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Those builds are originally for my private use and they are released because of my goodwill that I think they may help others. This bug doesn't affect me and so I don't have big intention on hunting and fixing it. If you want this to be fixed you at least need to find when the problem started to occur. and last but not least, stop gaslighting.

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20251206-3219d2d-uxp-e4afc5655b-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20251206-3219d2d-uxp-e4afc5655b-xpmod.7z source code that is comparable to my current working tree is available here: https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commits/custom IA32 Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20251206-3219d2d-uxp-e4afc5655b-xpmod-ia32.7z source code that is comparable to my current working tree is available here: https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commits/ia32 NM28XP build: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20251206-d849524bd-uxp-e4afc5655b-xpmod.7z Win32 IA32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20251206-d849524bd-uxp-e4afc5655b-xpmod-ia32.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20251206-d849524bd-uxp-e4afc5655b-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win64-git-20251206-d849524bd-uxp-e4afc5655b-xpmod.7z Win7+ x64 AVX2 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win64-git-20251206-d849524bd-uxp-e4afc5655b-w7plus-avx2.7z Official UXP changes picked since my last build: - Issue #2489 - fix `color-mix` implementation. (103bd151c8) - Issue #2847 - Update tests and toolkit CSS to account for `windows-win11` (becf65d05a) - Issue #2869 - Make Purple Buffer additions check if cell is tenured. (34d1d5a650) No official Pale-Moon changes picked since my last build. No official Basilisk changes picked since my last build. My changes picked since my last build: - layout: restore xp theme names in test (c80b9fc1ea) - ffvpx: update ffmpeg to 3.4.14 ( https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/9983d098ff0ee54bc3b77676dd885883bfbe4ffb ) (83cd56dfbb) - nss: update certdata and bump ckbi version to 2.82 (d8a03301d4) - dns: update effective_tld_names.dat from https://publicsuffix.org/list/public_suffix_list.dat (e27800bb2a) - icu: update timezone data (cb88bccc0a) - security: update EV root data (c417312184) - icu: import backport of ICU-20558 (Fix regression in DateTimePatternGenerator) (dc67193fba) - icu: if langTag is empty, point it to root.txt as well (9e8e5fbd83) - icu-data: regenerate with icu_sources_data.py (e4afc5655b) Update Notice: - You may delete file named icudt*.dat inside program folder when updating from old releases. * Notice: From now on, UXP rev will point to `custom` branch of my UXP repo instead of MCP UXP repo, while "official UXP changes" shows only `tracking` branch changes.

New build of post-deprecated Serpent/moebius for XP! * Notice: This repo will not be built on regular schedule, and changes are experimental as usual. ** Current moebius patch level should be on par with 52.9, but some security patches can not be applied/ported due to source milestone differences between versions. Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk55-win32-git-20251206-23f410065-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk55-win64-git-20251206-23f410065-xpmod.7z repo: https://github.com/roytam1/basilisk55 Repo changes: - import from UXP: Issue #2489 - fix `color-mix` implementation. (103bd151) (1791c6a30) - import from UXP: Issue #2847 - Update tests and toolkit CSS to account for `windows-win11` (becf65d0) (bb4464dfb) - import from UXP: Issue #2869 - Make Purple Buffer additions check if cell is tenured. (34d1d5a6) (be165adf3) - ffvpx: update ffmpeg to 3.4.14 ( https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/9983d098ff0ee54bc3b77676dd885883bfbe4ffb ) (c182ca3c9) - nss: update certdata and bump ckbi version to 2.82 (db7a51891) - update timezone tld and ev root data (58e09f3c7) - icu-data: regenerate with icu_sources_data.py (868997718) - icu: import backport of ICU-20558 (Fix regression in DateTimePatternGenerator) (72c196bdb) - icu: if langTag is empty, point it to root.txt as well (23f410065)

