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On Windows Vista, CUDA must be disabled in the GPU driver's control panel to run Vegas Pro 15. If not, it gets hung up on a version check. I will look into it.

Dug up my ancient Vista VirtualBox VM. It runs the same config that I ran when I had Vista on one of my laptops (that laptop died and I opted to not bring it back to life due to it only having Vista [was never really a fan of Vista]). My VM has two Task Scheduler processes that I kill on startup (this also disables "auto defrag" [I hate hate hate auto defrag!]). My number of processes via Task Manager is 29. But two of those are VirtualBox processes. So my laptop would have been running 27. The lower you can get your process count, the better! (OT - my real-world XP only runs 14!)

... The "free of charge for home use only" download requires you "agree to send statistics related to the scanning process and your PC's software and hardware configuration to Doctor Web", else no free download ; more here ...

It's from r/WindowsVista. Link to the post is here.

Do not copypasta text from other sites and make it a thread. Put the link to where you stole this info from. MSFN is in EU so we have the EU Copyright Directive to deal with.

... Same filesize reported here for the stub-installer (filename PANDAFREEAV.exe, dual-signed on 20220312): Below, Windows Explorer's properties window for the offline setup (downloaded ca. 15min ago): Every Windows user is expected to have Windows Explorer available, the same is not true for Total Commander ... It's possible the file is compressed and TC just expands it somehow , or the file might have changed on Panda's servers since the date (20/02/2023 ?) you fetched it yourself ... Additionally, the third-party site (LO4D.com) posted above appears to agree with my report : Best regards

Okay, I believe the problem lies with the .NET Framework - I'll just have to do some digging to figure out what's going on. Whatever it is, I'm almost certain it's the same thing that's causing every security update(legacyupdate.net) for all .NET Framework versions to fail on my system. I'm afk at the moment, but I had the updates running one more time before I left. I'll check in on them when I get back, and will let you know if it miraculously works while I'm gone. BTW thanks for all your help so far guys!

if you are concerned about safety you should uninstall your china made AV - 360 Total Security this will also free up some RAM and reduce CPU usage.

there's is nothing safe in the computing world but it should be quite a bit safer than the unmodified browser. I don't know if @NotHereToPlayGames has other browser projects in the works....

yes

Ok. No SSE2 problem. You said all that happened after a clean reinstall of XP SP3. My next assumption is an essential component is missing or damaged while installing. I would check the Microsoft .NET Framework installation first. BTW, what version is the Panda Dome installer of you used for installation? The version of my offline installer is 15.14.5.0 with a size of 92.041.632 Bytes. And you should get rid of all remnants of previous Panda installations before you start the next attempt.

MWAV - eScan Antivirus Toolkit is an antivirus/antimalware offline scanner for a manual checking of the computer and cleaning if necessary. WiseVector StopX is an AI based antivirus program with a background guard, but its development has stopped, unfortunately So they are completely different and not easy to compare. You will find only a few tests of both tools in the internet. They are not as well known as the AV programs produced by big antivirus manufacturers. MWAV is a good tool, easy to handle and is updated on a regular base. I do trust it. For more information, follow this link to its English homepage: https://www.escanav.com/en/mwav-tools/download-free-antivirus-toolkit.asp If you are looking for an antivirus program with real-time protection under Windows XP, you can try Panda Dome. I wrote about this program in previous posts. In my system, I use both, Panda Dome and MWAV. A good combination, in my opinion.

That's because these are ONLY offered when the videoID is an age-gated one && the tool is youtube-dl; with yt-dlp, as you wrote, the two audio variants, again for age-gated videoIDs, are labelled as "*" and "*-drc* (where drc = Dynamic Range Compression). TL;DR: When you're using youtube-dl and you stumble upon an age-gated videoID, if your script (for audio) specifically requests just "-f 140", then NO download for that ; you'd have to modify the audio format selection to be based on RegExp (and/or, perhaps, file extension of audio file) ...

You always pay with your data. Therefore, these commercial antivirus scanner are not really free. But if you don't want that, you should avoid using Microsoft Windows, especially more recent ones. In these OSs, you always pay with your data, even if you have paid for your Windows. You can switch to Linux or take all kinds of countermeasures. BTW, MWAV - eScan Antivirus Toolkit is free of charge and an offline scanner which doesn't need any internet connections. Updating can be done offline, too. All has been described in this post and the subsequent:

Eins, zwei, drei, vier Meine Freunde, tanz mit mir!

