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Here's a screengrab from my Ungoogled 111 with normally working anti-aliasing. No read areas around letters, no over-brightness, no excessive blurriness.

To me, it seems anti-aliasing simply doesn't work in Supermium at all. Could be due to the fact of messing around with Dwrite.dll to make it able to run on XP.

Wait! Isn't this an off-topic comparison to another browser? Dixel! For Shame! Terrible

Looks like another problem with your translation. Do you know what areal means?

I never claimed to have eagle vision, but my eyesight is fine. The screenshot quality uploaded on the website is automatically compressed, I have the original.

You claimed to have good vision. Example. Compare the word "Brave" to "Supermium". Around "Supermium" we can see ugly, thick, red, blurry areals. The word "Brave" looks much cleaner. https://msfn.org/board/topic/185045-supermium/?do=findComment&comment=1252606

And so that you don't get the impression that everything in the Pale Moon forum is hostile and unfair, here's a post from back2themoon, the creator of the thread "New uBlock Origin version released (Special mod by @AstroSkipper)", who has something positive and factual to say about my mod uBlock Origin Legacy: Source: https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=30787&sid=feea3eb912a653ba49c1fb3c2bc447f3&start=60#p248386 Many thanks to back2themoon for this fair and factual contribution!

Both! But brightness is something that bothers more. Ugly, bold fonts are better visible here. Seems like you don't read all posts. https://msfn.org/board/topic/185045-supermium/?do=findComment&comment=1259724

There you go! Finally someone noticed! Even on the poorly compressed screenshot it's still visible. On my good monitor, Supermium background looks like it's backlit with LEDs (cheap chinese bluish LEDs).

Is there a requirement of always being rude? Was I ever rude to you? No. I can disagree with you, but I don't roll on you. With such attitude you don't attract normal people to join your monologues.

I understand the worries, how about Kontron S&T AG then ? A very German company, they don't look like communists to me. I once had their motherboard. "The corporate group is headquartered in Augsburg and consists of the Kontron Europe GmbH and Austria-based S&T Group." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kontron Kontron motherboards look very cool. And they have my favourite PS/2, this one is with SLI support. https://www.kontron.com/en/products/d3642-b-uatx/p157721 Benefits of Kontron motherboards )from their page): Highest quality through German engineering and production Strict lifecycle management and reliable product maintenance Comprehensive feature and tool set Excellent technical support Beneficial total-cost-of-ownership Not a word about Taiwan ! Looks like there's a free HDD repair tool from an author from your country ! Description of program : "HDAT2 is program for ... ATA/ATAPI/SATA, NVMe, SSD and SCSI/USB devices. This program cannot be run in DOS mode under Windows, only under real DOS system." Be warned, I never tried it . I never repair hard disks with errors, only put them to the garbage. https://www.hdat2.com/

