switch win32-loader from an x86-ansi to an > x86-unicode installer. The drawback would be that Windows versions prior > Windows XP would no longer be supported. Would it be possible to build both versions in order to

Re: win32-loader: Dropping Win ME/98/95 support, digital signing, Windows Store

2019-09-09 Thread Bastian Blank
On Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 10:01:47PM +0200, Thomas Gaugler wrote: > Furthermore I would like to increase user confidence and trust by > digitally signing the win32-loader executable. As a side effect user > friction could be reduced. For example Microsoft SmartScreen [1] warns > the user with the

win32-loader: Dropping Win ME/98/95 support, digital signing, Windows Store

2019-09-09 Thread Thomas Gaugler
Hi, win32-loader is a Windows (Win32) executable to ease the installation of Debian on a PC running Windows. The Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) is used to create the win32-loader targeting character sets that are native to Windows ME/98/95 (also known as x86-ansi installer). This