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Yes. All builds of ytdlp-silent-xp.exe have been tested by me on my Windows XP computer. Unfortunately, none of them are working, not even the latest.

Does this refer to yesterday's latest offering ? https://github.com/FalloNero/yt-dlp4vlc/commit/93ad2eeffdcdaf2cc0a6ef685b57399d7787c789 (built with VC2005 ?)

For anyone who isn't familiar with LUA scripts. My mod of the LUA script yt-dlp4vlc does the following: YouTube links entered in VLC are now processed by the YouTube downloader yt-dlp and are then transferred to VLC and played back. Credits to FalloNero. The console window is hidden either by a PowerShell command or by the tool hidecon if the latter exists in VLC's programme folder. Video links without appended quality parameter can now be played again with the quality preset by the user in the VLC settings. The default video codec has been preset by me to h264 so that even older hardware is supported. This can of course be changed in the script by the users according to their needs.

WindowsXP-KB4512787-x86-ENU build 6912 : https://mega.nz/file/T5gmCYBB#iogwxoD7JCY3-RIbW83J3CfcAKgmZ8zJDbP_k3YicOY

hmm did you try the code i posted in page 1 ? for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/FltMgr, make sure that it has "Tag" [DWORD] value of "1" (0x00000001). = "HKLM\0, System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\FltMgr\0, Tag\0, %REG_DWORD%\0,01,00,00,00", others : "HKLM\0, System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Filesystem\0, NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation\0,%REG_DWORD%\0,00,00,00,00", "HKLM\0, System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Filesystem\0, Win31FileSystem\0,%REG_DWORD%\0,00,00,00,00", "HKLM\0, System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Filesystem\0, Win95TruncatedExtensions\0,%REG_DWORD%\0,01,00,00,00", it would allow you to make a fix directly

What if you tried updating it with the Simplix Update pack for "Windows 7" (up-to-date with telemetry disabled)? Regarding RAM: X86 version of Windows cannot use the additional RAM.

@DesWer on GitHub in the Rumble thread asked me for a link to my Python for XP environment. Well, here it is, complete with all current dependencies installed: Python311_XP-folder.7z Extract it to e.g. C:\Python311 and add that folder, plus C:\Python311\Scripts to your PATH. Instead of building the standalone executable with PyInstaller, you can use pip to install the Nightly build directly: python -m pip install -U --pre "yt-dlp[default]" That will install/update the dependencies as well. (yt-dlp Nightly from 2026.01.02 is already included)

Since the ytdlp-silent-xp.exe file for starting yt-dlp hidden provided by FalloNero is still not working, I modified the code again and cleaned up all unnecessary lines of code. From now on, my PowerShell command "PowerShell.exe -windowstyle hidden cmd /c &" will be executed in the case the hidecon.exe file doesn't exist. If, however, the hidecon.exe file is present in the main folder of VLC, my reduced hidecon command "hidecon &" will be used instead to start yt-dlp hidden. Here is my new mod of the LUA script yt-dlp4vlc: -- YouTube Link Resolver for VLC with Separate Video and Audio URLs -- Place this script in VLC's lua/playlist directory local yt_dlp_path = 'yt-dlp.exe' local yt_dlp_silent_path = 'hidecon.exe' function sleep(s) local ntime = os.time() + s repeat until os.time() > ntime end function probe() -- Check if the input is a YouTube link return vlc.access == "http" or vlc.access == "https" and (string.match(vlc.path, "youtube%.com") or string.match(vlc.path, "youtu%.be")) end function parse() -- Construct the full YouTube URL local youtube_url = vlc.access .. "://" .. vlc.path -- Extract "quality" query parameter if present local quality = youtube_url:match("[&?]quality=(%d+)[pP]?") youtube_url = youtube_url:gsub("[&?]quality=%d+[pP]?", ""):gsub("[&?]$", "") -- Remove trailing ? or & -- Get the preferred resolution preset by the user in VLC local prefres = vlc.var.inherit(nil, "preferred-resolution") if prefres < 0 then prefres = 2160 -- Best quality set to 2160p to overwrite VLC's native value of -1 end local allowed_qualities = { ["240"] = true, ["360"] = true, ["480"] = true, ["720"] = true, ["1080"] = true, ["2160"] = true } -- Default quality limited to the preferred resolution taken from VLC's settings local format_string = string.format("bestvideo[height<=%i]+bestaudio", prefres) if quality and allowed_qualities[quality] then format_string = string.format("bestvideo[height<=%i]+bestaudio", quality) vlc.msg.info("Using requested quality: " .. quality .. "p") else vlc.msg.info("No valid quality specified. Defaulting to best available.") end local cmd_hidden = 'hidecon &' -- Start cmd hidden and ... -- No better codec than h264 (an important switch for older hardware). This can of course be changed by the users according to their needs. local codec_limit = '-S "codec:h264"' local video_url = '' local audio_url = '' local yt_dlp_silent_exists = io.open(yt_dlp_silent_path, "r") ~= nil if not yt_dlp_silent_exists then vlc.msg.info(yt_dlp_silent_path .. " not found. Falling back to " .. yt_dlp_path) cmd_hidden = 'PowerShell.exe -windowstyle hidden cmd /c &' -- Start cmd hidden and ... local cmd = string.format( '%s "%s" %s -f \"%s\" -g "%s"', cmd_hidden, yt_dlp_path, codec_limit, format_string, youtube_url ) local handle = io.popen(cmd) video_url = handle:read("*l") audio_url = handle:read("*l") handle:close() else vlc.msg.info(yt_dlp_silent_path .. " found. Running program") local cmd = string.format( '%s "%s" %s -f \"%s\" -g "%s"', cmd_hidden, yt_dlp_path, codec_limit, format_string, youtube_url ) local handle = io.popen(cmd) video_url = handle:read("*l") audio_url = handle:read("*l") handle:close() end video_url = video_url and video_url:gsub("^%s+", ""):gsub("%s+$", "") or "" audio_url = audio_url and audio_url:gsub("^%s+", ""):gsub("%s+$", "") or "" vlc.msg.info("[YouTube Resolver] Original URL: " .. youtube_url) vlc.msg.info("[YouTube Resolver] Video URL: " .. video_url) if audio_url and audio_url ~= "" then return { { path = video_url, name = vlc.path .. " (Video)", options = { ":input-slave=" .. audio_url } } } else return { { path = video_url, name = vlc.path .. " (Video + Audio)" } } end end Cheers, AstroSkipper

