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I had a compatibility pack v4 from 2009 and was unable to open this example file. Registering ole32.dll didn't resolve the problem. The event log has a report saying that Wordconv.exe had crashed every time I try to open a DOCX. Unfortunately on my system crashes are silent like that. Installing this older compatibility pack v2 from 2006 was sucessful. I can now open the files I have on hand including this test file with my avatar. I do remember this pack v4 actually working because it is the only one I have. But that was on 32-bit WinXP. I was not able to open a new thread in this forum, which I initially wanted to do. I remember that was discussed some months ago. The error from the forum was "something went wrong".

My Office is 2007, so I may not be of much help. But maybe this will fix your issue (article cites your exact issue but on Windows 2000) -- https://superuser.com/questions/1504407/office-2003-cant-open-newer-office-files More specifically, solution was to use "version 2" of the compatibility pack (linked in superuser article) -- https://www.malavida.com/en/soft/microsoft-office-compatbility-pack/download

Please give more exact and accurate information! I use Office 2003 with Windows 10 x64, no problems with Compatibility pack. But this Compatibility pack can not open all docx-files (more specs are *somewhere* on the Internet). For now I made you a test file in Word, saved as docx with Compatibility pack. Feel free to try. Test file for Compatibility pack.docx

I had to downgrade to PyInstaller 5.13.2, instead of using PyInstaller 6.16.0 for XP from 3dyd... I got a nasty error when launching the `onedir` build. yt-dlp said: [PYI-1228:ERROR] Failed to load Python DLL 'C:\bin\_internal\python311.dll'. LoadLibrary: Kan opgegeven procedure niet vinden. (can't find procedure) See Issue 2.

Good question! I installed Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PP, OneNote). The Image did not contain Outlook but I can test it later for you. In general, you definitely need to activate before using, since I noticed that Word and Excel tend to crash without proper pre-activation. PowerPoint requires some dlls from Windows 10 to work. by the way, I noticed that 365 does no longer work on 1507/1511 as well. Here, I receive the same errors as on 8.1. I guess Microsoft won‘t make an official statement regarding older Windows 10 versions.

I've tested and verified it with v2.40.4519. Serpent 55 starts and runs.

does outlook work? for me it crashes upon opening any email

I have installed Office 2000 SP-3 and the XML format compatibility pack for opening DOCX and XLSX files. The operating system is 2008 R2 x64. Lately this setup cannot open anything. I remember it worked in the past, but I used it very rarely. "There was an error opening file." from Microsoft Word. Has the DOCX format changed recently or is my installation broken? What is the talk of updates here? Can I get a new version that works?

Didn't help!

HKCU settings should go to HIVEDEF.INF, not to the HIVECLS.INF but you talk about RunOnce and I don't see an .inf with RunOnce. What I'm missing here? If you look to my addon I add driver signing settings to the HIVESFT.INF under the root key HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Driver Signing",,0x00000010 using [ExtraFileEdits] to keep entries in order not to the end of the huge [AddReg] block.

This can be done by changing just three bits! What you need: Oleaut32.dll 2.40.4519 (31 July 2006 6:12:40 pm GMT, checksum: 000A2534) A hex editor Dependency Walker Steps: Open Oleaut32.dll in the hex editor change 00000004: 03 to C3 (create ret opcode in unused DOS header) change 00087760: 00 to 04 (direct Ordinal 327 to above) Save and verify. Optional to adjust the checksum: also change 00000118: 34 to F8 (000A2534 to 000A25F8) Verify addition of Ordinal 327 (and checksum) with Dependency Walker.

No, that's for bi-directional parallel ports. Select your quoted text and search on Google. An HP printing support forum has the answers. Or try a standard LaserJet driver as I suggested.

In case anyone was wondering how the current Office status is on Windows 8.1: I installed the latest Microsoft 365 (v2509) on Windows 8.1,which indeed is the 31th Post-EOL Feature Update (v2301) for this System and ... Surprise -> it works! The new icons match very well with the OS. I like them. Look for yourself tho: imgur.com/a/kR2cdyl In terms of stability, I would recommend using Office 2024 LTSC. It is supported until 2029 (when Premium Assurance ends for NT 6.3) and includes modern standards yet excluding Copilot (which is great in my opinion)

The program does not exactly cost $5/month. If you download the program in the first month of your subscription (which costs $5 + tax) you can keep it and it will still work indefinitely i.e. it has no DRM This is WAY different from other subscription-based programs, that have to validate your subscription status via internet to keep working Here if you are fine with the functionality the program currently offers you can cancel the sub after the first month, So you only pay the subscription to support the program development and receive updates and standalone Windows patches that are the result of the development you supported. The developer(s) have already made and maintain another freely available solutions like Supermium and I think it's fair that this one requires the sub of this kind. If DRM was to be implemented I would very much have to reconsider supporting the project myself, it would be ironic for people who claim to fight forced obsolescence to make programs that become bricked whenever they feel like no longer supporting them.