General and specific solutions for problems regarding AU/WU/MU in Windows XP List of used abbreviations: AU = Automatic Updates AV = Antivirus IE = Internet Explorer KB = Knowledge Base MDL = My Digital Life Forums. Link: https://forums.mydigitallife.net/ MKB = Microsoft Knowledge Base MU = Microsoft Update OS = operating system OSs = operating systems WU = Windows Update WUMT = Windows Update MiniTool We all are well informed about restoring WU/MU in Windows XP. A lot of threads and solutions to get access to WU/MU website. But we are here in a Windows XP forum. Therefore, this thread is targeted on Windows XP only and is meant to collect and provide solutions for general or specific problems which can occur after or while restoring update functionality. The main WU/MU related thread, which is targeted on Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista, is totally bloated and completely out of control, many post are definitely off-topic. To find general or specific solutions, you have to be a Sherlock Holmes or you'll need a lot of time to read tons of posts with no or low quality of information. And a lot of solutions are simply missing. I am no longer interested in posting new solutions or self-created fixes which can never be found again in such threads. From now on, I rather try to avoid posting in threads where people are talking permanently off-topic. Therefore, I decided to create my own one. Anyway, this main thread can be found here: https://msfn.org/board/topic/178377-on-decommissioning-of-update-servers-for-2000-xp-and-vista-as-of-july-2019/ The second post of this thread contains a numbered list of general solutions for problems regarding AU/WU/MU and methods of restoring WU/MU functionality in Windows XP. After performing these general solutions and methods, users are able to exclude errors or misconfiguration relating to AU/WU/MU in their Windows XP system. It is senseless to solve a specific problem if there is a general one. If WU/MU can't be restored generally and a user thinks about a reinstallation, the general solutions listed in second post can be tried first. There are different solutions to do this restoring successfully. General solutions: Link: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183498-general-and-specific-solutions-for-problems-regarding-auwumu-in-windows-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1216506 The third post of this thread contains a numbered list of specific solutions for problems regarding AU/WU/MU in Windows XP. These specific solutions will be provided with a meaningful title and a link to the creator's post in this thread. Specific solutions: Link: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183498-general-and-specific-solutions-for-problems-regarding-auwumu-in-windows-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1216507 The ninth post of this thread contains a numbered list of additional resources which can be helpful or informative to find an efficient solution for a specific problem. I'll only add resources relating to the topic of this thread. Additional resources: Link: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183498-general-and-specific-solutions-for-problems-regarding-auwumu-in-windows-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1216513 More solutions or resources can be added by posting in commenting zone. The idea is one solution, one post. The same applies to additional resources. Today I start to post some general solutions and methods, a brand-new specific solution and an additional resource. If you want to post an AU/WU/MU related solution or an additional resource in this thread, you can use the commenting zone to do this. Please post it by choosing a meaningful headline in bold and font size 18 for better visibility! If it seems to be a real solution (it's not my job to test them all) or an interesting resource, I will list it in second, third or ninth post with a link to the member's original comment for better overview. Due to the modular character of this thread each posted solution or resource can be upvoted or liked separately with credits to their poster. Any discussions or questions about these solutions or resources are explicitly welcome. But one thing must be totally clear, everything should relate to this topic. That means please stay on-topic! If you enjoyed this thread or maybe you found it interesting and helpful, we would be pleased about any reaction by liking or upvoting and of course commenting. Kind regards, AstroSkipper

Hello, I want to revive the Get Windows 10 App and make it functional again on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. I am not able to retrieve the GWX files such as the DownloadSwap folder that includes all the necessary files for GWX to work. (Uploading them to this forum would be helpful, even uploading the entire directory of GWX with the required files would be too.) If anyone is able to help me out with the project on getting the Get Windows 10 App working again, please feel free to do so in this forum. Note: This is a public project and anyone can participate.

Love New Moon. Finally, I can use my webmailer and lot of other stuff on XP again. Thank you so much. Cool, that so many stick to XP in one form or another.

They were actually test versions for some problems that I could not reproduce. As there was not much feedback, i have to assume that all is fixed now. I will release an update, maybe next week.

For those having their GPU blacklisted for H/W acceleration, add. --disable-gpu-driver-bug-workarounds

Refund and buy a much cheaper (but the same) off Ebay?

Then it's advisable to articulate what is it exactly you want the developer to do. Write only the technical details, without additional, emotional soap, then tag win32 so he could check the request. Obviously, tag only when it's really needed. Thanks. Don't forget to include pics of how you want it to be. The same is when reporting issues. Example. https://msfn.org/board/topic/185045-supermium/?do=findComment&comment=1259636

Thank you very much, Jody, I'll test with another PC. I wonder, could this be GPU related? I have nvidia on all of my computers.

Well done! Your Dutch colleagues will be delighted with such a service. BTW, I already mentioned this issue here two weeks ago: https://msfn.org/board/topic/185966-my-browser-builds-part-5/?do=findComment&comment=1258614 I have fixed my German language pack the day I posted this issue. This corrected language pack has been in testing mode since then. I will post it when testing mode is over, and all is definitely working. So far, no further issues.

