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The update "WINDOWSXP-OTSKB000001-V1-X86-INTL.exe" has been released to the general public. The help file "OTSKB.chm" and the code comparison file "code.htm" have been updated accordingly. --- There will probably be a medium update for Windows 2000 users, soon (WINDOWS2000-OTSKB000001-V7-X86-INTL.exe) and a slight update for Windows XP users (WINDOWSXP-OTSKB000001-V2-X86-INTL.exe). --- things to do: Windows 2000 update: Write the version "5.00.2196.0001-V7" of the file "win32k.sys". Then update "code.htm". add the update "Windows 2000/OTSKB000001-V7" to the help file write the update test it release it Windows XP update: Write the version "5.1.2601.0001-V2" of the file "win32k.sys". Then update "code.htm". add the update "Windows XP/OTSKB000001-V2" to the help file write the update test it release it Windows Server 2003 update: Analysis of the version "5.2.3790.6946" of the file "win32k.sys". Then update "code.htm". Write the version "5.2.3791.0001-V1" of the file "win32k.sys". Then update "code.htm". add the update "Windows Server 2003/OTSKB000001-V1" to the help file write the update test it release it Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 update: Analysis of the version "5.1.2600.7684" of the file "win32k.sys". Then update "code.htm". Write the version "5.1.2602.0001-V1" of the file "win32k.sys". Then update "code.htm". add the update "Windows Embedded POSReady 2009/OTSKB000001-V1" to the help file write the update test it release it

Not my fault, really, but here you go: https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?p=7539#p7539 https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?p=7542#p7542 https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?p=7593#p7593 There was this r3dfox bug and the author (thought he) found the solution in one of LibreWolf's special "policies", but while he was "there", he decided to also implement several other LW policies/settings into r3dfox; this is implied in the bolded wording of every new "LW-ified" r3dfox release, e.g. 128.14.1esr: Testimonies of breakage can be found in the linked Eclipse Forum thread and in the GH issue tracker (recent open/closed issues), e.g. https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox/issues?q= is%3Aissue state%3Aopen sort%3Aupdated-desc https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox/issues?q=is%3Aissue state%3Aclosed sort%3Aupdated-desc What made me furious the most was this ; but, as I wrote already, I'm only speaking for myself here; it may well be that the majority of the r3dfox users are still very happy to have got new releases with the latest security patches, courtesy of Mozilla .. As you often write, "moving on" ...

I COMPLETELY agree @VistaLover. By the way, you really did a complete job in your above assessment. I'm also grateful to what @K4sum1 gave us. But I also need to look after my needs. While I hate that we have a Google-fied web, I've stopped worrying about the implications of all of the privacy issues we face. It's not that I disagree with the level of concern, but it's that we REALLY can do nothing about it. I need to perform online banking, watch and help produce videos on YouTube, use WebRTC to voice traffic reports, and take part in Zoom meetings, Google Meet and Teams Meetings, and apply for work; all which basically NECESSITATES providing a good chunk of personal information to proceed. I don't agree with the corporate tactics, but I must continue to function. It was indeed K4Sum1's project, as Pale Moon was Moonchild's. What I feel these visionary types (who admittedly deserve a lot of credit for their work), fail to realize is that those that make up their user base are CONSUMERS or CUSTOMERS. Now Moonchild and his "moonie minions" VEHEMENTLY disagree with that. But customers are not just defined as those providing monetary exchange to a company or corporation for a product. They can be those who provide voluntary stake to a company, or mission. So in this way, those who co-develop alongside Moonchild, those who provide add-ons, those who beta test, and YES even those who simply (and regularly) USE Pale Moon, are indeed customers and stakeholders. When someone creates a project, and it attracts users to the resulting product, such as in K4Sum1's r3dFox, expectations begin to be developed. No matter if these expectations are right or wrong for the userbase to behold, they are real, and the developer needs to contend with them. Those are simply the facts. K4Sum1 provided a way for me to use Windows 8 on an extended basis, and you become reliant on that. When K4Sum1 understandably says, "I'm just not feeling it", it doesn't incite a favourable response among the userbase. Fair? Perhaps not, but it's a very real sentiment. @K4sum1, I genuinely hope you are OK.

