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Off-topic: BTW if you need TOTP keygen/authenticator, you can have one written in client-side javascript: https://github.com/jaden/totp-generator (for Goanna3 support you'll need to deploy https://github.com/jaden/totp-generator/tree/41eb51fc70dd04f631509f27f28e227b2e00bff3 in your own webserver instead)

Hello to all interested users of ProxHTTPSProxy and a special hello to @cmalex! I have tested the brand new release of ProxyMII dated from 13.08.2023 for some days. And I am thrilled. It runs like clockwork. I have tested ProxyMII 230813 together with the browsers Internet Explorer 8, New Moon 28, Iceape and 360ChromePortable 13.5.1030 rebuild 7. So far no problems, on the contrary, the proxy is fast and runs great with my old SSE2 processor. FYI, @cmalex updated ProxyMII in terms of OpenSSL from 3.0.5 to 3.1.2 and Cryptography from 3.4.8 to 40.0.2 some days ago. However, this version now requires at least a processor with SSE2 instruction set and higher. More to come soon. In any case, a big thank you to @cmalex!

OK, I'll hang on for the moment then! What I have now works extremely well, and has done for several years now, and I've never had any problems with its speed of performance. If a newer version is more secure and/or has greater capabilities, I would of course be looking to update. Cheers, Dave.

Hello @Dave-H! I am currently testing this out. It is clear that a more up-to-date version of OpenSSL and Cryptography will almost certainly be accompanied by bug fixes or optimisations. In my tests so far, the proxy works great and fast. I'm already in the process of integrating it into my package. At the moment, however, there is no compelling need to change. ProxyMII as such is of course not as comfortable to use. When you call it up, it is not automatically entered in the system proxy settings of IE. All has to be done manually. The handling of the ProxyMII standalone version is described in detail in the section 8 and following of my main article.

Open "view page source" and search for e.g. expanded_assets -> https://github.com/Feodor2/Mypal68/releases/expanded_assets/68.13.2b

This worked on my 20H2: Turning off Tamper Protection Turning off Windows Defender (I did it using gpedit.msc) I also put WinDefend service on manual. PS: Your title and post refers to the firewall while the link you posted refers to the anti-virus program.

most of the recent versions of Firefox require at minimum the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable, install that and it should start.

There's another thing you could try. There's Windows Ameliorated. Basically they used to provided a modified Iso of windows with all telemetry removed, all metro apps removed and even the activation was removed altogether. They got in trouble with MS because of that so they don't offer ready made isos anymore. They do offer a tool that lets you remove whatever you want from Windows. Maybe you can remove Windows firewall and Defender with it. Here's what they say in the website:

What storport version have you used? You will probably need patched Windows 7 one that supports it. Let me know how it goes with this full package. Otherwise I have no idea where could be issue. Generic_AHCI_6.3.0.1_x64.7z https://file.io/eHxslBEsVKY6 Here is also latest patched CrystalDiskInfo for XP x64 SFX Repack https://file.io/UozyMNbrOmqt

Another TOTP generator in 20 lines of python, code is quite easy to review for yourself. https://github.com/susam/mintotp I have to try on some random GitHub account to see what works for me before applying to my main account.

Yes, apologies, I see how they can be counterintuitive without an explanation. The download page I showed is where the roytam1 publishes the builds of his browsers, which are forked version of common browsers. As a straight on replacement for Firefox, you can go with Basilisk (Serpent) from the list of builds, which is exactly an XP compatible Firefox fork by roytam, nothing more, nothing less. Other browsers like Palemoon are XP compatible forks of other Palemoon which in turn was a Firefox fork. I personally use the company oriented x86 non public builds of Chromium 108 ESR (yes, on XP, not-so-recently upgraded from Chromium 92 ESR) which I'm very lucky to receive on a regular basis, but whenever I need to browse the web with something else I use Palemoon (which ain't great, but it gets the job done unless you wanna stream some DRM protected content). Some other friend of mine use Basilisk (Serpent) which is alright. To put this into context, Chromium 108 ESR vs Palemoon 28 (roytam1):

It never occurred to me to check the program with an anti-virus because it passed a smell test. I've been having this program since 2016 (1.1.2) and used sporadically. It wants to download updated versions of itself and is probably classed as a downloader because it this. You could block its internet access. I like that it is a Delphi program and thus doesn't require big frameworks.