:OT The last time, I heard this saying was in the film "Next" with Nicolas Cage but in German: "Keine gute Tat bleibt ungestraft". :END OF OT

That's absolutely true.

D.Draker is clairvoyant. You should've listened. I wrote *right at the beginnig* of this journey to nowhere. One bad sector - the only straight road for that HDD is your garbage bin.

The links will probably change from time to time when an update or upgrade is due. I extracted the link to the offline installer from the online installer.

Have a look here: There is a download link to the offline installer. It's my most recent post. BTW, Panda Dome has been updated to the version 22.00.01.

You're welcome! The list with working security programs is most important and will be maintained by me as regularly as possible. I also count on members who notice that a program has been updated or abandoned. When I created this thread, I already added the tag "Antivirus" and others, so the search function should be able to find my thread. Therefore, it shouldn't actually be a problem. Thank you very much! Most of your listed programs are already on my internal list, though. But, any help is welcome! Thanks again! Much appreciated!

I have installed Malwarebytes Premium 3.5.1.2522 on my Windows XP computer and use its real-time protection. There is a three-layer protection: Web protection and Exploit protection are permanently activated, Malware protection only if I surf unknown or a bit dirty websites. So my real-time protection is a bit on-demand due to my underperforming computer.

jaclaz, you're right ! Cheap/basic models of Fujitsu are/were indeed "Made in Taiwan" . Middle class and up - Western Germany. A good example would be Celsius or Esprimo. Let's search for any picture of their motherboards from various years and zoom to see they're not asian. D2317-A1 (2005-06 or so) zoom the area near the barcode. https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/CfMAAOSwYEJgfnRo/s-l1600.jpg You can also search for some oldies : D2584 (mobo from FUJITSU SIEMENS Esprimo), D2587, D3011 (FUJITSU SIEMENS from 2010) or even the newer ones for Kaby Lake still says Europe (the area near the CPU). model Nr. D3441-S2 https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/oBoAAOSwxK5izaeR/s-l1600.jpg Now what did they mean by "Europe" ? Italy ? France ? Holland ? One could only guess. I see the French Thomson components on these boards, Philips and other major European manufacturers. And yes, I did look at their internals, opened up lots of their notebooks and monitors. For example, 22 inches and up have Philips or Fujitsu guts, again, not cheap. Cheaper ones usually have LG(Philips) inside of them, LG doesn't have any designs/LCDs of their own, it's all made by Philips and is owned by Philips since 1999-2000. LG-Philips LCD is the world's second (now 1st?) largest maker of ... liquid-crystal displays used for flat screens ... https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/28/business/lg-of-korea-and-philips-set-screen-making-venture.html Now you all can do whatever you want with your choice of goods, while I continue to support Germany financially.

I have to disagree. Plenty of computers are still produced in Western Germany. Take me as example, I don't have any asian-made mobos, I don't even have asian adapters. Even my HDMI cables are Philips made in Belgium . Gold plated with armoured coating and protection from being chewed up. I don't know about your local shops, but Ebay and Amazon are definitely communists, some might not like it. I'm typing this from a Fujitsu Siemens, Made in Germany and looking at a German Fujitsu monitor. Even the mouse and my KB are Siemens. OT. I'm a bit tired of computers. I'm currently building a very realistic layout of a bombed German city from Pola items (made in W. Germany). I'm trying to reproduce the terrible sufferings of poor Germans. All figures are ready made by Preiser. EDIT: Forgot to say, I'll also have various SDKFZ, made by the Austrian Roco and hand-painted by our local pro-painter.