The redfox-old GitHub repo was (also) archived today, but this was probably to be expected; no clue as to why its successor suffered the same fate today ... As for the Eclipse Board , they mention "Temporary maintenance" (stress on "temporary" is mine ) ... That ; and those "proposals" did materialise into a Librewolf-ication of r3dfox that many, myself included, never asked for ... As @Jody Thornton put it, ... and I'll add Vista SP2 to the OS mix above ; yes, close to "stock" Firefox but with the ability to launch on older WinOSes! This is what most site admins expect, this is what most extension authors expect and target... I was never part of the "extreme web privacy" crowd to demand a change of route towards Librewolf (or similar forks); I understand a small portion of the LW code was needed to address a specific r3dfox technical issue, but that is different to incorporating large chunks of LW code "while we're at it" ... As if it wasn't enough to deal with Mozilla "breaking" things (and locking down the browser) with each major version update, an "average" r3dfox user has to deal with "r3dfox-specific" changes, too (ones that not always meet with said user's "approval") ... And my own words on DRM/EME: I found r3dfox maintainer's "obsession" about DRM simply "blown out of proportion"; he goes to extreme lengths to disable EME at buildtime, but the browser itself provides an easy way to disable EME at runtime, if one objects to it for whatever ideological reason... Let's face it; with Google practically owning the Web, they have leveraged the use of their own CDM (Widevine) in most media services, even the most obscure, but still free, ones... Yes, I totally understand the argument about "black-boxed code" etc., but DRM has become a necessary evil in the web era of 2025 and beyond... A lot of focus has been put on the VMP (Verified Media Path) requirement associated with the majority of the prominent/commercial DRM'ed Video+Audio services (e.g. Netflix, Disney+, Paramount+, Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, etc.) as a reason NOT to implement DRM on r3dfox (because VMP entails a very large sum of money, paid to Google, for certifying the browser for VMP purposes), but what about the rest of the lesser known services that don't impose VMP with DRM? Jody's example of https://www.cp24.com/now/ is such a case, there are many others... The whole thing kind of reminds me, in some twisted way, of Moonchild and his own browser, Pale Moon, where he vehemently refused to implement DRM of any kind; but while Basilisk was still his, he allowed the DRM functionality inherited from his FxESR-52 forkpoint to stay enabled; that is, until the point he could no longer shoehorn-in upstream (Mozilla) DRM patches and, one day, DRM in Basilisk was declared such a big Evil that had to be completely excised! (NB: Latest Widevine CDM (a .dll) needs Win8+ to properly function; on Vista/Win7, some wrapper DLLs (e.g. borrowed from the Supermium project ) are actually needed to make it work there (and only on non-VMP services)). I believe so; he probably had a "hissy fit" and decided to "now I'll show you all", or I could be totally wrong and the GitHub repo archival was an inadvertent mishap ... ... You can count me as one (though I did not post in that thread...). Personally, I'll stick to older r3dfox-140.0.4; it will become my new "KafanMiniBrowser" for GitHub; I'm not that concerned about security patches, as long as GH works there (and it'll continue to work until 140esr becomes deprecated), I'll keep using it... In closing, I'm not being entitled or ungrateful towards the r3dfox author; huge thanks from my side for what he has offered to me over the last two years or so ...

YES IT IS, if you really want us to seek out a solution. There are a *TON* of Chrome extensions taylored to VLC Player. ONE example -- https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/open-in-vlc-media-player/kbonopecbfhedlfpaphndlaoppmdppim?hl=en Then browse the "related" and then browse the related's "related". *TONS* of them. Though I myself have not used any of them to speak towards any recommendation.

