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I tried this with the Asus P8H61-M LE R2 with CPU 2Gen Sandy Bridge + RAM 2GB CPU patch works but I need also use memory patch by Rudolph (PATCHMEM.EXE) I tried the GeForce 6200 PCIe card but no driver works 77.72, 81.98 - memory protection error VXDLDR, same as https://msfn.org/board/topic/141402-windows-95-21ghz-cpu-limit-broken/page/7/#findComment-949596 there is one PCI slot on the motherboard but Win95 sees no card in the Device Manager (I tried SB128 and SB Live) I managed to install the VBEMP iGPU driver and I have a native resolution of the 1280x1024 monitor but it does not work 3D SATA disk works in IDE mode keyboard USB (bios emulation PC/AT) mouse PS2 (motherboard has one PS2 port) If I start Win95 with a USB FAT32 stick connected, he sees it as a fixed hard drive and you can copy files from it

I have made a new update pack to remove Automatic Updates. As Automatic Updates is required for the entire installation of Windows I have had to remove it after installation using a batch file called by an entry in the HKCU RunOnce key which means that you have to set up a user account during setup. There are two versions of this adddon depending if Windows is to be installed on drve C or drive D. I am not a Windows command scripting expert, but it ought to be possible to write au.bat so that it detects the the drive letter of the partition on which Windows is installed using an IF EXIST command maybe in conjunction with the GO TO command and imports the appropriate reg file to delete locked files during the next reboot . This would remove the necessity for two versions of the addon. If anyone has an idea how this could be done please let us know. File: AutomaticUpdates_DeleteAddon_C.7z (Dropbox) File: AutomaticUpdates_DeleteAddon_C.7z (Google Drive) File: AutomaticUpdates_DeleteAddon_C.7z (4Shared) MD5: 24172B42A960D82CC7D22DE689140E1 SHA-1: C5AE2C43B06C2741AB0442EEFB8376CD1A85406E Size: 2 KB Build date: 16/08/2026 File: AutomaticUpdates_DeleteAddon_D.7z (Dropbox) File: AutomaticUpdates_DeleteAddon_D.7z (Google Drive) File: AutomaticUpdates_DeleteAddon_D.7z (4Shared) MD5: E2B97417D9062791D50CDDAC02EB043A SHA-1: CB1A81E2C8DFEC8A870025FC6F429497E9E30D8F Size: 2 KB Build date: 16/08/2026

Today DL works again without SABR.

They should have equal functionality. Though the Windows 7 version, built with Python 3.13 might be somewhat faster (didn't check). P.S. I've fixed the update issue with the .exe versions; no errors and warnings any more: [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/nicolaasjan/yt-dlp/releases/latest [debug] Downloading _update_spec from https://github.com/nicolaasjan/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/_update_spec [debug] Downloading SHA2-256SUMS from https://github.com/nicolaasjan/yt-dlp/releases/download/2025.08.16.082053/SHA2-256SUMS Current version: nicolaasjan/yt-dlp@2025.08.14.072314 Latest version: nicolaasjan/yt-dlp@2025.08.16.082053 Current Build Hash: 3becb2e3a07da4635929c347ef2c2499e30ab1752b55154d7168a47eca0bff66 Updating to nicolaasjan/yt-dlp@2025.08.16.082053 ... [debug] Downloading yt-dlp_x86_win7.exe from https://github.com/nicolaasjan/yt-dlp/releases/download/2025.08.16.082053/yt-dlp_x86_win7.exe Updated yt-dlp to nicolaasjan/yt-dlp@2025.08.16.082053

Rebooting takes 30s, i wouldn't let Windows running for weeks personnally ...

... Your generalised , yet unhelpful , comment about AVs aside, what I actually meant with "berserk" was that the ZIP archive (and contained yt-dlp.exe binary) shared by nicolaasjan previously here was flagged, more specifically the wrapper DLL file "libxt.dll"; I'm sure this is a false positive, yet many AV engines won't "tolerate" well such wrapper DLLs, which hook and alter system file behaviour ; on VT, half (31/67) the engines listed there ALSO flag the archive as "malicious": https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/6ee52d1561e7ba3fc833eef35673d35b5325b2a5aad4efeeda5a1ae2c08aba41/detection ... but let's NOT turn this into an AV pros & cons discussion; MSFN has a dedicated forum/thread, oftentimes turbulent and cyber-bullied ... I whitelisted the archive and binary, what I wanted to convey was that the binary wouldn't even launch under Vista SP2, let alone perform a video download test ...

What problem to create a forum account to get full access? You need to register on many forums to download an attachment. P.S. Anyway, just read the previous post carefully to get drivers without creating an MDL account.

So far the WinXP and Win7 versions have equal functionality, right? "makes my antivirus solution go completely berserk" That's the trouble with anti-virus, and it uses your computer power to display his berserk behavior.

You were right, there was an error in my `update.py` (Locally; not in the source on GitHub yet). I have uploaded a new x86_win7 file.

https://www.google.com/search?q=XP2ESD Edit: Much of the MDL threads linked above require a login to view. Github links can be found by searching for "XP2ESD".

There is also another thing that could cause hang ups in bios. Disable USB booting if you're not booting from USB. That could cause hang ups in some motherboards because they're checking if what you plugged is bootable.

There is one thing that came to mind about MyPal 68 and that was it's SSE2. But after checking the specs, the Intel Pentium D Dual Core, which is in my system, is not only SSE2 but also SSE1, SSE3 and MMX compatible so that's not it. ????

Thanks for that info. So there is a reason why there is such a lag before Windows is fully functional. I'll try your suggestion.