Of course it doesn't guarantee . But commuinists or not, the store staff is disciplined and works quite well under the wise German guidance . I wonder if maybe @AstroSkipper knows more about the store and the real owner. Thanks for the information about DeLock, I never paid that much attention, now I know. What I noticed - their prices went UP, when the assembly line moved to Taiwan ! And yes, you're right ! They look similar. But that doesn't guarantee both of them aren't a forgery/knock-off. That's why I prefer to shop at the German www.computeruniverse.net/

Restoring of the AU notification popup shield in Windows XP by @AstroSkipper Last week I was engaged in troubleshooting regarding AU in Windows XP. In my system AU notification popup shield always worked in the past. In February I disabled AU and it disappeared as usual. But last week, after I had enabled AU again, it didn't appear in systray although an important update was found by MU. I could restore it exactly for one Windows session. After restart it didn't work anymore. I had to find out what was going wrong in my system. And I found presumably the cause of this problem, a not properly working Windows system service called BITS. Many Windows users have a lot of problems due to a malfunction of this service. It should be started by system if necessary. But this doesn't happen in all cases. As I already recommended in my "Complete guide for restoring IE's access to WU/MU website using ProxHTTPSProxy or HTTPSProxy in Windows XP", item 2 of General solutions's list, step 3 system service BITS has to be started for a working WU/MU/AU. But very often Windows doesn't do that. Therefore I created a fix to restore AU functionality and missing notification shield. Here is the link: https://www.mediafire.com/file/6cvbrxg17oth5pz/FixAUWinXP.7z/file. Credits to @AstroSkipper. This fix is no virus and doesn't contain any malware. I know that because I am the creator. If you have problems with your security scanner, add this fix to AV's exclusion list. Scanned by Avast with no results. My fix performs a couple of tasks to eliminate typical problems preventing a popup of notification shield: restoring proper functionality of system services BITS, wuauserv and Cryptsvc, setting system to "No proxy", copying a system file to AU selfupdate, setting AU to "Notify me but don't automatically download or install them", triggering AU to detect updates, improving communication between client and server. Finally it restarts system. Here is a screenshot showing the restored notification shield and a window of an important update offered by AU in my Windows XP system: Fix was tested and is working in my system. Additionally AU can be triggered to show notification shield if it hasn't popped up yet: 1. Check if system service BITS is running. If not, start it. 2. Search for updates using MU website in IE and ProxHTTPSProxy. When searching has been finished, close IE. 3. Uninstall update KB4486463 (2019-02 Security Update for WES09 and POSReady 2009 for x86-based Systems (KB4486463)). 4. Restart computer. 5. After restart check once again if system service BITS is running. If not, start it. 6. AU notification shield should pop up. If not, trigger AU by executing two commands: wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow and then wuauclt /reportnow. 7. Now AU notification shield should pop up finally and showing missing update KB4486463. 8. Install offered update KB4486463 via AU. If update KB4486463 doesn't exist in your system or you don't use POSReady trick, choose another unimportant update which was recently installed.

Restoring WU/MU by using the nginx method I didn't test this method but it is said to be working and didn't apparently need ProxHTTPSProxy, This method requires only Internet Explorer 8 and update of Windows Update client. Here is the original link: https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/restore-windows-update-for-vista.82336/page-11#post-1724717. Credits to @owouwu at MDL.

Restoring WU/MU by using the WSUS + WUMT method This is an alternative method to search for updates using a WSUS server and the tool WUMT. IE or an additional proxy isn't needed. In my system it's working fine and is used as an additional method. This is the original link: https://forums.mydigitallife.net/posts/1628508. Credits to @abbodi1406 at MDL and MSFN.