The update "WINDOWS2000-OTSKB000001-V7-X86-INTL.exe" has been released to the general public. The help file "OTSKB.chm" and the code comparison file "code.htm" have been updated accordingly. --- There will probably be a slight update for Windows XP users, soon (WINDOWSXP-OTSKB000001-V2-X86-INTL.exe). --- things to do: Windows XP update: Write the version "5.1.2601.0001-V2" of the file "win32k.sys". Then update "code.htm". add the update "Windows XP/OTSKB000001-V2" to the help file write the update test it release it Windows Server 2003 update: Analysis of the version "5.2.3790.6946" of the file "win32k.sys". Then update "code.htm". Write the version "5.2.3791.0001-V1" of the file "win32k.sys". Then update "code.htm". add the update "Windows Server 2003/OTSKB000001-V1" to the help file write the update test it release it Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 update: Analysis of the version "5.1.2600.7684" of the file "win32k.sys". Then update "code.htm". Write the version "5.1.2602.0001-V1" of the file "win32k.sys". Then update "code.htm". add the update "Windows Embedded POSReady 2009/OTSKB000001-V1" to the help file write the update test it release it

tried here on xp and 7 but I can't reproduce the crash. removing ID check means inappropriate extensions that can break browser hard can be installed. so I can't let this option available. if you are confident an extension that will work, open it up with archiver and modify its manifest adding my browser's ID instead.

This is from her site yesterday, 14 February 2025. It's about a company that had a massive 1.17TB database online for anyone to see. There was no encryption and no password required. The database contained 2,734,819,501 sensitive records. https://www.komando.com/news/devices/your-wi-fi-was-part-of-2-7-billion-records-leaked/ The location of this company is interesting and they specialize in LED lights and hydroponics equipment. ...

@ExtremeGrief I could do that but I didn't. If you want to merge it's up to you. I did it my way as Frankie Boy would say (or better sing). Don't say other people what they should, could or have to do. If you want to do it "better" do it by your own!

@maile3241 Oh man, dllcache is a subfolder of system32 folder.

@maile3241 Of course you can. Copy new code, mark this region with your mouse and paste new code, But do not change other bits. Check after patching if only these ten digits have changed. It's the most simple thing.

@maile3241https://imgur.com/AqLdRes Of course you have. In hexeditor all lines are arranged hexadecimal on left side. Find line 0000EC80 and then position (column) 4. Open your eyes! In your screenshot I can see the matching code.

@maile3241 At offset EC84, replace 83F89D7508 by 3BC0EB3290. But first check if code 83F89D7508 matches exactly in your file.

@maile3241 Version 5.1.2600.5512 is what I have and is an original service pack 3 file. And patching is no problem using hexeditor.

@maile3241 Have you already checked if at offset EC84 of your file this code 83F89D7508 matches? You always say the same but you give less information about what you have tried. Use an hexeditor like WinHex and look inside! If code matches then you can patch outside of system32 without any problems.

I was worried that may be the case too, as I was a tad vocal on my thoughts of where r3dFox is headed, on the Eclipse Fourm. However, that isn't my saying "You have to do this or that!". I'm vehement on my opinions, and make no apologies for it. In any case, I have now moved on the Firefox for Windows 7 and 8, since releases seem to be happening more quickly. This is especially the case for ESR builds. I'm glad I switched. Even if my comments were not made, I'm sure there were a lot of vocal proponents of my mindset, including one being a moderator.

I haven't heard anything. The recent Eclipse Community discussion seemed to be developmental proposals on the direction the project was headed. There were some outspoken disapprovals of those proposals. But it didn't come across as "hyper-critical" or anything like that. But sometimes you never know, it is his project and maybe he just got tired of those "disapprovals". I kind of doubt it, and hate to "speculate". I'm sure we'll know more soon...