You should "localize" the updates, not rely on anything outside of your own computer. For my XP x64, I use a guide from either RyanVM or WinCert, I'd have to hunt it down. You create the updated install disk and NEVER HAVE TO VISIT WINDOWS UPDATE, it's already updated AT INSTALL. Or use something like this - https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/ryanvms_windows_xp_post_sp2_update_pack.html If you insist on using Windows Update, this might work - https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/tweaking_com_repair_windows_updates.html You may be better served with something like this - https://archive.org/details/en-windows-xp-professional-x-64-fully-updated_202201

Hello I have Windows XP x64 bit edition with SP2 installed and I installed the required prerequisites for Microsoft update v6 restored but am getting this error after it says checking if your computer has the latest version of the Windows updating software for use with this website

I have no issues adding things to the PATH. Everything needed goes in `C:\Bin`. So, on XP my PATH looks like this: %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Bin;C:\Python311;C:\Python311\Scripts

Yes: Microsoft Windows XP [versie 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\WINDOWS\system32>qjs -h QuickJS version 2025-09-13 usage: qjs [options] [file [args]] -h --help list options -e --eval EXPR evaluate EXPR -i --interactive go to interactive mode -m --module load as ES6 module (default=autodetect) --script load as ES6 script (default=autodetect) -I --include file include an additional file --std make 'std' and 'os' available to the loaded script -T --trace trace memory allocation -d --dump dump the memory usage stats --memory-limit n limit the memory usage to 'n' bytes (SI suffixes allowed) --stack-size n limit the stack size to 'n' bytes (SI suffixes allowed) --no-unhandled-rejection ignore unhandled promise rejections -s strip all the debug info --strip-source strip the source code -q --quit just instantiate the interpreter and quit [debug] Command-line config: ['-v'] [debug] User config "C:\Documents and Settings\Nico\Application Data\yt-dlp\config.txt": ['--rm-cache-dir', '--console-title', '--js-runtimes', 'quickjs', '--add-metadata', '--embed-thumbnail', '--convert-thumbnails', 'jpg', '--ppa', 'ffmpeg:-metadata synopsis=""', '-o', '~/Bureaublad/%(title)s.%(ext)s', '--sponsorblock-remove', 'all', '-N', '6'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, pref cp1252, out cp1252 (No VT), error cp1252 (No VT), screen cp1252 (No VT) [debug] yt-dlp version local@2025.10.27 [937b84ddb] (win_x86_exe) [debug] Python 3.11.4 (CPython x86 32bit) - Windows-XP-5.1.2600-SP3 (OpenSSL 3.5.2 5 Aug 2025) [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-121254-g635cb4543f (fdk,setts), ffprobe N-121254-g635cb4543f, phantomjs 1.9.8 [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.23.0, brotli-1.1.0, certifi-2025.10.05, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.32.5, sqlite3-3.50.4, urllib3-2.5.0, websockets-15.0.1, yt_dlp_ejs-0.2.1 [debug] JS runtimes: quickjs-2025-09-13 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets [debug] Plugin directories: none [debug] Loaded 1839 extractors Removing cache dir C:\Documents and Settings\Nico/.cache\yt-dlp ...

I don't know if this may count something, but my first 3 phones costed me 0 Euro, and the last one costed me one laptop powerjack repair i made on the fly. Probably i'm not the better person to take as example of "phone buyer"