According to Microsoft, "The GUID Partition Table (GPT) was introduced as part of the UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) initiative." And Microsoft suggests to learn about it. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/windows-and-gpt-faq?view=windows-11

GenAHCI 6.3.0.1 GenAHCI is storage driver replacement for Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8.0 and their Server equivalents based on official Windows 8.1 StorAHCI source code sample This patched source code is based on previously developed patch for Windows 8.0 source code sample by Kai Schtrom https://sourceforge.net/projects/storahci-for-windows-2003/ Even it looks like Windows 8.0 to 8.1 is small step, driver code was changed on many places. Almost everything was patched to be compatible with Windows XP and driver can be succesfully installed or integrated into Windows Setup https://github.com/GeorgeK1ng/GenAHCI

The authroots.sst, updroots.sst and delroots.sst files have changed, the roots.sst file remains unchanged.

The scan of the latest version obtained through its update function In any case, it does what it's supposed to, but the .exe indeed imports many functions, supposedly it uses some closed library for what it does and it uses some Windows' crypto store to store the data. It generates same codes as KeePass with default settings for TOTP, there's no extra configurable parameters and it seems you can't see the secret key anymore after you've stored it, which is mentioned in the FAQ. I don't have experience backing up the data that are in that Windows' crypto thingy, haven't needed to so far, looks to be very similar to Chrome which ties some profile data to the Windows user account, so normally not transferable. I guess it's up to the reader to decide.

... I re-analysed the file (previous score was from 8 months ago ) and now the new score is even "bigger" : "36/70 security vendors and no sandboxes flagged this file as malicious" ... I guess most AV suites treat this as a KeyGen of sort ; the author himself stated in its website: FWIW, in the latest score, the Google engine simply timed-out ...

First and foremost, no such address in any of that files inside that zip folder! Second, even if consider your theory, the error page page is not even activated at the moment. The browser is at an empty page, which is not "errorpage.zip". Third, I don't see such connection.

This is your theory, There's no punctuation marks, nothing that would support it. Microsoft calls them "UEFI/GPT-based hard drive", motherboard manufactures remove "/gpt-based" and it becomes just "UEFI HDD", "UEFI CD" and so on. You're not agree with the new, official MS terminology? Sue them. While at it, don't forget to deal with the Chinese, for their poor English. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/configure-uefigpt-based-hard-drive-partitions?view=windows-11

Many thanks @Ben Markson (and @genieautravail ) for your additional, most valuable, input ! ... As it's already apparent , I'm no fan myself of "chatrooms" (I think they're more "youth"-orient(at)ed), but a great fan of "forums", where one can be more verbose and analytic ; I realise, though, I belong to a minority these days ... Yes, the changelog for v5.61 states: ... but their GitHub source repo is weirdly formatted (no individual commit messages) ; the comparison below: https://github.com/mtrojnar/stunnel/compare/stunnel-5.60...stunnel-5.61 is very long and, being a non-coder, I wasn't able to pinpoint the breaking change(s) ; their repo also lacks an issue tracker, so nothing can be reported there ... Their main site claims they still support Windows XP: https://www.stunnel.org/platforms.html ... but probably that list hasn't been updated in a while ... Besides, they no longer provide themselves x86 compiles, 32-bit platform support is now under their "Commercial Support" paid schemes : https://www.stunnel.org/support.html However, there exists a "free" stunnel-users mailing list here , you stand to lose nothing by posting your "issue" there ; alternatively, you can try your luck at the forked repo: https://github.com/josealf/stunnel-win32/issues/new FWIW, the v5.70 tray icon appears and functions as expected in Vista SP2 32-bit: That "weirdness" is to be expected ; other than that, it does appear that openssl-1.1.1u DLLs load fine in your XP SP3 box ; I was somewhat doubtful before because I had read in the past that 1.1.1+ requires, by default, Vista SP2+ APIs to properly function; but perhaps this is relevant only for the VS2015+ compiled builds, e.g. https://wiki.overbyte.eu/wiki/index.php/ICS_Download The 32-bit builds kindly provided by @josealf on GitHub are being compiled on an old GCC version (8.3.0+) with glibc-2.27 (from 2018), perhaps that's the reason NT 5.1 compatibility is being preserved in the produced binaries ... And some final stunnel "trivia": The last official 32-bit Windows release was, as is known, v5.49, bundled with openssl-1.0.2-fips and "the lot" compiled with VS2008, all inherently compatible with XP ... It's indeed kind of an irony that openssl was upgraded to v1.1.1 (TLSv1.3 capable) in the immediately next version 5.50, the first to be only offered as a win64-build ; openssl-1.1.1* was being bundled with stunnel v5.50-5.60, while v5.61-5.70 are bundled with openssl-3.0.x (latest LTS channel); josealf's win32 builds are still stuck on the 1.1.1* LTS channel, though (to be EoL'd next month ) ... And that concludes this ...