Click on "Manual Update" in the left-side (Windows Update) menu Enter "intel" or "gigabit" as the Search Keyword (not "prowin") Click "Search" (scroll down if needed) Links to three versions of the Intel driver appear on the right. No, but the drivers above might work if you modify the inf file or force-install. Open a new NT4 LAN thread to report test results or for more discussion.

Earlier I mentioned that modern Intel was a lot faster in a specific software compared to modern AMD. After investigating, turns out that the issue is not with XP/XP64 on modern hardware, but with the company compiler the program was created with. Back in the XP era, a compiler from a certain lawsuit happy company compiled in such a way so that CPUID was checked, and if the cpu was not from that company, lets say AMD, then it used basic instruction set only instead of SIMD (MMX/SSE/SSE2/etc...) https://www.felixcloutier.com/x86/cpuid snippet here is just after cpuid was run and loaded ebx,edx,ecx into memory, you can see the vendor identification string being compared to the memory locations cmp [ebp+...], 75 6E .. .. h if it matches then flag is set to "1" mov eax, 1 if cpu was does not pass vendor identification string, then it sets flag to zero xor eax,eax code continues on to test if flag was set to 1, and if it was continues on to the rest of the code where the SIMD occurs test eax,eax if not then goes to the end of the subroutine to the same place as if it was a "good" vendor identification string but one that reported no SIMD capabilities. cmp [ebp+..], 0 jz loc_5431EC To fix problem, you can search in IDA for the 3x 4 character grouping starting with 756E.... and replacing the first conditional jump JNZ "75 xx" with an JMP "EB yy." so that it skips the checks and goes straight to setting the flag "mov eax,1". Fortunately the certain company compiler was not really popular for games, but more for computational/scientific software. By making the change the AMD processor got a 3x speed boost thanks to now being allowed to use SIMD instructions.

Thanks! I'll take a look at those files, after extracting them. Since the driver source is available, I may have to backport them that way. I'll need to familiarize myself with the differences between WDM versions, and setup up the correct compiler/build tooling. From where I stand now, I can't see why some of the more interesting features could not work with earlier WDM systems; but that is just from reading about the differences "on paper". The main developer did mention "not" supporting win98fe due to the WDM version; then later Win98se was also dropped. However, for my target features (ASIO, Soundfont support, hardware mixing/routing, DSP FX, etc) I'm not sure where the problem would have been. It may have been an issue with how the whole thing was written. The same developer also mentioned requiring a near total rewrite, in order to support more features. I'm not sure how (yet) leaning into newer WDM specifications could have caused that (it was probably something else). If it was the case, then I could be in trouble. I think the need for a heavy rewrite had something to do with wanting to support EAX and higher audio sample rates (ASIO was fixed at 48000hz). There was also some talk about needing a near complete rewrite, to support ALSA (Linux); but that doesn't mean much here. Thanks again, for the tips. If I have any luck there, I'll report back.

Supermium is fundamentally a standard Chromium-based browser, so any extension from the Chrome Web Store should work with it. Even old Manifest V2 extensions will still work with it.

That is my understanding. Admins [plural] have been cited in this thread, so if any violations were made, the thread would have been locked. Anything beyond that is really all just "personality clashes" and one set of rules attempted to be forced upon a subset of "liked contributions" and a different set of rules attempted to be forced upon a subset of "disliked contributions". Strictly speaking as a third-party. I'm not a fan of these types of programs, but as far as I can tell, you didn't do anything at all different than other members here have done in the past. You are a fan of something not hosted here, and you came here to discuss with your MSFN Family. Personally, in my opinion, things like "extended kernels" have always been a very fine line. To the best of my knowledged, MSFN has never allowed direct links to their downloads as they violate MICROSOFT licensing terms. Admins have the last word, of course.