Nice, glad to hear that it worked. Does it work with Tab Mix Plus?

And most importantly we already have a set of solid moderators.

No , you don't wanna do it . Just imagine you would have to read terribly broken English and deal with plonkers of various kinds every day . Some could be very annoying, like little bedbugs or worse. It's a very hard job and should have a good salary ! Let's see. I'd maybe agree for 3 thousands Euro. With respect to all creators/supervisors/moderators of MSFN.

The DIRECT download link to the off-line installer is http://acs.pandasoftware.com/Panda/FREEAV/193309/FREEAV.exe This is indeed of file version 15.14.5.0, it's DUAL-SIGNED on 2022/12/18, but its filesize here comes at only 73.9 MiB (77.535.680 bytes) ... Edit: @Milkinis: Please, refrain from providing third-party download links; "lo4d.com" are not affiliated themselves with PANDA ; the link I posted above has been extracted from PANDA's official on-line (aka "stub") installer... FWIW: Forums rule 1.b:

No, nothing new at the moment.

Thank you so much for this! And after I'm done installing run the .NET update pack correct? Thanks again!

Windows XP x64 1.5eraph_Windows_XP_x64_Post-SP2_UpdatePack_ENU_v2019-08-Final.7z 2.5er_IE8_Addon_2019-08_1_x64 3.WMP11 Addon Server 2003 x64 1.5eraph_Windows_XP_x64_Post-SP2_UpdatePack_ENU_v2019-08-Final.7z 2.5er_IE8_Addon_2019-08_1_x64 3.5eraph_Windows_2003_x64_Post-SP2_Addon_ENU_v2019-08 4. WMP11 Addon You can choose to use it or not. 5er_NT5.2_EoS_FlashAX_32.0.0.465_SIAddon Flash Player 5er_Win7CMDToolsForNT5x_Addon_v2012-01_3_x64 entries_IE8Tweaks ;localization via MUI packs For IE8 5er_IE8MUI-x64_Addon

Panda Dome installs fine in Windows XP Professional SP3. No problems here. My system is fully updated including all POSReady updates. These are the system requirements for installing Panda Dome: Does your CPU support the SSE2 instruction set? Running an installation program that then immediately closes again is something I know well from systems whose CPU does not support SSE2, although the program needs this feature.

Where did u get the reddit post?

Disable "transparency". Axe "aero".

Now another app is working, latest NVDA ScreenReader and a lot of Python 3.x x86 apps! Probably @Win32 added the function GetActiveProcessorCount,

Ximonite aspires to make a better update than blackwingcat updates, based in wildbill rewrited kernel , it has a different way to load dll as vista and newer and if it succeed to his project he will capable to run almost of programs run on vista and newer https://forum.eclectic4un.me/viewtopic.php?t=29

Interesting ! So basically it's the ol' Intel ME, just on steriods. A way around it, maybe wrap some thick aluminum or better copper foil around the module, make a ground wire . Don't forget to isolate the board to prevent shortings.

We already have @blackwingcat for that, and he does an amazing job! If it weren't for him, W2K would not be working on Intel Sandy or Ivy Bridge.

it's not a true AV with background processes that you can't take away, it's in fact a portable scanner.

In my opinion, you should buy an SSD or at least make RAID 0 of two HDDs (not very safe for data). Try to disable indexing and automatic defragmentation (and do it for the system drive, by the way)

I'm planning to build a last rig for XP (4th gen intel) but I 'm not sure it's worthwhile to go that route. I first need to try all of my software utilities (hundreds) with a lightweight W11 to see what they look like, that's a deal breaker to me coz I can't stand these icon's plain colorway I neither updated some programs to the last version for the same reason because they look awuful to my eyes

