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@Monroe For simple things ,where a no logging policy does not be of any interest, free VPN services may be used. BTW, VPNBook is another one. However, I personally prefer paid VPN services. Luckily, I own several lifetime licenses which have been working for years. Even though not all their servers can be used under Windows XP due to modern protocols, my VPN providers still offer older connection protocols on some servers as I prefer the L2TP/IPSec or in second place the PPTP protocol under Windows XP. Unfortunately, OpenVPN puts too much strain on my system.

Well, both these missing DLLs are referred to as "dependencies" of wrapper DLL "kernelxp.dll"; but @cmalex has never provided them in his custom, XP-targeting, CPython assemblies, e.g. https://mega.nz/folder/jst2WJ5B#sknEpEBamwPomx8UULWuMA/file/igNWhbCb so he should know better ; in fact, I have tracked those wrapper DLLs (kernelxp.dll, ntext.dll, psapi.dll, ws2_xx.dll) inside below folder: https://mega.nz/folder/KxExlAiC#L9rAQ5kTCtlHgZUwaxMpgw/folder/Os1DmLgL and the accompanying README simply states: In any case, PyInstaller just issues WARNINGs, no fatal errors, and the resultant packages function as expected; so, these warnings can be regarded as "red herrings" and can be safely ignored; just my 2c ...

Use the RIGHT version if you need minimal functionality, pure 2D drivers have 348K :) https://github.com/JHRobotics/vmdisp9x/releases/tag/v1.2025.0.119

So, I revisited this machine (with a fresh install) and WDMEX is needed to get the audio working. Once the driver is established as functional, it seems I can disable WDMEX. If I swap the driver out, and then back again, WDMEX is once again needed to initiate functionality.

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20251011-3219d2d-uxp-b709881389-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20251011-3219d2d-uxp-b709881389-xpmod.7z source code that is comparable to my current working tree is available here: https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commits/custom IA32 Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20251011-3219d2d-uxp-b709881389-xpmod-ia32.7z source code that is comparable to my current working tree is available here: https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commits/ia32 NM28XP build: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20251011-d849524bd-uxp-b709881389-xpmod.7z Win32 IA32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20251011-d849524bd-uxp-b709881389-xpmod-ia32.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20251011-d849524bd-uxp-b709881389-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win64-git-20251011-d849524bd-uxp-b709881389-xpmod.7z Win7+ x64 AVX2 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win64-git-20251011-d849524bd-uxp-b709881389-w7plus-avx2.7z No official UXP changes picked since my last build. No official Pale-Moon changes picked since my last build. No official Basilisk changes picked since my last build. My changes picked since my last build: - mailnews: fix OAuth2Providers path (16dc4c9168) - Add support for HTMLSlotElement.assignedElements() (#2) (169c949e49) - Merge pull request #37 from ClassicNick/Merge-20251005 (f24e68da7b) - style: color-mix: when either color resolves to NS_COLOR_CURRENTCOLOR, it will cause color value reevaluation and cause stack overflow. hack it to use parent color instead. (702d61e68e) - caps: hack - check `mCSP` RefCount to avoid circular calls (b709881389) Update Notice: - You may delete file named icudt*.dat inside program folder when updating from old releases. * Notice: From now on, UXP rev will point to `custom` branch of my UXP repo instead of MCP UXP repo, while "official UXP changes" shows only `tracking` branch changes.