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Regarding the title of this thread, something just occurred to me: once you've installed all the updates you intend to, now would be a good time to make a full system backup. That way, if you ever need to restore, you'll be able to restore a fully-patched system and not have to worry about whether Windows Update still works for XP.

If, instead, MS nuked Windows 10 with extreme prejudice and released 7 SP2, 8 SP1 and 8.1 SP1, the world would become a wonderful place.

This might help users running old hardware with SSE support only, non-SSE2 or greater. There was scattered information on this thread and elsewhere regarding update breakage, which was experienced on an old system with a fresh POSReady2009 install (contains SP3) updated to this last patch Tuesday, >200 updates from 2009-2019. Fresh installs can selectively exclude culprit updates or just mass update and use Add/Remove Programs to clean up the carnage. No Virtual Machine here, lots of painstaking reboots to confirm the breakages reported. The setup is simple, no .NET Framework, no additional MS software (eg. no Microsoft Office, don't use Access), no scanner or printer connected. No extensive testing, just a test install to ensure the following works: boot, shutdown, Windows Explorer, Control Panel items, sound, USB, internet, IE8, WMP11, etc. All updates were hoarded for future installs, should Microsoft choose to shut down updates. These items were flagged 'SSE2', as other users reported possible issues with these updates on non-SSE2 capable hardware. Items appended 'INSTALLED' were installed anyway, as they did not appear to cause breakage on the limited test system. 201708_SSE2_KB4034775_NoObviousProblemMayAffectJetDatabase_MS_Access2000_INSTALLED 201808_SSE2_KB4343674_BREAKS_WMP_IE8 201809_SSE2_KB4458000_BREAKS_WMP_IE8 201809_SSE2_KB4458006_NoObviousProblem_INSTALLED 201810_SSE2_KB4462987_BREAKS_WMP_IE8 201810_SSE2_KB4463573_NoObviousProblem_INSTALLED 201812_SSE2_KB4473077_BREAKS_WMP_IE8 201902_SSE2_KB4486463_NoObviousProblem_INSTALLED 201902_SSE2_KB4486464_NoObviousProblem_INSTALLED 201902_SSE2_KB4487085-v2_BREAKS_WMP_IE8 201903_SSE2_KB4490385_BREAKS_WMP_IE8 201904_SSE2_KB4495022_BREAKS_WMP_IE8

Additional KBs were noted as problematic when researching issues on non-SSE2 capable systems, listed below. Fresh installs may not see all these updates, which may have been replaced by later KBs: 3163249 (.NET Framework related) 4042007 4050795 4074852 4093257 4134651 4340937 Anyone using this older hardware may simply choose not to install updates, especially if the system is running well and/or is only used offline. Alternatively, avoid installing updates from August 2018 onward, when these SSE2 issues first appeared. Darn it MS for breaking hardware support during the 'supported' lifecycle of an OS.

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Indeed so. I make a full iso backup of my Windows 10 drive every week, as the facility is built-in there. I think it's time to make one of my Windows XP drive too!

The add-on's options dialog has a warning that can be ignored: Of course, that warning actually applies only to Firefox, which no longer runs the add-on as of FF 57. "Serpent" add-on technology is not "modernizing;" that was the whole point of forking the browser in the first place! So go ahead and enable the "Save Page In Archive" option; there's nothing to fear.

You mean something like: https://freefilesync.org/ jaclaz

I sometimes wonder if MS guys throw patches with errors they can't solve, and then watch MSFN boards and wait for you guys to solve them. Y'all rock!

http://www.mediafire.com/file/lfbashny8x84nfx/AG4FFCR_ver.0.0.0.6.zip/file Firefox/Iron/Opera/Chrome patcher to enable Aero Glass. You must restart PC after patch.

@Dibya, I change 3 Byte. Look at acpi.sys with Hexeditor and replace 75F87414FF -> 75F8EB14FF 84C07508FF -> 84C0EB08FF 59597C21A1 -> 59597C00A1 thats all. It overcomes some stupid tests from acpi.sys in DSDT table in Bios (for example checksum). This was the breakthrough for full ACPI support in XP on all newer motherboards Dietmar

Microsoft seems to know that there is a large amount of people who are sticking with Windows 7 (and with good reason) by now. Why they have selectively ported features (Edge, and now DX12 for some games) from 10 to 7 is a bit mind boggling though, especially in the last year of support. It's welcome, I guess, if you have a use for DX12, but you would think they would still continue to try and force users to 10 as they have continuously done in the past.

WinXP x64 SP2 contains many components introduced in WinXP x86 SP3 e.g.: Microsoft Management Console 3.0 WLAN WPA2 support MS UAA HD Audio etc.

Does Rule #1 ring any bells, perhaps?

In Dark mode, glass on navbar option is invalid. Are there any solutions for this problem?