I didn't realise there were so many still using SP2 (why?). I will consider building the next version with PyInstaller 5.13.2 again. But do note, that in the future that may not be possible any more, due to the changes they make. Consider upgrading to SP3. In the meantime, here is a build that should work on SP2. @davidz, Do you really mean you're on SP3? Because in my SP3 machine (VM), 2025.12.06.064237 works fine: [debug] Command-line config: ['-v'] [debug] User config "C:\Documents and Settings\Nico\Application Data\yt-dlp\config.txt": ['--rm-cache-dir', '--console-title', '--add-metadata', '--embed-thumbnail', '--convert-thumbnails', 'jpg', '--js-runtimes', 'quickjs', '--ppa', 'ffmpeg:-metadata synopsis=""', '-o', '~/Bureaublad/%(title)s.%(ext)s', '-S', 'res:1080,vcodec:avc,acodec:m4a', '--sponsorblock-remove', 'all', '-N', '6'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, pref cp1252, out cp1252 (No VT), error cp1252 (No VT), screen cp1252 (No VT) [debug] yt-dlp version nicolaasjan/yt-dlp@2025.12.06.064237 (winXP_x86_exe*) [debug] Python 3.11.4 (CPython x86 32bit) - Windows-XP-5.1.2600-SP3 (OpenSSL 3.5.2 5 Aug 2025) [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-121824-g775b102182-WINXP (fdk,setts), ffprobe N-121824-g775b102182-WINXP, phantomjs 1.9.8 [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.23.0, brotli-1.2.0, certifi-2025.11.12, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.32.5, sqlite3-3.50.4, urllib3-2.6.0, websockets-15.0.1, yt_dlp_ejs-0.3.1 [debug] JS runtimes: quickjs-2025-09-13 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets [debug] Plugin directories: none [debug] Loaded 1853 extractors Removing cache dir C:\Documents and Settings\Nico/.cache\yt-dlp ..

If you ***REALLY*** want your video playback looked into, it's kind of ON YOU to do some LEGWORK in NARROWING IT DOWN. *Shoot the messenger* all you want. But that really is the reality of the situation. We (you!) need to tell roytam "playback WORKS in this month-day-year release, but it is BROKEN one week later with the month-day+7-year release".

New build of BOC/UXP for XP! Test binary: MailNews Win32 https://o.rthost.win/boc-uxp/mailnews.win32-20251206-40a79c75-uxp-e4afc5655b-xpmod.7z BNavigator Win32 https://o.rthost.win/boc-uxp/bnavigator.win32-20251206-40a79c75-uxp-e4afc5655b-xpmod.7z source repo (excluding UXP): https://github.com/roytam1/boc-uxp/tree/custom * Notice: the profile prefix (i.e. parent folder names) are also changed since 2020-08-15 build, you may rename their names before using new binaries when updating from builds before 2020-08-15. -- New build of HBL-UXP for XP! Test binary: IceDove-UXP(mail) https://o.rthost.win/hbl-uxp/icedove.win32-20251206-id-656ea98-uxp-e4afc5655b-xpmod.7z IceApe-UXP(suite) https://o.rthost.win/hbl-uxp/iceape.win32-20251206-id-656ea98-ia-c642e3c-uxp-e4afc5655b-xpmod.7z source repo (excluding UXP): https://github.com/roytam1/icedove-uxp/tree/winbuild https://github.com/roytam1/iceape-uxp/tree/winbuild

@Goodwin @roytam1 I'm not a professional, I just compile Mozilla based browsers for my personal use and hope for the best. For instance, I'm trying to compile Firefox 13+ with Windows 2000 compatibility. One thing that sometimes (but not always) causes runtime execution failure is clicking on tools -> options -> applications which can cause an error in MSVCR71.DLL. Also, after reverting the commit that broke Windows 2000 compatibility, I had a minor problem that is caused by opening a new tab, and the message displayed on the new tab page was relating to an invalid address. That annoyance was caused by the commit for Mozilla bug 728429, which mandated ASLR on Windows. In order to find that, I had to cherry-pick a range of commits between the one that broke Windows 2000 compatibility, and the one mandating ASLR, then compile the source code a few times to narrow down my search. The point is, if a problem does not exist in one of roytam1's browser builds, then exists on a later browser version, the right thing to do is find out what the last good version, and the first bad version is, then it would be easier to find when the problem started, and what commit caused it. Also, it is possible a bug might not affect everybody.

