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  1. All A while ago I discovered that Amazon Prime Video stopped working on Windows XP. Attempting to open it in Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox fails with "Unsupported Operating System." Additionally, spoofing the browser as Firefox 53 or newer on XP will then tell you that Firefox is missing a DRM component. However, today I discovered that Amazon Prime Video works perfectly in SeaMonkey on Windows XP. Using SeaMonkey forces Amazon to use Silverlight, and it works flawlessly! This is very surprising to me since Silverlight has been mostly deprecated across the web. I'm surprised Amazon Prime Video is compatible with it. To download Silverlight 5.1.50907 (the final release), you can download it from my FTP here: http://sdfox7.com/xp/sp3/EOL/Silverlight5.1.50907.exe To download Sea Monkey 2.49.4, you can download the full version on my FTP here: http://sdfox7.com/xp/sp3/EOL/SeaMonkey Setup 2.49.4.exe
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  2. Yes, it is something corrupted, strangely enough the error says it: "Windows cannot load the locally stored profile: Insufficient security rights or a corrupted local file. Windows has logged you in with a temporary profile any setting you make will not be saved." This usually happens because of an error in the (hopefully permissions only) of the NTFS filesystem. A good idea would be to boot a PE of some kind and run a CHKDSK. (First pass only CHKDSK, second pass CHKDSK /F, third pass CHKDSK /R ) Then it is possible that (again for some reason) the usrclass.dat file (or however some profile file) is corrupted. To fix it, the easiest is to create a new user: https://neosmart.net/wiki/corrupt-user-profile/#Fix_Corrupt_User_Profile_in_Windows_XP jaclaz
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  3. Uau, Server 2008 now recieves Monthly Rollups and Security Only updates just like the rest of the big boys? I'm actually surprised! Now only Windows POSReady 2009 (XP) recieves individual updates. This actually makes my job easier Here's the page with the updates info: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4343218 More info on the subject: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/windowsserver/2018/06/12/windows-server-2008-sp2-servicing-changes/ My theory - they changed the updating scheme to be like the rest of the supported Windows versions because of the paid support they're providing for any company who sticks with Server 2008 (https://aka.ms/eos-offer-faq) Anyway: Added Monthly Rollup, KB4458010 (located on the root directory of the repository) Added Security Only Update, KB4457984 (located in the folder "/Security Only (Post August 2018)") Replaced Internet Explorer Cumulative Update KB4457426 (located in the folder "/Security Only (Post August 2018)") Replaced .NET Framework Security and Quality with: -KB4457043 for .NET 2.0 SP2 (located in "/NET 2.0 SP2/Security and Quality Rollup") -KB4457038 for .NET 4.5.2 (located in "/NET 4.5.2/Security and Quality Rollup") -KB4457035 for .NET 4.6-4.6.1 (located in "/NET 4.6-4.6.1/Security and Quality Rollup") Added .NET Framework Security Only updates: -KB4457054 for .NET 2.0 SP2 (located in "/NET 2.0 SP2/Security Only") -KB4457030 for .NET 4.5.2 (located in "/NET 4.5.2/Security Only") -KB4457027 for .NET 4.6-4.6.1 (located in "/NET 4.6-4.6.1/Security Only") I think that's everything... Let me know if I missed anything! https://mega.nz/#F!txxRyLzC!1vBMGzMHiL864f3bl1Rj1w
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  4. @Chronius: Good Sleuthing. It's from March alright. Uninstalling it. Hang tight! UPDATE !!!! It worked! Bang On @Chronius. You sir are the bomb. Wow! I guess there really is no sense installing updates past December 2017. It matters none whether it's Vista, Windows 7 or even Windows 8 and 8.1. @NoelC- I just put you here so you'd see this. It seems your advice stands!
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  5. Well I'm trying out Comodo AV Free v11 (which is not supposed to support Vista - but it runs). With realtime access enabled, it's just a smidgen slower, but it appears to scan and run REALLY well. Whew!
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  6. Backing up your system is the best strategy, yes. I use AVG Free as antivirus (AVG was bought by Avast so it's almost the same) and I use Macrium Reflect Free to backup my system (except for the Data partition). I make one full backup every month and a differential every week. These backups have saved me from great trouble (e.g. reinstalling from the recovery partition) several times.
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  7. Here's my experience with AMD Ryzen CPUs on Vista: they work great! There are no random BSOD or services not starting like Haswell or above. USB 3.x drivers for Windows 7 work just fine on Vista, but you can't slipstream them into the installation, because they are not signed for NT 6.0. You'll need to have a PS/2 keyboard at hand (you only really need the keyboard). A few drivers you should not install, because they do not work: AMD PCI AMD GPIO (this one will make your system unbootable!) Everything else works just fine. I've used a MSI B350 PC Mate motherboard with 16GB of DDR4 RAM. Had to enable legacy USB, enable CSM and disable Secure Boot. After that, I was able to boot Vista in UEFI. Hope this (really late) post helps, since you've asked ages ago @WinClient5270
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