I have made a complete guide with all the tips and steps which have to be performed to restore access to Microsoft Update website by using IE and ProxHTTPSProxy or HTTPSProxy. Of course at your own risk without any guarantee! And just to clarify: I am not the author or contributor of these patches and tools. I am a user and have examined my problems while restoring MU in Windows XP. This guide is the result of my examinations to help other users. Of course, I did some modifications due to the fact that some patches don't work properly or something is missing. If you want improvements to these tools and patches, please contact the authors! This guide is based on patch + proxy method created by @Windows7fan from MDL. Complete guide for restoring IE's access to WU/MU website using ProxHTTPSProxy or HTTPSProxy in Windows XP To be successful in restoring of access to MU website, you have to keep the order of following steps. Please, do not change this order! 1. Check BIOS and Windows due to correct date, time and time zone. Perform a time sync! 2. If you have used "WSUS server" in combination with "WUMT" in the past, remove it completely by "Remove_wsus.cmd". This batch file does not work properly, so you have to remove this registry key manually: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate. You can let "Remove_wsus.cmd" perform this by adding the following line (without quotes): "reg delete "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate" /f". Start Automatic Update service. In the system panel, Automatic Update may not be shown greyed out. 3. Go to Windows Services. Three system services are absolutely important for MU: BITS, wuauserv and Cryptsvc. These services should have been started and set to automatic. 4. Configure Internet Explorer. Internet Zone to standard, Trusted Zone to high with only these three URLs associated with MU: http://www.update.microsoft.com/, https://www.update.microsoft.com/ and http://update.microsoft.com/. Credits to @maile3241 and @AstroSkipper. Go to Internet Explorer Options, Advanced. Check if TLS 1.2 is enabled. Uncheck entry "Check for server certificate revocation". 5. Before installing updates, apply "PosReady.reg" if not already done. 6. Install these four updates KB4467770, KB4019276, KB4493435, KB942288-V3. Credits to @maile3241. 7. Apply "Tls 1.2.reg". Credits to @maile3241. 8. Execute "rootsupd.exe". 9. Install the latest Windows Update Agent 7.6. It's version 7.6.7600.256. Download link: http://download.windowsupdate.com/windowsupdate/redist/standalone/7.6.7600.320/WindowsUpdateAgent-7.6-x86.exe 10. Install "ProxHTTPSProxy". Download link: https://i430vx.net/files/XP/ProxHTTPSProxyMII_REV3d_PY344.7z, credits to @heinoganda. Here you have to edit the config file "config.ini". Under section [SSL No-Verify] I added fe2.update.microsoft.com and deleted update.microsoft.com under sections [SSL Pass-Thru] and [BYPASS URL]. This is working for me. 11. Download and install one of these packages: an English all in one version, credits to @Windows7fan from MDL, @xpandvistafan, @maile3241 and @AstroSkipper from MSFN: https://drive.google.com/u/0/uc?id=1z5NGORov8OS7iBkoFVsvWOTOE1_LCjoQ&export=download or a German all in one version, based on the version above, modified and updated by @AstroSkipper: https://www.mediafire.com/file/0y1zmwv8z4lch9s/Restore_WU_XP_DE.7z/file. Credits to @Windows7fan from MDL, of course. Here you have to check if "install.cmd" did its job properly, i.e., all commands in "install.cmd" should have been performed completely. Additionally, you have to verify the existence of patched "wuaueng.dll" in both folders system32 and system32\dllcache in form of a binary comparison. Be aware of SFC which tries to restore an original old version of this file! After patching, restart your computer and recheck! Verify if really all registry entries have been added. All bold files mentioned here are in these all in one versions included. They can be installed manually (all registry entries of "install.cmd" have to be added manually too) or automatically by applying "install.cmd". 12. If you have problems in configuring ProxHTTPSProxy, or you get error code 0x80072f8f while trying to access MU website, have a look at my thread: 13. Use "CAupdater" or "Certificate Updater 1.6" to update your root certificates. The download link of Certificate Updater 1.6 can be found here: https://msfn.org/board/topic/175170-root-certificates-and-revoked-certificates-for-windows-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1095349 14. If the button "Check for updates" doesn't work on MU, close Internet Explorer, open MU from Start Menu again, and in most cases it will load successfully. 15. If you have a fresh installation or a reinstallation of Windows XP, it seems to be necessary to install MU ActiveX Control manually because it won't be downloaded automatically any longer. Without any confirmation by me (no opportunity to check it), here is a guide how you can do that. Credits to @maile3241: https://msfn.org/board/topic/178377-on-decommissioning-of-update-servers-for-2000-xp-and-vista-as-of-july-2019/?do=findComment&comment=1213831 16. If on MU web page error code 0x80072F78 appears, turn off your firewall temporarily. If MU is working now, add the program "wuauClt.exe" into the exception list of your firewall and turn your firewall back on. In any case ProxHTTPSProxy or HTTPSProxy must not be blocked by your firewall. Same for Internet Explorer, of course. If on MU web page other error codes appear, rename the Windows folder "SoftwareDistribution" to "SoftwareDistribution.old" and let MU generate a fresh one. Maybe you have to disable an "HTTPS scanning" feature of your security software temporarily or make exclusions for MU related sites. 17. Do not use the same "DataStore.edb" in "SoftwareDistribution" for access methods WSUS server/WUMT and MU web version! I have two DataStore.edb files, one for WSUS server and one for MU. One for all doesn't work in my system. 18. Use only http-links to open MU in IE. Direct link is http://fe2.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en or http://fe2.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en&g_sconsumersite=1 19. MU works only if ProxHTTPSProxy is enabled. 20. For testing, I added a link to my working ProxHTTPSProxy's config.ini: https://www.mediafire.com/file/vr1klatuzjh6v5c/ProxHTTPSProxy_-_config.ini/file 21. If completing all of these steps didn't help you at all, even after repeated execution, you may have a rather general problem relating to MU in your Windows XP installation. In this case, you can try to manually reset Windows Update components. Here is my post how you can do that: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183498-general-and-specific-solutions-for-problems-regarding-auwumu-in-windows-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1216508 After that kind of reset, I recommend performing all steps once again (from step 1 to 20 inclusive). Of course, some steps won't be necessary any more but checking which to perform or not will cost a lot of time, therefore senseless. Although I am not a friend of automatisms, I also offer a tool here to perform this reset of Microsoft or Windows Update automatically. Anyway, I recommend to back up your system partition completely at first or at least the Windows folder SoftwareDistribution. This tool called Reset Windows Update Tool (Script) is said to be working properly, but it has not been tested by me, so no guarantee of success and use at your own risk. The last XP compatible version is 10.5.3.7: https://www.mediafire.com/file/k48ll6e41eypogy/ResetWUEng10.5.3.7.zip/file and a less recent version 10.5.3.4 with a help file included: https://www.mediafire.com/file/wl0yrq98me8dfkj/ResetWUEng10.5.3.4.zip/file 22. If unfortunately none of all these 21 steps helped you, then you should presumably think about a complete reinstallation of Windows XP. I did all these steps (except steps 21 and 22) and for me MU is working flawlessly in my Windows XP Professional system. If you enjoyed this guide, or maybe you found it interesting and helpful, I would be pleased about any reaction by liking or upvoting. Greetings from Germany, AstroSkipper