StartAllBack 3.9.19

There are a lot of clean installations using a CD including SP3 and IE8. If I had to install from scratch I would use a version which contains all updates until 2014 and therefore including IE8.

Of course,. I said to @Dave-H some posts above the more the better and he agreed by replying the more the merrier.

But does anyone still use IE6 in Windows XP seriously? IE8 is crap but IE6...No way!

Very strange! WSUS server + WUMT was the first method which worked without any problems from the first time I tried. Yes, it's the same.

Did you set up the proxy properly following the instructions? How did you start the proxy? Which version of Windows XP is installed in your computer? What is the state of updates? No detailed information, no help is possible! And I wrote a lot before, but no statements from you what I suggested: OnePiece Windows XP Post-SP3 UpdatePack, Linux Q4OS (Trinity Desktop) and so on. Truth be told, not much fun helping you!

Sorry, but this is no sentence and does not make any sense. A string of one or four words has nothing to do with detailed information.

If I wanted to use such old hardware with only 320MB of RAM, I would install a lightweight version of Linux such as Q4OS (Trinity Desktop). You can find it here: https://q4os.org/ In my opinion Windows XP can be installed on such hardware, and simple things can be done there, but it won't be fun if you want to use such a system basically. Modern software have much higher RAM consumption than older one. For surfing the WWW for example you need modern browsers and your size of RAM will let the system extremely slowing down or freezing completely. And an OS like Windows ME is unfortunately no solution either. I have such a Win ME partition too, but surfing the modern web doesn't make any fun or any sense at all.

Please be a bit more detailed! I guess you got this error code while trying to access MU web site. If so, you should follow these instructions completely and carefully: You must not skip any step.

Thanks for your info! But where did I say that last verion is REV3d? I wrote: You probably misread it or missed it. I provided a download link for version REV3d because there is no link for version REV3e. @heinoganda hadn't provided any download links generally. You had to send him a PM to get his latest release. And he doesn't provide download links anymore. So there is only a download link for version REV3d. As I already mentioned in my article I did my job carefully: But no problem, that can happen to anybody. The Romans said: "Errare humanum est."

For XP and Vista, you will also very likely need "VMware Tools 10.0.12". They can be found at the Internet Archive - BUT since they seem to also contain items in violation of MSFN forum rules, I feel it best to not "link" them here. Google/Bing/DuckDuckGo for "archive.org vmware player 12.5.9" then do "parent directory" browsing until you stumble upon "VMware Tools 10.0.12". Some people label them as "legacy" or "preVista". edit: have not used, I tend to stick with VirtualBox versions 5.1.22 and 7.0.26 as I have my system configured to use BOTH OF THEM at the same time. I use 5.x for everything except Win11 testing, which needs 7.x (maybe 6.x, don't recall) or higher. and on second thought, the archive.org links "should" be safe to post here at MSFN. according to Wikipedia, VMware has been *FREE* since mid-2024 (news to me, free is why I've always used VirtualBox instead).

I really think it is time for you to stop festering roytam over your YouTube playback issues. Roytam has replied and you keep festering, festering, festering. @Dave-H - can you please add this to your "watch list"?

Maybe the problem is in the splitter. You have updated ffmpeg 3.4.14, the new version of ffmpeg will not necessarily work better than the old one. You might want to try older versions of ffmpeg from 2009. They may work even faster. Because the new ffmpeg is very much oriented to 64 bit and windows 10. The ffmpeg developers are sponsored by donations from google and microsoft related entities. Also, if possible, I recommend you look up the answer in Centaury's code https://github.com/Feodor2/Centaury/releases

I've uploaded v3.6.0 (for which my AMD Ryzen AI MAX 385 for the first time did all the hard, and particularly quick, work). Please confirm it works on WinXP.

if it happens in beginning then there is no clue how to fix it.