Greetings It search for "yt-dlp_win7_x86.exe" but "yt-dlp_x86_win7.exe" exists. Please take look at _get_binary_name() in yt_dlp\update.py Best regards

I've had trouble with Realtek in the past. They can be a PITA. Just use those cheap TP-Links. They work fine on XP and you'll have less headaches. TP-Link Amazon

I was notified by someone, that the `--update` option used for the Windows 7 builds, now gives an error: [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/nicolaasjan/yt-dlp/releases/latest [debug] Downloading _update_spec from https://github.com/nicolaasjan/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/_update_spec [debug] Downloading SHA2-256SUMS from https://github.com/nicolaasjan/yt-dlp/releases/download/2025.08.14.072314/SHA2-256SUMS WARNING: The hash could not be found in the checksum file, skipping verification Current version: nicolaasjan/yt-dlp@2025.08.10.082046 Latest version: nicolaasjan/yt-dlp@2025.08.14.072314 Current Build Hash: f5bfc88f5fc6eee457a74efc80aeb0f0ffed3f5943569cc443fbe689d83ef829 Updating to nicolaasjan/yt-dlp@2025.08.14.072314 ... [debug] Downloading yt-dlp_win7_x86.exe from https://github.com/nicolaasjan/yt-dlp/releases/download/2025.08.14.072314/yt-dlp_win7_x86.exe ERROR: The requested tag nicolaasjan/yt-dlp@2025.08.14.072314 does not exist How do I solve this???

USB3 and other ported drivers can be found in my WinXP 64-bit and WinXP 32-bit projects on MDL: https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/winxp-64-bit-on-a-modern-pc-iso-boot-wim-install-wim.88435/ https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/winxp-32-bit-on-a-modern-pc-iso-boot-wim-install-wim.88834/ Look at tutorial.html in my signature. P.S. I tested also Generic SD/MMC driver and works OK with SD Card. The content of sdbus.inf file indicates that drivers should also work with eMMC disks. Unfortunately, I tried on Dell Wyse 5070 but the WinXP 64-bit does not see the eMMC disk so I have no way to check if the drivers work. I am very curious if you can use the eMMC disk in WinXP - boot or as a data storage?

I would not recommending mounting a wim from inside of the WinPE, rather do these mount operations outside and build a custom boot.wim to use in your installation.

You can change the letters like that, but you do it in the PE. Those letter assignments are temporary to that PE instance only and get reset everytime you boot. In my implementation I would run a diskpart script that would change the VOL C to VOL N every time WinPE booted. Then when I deployed a desktop OS, I would use a diskpart script to prepare Disk 1 and make the OS volume destination letter W. After imaging, when Windows booted, those drive letter assignments would be forgotten and the volumes re-enumerated. The result was that the OS volume would become C. Differences being, I used startnet.cmd for the initial WinPE set. Winpeshl is only used if you absolutely need to hide the cmd window when WinPE boots. I had only used winpeshl when building fully automated solutions like a burn-in program or hard disk recovery (if WinRE is not available). Also I did not use Setup because Setup does what it wants, instead I deployed using DISM so I can have full control of volume letters.

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maybe we can make a minimal version of replacement DLLs that just work with what they missed.

I tested adang1345's Python 3.14.0rc1 and was able to build and run yt-dlp on Windows 7 (in a VM snapshot). That should give us 5 years. Only issue: I had to compile the Brotli dependency myself, because it is not yet offered on PyPI. Cffi wheel for Python 3.14 was found here.

Hey guys, can I request a "restart" button around where check for updates is? The issue is that after some weeks of uptime suddenly start menu goes on top of everything - fullscreen games, apps, remote desktop, anything. Nothing helps: - changing all sort of options to make it refresh - killing and restarting explorer - changing position on screen/size/autohide, nothing Only if I check for updates and there is an update it downloads it and restart and that fixes it... till next time. So please can I have a smallish update with a button to restart it and I'll be happy again, because now it annoys the hell out of me sitting on top of my full screen programs/games

Well it would be nice, if they would provide some simple tools to analyze boot process - without some server / developer only blob and better error code handling.. ntbtlog.txt is far from good too, especially if they removed classic installation repair from the boot media.. and automatic registry backup is also disabled by default - as far if its not included within restore point itself. I dont even speak about bcd disaster.. which is really not good idea.. as its complicated object tree, unable to handle multi EFI parititon system, multiple files with Ids (1x boot\bcd, often cloned to windows partition too ; 3x (rescue bcd + rescue.xml) once on EFI partition, once in C:\Recovery and once in recovery Partition )., full of ids which are just made up from thin air, instead of using real partition IDs as Grub2, which at least had one text config file and more only if you are using autogenerating templates and its config files in etc/default/grub.. is not Otherwise if understand that diagram downgrade to MBR non UEFI and TPM install actually provide better logging.. I wonder its possible to use MBR booting - winload.exe instead of winload.efi on disk which is actually GPT? If i remember correctly i was using this with Windows 7 for quite a long time, but i tough that UEFI would be upgrade. It should be better with newer versions not worse, but they rather aim on start button position and new not backward compatible user interface API. So only real solution is make system partitions often.. with is not better in these days too, because every second application creating zillion of small cache files, instead of some big cache file.

Can I use this in a batch file : select volume G assign letter=A select volume D assign letter=T select volume E assign letter=U select volume F assign letter=D To change the DIsk letters? is it recommended to do this right before booting? Or in Boot.wim in winpeshl? To make sure it doesn't change it back? BTW I originally assigned the letters inside of Winpeshl.ini! using diskpart why did it change it? Thank you so far