Here's what can I tell. Win32 used to make great software. Vista Extended Kernel was great, Supermium is great. He was an msfn member, but because of fame (lots of people asking if something works in his/her setup), he might be tired of msfn. Second System might be great, but I don't have money right now to test it. Since he used to be msfn member, I think his software can be shared. What I don't like is that he actually does not update frecquently his website or blog, BlackWingCat used to speak some things about his adventures extending Win2K. My suggestion for him would be to drop WinVista ExKernel users (so second system would work on Vanilla only), make a free version with less frecquent updates, and create paid beta channel updated more frecquently.

removing ID checking doesn't make things not intend to work on other platforms becoming work in sudden, and extensions needs coding to have proper integration to platforms they intend to support. if there is extension is not working, you may need to add code to make it work, and adding target platform ID in its manifest file.

Intentionally or not, you're missing the point. Members that made contributions to MSFN can post such links. Win32 sneakily deleted everything he had, therefore him and his horde of commercial bots have no contributions to MSFN. I was given a very harsh treatment (can't say what exactly, since it's forbidden to discuss moderation), and all of that was just for posting a text that reminded a commercial, "enterprise" wording! I gave NO links at all!!!! And the product I described was 15 or 20 y.o.! Out of production! So? Any comments?

I would submit that non-free products that are not being hosted on MSFN is an aspect of other threads also, not just this thread. ie, what about this thread? https://msfn.org/board/topic/184730-antimalware-firewall-and-other-security-programs-for-windows-xp-working-in-2023-and-hopefully-beyond/ I didn't look for more, that's just a popular thread that comes to mind. It does cite non-free products. ie, C = Commercial (any payment software including shareware) And even provides non-MSFN links on where to download these non-member non-free products. ie, https://msfn.org/board/topic/184730-antimalware-firewall-and-other-security-programs-for-windows-xp-working-in-2023-and-hopefully-beyond/page/7/#comment-1244949 And we all know you've seen those threads. You sign on each and every day to hunt down half a dozen posts by that (and a couple others) MSFN Members (often times from YEARS AGO), and submit your daily limit of "likes". But hey, "it's not against the rules". So "keep up the good work". You cannot have it both ways. If the thread we are in now is in some sort of "violation", then so is that security program thread. Think about it. You really cannot have it both ways.

For me it usually happens after waking up my monitors from sleep (on home machine this causes the primary monitor to connect back – when it goes to sleep, it disconnects from the PC, as if it was physically disconnected; on my work machine I'm not sure, it also seems to sometimes happen after waking up monitors from sleep, but none of those disconnect; installing the test version linked above immediately triggered the problem on both computers). Both of my computers have 3 monitors, with centre being primary. Both are also set up with high contrast mode and use high DPI (one has all 3 monitors at 225%, the other one at 168%). Sometimes the taskbar stops hiding on only one secondary monitor, but most often it stops hiding on both; also, sometimes when this happens, the taskbar becomes completely transparent, except for text and icons (it still receives mouse clicks in this state). The problem started with October update, and persists with KB5067036 (26200.7019). Disabling and re-enabling auto-hide makes the problem go away for a while.

Yes WS addressed that and the court case being dismissed. I have searched the WS Reddit page but all that has been pushed further back with newer questions and replies. From memory it was the fault of the company supplying the server. They were in the process at the time of changing servers over to a 'no logs' policy. Then the court case was thrown out this year. They have been growing in the last ten years, people seem to like the company. They still do offer 10 GB free every month on the free plan. That's why I signed up 5 years ago ... at the time they had a nice Win XP app which went away about 1 1/2 years later but people already signed up could still use Win XP for the 'free' or 'pro' service. https://old.reddit.com/r/Windscribe/ For newer computers you might want to check them out. Then I just came across another company that also offers free 10 GBs every month also but they have nothing for Win XP that I can find, but it may be of value for newer computers or phones. https://privadovpn.com/ Download Free VPN App for Windows Get 10GB of data for free every 30 days No payment details required, no strings attached, and no hoops to jump through PrivadoVPN is committed to protecting your privacy for free Is PrivadoVPN a no log VPN? Yes, we ensure that we never log browsing history, traffic destination, data content, IP addresses, or DNS queries. We encrypt all data over our VPN connections, and we do not inspect or record the contents of what you are viewing, browsing, or doing through the PrivadoVPN connections. Free VPN (10GB/month) | Unlimited Devices - PrivadoVPN https://privadovpn.com/freevpn/ So that may be another option for some people. I still like the Japan VPN that I mentioned in my first post. It sets up everything very easy and Win XP works very good plus in 2025 support for people still using Windows 98 SE can be a plus. Most of the servers are located in Japan but there are others scattered around other locations ... but most seem to be in Asia. ...