... It would appear "someone" is reading this thread ; disregard above link (it now 404s), here's the new one: https://github.com/3dyd/pyinstaller-builds/releases/tag/latest (with previous releases (6.16.0) reinstated )

New 6.17.0 releases by 3dyd (and it's a shame every new release overwrites the previous one ; not a good practice if "things" break and one needs to revert ) : https://3dyd.github.io/pyinstaller-builds/

I did it for testing (manually applying 3dyd's changes to the source of official PyInstaller 6.17.0) and converting into a wheel (built with 32bit toolchain from here on Windows 10). pyinstaller-6.17.0-py3-none-any.whl (for XP) pyinst-6.17.0_yt-dlp_x86_XP.7z

No matter how many times I tried, I couldn't achieve a good result with it, @NotHereToPlayGames recommended WinReducer, but I don';t know whether it works with 7, sorry. And NTlite is simply awful, in my humble opinion.

My memory isn't that sharp regarding the subject, I did it about 10 years ago. Here's how they do it these days, fresh article. "How to Inject USB 3.0 Driver into Windows 7 Install Media" https://woshub.com/adding-usb-3-0-controller-drivers-to-windows-7-install-media/

It will never see the USB with Win7, all is very simple, Win7 doesn't have USB 3.0 drivers, so you need to integrate them first into the ISO. I remember it was done with Gigabyte tool, back in the day.

I'd say, it comes as no surprise after a quarter of century. What about Fujitsu-Siemens, Fujitsu, or just Siemens? You don't consider them? It'd be a perfect choice, as of they have lots of thin clients.

Either of you tried to mod the desktop drivers? There's a chance up to R430 Kepler might work. https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/151873/en-us/

Yes, but not via DVI. "Nov 3, 2013 — Dual link DVI cannot support 10-bit color at 1440p. 1920x1200 or 1920x1080, maybe." https://linustechtips.com/topic/71182-does-dual-link-dvi-support-10-bit-colours-1440p/ Like I said, try Display Port.

First, try to forcefully set the full RGB mode. Second, 10-bit is only supported for their pro-grade cards, no wonder you see the black screen, even if the monitor supports it. Third, newer cards are tend to be overbright, so again no wonder there's a drastic distortion, they simply distort the vibrancy. Try lowering the digital vibrancy setting.

@Cocodile, thank you for the information! I had a chance to read the topic soon enough after you posted! A very interesting fact they mentioned, even VPN services are infested with that malicious AppMetrica Yandex API, hundreds of them. We'd have to assume the popular Browsec also has it. No wonder it has so many negative reviews and articles questioning its security and reliability. Such VPN services are definitely not advisable to use on iOS.

Thanks for clarifying! Good to know!

@Dave-H I am analyzing the automatic updates applet problem we both have. For me it doesn't matter actually I don't use automatic updates but you know I hate errors in my system. Using HTTPSProxy switched on and setting automatic updates to "Notify but don't automatically download or install them" could you trigger automatic updates by executing command wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow under two different conditions? First condition is to execute command proxycfg -u and second condition is to execute command proxycfg -d. Then I would like to ask you to upload a copy of your Windows Update log. PS: And don't be afraid! None of these commands will harm your system.

Sorry, I can't see the mentioned files in your folders. I see only the file wsus3setup.cab in first screenshot but in second one none of them. And don't hide your extensions of files. They are important to have a look at.

Error code 0x8007000D means Error_invalid_data. Therefore I think using the XP version won't fix it probably. You have to find another version if it exists at all. Did you copy wsus3setup.cat too? Without it won't work. Both files wsus3setup.inf and wsus3setup.cat are included in cab file wsus3setup.cab.

@maile3241 I've checked the location of wsus3setup.inf once again. The file exists in two folders, one copy is in folder WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\SelfUpdate\Default\ and the other in WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\WebSetup\. Both files have been accessed by WU. Maybe you missed one location.

Of course the 10th of March 2021. I'll send you missing certificates as soon as possible. I think they aren't unique, only made for my system. They are from Microsoft. And try method "Turning back time" at all costs! But now Microsoft Update isn' t working anymore. You have to check all including status of all services. And please send me your screenshots listed by ServiWin. Comparing with help of your log file is too tiring.