Yes, the DirectWrite in there is good enough to make some fonts load in Supermium, but I don't believe the media foundation or Direct2D parts are compatible.

@XP-x64-Lover Here it is, the very last acpi.sys bit64. Just rename it to acpi.sys Dietmar https://ufile.io/y0qv5t7w

Is there a Vista bit32 driver for i219 Dietmar EDIT: This is, what I have found for Vista bit32. The driver with "r" goes up to i210 and may be worth a try. This "r" driver fullfilles all dependencies under win7 SP1, but does not work direct for the i211 or i219 https://ufile.io/bk1awpvj

@George King And here is the hacked version of acpi.sys 2003 5.2 bit32 against BSOD 0x7E(c0000005, ...) error in AcpiArbCrackPRT() when referencing null pointer Dietmar https://ufile.io/ibw0aaxu

@George King here is the original acpi.sys 5.2 bit32 with all the OS Fakes, build from my last Sources 2003 Dietmar https://ufile.io/p1lvafdp

@George King The from Sources 2003 build acpi.sys 5.2 bit32 is much more instable than the acpi.sys from Sources for XP SP1,2,3. So, after some talk in messages, I changed the Source Code from the acpi.sys for XP SP1, that now it supports to full(?) the acpi.sys 5.2 bit32 Dietmar PS: All acpi.sys contains now the OS fakes, that you mentioned.

@George King There has much more changed in Source Code. And also some new hacks. So, until now you can use only my acpi.sys which I send from here Dietmar

Hi, this browser is the only one, that works in April 2023 with ChatGPT under XP SP3 Dietmar https://ufile.io/d8bk1n0a

@George King The Source Code here in the beginning of the thread is build from @Mov AX, 0xDEAD . Some more I have, but not all. And the last hacks for AcpiArbCrackPRT() I think, he does not like. But they work Dietmar

@UsefulAGKHelper Here is brandnew acpi.sys for XP bit64, with hack against BSOD 0x7E(c0000005, ...) error in AcpiArbCrackPRT() when referencing null pointer Dietmar https://ufile.io/ehf890g3

@sparty411 When you have a Ramsey XP with KaiSchtrom Sata driver running on the B450, you can just take this XP and connect it to the B650-E board Dietmar

Oh WOW! I am so sorry to hear that. I wondered why we haven't seen that many posts from him in quite a while. Den was also very kind and helpful to me. He and Trip have been the two mods that I have personally interacted with the most over the years.. Thank you very much for sharing this sad news, Dave. May he rest in peace. EDIT: Looking back over my old records I was reminded that Den and I joined MSFN within a few weeks of each other, which means nothing, really, but was just something we had in common.

I see that EB 24 is from my x64 patching instructions for 376.11, while EB 0C is from x86. The difference is that the x64 patch would "jump" over more code than x86, but I think they should actually be equivalent, as the x86 and x64 compilers arranged the version checking code differently. I'm not sure about 94 51 / 33 07, as I don't seem to have encountered them. You could alternatively take the 74 0A next to the 84 C0 and make that EB 0A, but I am not sure if it would make a difference. I suspect there is a deeper issue on x86.

I do not have a good answer for the 32 bit driver issues. I presume that the same functions are called as on 64 bit, right? If so they should work equally as well, unless there was an obscure issue specific to the architecture (in the last XP x64 NVIDIA drivers, multi monitor capability is broken because of an signed 32 bit integer becoming a unsigned 64 bit integer, iirc).