The LUA script yt-dlp4vlc reads the video quality preset by the user in VLC's settings only once while starting the player. If this setting is changed by the user at some point, the player has of course to be restarted to take the new setting into account.

For example, I updated the OpenSSL Shared Library inside the programme folder of MusicBrainz Picard to get their last XP-compatible version 1.4.2 working again.

Programmes which need OpenSSL for establishing connections can be manually updated to a more recent OpenSSL version if the old one doesn't work properly anymore. I did that in the past to revive programmes which are no longer supported by the author. Installing it globally under Windows XP has never been necessary on my computer.

First of all, thanks! About that stuff, all has been said here. There is nothing to argue anymore. The facts are crystal clear. And common sense should not be disregarded. Yes, of course! Besides all the facts, zero trust in this programme! And it doesn't matter which version. BTW, I have tested it long, long time ago. But the way this programme lived its own life was unacceptable. I only allow programmes to do what I have authorised and set up. So after a short time, I deleted everything related to this programme and deep-cleaned my partition. And from today's perspective, that was a very wise decision.

That's why I wrote: Which means that it doesn't matter at all. The actual question is: What's the point of a report on an old version without a version number of a programme that does not stand for security anyways? Everyone can answer this question for themselves. And if a manufacturer wants to pull the plug, then a few posts in some thread won't change anything. One should evaluate things in life realistically.

Here are the important lines (3579 - 3605) from the tun.c file inside the source code of OpenVPN v2.3.18: static const IP_INTERFACE_INFO * get_interface_info_list (struct gc_arena *gc) { ULONG size = 0; IP_INTERFACE_INFO *ii = NULL; DWORD status; if ((status = GetInterfaceInfo (NULL, &size)) != ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER) { msg (M_INFO, "GetInterfaceInfo #1 failed (status=%u) : %s", (unsigned int)status, strerror_win32 (status, gc)); } else { ii = (PIP_INTERFACE_INFO) gc_malloc (size, false, gc); if ((status = GetInterfaceInfo (ii, &size)) == NO_ERROR) return ii; else { msg (M_INFO, "GetInterfaceInfo #2 failed (status=%u) : %s", (unsigned int)status, strerror_win32 (status, gc)); } } return ii; } I assume the mentioned bug won't appear there. When using this OpenVPN version, you can check the connection logs and then you will see whether there is such a bug or not.

Look at its source code, and you will definitely know!

In your quoted link, there is provided an explanation and a solution in terms of this bug. Here is a quote from this topic: When looking into the download package, this bug fix seems to have already been implemented. Your question about Windows Server 2003 has been answered there, too.

Thanks! Nothing good comes for free, eh? I assume this means logging and collecting, reporting. Did you try it? I'm looking for a decent VPN to bypass cloudfare, in crx format. I don't want them to log my IP.

Oh, it's fine, like I said, I can live without seeing the attachments, thank you, I know how to change the IP, I even tried with a very famous VPN (that everyone knows, they usually unblock everything), I tried right now, all the same.