Here is the official instruction from Microsoft how to reset Windows Update. I've crossed out instructions that aren't referring to Windows XP or 2000. Furthermore I've added steps I found that they are missing or could be helpful. Make a backup if you want to perform this. In any case read carefully! Manually reset Windows Update components (KB971058) Important: Follow the steps in this section carefully! Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Before you modify it, back up the registry for restoration in case problems occur! To reset the Windows Update components, follow these steps: 1. Open a command prompt. To do this, use one of the following methods, depending on your version of Windows: Windows 8.1 and Windows 8: From the Start screen, swipe in from the right side to display the charms, select Search, and then search for cmd. (Or, if you are using a keyboard and mouse, type cmd at the Start screen.) In the search results, press-and-hold or right-click Command Prompt, and then select Run as Administrator. Windows XP and earlier versions: Press the Windows logo key + R, type cmd in the Run box, and then press Enter. Right-click cmd, and then select Run as Administrator. 2. Stop the BITS service, the Windows Update service, and the Cryptographic service. To do this, at a command prompt, type the following commands. Make sure that you press Enter after you type each command. net stop bits net stop wuauserv net stop appidsvc net stop cryptsvc 3. Delete the qmgr*.dat files. To do this, at a command prompt, type the following command, and then press Enter: Del "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Downloader\qmgr*.dat" 4a. If this is your first attempt at resolving your Windows Update issues by following the steps in this article, you should skip step 4 and go to step 5. You should follow step 4 at this point in the troubleshooting only if you cannot resolve your Windows Update issues after you follow all steps except step 4. (Step 4 is performed by the "Aggressive" mode of the Fix it Solution that was mentioned earlier.). Rename the softare distribution folders backup copies. To do this, at a command prompt, type the following commands. Make sure that you press Enter after you type each command. Ren %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.bak Ren %systemroot%\system32\catroot2 catroot2.bak 4b. Reset the BITS service and the Windows Update service to the default security descriptor. To do this, at a command prompt, type the following commands. Make sure that you press Enter after you type each command. sc.exe sdset bits D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;AU)(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;PU) sc.exe sdset wuauserv D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;AU)(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;PU) 5. At a command prompt, type the following command, and then press Enter: cd /d %windir%\system32 6. Reregister the BITS files and the Windows Update files. To do this, at a command prompt, type the following commands. Make sure that you press Enter after you type each command. regsvr32.exe atl.dll regsvr32.exe urlmon.dll regsvr32.exe mshtml.dll regsvr32.exe shdocvw.dll regsvr32.exe browseui.dll regsvr32.exe jscript.dll regsvr32.exe vbscript.dll regsvr32.exe scrrun.dll regsvr32.exe msxml.dll regsvr32.exe msxml3.dll regsvr32.exe msxml6.dll regsvr32.exe actxprxy.dll regsvr32.exe softpub.dll regsvr32.exe wintrust.dll regsvr32.exe dssenh.dll regsvr32.exe rsaenh.dll regsvr32.exe gpkcsp.dll regsvr32.exe sccbase.dll regsvr32.exe slbcsp.dll regsvr32.exe cryptdlg.dll regsvr32.exe oleaut32.dll regsvr32.exe ole32.dll regsvr32.exe shell32.dll regsvr32.exe initpki.dll regsvr32.exe wuapi.dll regsvr32.exe wuaueng.dll regsvr32.exe wuaueng1.dll regsvr32.exe wucltui.dll regsvr32.exe wups.dll regsvr32.exe wups2.dll regsvr32.exe wuweb.dll regsvr32.exe qmgr.dll regsvr32.exe qmgrprxy.dll regsvr32.exe wucltux.dll regsvr32.exe muweb.dll regsvr32.exe wuwebv.dll And following added by me (@AstroSkipper): regsvr32.exe mssip32.dll 7. Reset Winsock. To do this, at a command prompt, type the following command, and then press Enter: netsh winsock reset 8. If you are running Windows XP, you have to configure the proxy settings. To do this, at a command prompt, type the following command, and then press Enter: proxycfg.exe -d If you are running other versions of Windows, at a command prompt, type the following command, and then press Enter: netsh winhttp reset proxy 9. Restart the BITS service, the Windows Update service, and the Cryptographic service. To do this, at a command prompt, type the following commands. Make sure that you press Enter after you type each command. net start bits net start wuauserv net start appidsvc net start cryptsvc 10. Windows Vista only: Clear the BITS queue. To do this, at a command prompt, type the following command, and then press Enter: bitsadmin.exe /reset /allusers 11. Install the latest Windows Update Agent. 12. Restart the computer. Article ID: 971058 - Last Review: 12/08/2015 06:57:00 - Revision: 42.0 Applies to Microsoft Windows Update Here is a link of the original document: https://web.archive.org/web/20160307084624/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/971058 And here is the the latest Windows Update Agent: http://download.windowsupdate.com/windowsupdate/redist/standalone/7.6.7600.320/WindowsUpdateAgent-7.6-x86.exe. It's version 7.6.7600.256. Supposedly all these steps should be done by a Microsoft Fixit Tool. No guarantee! Not tested! Here is the link: https://www.mediafire.com/file/r98pvby076rub6j/Mats_Run.WindowsUpdate.exe/file Although I am not a friend of automatisms, I also offer a another tool here to perform this reset of Microsoft or Windows Update automatically. Anyway, I recommend to backup your system partition completely at first. This tool called Reset Windows Update Tool (Script) is said to be working properly, but it has not been tested by me, so no guarantee of success and use at your own risk. The last XP compatible version is 10.5.3.7: https://www.mediafire.com/file/k48ll6e41eypogy/ResetWUEng10.5.3.7.zip/file and a less recent version 10.5.3.4 with a help file included: https://www.mediafire.com/file/wl0yrq98me8dfkj/ResetWUEng10.5.3.4.zip/file Have a lot of fun! Kind regards, AstroSkipper