@Monroe For simple things ,where a no logging policy does not be of any interest, free VPN services may be used. BTW, VPNBook is another one. However, I personally prefer paid VPN services. Luckily, I own several lifetime licenses which have been working for years. Even though not all their servers can be used under Windows XP due to modern protocols, my VPN providers still offer older connection protocols on some servers as I prefer the L2TP/IPSec or in second place the PPTP protocol under Windows XP. Unfortunately, OpenVPN puts too much strain on my system.

Windows is getting rid of the Blue Screen of Death after 40 years. Microsoft is saying hello to the Black Screen of Death error message instead. https://www.theverge.com/news/692648/microsoft-bsod-black-screen-of-death-color-change-official ...

Just my 'two cents' ... www.rt.com has no problem on my Win XP setup with the New Moon release of 26/Jul/2025 ... however, over the last month or so I do seem to be having problems with New Moon at some sites and I get the message: "Palemoon.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." I can't pinpoint any problem or web site because it just seems to be random and those web sites seem to work just fine the next time. Just something I am noticing over the last several weeks. Have no idea what's going on ... just a fluke or these web sites making more changes. I almost have to have 'javascript' disabled most of the time with most web sites with my computer running very hot from the strain of opening these sites. Javascript being disabled most of the time except when needed does still let me use Windows XP online in 2025.

Glad I never used WiFi at home. Thanks.

How to install Office 2021 on Windows 8.1: 1. You must have installed Windows 8.1 (it can be both 32-bit and 64-bit), this workaround won't work on Windows 8.0 and earlier as of now 2. Have an extracted C2R copy of Office 2021 32-bit/64-bit (it must be Professional Plus and/or Visio Pro and/or Project Pro) handy 3. Install OfficeC2RExtender 4. Copy wotok_mdl.cmd to the root of Office 2021 C2R folder 5. Run wotok_mdl.cmd (no need to run as admin as it will ask for admin privileges itself) 6. Select option 3 7. Select default option 8. Select option 64 (if you have 64-bit copy) or 32 (if you have 32-bit copy) 9. Select option 2 (if present, if not, select option 1) 10. Select default option 11. Type "ProPlus2021Retail" (if you installing Professional Plus) or "VisioPro2021Retail" (if you installing Visio Pro) or "ProjectPro2021Retail" (if you installing Project Pro) P.S. The Volume variants are untested, so, I strongly recommend you to choose Retail ones 12. Select default option 13. Press "1" 14. Wait till it will be installed 15. And you should get this: 16. If you got this, then voila, you will get fully working Office 2021 (except for automatic updates, but that's not critical) Office_C2R_Extender_W81.zip wotok_mdl.cmd

"A" guy, as in there are many of you? Or you meant the guy, as in the only one. Thanks.

Yep! But I don't know why and what they do. This turbolauncher 2.0.9.9 extension also works for me in New Moon 28. So, I can't confirm your statement. If you use it in Pale Moon and probably also in the 64-bit version of Pale Moon, then it may well be that the extension does not work, at least what I read in the Discord thread. Under Windows XP 32-bit, the VORAPIS V3 scipt and the corresponding extensions work in New Moon 28, Serpent 52 and Mypal 68. I haven't tested so far other browsers.