I had just completed my initial testing of your latest build on this old and under-resourced Vista SP2 32-bit laptop and, thankfully , I couldn't possibly reproduce your initial miserable qjs execution times ; FTR, this machine has a (2007-era) Intel Core2Duo T5250@1.50GHz CPU and 3GiB of DDR2 RAM; I used my stopwatch to time below yt-dlp command: yt-dlp_x86 --ies youtube --js-runtimes quickjs -vF "yrcIdXBwVww" and it actually took just 43s from when I clicked ENTER to full completion: [debug] Command-line config: ['--ies', 'youtube', '-vF', 'yrcIdXBwVww', '--js-runtimes', 'quickjs'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1253, fs utf-8, pref cp1253, out utf-8 (No VT), error utf-8 (No VT), screen utf-8 (No VT) [debug] yt-dlp version local@2025.10.27 [937b84ddb] (win_x86_exe) [debug] Python 3.14.0 (CPython x86 32bit) - Windows-Vista-6.0.6003-SP2 (OpenSSL 3.0.18 30 Sep 2025) [debug] exe versions: none [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.23.0, brotli-1.1.0, certifi-2025.10.05, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.32.5, sqlite3-3.50.4, urllib3-2.5.0, websockets-15.0.1, yt_dlp_ejs-0.2.1 [debug] JS runtimes: quickjs-2025-09-13 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets [debug] Plugin directories: none [debug] Loaded 1 extractors [debug] [youtube] [pot] PO Token Providers: none [debug] [youtube] [pot] PO Token Cache Providers: memory [debug] [youtube] [pot] PO Token Cache Spec Providers: webpo [debug] [youtube] [jsc] JS Challenge Providers: bun (unavailable), deno (unavailable), node (unavailable), quickjs [youtube] Extracting URL: yrcIdXBwVww [youtube] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading webpage [youtube] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading tv client config [youtube] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading player 25f1a420-main [debug] Saving youtube-sts.25f1a420-main to cache [youtube] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading tv player API JSON [youtube] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading web safari player API JSON [debug] [youtube] [jsc:quickjs] Using challenge solver lib script v0.2.1 (source: python package, variant: minified) [debug] [youtube] [jsc:quickjs] Using challenge solver core script v0.2.1 (source: python package, variant: minified) [debug] [youtube] [jsc:quickjs] Running quickjs: qjs --script 'C:\Users\<redacted>\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpp_d3itxv.js' [youtube] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading m3u8 information [debug] Sort order given by extractor: quality, res, fps, hdr:12, source, vcodec, channels, acodec, lang, proto [debug] Formats sorted by: hasvid, ie_pref, quality, res, fps, hdr:12(7), source, vcodec, channels, acodec, lang, proto, size, br, asr, vext, aext, hasaud, id [info] Available formats for yrcIdXBwVww: ID EXT RESOLUTION FPS CH | FILESIZE TBR PROTO | VCODEC VBR ACODEC ABR ASR MORE INFO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ sb3 mhtml 48x27 0 | mhtml | images storyboard sb2 mhtml 80x45 1 | mhtml | images storyboard sb1 mhtml 160x90 1 | mhtml | images storyboard sb0 mhtml 320x180 1 | mhtml | images storyboard 140 m4a audio only 2 | 3.60MiB 129k https | audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k medium, TV, m4a_dash 251 webm audio only 2 | 103.22KiB 4k https | audio only opus 4k 48k medium, TV, webm_dash 91 mp4 256x144 30 | ~ 3.43MiB 123k m3u8 | avc1.4D400C mp4a.40.5 WEB-S 160 mp4 256x144 30 | 801.69KiB 28k https | avc1.4d400c 28k video only 144p, TV, mp4_dash 278 webm 256x144 30 | 806.96KiB 28k https | vp9 28k video only 144p, TV, webm_dash 92 mp4 426x240 30 | ~ 5.41MiB 195k m3u8 | avc1.4D4015 mp4a.40.5 WEB-S 133 mp4 426x240 30 | 1.47MiB 53k https | avc1.4d4015 53k video only 240p, TV, mp4_dash 242 webm 426x240 30 | 1.22MiB 44k https | vp9 44k video only 240p, TV, webm_dash 93 mp4 640x360 30 | ~ 11.03MiB 397k m3u8 | avc1.4D401E mp4a.40.2 WEB-S 134 mp4 640x360 30 | 2.83MiB 102k https | avc1.4d401e 102k video only 360p, TV, mp4_dash 18 mp4 640x360 30 2 | 4.15MiB 149k https | avc1.42001E mp4a.40.2 22k 360p, TV 243 webm 640x360 30 | 2.36MiB 85k https | vp9 85k video only 360p, TV, webm_dash 94 mp4 854x480 30 | ~ 20.21MiB 728k m3u8 | avc1.4D401F mp4a.40.2 WEB-S 135 mp4 854x480 30 | 4.91MiB 177k https | avc1.4d401f 177k video only 480p, TV, mp4_dash 244 webm 854x480 30 | 4.22MiB 152k https | vp9 152k video only 480p, TV, webm_dash 95 mp4 1280x720 30 | ~ 41.07MiB 1479k m3u8 | avc1.64001F mp4a.40.2 WEB-S 136 mp4 1280x720 30 | 10.33MiB 372k https | avc1.64001f 372k video only 720p, TV, mp4_dash 247 webm 1280x720 30 | 9.39MiB 338k https | vp9 338k video only 720p, TV, webm_dash 96 mp4 1920x1080 30 | ~ 81.20MiB 2923k m3u8 | avc1.640028 mp4a.40.2 WEB-S 137 mp4 1920x1080 30 | 20.18MiB 727k https | avc1.640028 727k video only 1080p, TV, mp4_dash 248 webm 1920x1080 30 | 16.53MiB 596k https | vp9 596k video only 1080p, TV, webm_dash 271 webm 2560x1440 30 | 41.46MiB 1494k https | vp9 1494k video only 1440p, TV, webm_dash Those 43s include the time the PyInst binary took to extract its content inside the %TEMP% folder of my Windows User Account ; and this was for the FIRST yt-dlp invocation, next ones took even less ; TL:DR: QuickJS is totally workable here, thanks a