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Hmm, if all developers provided these tips, I don't think any program would evolve. I think my Windows XP installation is correct. I've run tests on other computers, and the problem persists. On all my computers, the XP installation is not in C:\ but in D:\. I followed the instructions to the letter, and the errors mentioned are two: First: -Error 3 The system cannot find the path specified. Despite this error, the installation seems to be successful. Second: The script is unable to unzip files. Just because it works on your computer doesn't mean it will work on other computers. I don't have specific security guidelines for my installation that might be related. Why do you announce ytBATCH for Windows XP Release 1.5 in the main post and not version 1.6? Is 1.6 a beta? I'm currently testing 1.6; the results are different. Error 3 still occurs, but the Permission denied error doesn't appear on the screen, and the program doesn't loop. In this 1.6 version, the program simply freezes without doing anything else and without issuing any error messages. I have to close the program, unzip "yt-dlp_x86_Windows-XP.zip", and run ytBATCH.bat again. When it reaches the FFmpeg step, it also doesn't issue an error message, but the program does loop, repeatedly requesting the download on its first attempt. On a second attempt, starting from scratch, the program says it's proceeding to unzip "ffmpeg-7.1-2362-6aafe61-win32-static-xpmod-sse.7z" and asks if I want to replace the existing files when unzipping. BUT THERE IS NO FILE IN THE FOLDER THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY UNZIPPED. After a file search, I see that the program is unzipping to a path I didn't choose: C:\exe\ Both versions of "ytBATCH for Windows XP" have a problem with the working paths in the programming. In case it helps, my Windows XP installation is not in C:\ but in D:\ I'm telling you this in case you want to fix it. If I don't want to fix it, then that's up to you, but it's advisable to stop taking these injections; they have side effects.

Your question can only be answered if you specify "a program". ytBATCH for Windows XP, for example, has an option to switch between youtube-dl and yt-dlp in the Preferences window. Just type Y. And it can also deal with playlists whose option can be toggled from false to true in the Enter Action window by the key P.

I think you misunderstood my comment a little. The sequence is not correct. First open the VTHash.exe with a double click, the window is then opened hidden and only then open a new Explorer window. For me and @genieautravail, the VTHash.exe window then becomes visible again on older computers.

Intel Pentium 4 Northwood 2.80 GHz CPU (single core, 32 Bit), 1.5 GB SD-RAM and a NVIDIA GeForce 6200 graphic card. As I already mentioned, the hidden window appears again if I open an Explorer window. Very strange.

I have completely changed and rewritten the original ytBATCH from eppic so that it now works perfectly with both YouTube downloaders youtube-dl and yt-dlp. All bugs and inconsistencies have been fixed by me. Especially the fact that the command line options of both downloaders are not identical, I have taken into account by assigning separate configuration files to each downloader. This allows the user to enter the desired options for each downloader and then receive the media files exactly as desired. ytBATCH for Windows XP is totally customised for the use of youtube-dl and yt-dlp, and ideal as a user interface for these two YouTube downloaders. And due to the new update module, the user can easily get the most recent versions of these two YouTube downloaders compatible with older OSes like Windows XP when ever wanted. This is very important regarding the permanent changes which are done by YouTube.

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EveryDiscord After seeing WQweto's Windows 98+ thunks async TLS library named "VBAsyncSocket" I decided to go ahead and start creating a Discord client on it (which was before DM, but DM came mid-development.) Some reasons I decided to build this: DM relies on modern libraries like OpenSSL. that may drop support for XP in future. I can get to way earlier Windows versions thanks to VB6 runtime being Win95+ unlike most CRTs. this effectively erases the limit as Win32 was created in Win95 too. DM is NT4+, This will be 98+(heavy focus on XP just like DM tho) I'm just excited to build new stuff even if they already exist Status: Can fetch messages Code easily readable Can send messages Tested on XP x86 SP3 Can fetch guilds but incomplete. currently uses channel IDs Roadmap: OAuth2 Joining servers FakeNitro implemented Better GUI Gateway support My GitHub

FYI, all releases of ytBATCH for Windows XP have been fixed by me so that the setup routine does not only work correctly on drive C: but also on any other drive. Please, re-download the desired release! ytBATCH for Windows XP 1.6 is currently the most recent, final release and recommended by me. Cheers, AstroSkipper

The current final is version 1.6. It was clearly announced. Where did you read anything about a beta? The versions 1.5 and 1.6 are final ones. The programme ytBATCH for Windows XP usually does not use any absolute paths but relative ones or those stored in system variables. When installing it, you can choose between the location stored in the system variable %ProgramFiles% or the current location of the extracted archive folder. When setting up on drive C:, it works fine. Of course, I didn't expect anyone to come up with the idea of setting it up on a different drive. The information that you tried to set up ytBATCH for Windows XP on other drive than C: is of course important. Thanks for that! You have exceptional skills and really came through here. And now, you get your special treatment. I had a short look into my code and directly found the cause of the inability to unpack both archives on a drive other than C:. I have tested it on my drive D: and then directly fixed the code. But no system error 3 or message "permission denied" here. @Cixert In which format has your D: drive been partitioned? Possibly in NTFS with some restrictions? I urgently need an answer to this question from you. P.S: I'm glad that there are individualists like you who do things differently from the rest of us. Thank you for that!

