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Hi All, This isn't my project however I have tested and found it to be working https://github.com/werwolf2303/SpotifyXP It's based on Java and restores music streaming for XP.

... Like I said: "We" have built resilient communities here at MSFN, consisting of people on, so called, "legacy" Windows OSes their vendor no longer supports (or, even tries to sabotage nowadays ), but outside of such communities hostility, FUD, fake facts, etc. is the rule ... That's why I find it useless now in 2023 to "argue" with app authors about extending/continuing their support on older OSes; I did do it in the first years after Vista's EoS (2017); even at that time, most of them (especially on GitHub) were under a firm conviction my Vista laptop had already become part of the botnet... And, as you said, there's no way you could talk them out of such convictions... Alas, we have to help each other now ...

@lmacri: At the time of this writing, MBL 3.5.1.2522 can still successfully update its malware definitions on-line, both when installed on WinXP SP3 ("Premium" version, see here, here and here), and Vista SP2 ("Free" version, see here) ...

... "They" seem to have moved your post to its own standalone thread now: https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/296406-windows-xp-does-not-have-lifetime-support/ You should probably edit that first post, to include a link to the originating thread, so it doesn't look out of place on its own ; truth be told, I don't think you can achieve much there, except for venting a bit ...

There is no fact on what exactly goes into creating oil, so it could be plankton but it could also be some other mechanism we are not aware of. All of the information I can find about the natural creation of oil uses terms like "theory" or "consensus" which indicates we have no actual proof of the true answer. They may be correct or maybe not, maybe plankton or dinosaurs or both or neither.

You can fix this error using ReShade. Get the installer from here, extract the installer using 7-Zip or WinRAR, copy ReShade64.dll to the game's installation folder, and then rename it to dxgi.dll.

... Many thanks for testing this ; so, it proves it can still successfully update its definitions, the same way as on WinXP ... But this finding of yours contradicts with the linked discussion in the MB Support Forum ; not that sterling of a "support", is it? I bet no-one there actually tried that "legacy" 3.5.1 version on either XP/Vista - yet, they were quick to disseminate what they were probably trained to say: "Every WinOS below Win10 is a security menace" (and what I found particularly distasteful was their suggestion below: ; I'm not a native English speaker, but, surely, "by crook" doesn't imply pirated versions, does it? ) ...

I think those of us using Malwarebytes Premium 3.5.1 on XP (the late great dencorso was also a fan BTW) have always assumed, perhaps naively, that Malwarebytes would not pull the pattern updates for the program without some notice being given. Unless and until they perhaps change the format of the pattern updates to a format that 3.5.1 does not understand, I can't see any reason why they would do it. If the format does change, I can see that they wouldn't want to carry on producing the old format as well just to keep compatibility with 3.5.1, but you never know. This was posted less than a year ago, which looks hopeful in the short term, as does this. Don't worry, I'm under no illusion that pattern updates will remain forever, and I know they could be pulled at any time, I just hope there is some notice given.

In a nutshell - not relevant. For one, that only tracks "official Chromium", not Chromium Forks. Further, this sort of "vulnerability tracking" is only relevant to those that do not run XP. If you are "concerned" or "worried" when you visit a "report" such as that, then XP IS NOT FOR YOU. Neither is Win10, as far as that goes. When a user opts to run "older" Operating Systems and in turn Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes (ie, the TITLE OF THIS THREAD), that user is aware and ACCEPTS the RISKS associated therein.

My question on Malwarebytes' forum: AdvancedSetup's direct reply: Maybe, this Root Admin is not able to answer a question accordingly and correctly. It is possible he always gives the same reply "support of version 3.5.1 will end soon". Whatever support he is referring to. I can't really assess his skills. Seems to me more of a robot.

My Windows XP machine works perfectly. There is nothing to give up. If Malwarebytes stops providing definition updates for their version 3.5.1.2522, I have enough other options which of course are not comparable to those in Windows 7 and up. But my options are sufficient for the foreseeable future. And I will share the knowledge about these options here, of course.

So that is what I thought was right. Thanks.

Spotify isn't open-source.

I'm not surprised! There was definitely a backlash when people found out about the minimum requirements for 11 at first. I'm honestly impressed that 10/11 can run on this PC as well as they do...so it's great to have them available as options for the future. For now I'm quite interested to see how far 360 and other XP/Vista-compatible browsers can be extended with UA tricks. That should also work well for 7+ users going forward!

Even Microsoft themselves have a guide on how to bypass hardware requirements.

I wouldn't be surprised if they decided to pull them now, to be honest.

Welcome to the MSFN!

