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I have not tried to do an installation the way you are thinking about. I would use a solution where the drive letter doesn't matter, which typically means to include the files I need to be installed (including the .cmd file) in the image itself, so that all paths are relative aka on C:\ already.

As a failure stub, the number of parameters (1, not 2) don't match and it will never return FALSE as needed. Try FindNextFileA instead.

Here's what I have so far... in AutoUnattend.xml : <RunSynchronous> <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <Order>1</Order> <Description>Search for the unique folder name, and set the drive letter as a variable</Description> <Path>cmd /c for %i in (D E F G H I J K L N M O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do if exist %i\Batches setx /m USBDRIVE=%i:</Path> </RunSynchronousCommand> <Description>Dirs</Description> <Order>2</Order> <Path>%USBDRIVE%\batches\Directories.cmd</Path> </RunSynchronousCommand> </RunSynchronous> Should This Boot the VM over and over again? How do I stop the Reboots? How do I visually see what this is doing? Can this be done in the <RunSyncronous> or do I have to use <RunAsyncronous>? Should the line with setx be set? is the if exist line correct? Where do I add the line %USBDrive%\Batches is on %USBDirve? this should cycle through the Hard Drive and use the drive letter where the directory "batches" and put it into a variable %i . Then it should use whatever is in %USBrive to run Directories in the directory batches. Where is the error!? TIA JTM

I can't remember the full details, but the wuaueng.dll I'm using is dated 2nd June 2012, and it is a modified version (for SHA-2) so that could well be the issue.

Well, what workaround you were using? patched wuaueng.dll will use the same backend as Win7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsStHxtVr_w

What? Where i can download this miracle? I want see this!

It appears that Windows Defender Updates may not work any longer without the Windows Update service enabled. Tried to enable the update service, and it worked. Turning off the service and trying to update Defender fails with an error now.

@Dietmar Yea, I found solution: extract devcon.exe tool from XP ISO > SUPPORT\TOOLS\SUPPORT.CAB to %windir% press Win+R and run gpedit.msc in Device Manager check Device ID MS UAA device - mine has DEV_0F04 go to Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Scripts (Startup/Shutdown) and open Startup click Show Files and using Windows notepad make script re_UAA.cmd (use yours MS UAA Device ID) @echo off devcon disable *DEV_0F04 devcon enable *DEV_0F04 click Add... > Browse... - select created script and click OK then close gpedit window restart WinXP after the restart, the system's starting sound is not heard and no speaker icon in tray but when the system starts fully, in device manager is OK and Realtek sound card works P.S. devcon.exe version must be same architecture - best from same ISO as installed OS because 32-bit version cannot disable/enable device in the 64-bit OS !!!

First of all, people typically don't respond well to demands to give answers or do all of the work for you. Second, it would be good for you to explain how exactly you are designing your deployment workflow. Since you mention using both XML types (one for install, one for sysprep) it leads me to believe that you are making a deployment image. I have never personally found it useful to add any scripting into Autounattend.xml to begin with because that is only for creating the base installation. It is different if you also intend to use it for a recovery scenario, but in that case you wouldn't end up using two XML files anyways. I've only operated in a structured deployment environment where the need for determining drive letters or scanning for volumes wasn't needed. Nevertheless, for post deployment customizations I would use FirstLogonCommands in the oobeSystem phase to specify a single .cmd file. Then within that .cmd file that would be where I would include the scripts. But as I said, I never would need to have to scan for volumes and if I did have to do something like that, I would likely end up writing a program to handle that type of task so that I can leverage WMI and Win32 API calls.

Thanks, very interesting. My authorization.xml file has an expiry date in it of 2014-11-17, so it appears to have expired over ten years ago! The article does say that the expiry of that file is not relevant on the XP version of Microsoft Update when using Legacy Update. "Legacy Update hosts a proxy service to connect to this server, which we use on Windows 2000, XP, and Vista. Due to the way Microsoft Update is designed, configuring a custom server in the registry also inherently allows it to receive Microsoft Update updates. It also means the expiry doesn’t apply, because the authorization file is no longer relevant. This is the workaround we most likely would have used." I don't know if that also applies with the workarounds I and others here are using, but the fact that the file actually expired many years ago would seem to indicate that. So, why isn't it working any more?

So has Win32ss engineered the patch for Supermium, even though it's only at Chromium 132? It is based on the ESR version, which should surely be able to have the patch applied?

@Dietmar Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaa - it works After disabling and enabling Microsoft UAA Bus Driver for High Definition Audio, WinXP finds 2 new sound devices - Realtek and Intel. I have drivers for Realtek so I can install them now and the sound works Thanks a lot Dietmar, I would never think of disabling then enabling UAA can help detect audio devices I need to add a script to the autostart which restarts the MS UAA driver and should be ok.

It does. Sorry. Typo. It is burNmem. https://github.com/Baron-von-Riedesel/XMSTools There are different internal results for Windows Memory Manager. And using DOS tools has much more strict effect in memory limiting.

@reboot12 Make some tests with disable and enable the Microsoft UAA drivers in System Devices. I remember, that I had the same problem and the admin @Dave-H here also with Baytrail Flex 10 and XP and sound Dietmar

I would a piece of to put into my autunattend.xml and unattend.xml to search through all drives except a,b and c. This code will set a variable to %Drive and then run a batch file called apps,utils and batches then run z.cmd inside a folder on app,utils and batches. how is done? Show in code!

Can you read with understanding? I do not have a dedicated card, both are integrated - one of the Realtek motherboard and the other with the Intel processor and both work OK in Win7, Win10. The point is that in WinXP they are not visible in the device manager so I can't install the drivers. And no, in the bios it is impossible to disable the Intel card integrated with the processor, you can only disable the Realtek card integrated with the motherboard but I do not want to disable because I have drivers to it and I would like to use it in WinXP:

You are right. You need version 138 or above to get the patch. If folks don't want to update, the patch is unavailable to them. For those folks, the only safe option is to turn off the V8 optimizer as described previously. I suppose, in theory, someone skilled in building Chromium could apply the patch to earlier versions, but I can't imagine anyone would do so, unless there were a very popular old version that many folks were reluctant to update from.

https://adamdemasi.com/2025/07/04/windows-7-microsoft-update-issue.html

this should be reported to upstream. maybe related but the patch there doesn't help: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1296410

When one has a dedicated card, the onboard needs to be disabled in BIOS.

That was clear, but from what they tell, looks like the patch is intended to be applied only to 138+. Who would write a patch for the old 132, while we are at 140+ already?

i was referring to group of people they selected even more ironic they taped it and showed to public you can still find it, bunch of brainless people who never used pc...

Hello again roytam1, is there any possible chance getting this website below, to work ? i need to access it, but It always crashes when i try to load it, the page doesnt even show up or load at all...just instantly crashes when i try to visit it. https://spectrumsurveys.com I dont know exactly how long it's been happening before but the last version i had of Basilik was from April 2025 and it crashed then... and still does on your latest July 4th build.

Microsoft Update seems to be no longer working for me. It had been fine, although I hadn't tried it for a long time. Now getting error 0x80248015 as soon as the scan starts.