Specific solutions: 1. Restoring of the AU notification popup shield in Windows XP by @AstroSkipper Link: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183498-general-and-specific-solutions-for-problems-regarding-auwumu-in-windows-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1216512 2. All options of the Automatic Updates (AU) applet are greyed out Link: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183498-general-and-specific-solutions-for-problems-regarding-auwumu-in-windows-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1217286 3. An experimental solution for the error code 0x80072F78 while accessing the WU/MU website Link: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183498-general-and-specific-solutions-for-problems-regarding-auwumu-in-windows-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1217616 4. A Less-than-ideal solution for the error code 0x80072efe or 0x80096010 caused by the AU client in Windows XP Link: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183498-general-and-specific-solutions-for-problems-regarding-auwumu-in-windows-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1217704 5. A temporary solution to grant access to MU/WU using the nginx method due to the interference of an AV or firewall Link: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183498-general-and-specific-solutions-for-problems-regarding-auwumu-in-windows-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1218247 6. Solution for the error code 0x80072f8f while accessing the WU/MU website using ProxHTTPSProxy or HTTPSProxy Link: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183498-general-and-specific-solutions-for-problems-regarding-auwumu-in-windows-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1219879 7. Solution for the error code 0x800b010b while trying to install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 POSReady updates from WU/MU Link: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183498-general-and-specific-solutions-for-problems-regarding-auwumu-in-windows-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1224383 8. Solution for the error code 0x80244004 while accessing the WU/MU website using ProxHTTPSProxy or HTTPSProxy Link: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183498-general-and-specific-solutions-for-problems-regarding-auwumu-in-windows-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1249238 Additional resources: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183498-general-and-specific-solutions-for-problems-regarding-auwumu-in-windows-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1216513

