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Ok, the problem is Task View broken. Fixed build: https://startisback.com/StartAllBack_setup.exe

Hello @Cixert! You only have to download @heinoganda's Certificate Updater 1.6 and to execute it. Or, you can use one of my self-created offline installers. Both can be found in this post in the section Downloads (11.2.4. Downloads related to Root Certificate Updates): Cheers, AstroSkipper

Vegetable soup helps, I hope you get better soon roytam1.

Test platform: ASUS B85M-E Intel Core i5-4590 8GB RAM SATA HDD min. 60GB Samsung NVMe 970 EVO Plus 250GB in PCIe NVMe M.2 adapter modded bios 3602 > Link How: connect both SATA and NVMe disks to motherboard using diskpart from the Win10 installer (legacy boot), divide the SATA disk into two primary partitions 100MB + active 20GB using diskpart from the Win10 installer (legacy boot), divide the NVMe disk into three primary partitions 100MB active + 20GB + 182GB + unallocated install WinXP PRO SP2 on SATA drive in Legacy (CSM) + SATA IDE mode install all drivers and SATA AHCI by Fernando (reboot to bios and change SATA to AHCI) turn off Indexing Service on all NTFS partitions disable pagefile disable System Restore disable prefetch: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters] "EnablePrefetcher"=dword:00000000 extract storport.sys from WindowsServer2003-KB943545-x86-ENU.exe - in CMD use /x switch copy file storport.sys 5.2.3790.4173 from SP2QFE to %windir%\system32\drivers install NVMe 1.3 Kai Schtrom driver format 100MB partition as FAT32 and copy bootmgr with Longhorn Server 2008 16497 for this partition copy winload.exe with Longhorn Server 2008 16497 to %windir%\system32 replace %windir%\system32\drivers\acpi.sys file with a modified ACPI2.0_v4_x86+x64_5.1+5.2.7z acpi.sys 5.1.2600.7777.4 copy folder Boot (including BCD file and Fonts\wgl4_boot.ttf from Longhorn Server 2008 16497) to FAT32 partition using BootICE edit BCD file in Professional mode - set ApplicationDevice and OSDevice: Boot disk: NVMe Samsung SSD 970 Boot part: 1: (NTFS, 20.0 GB) using Acronis True Image 2021 make a system image (100MB and 20GB partitions) for a xp.tib file using Acronis True Image 2021 restore a system from xp.tib (100MB and 20GB) to NVMe disk boot PC in Legacy mode from NVMe disk - when WinXP boot and menu appear select Disable Driver Signature Enforcement (there is an option in BCD that causes an Advanced Menu to always display) xp32_NVMe.zip (1.56 MB)

I wish you the best recovery from your symptoms.

Wish you a good course and a successful recovery, @roytam1! I've more or less just had it! Unfortunately, the cough doesn't really want to go away.

Use patch from @daniel_k for Windows XP SP3 x86 in any language. https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/drivers-and-tools-to-run-windows-xp-on-newer-hardware.81607/ For Windows Server 2003 SP2 x86 or newer use PatchPAE3 https://github.com/evgen-b/PatchPAE3

Damn. Be strong and get well, roytam1

Haha, I have the same feelings, and I definitely don't want to get my hands in those gears! Maybe a little reminder... to change your mind, you can also check these other topics: Pretty Detox Posts: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183266-pretty-detox-posts/page/21/ so the latest page 21.. The MSFN café - A Penny for Your Thoughts: https://msfn.org/board/topic/182193-the-msfn-café-a-penny-for-your-thoughts/page/56/ latest page 56..

I don't know, I think I'd go nuts staring at the code all day. Imagine code rolling in front of your eyes everywhere you look. Then there are endless to-do lists, things that should've worked right with v1.0, but still don't after a decade, customers complaining all the time and expecting program to read their minds etc.

I've done some tests with 5 different sound cards (physical and virtual) and there is always no sound when using VxD drivers, but sound always work with WDM drivers. Additionally, when I installed some firefox plugins that allowed me to control sound parameters from browser, they said, that no sound card is detected. So probably newer firefoxes do not recognize VxDs