This project has NEVER been intended to carry XP into the year 2030 and beyond. NEVER. This project was intended only to "extend" XP and buy me some time before migrating to Win10. This project has served the purpose that I needed it for, I no longer install XP on any of my re-installs, all re-installs have been migrated to Win10 one-by-one. I follow the lead of "professional programmers", none of them devote time to XP, Vista, or 7. Hobbyists, yes. But "professional programmers" have moved on. As much as I respect and appreciate the user base (which you yourself, D.Draker, admit that you are not among) of my 360Chrome "rebuilds", I encourage that user base to actually take that same path. That path being to migrate away from XP, skip right over Vista and 7, get 10 or 11 to your liking (you will need other forums for that learning curve), and you should be fine until the year 2030. Trying to get XP to carry me into the year 2030 is a dog chasing its tail, I am not a dog. Again, I never set out to carry XP into the year 2030. What we have currently should carry us forward 2 or 3 more years, that is pure speculation for any of us to guess. That has served the only purpose I set out to fulfill - buy me some time. "Mission accomplished."

By hook or by crook means "by any means necessary". Here's a Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/By_hook_or_by_crook So, in this case: "by any means necessary to get onto Windows 10 or 11."

I think we can all find something to be happy about even if just little things lift our spirit temporally or distractions. Hopefully we'll all find our way regardless and find the light - its out there.

@VistaLover Here's a picture of Malwarebytes Legacy 3.5.1.2522 on Vista SP2 x64: As you can see, the update package version is 1.0.29424, which is the latest at the moment.

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bye bye. I have already deleted the crap PANDA DOME. the user interface looks terrible to my eyes with sliding hidden menus and awuful visual style, this is one out of many reasons why I hate the modern Windows editions. it's slower overall whether scanning files or launching the program than is AVAST I have a folder on the desktop with 8 malicious files (they are not false positives) all them flagged by AVAST but this PANDA DOME did only spot 1 out of 8 more, I have another folder with a virus and this PANDA DOME showed it was moved into the virus chest which is not true. more, if you restore a file from the virus chest PANDA DOME will not flag it over again because it will be seen as a clean file which is not true more, I restarted the computer and to my surprise the virus chest got wiped out for no apparent reason. more, the report log displays ''unknown name'' so it's not even able to tell the name of the suspicious detected trojans. the only plus side of PANDA DOME is that it allows you to fully disable it to prevent any service from loading on startup, this is not possible with AVAST long story short short I don't recommend the crap PANDA DOME to anyone a recent review claimed BIT DEFENDER to be the best scoring AV and AVAST in second place but it doesn't support XP anymore unfortunately

Heyas, The short read: I'm Rosey from Down Under, my time here will be 99% reading and 1% communicating. The long read: Recently built a socket 478 Pentium 4. Last one of those we had died in 2009, asus motherboard gave up the ghost. All our younglings are flying the nest, or working, time to get back to what I enjoyed. Using 3dmax to create new characters, buildings etc, for old games. Winxp 32bit on i7 was the successor from our burnt out asus socket 478 build. Alot of the older game tools didn't like the 64bit processor, win10 on a later i7, the older apps and tools disliked that even more. So enough of that, time for the old retro build made specifically for the task! The build: Sourced a New in box, socket 478 motherboard that supported Pci-e and ddr2. A 3.4ghz cpu, 4 gigabyte of memory (667mhz), a New in box gt 9400 graphics card, A new corsair 750w power supply. Up until now, everytime we upgrade, it's been to throw about 6k at the latest hardware and use it for years, picture, great hardware, generic cases, pc poked into the slot in desk and door closed. This time I am bothering with Rgb, and water cooling. Though we've alwayys used Aio with the i7's, now it's time for a custom loop. The noise: Needless to say, during the procuring process, many spares have been purchased as well. An original P4 socket 478 cpu cooler was added to this build to get it up and running, water cooling items still on their way (Things can take forever to deliver to Australia) Yeah! No.. No no no. I'm sure everyone knows how loud vacuum cleaners can be? That is the sum of just the stock Cpu fan and 9400gt fan sound. Maybe a little hyperbole on how loud it is, but not by alot. It's loud! The mess: It's a Nzxt H440 case, fittingly retro appearing. The top, front and side panels are all off. It's a mess of wires. The ssd hangs in mid air and a cd drive sits atop it all. It runs, I've been applying applications, protection and having arrived here and finding a web browser, that too. The dream: A quiet system. The rgb fans have been tested already. Whisper quiet, especially since the case has sound proofing. A custom pink liquid loop for cpu and graphics card. and it's looking to be white wires. The local pc store has pink and white, yet for some reason the pci6 pin and 8 pin, one uses a black connector, the other, white. Go figure. White will be the easiest. The resevoir is a barrow with full length lcd display reading from aida installed on pc, let's see how that goes. Worst case scenario, it dislikes the retro rig and is then just resevoir. ~ Rosey

I'll be looking at Steam. I'll hope to at least make something work after the last client, but seeing as how everything in modern Steam is a webview of sorts it's probably going to be impossible unless it still just works with the old CEF.

True there haven't been any actual program updates for 3.5.x for many years now, but Malwarebytes support would still help you if you had problems with it. I suspect it's that which will now end, if it hasn't already. That's a different issue to the ending of pattern updates for the program.

I completely agree. @AstroSkipper I am so sorry for your loss, though.

