It is possible to install the POSReady patches without using the registry hack - I have never applied the registry change and have installed all of the POSReady KBs.
It's worth mentioning that you can extract an XP kb file using its /x switch ... kb4019276.exe /x:"c:\kb4019276". To apply the patch you can simply execute update.exe in the update folder. It is that update.exe that you need to replace and the update_SP3QFE.inf that needs changing.
I have a version of a modified update.exe but I don't think it is allowed to post hacked Microsoft files. There is a how to mod your own starting here (I never did this, I downloaded my version many years ago):
https://msfn.org/board/topic/171814-posready-2009-updates-ported-to-windows-xp-sp3-enu/page/4/#comment-1078363
I have always done it this way (starting from before the registry hack was known).
Ben.
You're very welcome - yeah, good to know it still works. I just ran it today as I decided to clone my HD again for the summer. Perhaps I'm rushing to July. Appears the roots were updated on 6/28. Hope everyone is managing as best as can be.
Very interesting! Never heard of it before. I used the POSReady hack without any problems in the past, and therefore, no need to try other methods.
You're absolutely right! Posting of hacked Microsoft files publicly, are not allowed in MSFN. It's against the forum rules.
Anyway, thanks for your interesting post!
Cheers, AstroSkipper
I won't bother addressing your points. It's clear that you're a conflicting individual who's always looking for a fight, always dismissing or putting down others unless they speak exactly how you want to hear them. Impossible to converse with you like with a normal person. You're not worth my time.
Latest Serpent 52.9.0 (2022-06-23) (32-bit) on Vista SP2 x86; saving an image file works as expected, however Error Console records:
Timestamp: 27/06/2022 19:35:17
Error: Failed to load module resource://gre/modules/DownloadUIHelper.jsm.
Source File: resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.jsm
Line: 279
Timestamp: 27/06/2022 19:35:17
Error: SyntaxError: invalid property id
Source File: resource://gre/modules/DownloadUIHelper.jsm
Line: 132, Column: 31
Source Code:
async confirmLaunchExecutable: function (aPath)
both associated with "DownloadUIHelper.jsm"; I would hate it if the reported breakage has anything to do with martok's "async"-related PR, because, thanks to it, "*.notion.*" URls work again in UXP-based browsers!
1 - I don't understand the meaning of this word . Extremists according to whom ? Who sets the boundaries ? Who and by whom is allowed to set the boundaries ?
Well for me , rockclimbers are quite extreme fellas too , so ?
"Extremists" in this "modern" meaning smells like government introduced .... maybe FBI or smth like that.
2- I know you're a good person too.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloader/
P.S.
With Total Cookie Protection enabled by default, other such extensions are unnecessary:
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-rolls-out-total-cookie-protection-by-default-to-all-users-worldwide/
It is interesting to consider that even in chrome-based browsers you can get the same.
Excuse the necro, but both links in the OP are currently dead, so I will provide valid (as of 15th November 2020) archive.org backups below
For the full version: https://web.archive.org/web/20180106031049/http://www.mdgx.com/spx/OSR2SP1.EXE
For the lite version: https://web.archive.org/web/20190817122722/http://www.mdgx.com/spx/OSR2SP1L.EXE
Hope this helps