For 376.11 x86, the version check can be bypassed by finding the line: 53 FF D6 E8 86 97 4E FF 84 C0 74 0A B8 BB 00 00 Change it to this: 53 FF D6 E8 86 97 4E FF EB 0C 74 0A B8 BB 00 00 376.53 is very similar: 53 FF D6 E8 82 55 4E FF 84 C0 74 0A B8 BB 00 00 to 53 FF D6 E8 82 55 4E FF EB 0C 74 0A B8 BB 00 00

Thank you all for your feedback. It does appear that I left out quotation marks in my calls to icacls. And as for the issues with backup restoration, I had originally built the feature around the ability to restore an unbootable system, which is why it requests that you input the Windows folder path. As such it can restore any file not loaded into memory quite easily. As for situations where the backup runs online, it is tougher. The MOVEFILE_DELAY_UNTIL_REBOOT flag in MoveFileEx would not be suitable, as ntoskrnl would be loaded when that would take effect. Perhaps the files in memory can be moved somewhere else before moving the backups. A scheduled task-executable could delete the folder containing these files at next boot.

I believe this particular issue happens on all Vista. A lot of the breakage that has occurred is attributed to ChangeWindowMessageFilterEx; looks like it will have to be looked over quite heavily.

I meant compilers and linkers themselves. Clang works now, which is important for the MozillaBuild toolchain. Many functions were added on the WOW64 side, including kernel32, ole32, shell32, user32, dwmapi, uxtheme and powrprof. However there seem to be issues with some of them, that testers did not discover at first.

The first one will definitely be easier to add than the second. The second actually is implemented in ntoskrnl (in the official version), and there are a few ways of handling it differently. GetThreadErrorMode will be even easier to implement than either of those. And also, I found through a bit of experimentation that several of the functions are failing because the stub dll must be explicitly loaded into memory before it can be used. But the system procedures for verifying that the dll is available are quite lax. If the dll is missing altogether, it will give an error stating the function entry point is missing like usual. But if the dll is physically there but not loaded into memory, it "works" but as soon as you try calling the function, it fails due to a null pointer. So there will have to be some major adjustments to each (32 bit) DLL to confirm that the dll is loaded into memory beforehand. This issue did not seem apparent to me when testing started months ago and 32 bit applications like SeaMonkey started to work. I would have thought that whatever resolved the memory addresses for the functions would check to see that an available dll (as the name is available in the export table) was loaded before trying to call it.

K32GetModuleInformation on x64 only. This release was mostly about fixing bugs and bringing WOW64/x86 up to x64 functionality (more x86 DLLs available than before, but that is not 100% yet either).

First instinct tells me that they did something to win32k that doesn't work so good for you. What happens if you try installing without GPU drivers or in safe mode? Maybe it is best to stick to a 2021 win32k, because late 6002 era win32ks are not the most stable either; they can cause the system to crash if you close Firefox windows. I believe this happens if they are not maximized. This happened on both my main workstation with a Quadro FX 3800 and a laptop with Intel HD Graphics 3000. That 6.0 section is probably a big void. Hopefully I can get a stable ntoskrnl extension regime going, but I won't be able to do much for now.

Go here - http://www.opendrivers.com/download/driver-83547.html The "Official Server 1" link didn't work for me, but go down to the bottom of the page and find the "Backup Server" link. That worked for me. Cheers and Regards

ESENT has been around since Windows 2000 through Windows 11. Maybe this will help explain ESENT, and convince you that it is both not "junk" and also useful. From https://www.minitool.com/news/esent.html: What Is ESENT? --------------- What is ESENT? ESENT is an embeddable transactional database engine. It was first provided with Microsoft Windows 2000 and has been available to developers since then. You can use ESENT for applications that require reliable, high-performance, and low-overhead structured or semi-structured data storage. The ESENT engine can meet a variety of data requirements, from simple data like hash tables to data that cannot be stored in memory to more complex data (such as applications with tables, columns, and indexes). Now, many teams at Microsoft currently rely on ESENT for data storage, such as Active Directory, Windows Desktop Search, Windows Mail, Live Mesh, and Windows Update. Besides, Microsoft Exchange uses a slightly modified version of the ESENT code to store all its mailbox data.