In general, Vista extended kernel works very well for me in version 20230306. However, I will share my solutions to run software that with the extended kernel does not work properly and some other things. Vegas Pro 18 (and older versions) - For some reason, Vegas Pro 18 as well as older versions such as 16 or 14 did not want to run properly when I used any of the extended kernel versions, latest or older redirected locally. The solution turned out to be a local redirect of the original kernel32.dll, but that's not the end of the story. You have to replace one of the kernel32 imports in the Vegas ErrorReport.dll file using CFF Explorer (I don't remember the exact name, but it is the only import with the beginning of the name K32). The second missing function TryAcquireSRWLockExclusive should be added to the exports using ExportTableTester and CFF Explorer in the original kernel32 redirected locally. MegaDownloader 1.8 - here it was enough to redirect locally kernel32.dll from the October version of the extended kernel. Zoom - to run it, just redirect gdiplus.dll locally from Windows 7. Chromium-based browsers - the March 6 version messed up the video in these browsers, the solution is to install the new March 9 version with the corrected userenv.dll and kernel32.dll file. I also tried to install Office 2013 according to one user's guide, none of the programs wanted to run, I have no idea what caused it, because I installed the good old Office 2010 anyway As for Discord, the unofficial Lightcord client works seamlessly. Be aware, however, that Discord can ban user accounts for using unofficial clients. Win32 mentioned that the failure of the official Discord client to work may be due to IE dependencies. But that would be illogical, since the same client works on Windows 7 with IE8 installed. .NET 4.8 was unfortunately problematic, version 4.6.2 is enough for 95% of the software, and it does not cause problems with application performance.

@win32 released a revised version of the March 6 extended kernel, Chromium problem resolved

It is possibly related to the bug where it cannot access audio devices. I have solved it along with the general audio issues, but now need to solve another issue with .NET applications.

Yep, I reverted the preference dom.webcomponents.enabled back to its default setting. Too much errors in my web console. An old, weak CPU also has advantages, though. The user notices immediately that something is getting out of hand.

But be warned that using this switch will prevent some Cloudflare security checks from functioning.

I think I found out the intruder. I have used this extension to temporarily disable all extensions https://browsernative.com/disable-chrome-extensions-apps/ then I tried different words on the upper google search bar in order to find one that would trigger the issue I have just discovered that when this extension is enabled it will pop the error window off https://browsernative.com/user-agent-chrome-extension/

Here are two screenshots of MWAV - eScan Antivirus Toolkit, one of the program's main window, the other of the updater, both taken from my installation: The installer file is about 300 MB in size. To install MWAV on the computer, I recommend extracting the installer manually to the target directory and calling the executable file mexe.com or MWAVL.exe there. Reason: If the installer is called directly, all files are extracted to the system's temporary folder. For me, this is not an option. The program is compatible with Windows XP/Vista/7/8 and 2008, comes from Germany and is currently available in version 22.0.52 (DB). Don't worry, the program's interface is in English if this is your system language! Getting a second opinion in case of doubt or checking the system quickly, offline, is a good idea in any case. I have therefore integrated it into my system. Kind regards, AstroSkipper

The new Inventory system works now on all Windows versions. The last update available is from March 2002 on Windows NT4.0.

Is ther any snapshots of V2 in the wayback machine or pictures from it ?

V1, I don't know, but v2 yes. V2 was designed for w98, and was shut down a long time ago.

Did Windows Update v1 and v2 are actually exist?

If i can remember, Yes. but this only is offered for 95,NT 4.0 or newer.

You just joined and made only one post. We know absolutely nothing about you and we're going to trust you with moderator status?

A mole hill would be a better metaphor rather than an exploding building.

Best to just be nice to everyone here to be safe. The forum rules are for direct talking but Vistapocalypse didn't use it that way. The word dude has some different types of meaning to different people. In general in the US it is just used towards everyone and no one cares about it. How it can be used in other countries and which of the historical "definitions" or connotations it is associated with I don't know. Such as if the word became known in x country to relate to one of the old meanings such as "person from city/out of their element" and then that country did not go through the word progression that happened in the US, then many TV and movies from US use the term, there may be a different understanding in that country. But in general "dude" is casual speak and can work everywhere but in a professional or corporate environment. As such, there are some people who take offense to the word dude, typically professionals and those in corporate environments, doctors or government people. But no issue for anyone to call anyone dude on the forum.

Some time ago I installed Vista from NTFS partition with its installation files to the same NTFS partition. The disk already had Microsoft's MBR from before, so I just marked the target partition as active. I then launched CMD after the installation environment booted, renamed all files and folders on the disk root which name started with "boot" to something else (so the installation environment wouldn't be added to the boot menu of the finalized installation) and launched setup.exe from sources folder. A similar procedure would probably work for later versions as well, maybe even for UEFI systems with some adjustments.

Well it's still working at the moment, I got a cumulative update patch via Windows Update two days ago, and Windows Update still seems to be working now, patching the Windows Defender. I'm guessing the "change", if it happens, may well come with the next Patch Tuesday roll-out on September 14th. We will see what happens!