@Dave-H A little correction. I meant registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate and there the value of LastRestorePointSetTime. Here is my value: 2019-04-12 13:45:09. You see it's your English format. Try the point in time you have there first! Then you may try other points in time. The method "Turning back time" can mean to go back one year or one day. You just have to try out. It's trial and error. Maybe it works. I'll forgive you due to your "senior moment". But where is the 'Use HTTP 1.0' option? I have only these entries: Use HTTP 1.1 and the Use HTTP 1.1 through proxy connections. If there wasn't both entries it had to be assumed that your Internet Explorer was not properly installed or is faulty. Anyway, look at last post of me above to download screenshots of my services in better quality.

@Dave-H Do you want me to upload these missing certificates via PM or not? Your decision. By the way I found out that on platform imgur images in jpg format have a bad quality due to strong compression. Therefore here a link of my two screeshots of all Microsoft services existing in my system listed by ServiWin but more readable plus all services in a txt file: https://www.mediafire.com/file/odq8y7iyx7i5kdf/Microsoft_services_-_AstroSkipper.7z/file

@Dave-H Due to the fact that the Microsoft service HTTP-SSL was disabled in your system I think it is a good idea to compare our Microsoft services and their status generally to be sure all necessary system services are still working. There might be some services not being essential but anyway in my system Microsoft Update is working properly. To do that download the tool ServiWin 1.71 from NirSoft. Here is the homepage link: https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/serviwin.html and here the download link: https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/serviwin.zip. It's portable so there is nothing to install. I've taken two screeshots of all Microsoft services existing in my system listed by ServiWin. Columns with German description have been faded out. So it's much easier for comparing. Here they are: https://imgur.com/az67Jo6 and https://imgur.com/bIQ2jIN.

@Dave-H What about the 5 missing certificates under Intermediate Certification Authorities? You didn't mention it. In the next days I'll post another very interesting solution to fix your problem. I still have to work it out a bit. Of course if turning back time doesn't help! Now I'll go to bed. Cheers!

@maile3241 Where is it missing? In my third step I already wrote to add it to Trusted zone of IE. Maybe a little bit more explanation, please!

@ExtremeGrief Sorry, I should do nothing. I am not the author of these packages and patches. I am a user like you and have examined my problems by restoring MU. This little guide some posts above is the result of my examinations to help other users. And once again I "should" do nothing. But you should reflect on how to speak to a member. First read the whole thread and then you will understand.

I was wondering it myself , First - there is a "service worker" tracker folder [which is not deleted], second - there is a folder named "dailybackup" ?!?!. It has many files with "favdb" extension and each login session data for every day, possibly they are responsible? Yes , would be nice to hear @Humming Owl's opinion . Thanks.

Sorry , I didn't observe such phenomenon on Visat . Everything renders very fast on my PC. Vista is very fast. Perhaps you meant this happens with Windows 7 Aero ?

I see . Gaming without fans ramping up is comfortable , I agree. TITAN X doesn't have 16x and 32x CSAA , as far as I know. How do you live with that ? I still have the original TITAN from 2013 and it has 32x AA, pretty nice for gaming.

That's exactly what I did , and what I got in return , except for rudeness and total lack of respect , not to mention him going off-topic ? I'm definitely getting a very cold welcome here , now from this supervisor too . Yet I didn't do anything against the rules and was polite in every topic . Is it something personal ? Why did you just backed him up ? You took his side for what ? Not even a word or a warning for being rude and staiyng off-topic ? Well, that's a good example for other members. I simply won't take any blame for asking him to translate his local language into English . Are any other supervisors reading this ? I mean @dencorso

Thank you very much ! I even started to think , what a cold welcome I'm getting here , except for win32 and @Dixel who were helpful , now including you @asdf2345 Now back to the topic , look here https://doxygen.reactos.org/d6/d49/sdk_2lib_2drivers_2ntoskrnl__vista_2rtl_8c_source.html