lot to you, to the yt-dlp devs and to a certain GitHub member (barracuda156) who actually "fought" to have QJS included as a supported external JS runtime! Below, an actual successful DL log: yt-dlp_x86 --ies youtube --js-runtimes quickjs -vf 140 "yrcIdXBwVww" [debug] Command-line config: ['--ies', 'youtube', '--js-runtimes', 'quickjs', '-vf', '140', 'yrcIdXBwVww'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1253, fs utf-8, pref cp1253, out utf-8 (No VT), error utf-8 (No VT), screen utf-8 (No VT) [debug] yt-dlp version local@2025.10.27 [937b84ddb] (win_x86_exe) [debug] Python 3.14.0 (CPython x86 32bit) - Windows-Vista-6.0.6003-SP2 (OpenSSL 3.0.18 30 Sep 2025) [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 5.0 (fdk,setts) [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.23.0, brotli-1.1.0, certifi-2025.10.05, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.32.5, sqlite3-3.50.4, urllib3-2.5.0, websockets-15.0.1, yt_dlp_ejs-0.2.1 [debug] JS runtimes: quickjs-2025-09-13 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets [debug] Plugin directories: none [debug] Loaded 1 extractors [debug] [youtube] [pot] PO Token Providers: none [debug] [youtube] [pot] PO Token Cache Providers: memory [debug] [youtube] [pot] PO Token Cache Spec Providers: webpo [debug] [youtube] [jsc] JS Challenge Providers: bun (unavailable), deno (unavailable), node (unavailable), quickjs [youtube] Extracting URL: yrcIdXBwVww [youtube] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading webpage [youtube] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading tv client config [debug] Loading youtube-sts.6e4dbefe-main from cache [youtube] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading tv player API JSON [youtube] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading web safari player API JSON [youtube] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading player 6e4dbefe-main [debug] [youtube] [jsc:quickjs] Using challenge solver lib script v0.2.1 (source: python package, variant: minified) [debug] [youtube] [jsc:quickjs] Using challenge solver core script v0.2.1 (source: python package, variant: minified) [debug] [youtube] [jsc:quickjs] Running quickjs: qjs --script 'C:\Users\<redacted>\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp8kc1jvmr.js' [youtube] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading m3u8 information [debug] Sort order given by extractor: quality, res, fps, hdr:12, source, vcodec, channels, acodec, lang, proto [debug] Formats sorted by: hasvid, ie_pref, quality, res, fps, hdr:12(7), source, vcodec, channels, acodec, lang, proto, size, br, asr, vext, aext, hasaud, id [info] yrcIdXBwVww: Downloading 1 format(s): 140 [debug] Invoking http downloader on "https://rr1---sn-4vguioxu-n3bz.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1761596706&ei=woD_aJTNJ_eG0u8Psu7R0AE&ip=<redacted>&id=o-ABLy9SDAL9azDltc64Qry1Wjfc2T-ukUkgAK7YIGNBjU&itag=140&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&xpc=EgVo2aDSNQ%3D%3D&met=1761575106%2C&mh=e1&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-4vguioxu-n3bz%2Csn-nv47lnsk&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=1&pl=22&rms=au%2Cau&initcwndbps=1093750&bui=AdEuB5S9H_ZLOx4DhWandbVVoE2T23TniDsH9dzuJWA1A2BTXilW4PS4MvJfCH8rm5PYm_rkKk1bNbUl&vprv=1&svpuc=1&mime=audio%2Fmp4&ns=3j_zEDpH1UcvQ1PnFTnBiuoQ&rqh=1&gir=yes&clen=3769997&dur=232.896&lmt=1758938329553945&mt=1761574619&fvip=3&keepalive=yes&lmw=1&fexp=51557447%2C51565115%2C51565682%2C51580970&c=TVHTML5&sefc=1&txp=6208224&n=Uyc5Xoc53RETOw&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cxpc%2Cbui%2Cvprv%2Csvpuc%2Cmime%2Cns%2Crqh%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AJfQdSswRAIgYqAE1n3WKMewWR3MOnwuPURtZm5QnMnZlMtNJQaTmV0CIDbOyrrvXFyR2m1kUheTy_ik6DIXA9UXoZzbOs1ffk3a&lsparams=met%2Cmh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Crms%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=APaTxxMwRQIgGZIroMcG7xUvn-eLhnLxe3FP_A-zu5lRB5wrz3pjoEoCIQChTmzqkvfj8R_MXFuYDQ5u9h56fAQdFtIm902IyqUrCg%3D%3D" [debug] File locking is not supported. Proceeding without locking [download] Destination: Patching yt-dlp (silent) [yrcIdXBwVww].m4a [download] 100% of 3.60MiB in 00:00:04 at 782.66KiB/s [FixupM4a] Correcting container of "Patching yt-dlp (silent) [yrcIdXBwVww].m4a" [debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel repeat+info -i "file:Patching yt-dlp (silent) [yrcIdXBwVww].m4a" -map 0 -dn -ignore_unknown -c copy -f mp4 -movflags +faststart "file:Patching yt-dlp (silent) [yrcIdXBwVww].temp.m4a" ... Which is where I pointed people to in my previous post : So, does the latest QJS (32-bit) launch on WinXP SP3? FWIW, I don't like adding stuff to PATH unless I can't do otherwise; placing the qjs.exe (with its DLL dependency) adjacent to the yt-dlp_x86.exe binary was all it took here ... And a slight word of caution: Of the four external JS runtimes supported by yt-dlp, QJS is the least secure one ; it has no sandbox, needs to write to the host machine's TEMP dir and is subject to some exploits related to Temp files: https://github.com/coletdjnz/yt-dlp-wiki-dev/blob/ejs/EJS.md#notes-3 Myself, I'd ONLY invoke it from the cmdline when I need to use YT, not permanently enable it via a config setting; call me paranoid ... Kind regards.