YES! I use this program since 2013, already 12 years. It's already an old project, 16 years old. I discovered it on Wilders Security Forums: https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/vt-hash-check-auto-scan-downloads.333350/ The original website is now nearly empty, the developer has migrate to Github: https://www.boredomsoft.org/ But the webpage with the old changelog is always available: https://web.archive.org/web/20191223155757/http://www.boredomsoft.org/vt-hash-check.bs Regards

https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#video-selection --playlist-start NUMBER Playlist video to start at (default is 1) --playlist-end NUMBER Playlist video to end at (default is last) --playlist-items ITEM_SPEC Playlist video items to download. Specify indices of the videos in the playlist separated by commas like: "-- playlist-items 1,2,5,8" if you want to download videos indexed 1, 2, 5, 8 in the playlist. You can specify range: " --playlist-items 1-3,7,10-13", it will download the videos at index 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13. ... Then make sure you have perused ALL available CLI options (aka switches) for BOTH; for youtube-dl (often abbreviated as just yt-dl), the place to start is: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#options FWIW, yt-dlp is a more "advanced" tool (with more complex syntax and options), that requires some additional expertise on the part of the user ; yt-dlp is not guaranteed to continue to work under XP (and Vista) after this October, when its devs drop py3.9 support (to this day, no py3.10+ fork has been made public that can run on NT 5.x/6.0 ) ....

The latest official version of youtube-dl is from 2021. To get a more recent one, the user would have to compile an executable with all recent changes. Fortunately, @nicolaasjan has been doing this even for SSE only CPUs. When it comes to YouTube-DL Gui 0.4, I now have tested it again. Basically, it still works with both youtube-dl and yt-dlp. But the internal switches are from 2017 and cause problems. The subtitles option has to be switched off as it stopped working. The different, pre-adjusted switches for the video quality do not really work well. If you set 480p, you get something with 398p. To get the programme running smoothly again, the source code would have to be considerably revised and recompiled. ytBATCH for Windows XP, on the other hand, can be set so perfectly that you get exactly what you want.

I have test-installed VT Hash Check 1.67 (WinXP, genieautravail, 7Apr2025) on my old Inspiron 7500 laptop (Pentium 3, SSE-only). The program installs and works fine under SSE-only. The installation was into a dedicated sandbox of Sandboxie v5.22. I also created a special desktop shortcut, which loads and runs the Settings window in the sandbox, and pasted my API Key into the sandboxed Settings window. I then edited the registry so that I could run VT Hash Check in the sandbox by just -> right-clicking on the file to be checked -> Check File Hash, the same handling as when VT Hash Check is installed and run normally, outside of a sandbox. The reason for installing and running VT Hash Check in a sandbox was to identify any undesirable results, such as unusual files added to the sandbox. The yellow frame in the screenshot above indicates that VT Hash Check v1.67 is running in a sandbox. The message indicates "the file exceeds 128MB which is the default limit for uploading via API". Not sure whether this is still the current API limit. Details about creating a shortcut to the program in the sandbox and about the registry entries for starting the sandboxed program with a right-click entry added to the context menu of all file types will eventually be posted in the topic "Sandboxie under Windows XP". I found nothing conspicuous during my testing of VT Hash Check in the sandbox, the program is definitely OK. It's a very useful program and easy to use.

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For those living somewhere with a governmental ban on Kaspersky (US, for example), using such methods to circumvent restrictions is illegal and might have dire consequences. I guess, teaching people how to do it, too.

There's no such update in MS catalogue. Are you sure??? https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB2653312 Not off-topic, we all are very interested in the sound quality if Windows 11, but no one posted, so we can't (as of yet) determine whether it added up or contributed to the claimed (alleged) failure. I'm also an owner of a very good card (shown at my profile, first post I think). But the description and my impressions were deleted by the supervisor.

I completely agree with D.Darker about the poor style of Musk's clothes. But it seems it's very common for those with money. No taste at all. But he could care less about hiding his salaries from French prosecutors at this point, I think something more serious needs to happen to somehow knock him out. Sorry for the off-topic addition. D.Draker is right about .sig files. By this time, I already have no doubts in what he writes. https://github.com/win32ss/supermium/issues/1323#issuecomment-2797469987

--disable-highres-timer speeds up considerably.

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I'm not up to arguing (especially when there's no need to). "Microsoft ends Windows 7 security updates | TechCrunch" Windows 7 is a legacy OS. https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/10/microsoft-ends-windows-7-security-updates/

Everything except new versions of Windows 10/11 is officially "legacy", including, but not limited to, Windows 8.1 and old Windows 10 (like LTSB 2016 version).

Hi, Because the results are still somewhat good, despite the known fact of censorship. What alternatives there are? Miserable. Most of them use Google and/or Yahoo results anyways.