Hopefully, yup.

Hi @Rosey, hello from Belgium and welcome to MSFN! I wish you to enjoy the forums! Have a nice day. hpwamr

The support for Malwarebytes Premium 3.5.1.2522 has already been dropped for years. No new program updates! As far as I correctly understood and I asked there directly, they want to drop the definition updates (what you call pattern updates) for this version. Look in "my" thread there whatever my thread means in that forum! I think my thread is more their thread!

XP (and Vista) users should really keep an eye on that thread ; things look grim ... The opening post there displays a picture of what Dave described in a previous post here: However, this time the MB staff aren't interested in "resolving it"; according to the reporter (and confirmed by a staff member), Malwarebytes Premium Legacy 3.5.1.2522 can no longer receive def updates under Vista/Win7 - thanks to user feedback in this thread, we do know XP installations still receive these ; but all the MB staff can, apparently, do is endlessly recite ad nauseam the "inherent perils of running Microsoft unsupported Windows versions like XP/Vista ; as per @Imacri's post 3hr ago, MB staff have started wiping out Forum references to "Malwarebytes support for legacy Windows XP and Vista Operating Systems"; what comes next ? OT: @mina7601; Since you seem to have a Vista SP2 VM installed, could you be so kind as to try MB Legacy 3.5.1.2522 there and check whether its defs can be updated? Thanks in advance ... I didn't want to miss the opportunity to post a statement about Malwarebytes and what's going on there in the aforementioned thread: https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/296406-windows-xp-does-not-have-lifetime-support/#comment-1561182 In case of deleting my comment, I made a picture from my statement: Cheers, AstroSkipper

it is good not post patch guide here for the obvious reasons. so if you could make a patch installer and upload it so we can take it ,it would be fine i quess

It's not technically "external". It is "inline" to the local domain. Default blocked - With on-domain scripts allowed but third-party scripts blocked (to me, "external" means it is fetched from a different domain, this script is not) -

Yikes! I only run these member-supplied "checks" in a VirtualBox and holy cow, thank goodness by the sounds of it. I have a "line of defense" in my everyday browsing that ALL of these member-supplied "checks" try to force me to run without - not gonna happen for me and my Host OS! Kind of like never opening an email if you don't know who the sender is, never click a link in an email from an unknown sender, et cetera.

Dad passed six months after mom. I wouldn't say he did it because it was "the right thing to do", but more out of sheer retirement years BOREDOM and nothing else to "do". He certainly didn't view it as "saving the planet". He was actually a bit of a pack-rat and it took several weeks to clear out the house. Sometimes people do things to "offset" other areas of their life. Some of the most "holier than thou" folks you will ever meet are because they "offset" a very bad past or are divorced - sort of from one extreme to the other without seeing that there is a "middle ground".

I will give this video a shot tonight, gonna need it for sure.

DéDé, to TEST font fingerprint, use this page by webbrowsertools.com: https://webbrowsertools.com/font-fingerprint/ After each restart of this page, I get different "Fingerprint ID" - thanks to random font fingerprint by "Fingerprint Spoofing" ext.

@yoltboy01 I made it! Even on Windows 7, although I had to swap a fair amount of functions. On Windows 8.1, in the libcef.dll file, replace the missing imports from NETAPI32 with NetGetJoinInformation. And add --no-sandbox of course

eBay works normally with Waterfox.

hi ! , good program it work very well many thanks to you .

ESET, Bitdefender and TotalAV don't support XP anymore. And Guard.io is more of a browser extension than an antivirus. VIPRE won't install on XP, as stated in the "NOTE:" section.

Or even better revert back Media Foundation to original, bc your solution won't fix Windows Experience Index, and for Firefox you need to redirect Windows 7 Media Foundation

Media foundation update fixes youtube videos in firefox but breaks Windows Media Player and also other media-dependent programs, and the update cannot be redirected locally.

@Zoomer88 You must use the revised version of the March 9 extended kernel, it is available in the mega.nz folder. This version fixed the bug you are talking about.

... And there, they proudly state: which is something they definitely deserve a praise for! If only other "security" vendors had followed their example...

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/processthreadsapi/nf-processthreadsapi-setthreadinformation

Dr.Web Security Space 12.0 is working too. Actually, any version of Dr.Web Security Space that is compatible with Windows Vista and newer. But you'd need to get an update for SHA-256 support, which is kindly provided in the instructions on the website. https://support.drweb.com/sha2

It's for testing/experiment only, no other purposes. Just install –> take some screenshots –> delete the VM

We will soon be able to use OBS 28.0 beta 2 as well as PCSX2 x64 (wxWidgets version for now - Qt version has complicated Windows 10 1803 functions): The small DirectX extensions seem to be working. I want to take them further and go in the direction of newer graphics drivers, Vulkan and ultimately DX12 (it will come in some way - either with Vulkan using vkd3d or D3D12on7 with 2018/19 GPU drivers; and a tiny possibility of using WDDM 2.0 drivers, but that could be quite complicated)