Here is a test binary of yt-dlp for Windows XP: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/nltccona7wcnn3otd2ek2/yt-dlp_XP_test.7z?rlkey=8t2m3esh9hy671bkp1wg0xq6a Install Quickjs in your PATH and add `--js-runtimes quickjs` to your config.

it sounds a bit weird to me to be a "hp-printer problem/support forum" or something like "xp support channel from microsoft" but well from what i remember the 128 GB ram patch had a problem with the USB, this was because the ntoskrnl, hal maybe other files was taken from windows vista or windows 2003 server then a USB problem apeared a very common problem with a such method (taken files from a different OS/version) is that it can cause problem - it can be functional, it can be non functional or it can be partly functional so you should look if you use a kernel extender, a certain .iso you can do this by looking the files too look for the usb drivers (not the ones from the HP company) they have names like usbhub.sys ect. (usb*.sys) if you see a version of 6.0 or 5.2 (right click info/version) - your XP uses that 128 GB patch here is a such problem (this one was fixed by using a newer version): https://msfn.org/board/topic/185916-audio-not-working-on-windows-xp-x64-surface-pro-1/#comment-1282549 the usb problem of that 128 GB patch talked about: https://msfn.org/board/topic/176356-simple-xp-32bit-64gb-ram-true-pae-guide/page/2/ its something that should be sorted out of the problem list if you just have the 128 GB patch then you just need to place the usb files

My bad. I took the wrong one. Go here. Now it took 9 seconds to calculate. 😀️

... Indeed ; I still keep an old (2018) version of MABS on an external disk, I used that to "strip" the DLL, $ cd ~ $ strip "libfdk-aac-2.dll" and filesize was reduced from 2.11 MiB to 1.73 MiB (but still larger than the 1.34 MiB of the "xpmod-P4" variety ) ...

Also, several HP support forums suggest that most anti-virus programs seem to be okay. But that MALWARE SOFTWARE (ie, Malwarebytes, Bitdefender, Avast One Essential, ESET Essential, Emisoft) are known to cause printing delays.