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Indeed. I have the KB4512788 (x86 for Win2003 Server); it contains fltmgr build 6912 and all 4 kernel HALs again and also kernel. This fltmgr works in XPSP3/uSP4, but hitches even more than 5107... If this thing would work normally in XP, it is a much better experience because it isn't maimed like the XPSP3_fltmgr_build5512 is. When it works, the system feels much more robust as WinNT always used to feel when coming from / dual booting 98 and NT4 and NT5. Now XP just because of this one very low level component feels like Windows 98. But hey, it's all we've got so it'll have to be enough until someone backports a proper fltmgr for it.

- Windows NT 5.x family windowsupdate.com links for available languages, including all (any?) Custom Support Updates - The updates links are grouped for each build, slightly sorted, and ordered lexicographically per update number or file name as possible - Superseded (replaced) updates are not filtered or excluded - The dump is available as csv files containing updates name and url, or plain text files containing updates url - It's recommended to use CSVFileView to check the csv files https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/csv_file_view.html - You can filter or extract updates for certain language using findstr (Vista or 7) e.g. findstr /i \-enu NT_5.2.3790-x64-Custom.csv > NT_5.2.3790-x64-Custom-enu.csv however, few update have different language identifier or none, so it's best to review the whole file first - NT_5.1.2600-x86-SP2-Custom and NT_5.1.2600-x86-SP2-Custom-IE are ment for the EOS Windows XP SP2 x86 only - NT5-ia64 is for Itanium-based Server 2003 / Windows XP - .NET Framework packs and updates for NT 5.1/5.2 are in a separate list files, likewise Windows Media Player and some eXtra updates # P.S. Maybe it's best not to post the links explicitly in the forum replies or text sites (pastebin, txtuploader..), and share them in the txt/csv files # Download https://gitlab.com/stdout12/adns/uploads/9ca06a12dd08c06edd889e65afa637fa/NT5_WU_URLs_csv.7z https://gitlab.com/stdout12/adns/uploads/33fcfd0b0f6c1a0cb74472cb8407800d/NT5_WU_URLs_txt.7z

KB3045999 There's also fltmgr.sys same version 5.2.3790.5107 (srv03_sp2_qfe.130106-1434) I installed it today as I specified, and saw the difference compared to Windows XP before the update file. It's as you said, but didn't have any problems with the ESU Update version KB4493563.

I have five different installations of Supermium, x86 and x64, on different machines and operating systems, Windows XP and Windows 10. FWIW, I have never been aware of any problems with fonts on any of them.

it is fine as long as DLLs are newer than 3 Dec, as I don't rebuild whole thing.

Hello roytam1, Please notice, when downloading: https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20251220-3219d2d-uxp-b9f12b43c6-xpmod-ia32.7z it installs: St52 25-12-03

I have not had any problems with fltmgr.sys build 5107. fltmgr.sys build 5107 seems to work fine for me on my old Inspiron 7500 under WinXP SP3 + WinXP SP2 + Win2003 SP2 I have installed fltmgr.sys v5.2.379.5107, extracted from KB2839229, on an old Inspiron 7500 (Pentium III of the year 2001, 700MHz) two days ago, and EVERYTHING WORKS FINE , at least up to now. Mulitple operating systems are installed on the Inspiron 7500. I have installed fltmgr.sys build 5107 under Windows XP SP3 and under Windows Server 2003 on the Inspiron 7500. I didnot install fltmgr.sys v5.2.379.5107 on my i7 desktop under WinXP SP3, because speed/efficiency is not an issue with the i7 desktop. Windows XP SP3 and Windows Server 2003 SP2 feel MUCH crisper on the old 700MHz Inspiron after having installed fltmgr.sys build 5107. Windows Explorer and New Moon, for example, feel perceptably crisper. With the original fltmgr.sys, WinXP and Win2003 have felt like using a heavily fragmented HDD, with fltmgr.sys build 5107 it now feels like working with a freshly defragmented HDD. I have subsequently installed fltmgr.sys build 5107 on another old Inspiron 7500 under WinXP SP2, i.e. fltmgr.sys build 5107 seems to work OK also under WinXP SP2. Here some comments, maybe they provide a clue why fltmgr.sys build 5107 works on the old Inspiron 7500: 1) My old Inspiron 7500 has a single-core 700MHz Pentium III. WindowsServer2003-KB2839229-x86-ENU.exe also contains ntkrnlmp.exe (aka NT Kernel, Multi-Processor Version). Maybe fltmgr.sys build 5107 works OK under WinXP with single-core CPUs, but not with dual core, quad core etc? 2) I have not made any special registry settings, e.g. GroupOrderList 3) WinXP SP3, WinXP2 and Win2003 used with fltmgr.sys build 5107 are installed on FAT32 partitions, not on NTFS partitions. 4) The Pentium III CPU in the old Inspiron 7500 is SSE-only, i.e. is NOT SSE2 I did not use Hirens Boot CD etc for replacing fltmgr.sys. There are multiple operating systems on my Inspirons, with System Commander 9.04 as boot manager. The installation of fltmgr.sys build 5107 was made with a simple file copy under a different operating system, i.e. by booting into another operating system (e.g. Win2003), then renaming fltmgr.sys on the WinXP partition, then copying the new build 5107 to the WinXP partition and then rebooting back into WinXP. Download and description page of KB2839229 for Win2003: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39169 Download link: https://download.microsoft.com/download/d/9/d/d9d3677c-e57f-4066-85b1-b7642fcaa1f1/WindowsServer2003-KB2839229-x86-ENU.exe I have used UniExtract (koros) to extract fltmgr.sys v5.2.379.5107 from WindowsServer2003-KB2839229-x86-ENU.exe

Even today, the proxies ProxHTTPSProxy, HTTPSProxy and ProxyMII have lost none of their importance for Windows XP. There are programmes that still run on Windows XP but require a secure TLS connection. A good example of this is Panda Antivirus Free, which requires such a connection to activate the user account, albeit only once.