I agree with this part of your statement, but the problem you will probably run into is the newest games will refuse to run on Win 7, whether they truly need the latest driver which doesn't install, or if the game company can't or won't support Win 7 any more. Older games, using older drivers, should still be able to run on Win 7 just fine. Not being a gamer, neither of these cases bother me, and I fully expect to be able to run Win 7 for many more years of "normal" usage. As to the purpose of this thread, it will be useful to others if you note which versions of which games or apps are the last ones to run on Win 7. If possible, try to determine if it is the installer which, possibly artificially, will no longer function on Win 7, or if it is the game or app itself. Cheers and Regards

Interesting internal design. I assume the blade is discolored from decades of use? And the plastic "surround" on either side of the blade is meant to protect little fingers? Or is the blade itself also plastic? From your first pic I thought it was rather flat, but it's actually kinda square. Just out of curiosity, it would be interesting to see a pic showing how it interacted with the envelope to be opened. You mentioning a screwdriver version triggered something in my memories. I might have had one like that myself back in the day, LOL Surprisingly, to me, when searching, most "letter openers" seemed to usually be more expensive ($15 -$25 or more) than "knives", all of which I know are WAY more expensive than your el-cheapo one was. But then prices from 1971 are LOONG gone. (gasoline is no longer 35 cents a gallon, but counting inflation I guess $15 today is equivalent to about $3 in 1971) The closest I could find (visually, though flat) was a Traditional Japanese craft knife - "joint" Yoshiharu Kiridashi for wood carving, with a carbon steel blade and brass handle/scabbard. They are relatively inexpensive, $5 - $12, or so, but shipping?? An example of the high end ($12) I found is this one - https://osakatools.com/products/wood-carving-marking-blade-cutter-kiridashi-chisel-craft-knife-yoshiharu-left-or-right-handed?currency=usd. I'm sure yours was probably also made in Japan, the el-cheapo ones usually were back in 1971, but I don't know if we'll be able to find a picture of it now on the web, and thus find out the brand.

Sorry, Den, I don't remember that one. I assume it slides apart to expose the blade? Since my memory failed me, I tried both of Google's image search tools - https://www.google.com/advanced_image_search - and - https://www.google.com/searchbyimage/upload - and Yandex's - https://yandex.com/images/search? - which I've often had more success with, but no luck. The image you provided unfortunately looks too much like various nail files, car reflectors, wax spreaders, leather cutting tools, or Japanese carving blades with brass covers. You might have more success since you know more about the item, or by using different images. Occasionally, using JPG images instead of PNG ones sometimes gets different results. It's always trial and error. Out of curiosity, why are you looking for it? In any case, good luck! Cheers and Regards

Thank you, @hpwamr, for this wonderful reference for sharing files! Might I ask for an additional, and parallel, set of recommendations? That would be specifically for shared images. Some of your above recommendations might be able to fill this request, but different sites might be required. Yes, all of the above would work if you treat the images just as a file, and that's fine, but if you want to share an image that will be displayed in a forum post like you used imgur.com above in the first post of this thread, for example, then different requirements come into play. I can think of a few "requirements" off hand, but there might be others: Direct links to the image must be provided. The image should be maintained as uploaded and not "optimized", degrading its quality. Downloading the image should result in a file with the same file hash as it had when uploaded. The larger the maximum image size allowed, the better, with at least "wallpaper size" as a minimum. Today's availability of 4K and larger screens means that is quite large. A reasonable limit by either dimension or file size is acceptable, but it should be specified. I prefer the image to be displayed as uploaded, others like to use thumbnails. The option for either would be best, with multiple possible thumbnail sizes being ideal. The images should be maintained for as long as possible, preferably indefinitely, and be able to be downloaded and viewed by as many people and as often as desired. The more image formats supported, the better. The site should not require registration, but at the minimum registration should be free. Registration should provide additional features such as file maintenance. Registered free users might have a limit to the number of images allowed, and that's expected as long as the limit is a reasonable one. Extending those limits with a subscription fee should provide additional features in addition to larger capacity. NO spamming, ads, download delays, bandwidth throttling, etc. Forums might impose their own limits to image display, so the image host should have as few of its own as possible so as not to create any bottlenecks. I think it would be great to include this info in this thread as a central reference point for shared files. Using these services helps out all forums regarding the bandwidth and storage space they would otherwise have to support. Many image hosting sites have died over the years, such as TinyPic, so a current set of recommendations would be appreciated. Cheers and Regards