General solutions: 1. Manually reset Windows Update components (KB971058) Link: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183498-general-and-specific-solutions-for-problems-regarding-auwumu-in-windows-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1216508 2. Complete guide for restoring IE's access to WU/MU website using ProxHTTPSProxy or HTTPSProxy in Windows XP Link: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183498-general-and-specific-solutions-for-problems-regarding-auwumu-in-windows-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1216509 3. Restoring WU/MU by using the WSUS + WUMT method Link: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183498-general-and-specific-solutions-for-problems-regarding-auwumu-in-windows-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1216510 Status: Unknown 4. Restoring WU/MU by using the nginx method Link: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183498-general-and-specific-solutions-for-problems-regarding-auwumu-in-windows-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1216511 Status: Unknown 5. Restoring WU/MU by using the patch + proxy method Link: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183498-general-and-specific-solutions-for-problems-regarding-auwumu-in-windows-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1218875 Status: Working. Checked in January 2025 6. Legacy Update - An alternative to Microsoft or Windows Update Link: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183498-general-and-specific-solutions-for-problems-regarding-auwumu-in-windows-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1229685 Status: Working. Checked in August 2024 7. Restoring AU/MU/WU using a proxy server https://msfn.org/board/topic/183498-general-and-specific-solutions-for-problems-regarding-auwumu-in-windows-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1239823 Status: Not working. Checked in January 2025 Additional resources: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183498-general-and-specific-solutions-for-problems-regarding-auwumu-in-windows-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1216513