Apparently, I'm not the only one who has noticed such abnormal delays when starting up Panda while system start: 16 minutes! That's record-breaking. Any other here observing similar issues?

If you encounter problems installing Panda Antivirus Free and uninstalling it fails or is incomplete, you should use the Panda Dome Generic Uninstaller, which is available here: https://techsearch.pandasecurity.com/PandaKBView?id=kA1Vr00000064QjKAI

Generally, Panda Antivirus Free is working under Windows XP, even in the most recent version. However, there are two issues. The first issue which I noticed is the unability to connect to a Panda Dome account. Every time you open the programme interface, you are annoyed by a pop-up window asking you to log in to a Panda Dome account. However, this does not work under Windows XP and ends with an error message. There is no official solution for this error. But I have a solution. It appears to be a TLS problem. A secure connection is required, which Windows XP cannot establish natively. The solution is ProxHTTPSProxy, HTTPSProxy or ProxyMII which you can get in my thread Simply set the proxy in the Panda Antivirus settings and set up your Panda Dome account. Once this is done, Panda will no longer bother you, and the proxy settings can be deleted again. The second issue consists of a delay of several minutes during system start-up. Panda Antivirus needs round about 5 minutes to be completely loaded on my machine. I tried different versions and possible solutions, but nothing helped. Therefore, this issue has been reported by me to Panda's support. We will see what happens. Greetings from Germany, AstroSkipper

Microsoft .NET Framework 4 is needed and should be installed to ensure that Panda Dome runs correctly.

The restriction you addressed in the FAT32 file system and the NTFS file system is probably the most difficult part to solve. Since these 2 file systems allow no object names (folder names or file names) longer than 256 characters, it will be a problem storing longer names if the file system driver prevents it. Your suggested solution to shorten long object names leads to truncated names and looses the uniqueness of the names. Once a name is shortened the truncated part is lost and we might have 2 folders or 2 files with the same name. --- There is an easier part where at least some progress can be achieved: Some of the functions restrict the caller to max_path for the total path name (not the object name), even though there doesn't seem to be a good reason. So it might be the case, that these restrictions can be lifted. However, some functions return a path and the caller might provide a buffer, that can take no more than max_path characters. These functions are more problematic, because we don't want to create buffer overruns. Here is the list of functions, which don't return paths: CopyFile2 CopyFileExW CopyFileW CreateDirectoryExW CreateDirectoryW CreateFile2 CreateFileExW CreateFileW CreateHardLinkW CreateSymbolicLinkW DeleteFileW GetCompressedFileSizeW GetFileAttributesExW GetFileAttributesW GetFullPathNameW GetLongPathNameW MoveFileExW MoveFileW MoveFileWithProgressW RemoveDirectoryW ReplaceFileW SetCurrentDirectoryW SetFileAttributesW Here is the list of functions, which return paths: FindFirstFileExW FindFirstFileNameW FindFirstFileW FindFirstStreamW FindNextFileNameW FindNextFileW FindNextStreamW GetCurrentDirectoryW GetFinalPathNameByHandleW SearchPathW --- Well, if you are talking about KernelEx for Windows 98 and Windows Millenium, we might also consider looking into the slim-character versions of the functions (for example RemoveDirectoryA) and not just the wide-character versions (for example RemoveDirectoryW). I don't know a good reason, why long paths should be limited to a specific character set used.

Re-read my first post in this topic and try to understand the goal. The goal was NOT to prove anything to you . The goal was to speed-up the system , trying to make it less crappy . Got it ? As for "sent" or "not sent" , wait for the nurds in uniform to find out. Or read about other means of sending , like parallel broadcasting channels in your wireless module. If this "data collector set" , including audio and usb recording doesn't strike you as suspicious behaviour , that's up to you. You aren't my only reader.

Excuse me for a slight off-top. How did you manage to do it ? As far as I know , the later updates won't install without a proper ESU licence. They just "configuring" endlessly. "If you are installing this update on a device that is running an edition that is not supported for ESU." Like this one , see : known issues. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/august-10-2021-kb5005095-security-only-update-a324fdbb-ce90-4c4d-8d9d-e9f2f2a57e0e

Yep , several later chromes were not launching , true . But I replaced some stupid function and it opened no probs. But what good would any new chrome would be if the extesions still don't work anyways ? And it seems no one's gunna fix it.

Esp. your audio logging ! Yeah , geeks/nurds are very interested in your audio. Of course it has nothing to with FBI.NSA.CIA.FSB.KGB.MOSSAD.MI6>>ETC. And I'm just yet another "right-winged conspiracy theorist".

Certainly , but where do you live ???!!! I'm in France and it's night here . But should be day in the States , no ? Anyways , good night , sleep well . I now have insomnia , after the horror I've seen in Ukraine . 'till later.