It was @VistaLover, it's not the first time I see his attachments show up like this, No offence, I don't read his posts, mostly because we don't share the same interests, it's just an observation. This time I decided to look at them.

They show like that for me, if I go there directly, they say you got a view limit on them. "The HTTP 429 Too Many Requests response status code indicates the user has sent too many requests in a given amount of time ("rate limiting")."

The best is to avoid https links related to MU. This is what most of us use: http://fe2.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en. If you stuck at installing activex addon check your security settings in Internet Options in your IE. Lower the security level in Internet Zone only! In this thread I've provided a lot of approaches to solve error code 0x80072F8F. Try them! Maybe one of them will work for you. The goal is to figure out why it is working for some of us like me and for others generating the error code 0x80072F8F.

Welcome to the selected members troubleshooting error code 0x80072F8F! Which proxy do you use? If you are using ProxHTTPSProxy you have two choices of config.ini files. The one file is mine: https://www.mediafire.com/file/vr1klatuzjh6v5c/ProxHTTPSProxy_-_config.ini/file., the other is the config.ini of @maile3241: https://msfn.org/board/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=49135&key=c915b3197ea8b62e406422ccfec16ea4. Each of them is working in their system but they are different. Try them and report if one of them does the trick or not!

I'm not sure what exactly do you want me to capture with this screenshot . First off - removing these speeds up the browser launch , like 2-3x times. You can try and see for yourself . I'm absolutely fine with what you do or don't/won't/not going to do . I'm here as an advisor . I publish my personal discoveries and I have my own modded version . This is a "general discussion" topic , so people can/may want to disable it themselves. And the subroutines are called ! For example , in chromium (ordinary chromium) you can see that these create cookies and "app data".

Fine , no crashes so far ! Almost like it was 1106 . But 2205 becomes somewhat slower overtime . For example , when I open an instrgam account with plenty of posts and scroll down and down .... like 200-300 posts closer to the bottom it becomes somewhat sluggish, but no crashes , zero , nada . It is still usable , but I didn't like such kind of behaviour . For those who are wondering , my internet PC config is 16GB DDR3 RAM + Quad Xeon CPU , GTX Titan and Vista WITHOUT updates and without the extended kernel , I do not even have SHA-2 updates. I think I shall continue to use my 360 betas .

Yeah , let's not discuss , I agree . But other members need to know why I asked you . Not everyone is aware , it seems . Honestly , I can't understand why would you bring the politics here in the first place ? Huh ? I mean , you didn't link to a neutral website about Dutch tullips ! You linked to the enemy station . I was in shock why would you even suggest something like this to a Finnish guy . Being from Europe , you ought to know his motherland Finland is still under Russian occupation , huge Finnish territories are still under occupation . Like Karelia , etc. "Russia occupied Finland several times" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland–Russia_relations In 1939 Russia bombed Helsinki and occupied Finland again. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Helsinki_in_World_War_II Not enough ? I still remember russian tanks near your house too .... OK ! Let's pretend it was a big misunderstanding and move on. I just wanted to say I'm on the same side with this marvellous , friendly , funny and wise Finnish guy , I hope he will forgive you . P.S. I know a lot of Germans . You need to be sure you're not talking to an ex-stasi , DDR military or his/her relatives/family members and the such , who will tell you "some things were better on the other side". To the other readers and our dear moderators , please excuse us for this slight off-topic ! And it is still kinda on-topic , since we talk about internet websites . Why ? Simply because we didn't have RT in the 90's when russians couldn't allow themselves to pay for this super expensive propaganda machine with the western oil/gas money and the internet was definitely better !

Wow ! And they say people don't change ! Bravo and Upvote !

I would also suggest to disable HIDDEN extensions inside resources.dll List of Spying/Tracking/Unwanted/Unneeded things/extensions I prefer to disable : 1 - mhjfbmdgcfjbbpaeojofohoefgiehjai PDF Viewer 2 - fjajfjhkeibgmiggdfehjplbhmfkialk CryptoTokenExtension 3 - gfdkimpbcpahaombhbimeihdjnejgicl Feedback to gurgle (!) 4 - Chrome Web Store Cloud Print (who needs that ?!) 5 - Github Polymer "feedback" (!) https://github.com/Polymer/polymer/issues/ 6 - Google Network Speech (the code varies) (this may be of some use to @ArcticFoxie only due to gurgle voice , but I'm pretty sure it will still work without it) 7 - ahjtciijnoiaklcomgnblndopackapon Identity API Scope Approval UI (some apps use it to link the user to the gurgle acc.) 8 - Replace ALL occurrences (just break the links, it's enough) , like zzps instead of http: https://crbug.com http://crbug.com https://developer