Today, I also tried to change my old Hotmail/Outlook account from normal password, which no longer works in Mailnews, to OAuth2. Unfortunately, the popup window was somewhat broken. No button for applying and no description where to insert inputs. Here is a screenshot from this broken OAuth2 popup window:

When I pasted your link into the address bar, this was the link I got. No more, no less. But more interesting is whether it now works for you or not.

I can confirm that following browsers are working with the new interface of virustotal.com if variable dom.moduleScripts.enabled is set to false in about:config: Mypal 68, New Moon 28 and Serpent 52. Firefox 52.9.0esr is natively working with the new interface of virustotal.com, presumably because of lacking this variable dom.moduleScripts.enabled. Unfortunately the Chrome browsers 360Chrome v11 and 360Chrome v13 are not working with the new interface of virustotal.com. I tried to change some script related flags, but without any success. Cheers, AstroSkipper

The portable version is not compatible with Windows XP. Only the versions ending in their name on XP are written for Windows XP. This is the free version for Windows XP: https://www.sphinx-soft.com/download/W10FC7.5/Windows10FirewallControlFree-XP-Setup.exe And this is the Plus (paid) version for Windows XP: https://www.sphinx-soft.com/download/W10FC7.5/Windows10FirewallControlPlus-XP-Setup.exe The Plus version is the one I use for years. It's definitely worth the money. I wouldn't use a portable version in case of a firewall. There are components which have to be installed in Windows sytem folder, otherwise the services couldn't start at Windows startup. The goal of a firewall must be in managing and controlling all connections, especially at system startup. A firewall should be deeply integrated into the system. Therefore a portable version isn't a good idea. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Hi @mina7601, I've checked the link and it's working for me. Check your internet connection or try another browser! Or go to homepage, download section and then Windows 10 Firewall Control XP 7.5 at the bottom of this site! Cheers, AstroSkipper

Error code 0x80070002 means ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND i.e. the System cannot find the file specified. You have to check your Windows Update Log to see which file can't be found and why.

What is your current error code? Is it 0x80070002?

Maybe you really used it before. I already recommended it some posts before:

@maile3241 If there is no such file then it doesn't matter. Copy patched file in both folders and well done! Restart computer and check whether both files are still there. And then

Strangely, that redirects to http://fe2.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate. That trailing period looks wrong and the link just gives a server error page. (That may have been the original problem, but I couldn't see the error because IE's https: handling hid it from me.) But if you remove that trailing period (i.e., http://fe2.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate), it works! (BTW, MU takes way longer to scan than WU, but that makes sense because I have Office 2010 and I think one of its cumulative updates triggers the old "scans forever" bug. Oh, well; at least I can get to the scan now!) I'd still love to know why the MU link on the WU page worked a few days ago but doesn't now, but since removing the trailing period works, I'll just bookmark the link that way and not worry about it. Yes I copied your config.ini entries from your screen shot earlier. They work fine but didn't solve the MU problem, since the redirect on M$'s server is apparently wrong (has that extra period as shown above). If you want to have a working Microsoft Update shortcut in your start menu you have to add http://update.microsoft.com in trusted zone of IE (security level must be high) and to modify config file of ProxHTTPSProxy in the way I described above. Without these modifications I had problems to open MU site randomly using Microsoft Update shortcut in my start menu. For me it is now working flawlessly. Look at my screenshot! https://imgur.com/2Nr0xEi

I agree to @xpandvistafan. You have to avoid https-links to open Microsoft Update. If you want to access MU directly try http://fe2.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=de (I am German), for you http://fe2.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en. And you have to check config.ini of ProxHTTPSProxy. Under section [SSL No-Verify] I added fe2.update.microsoft.com and deleted update.microsoft.com under sections [SSL Pass-Thru] and [BYPASS URL]. This is working for me although I use predominantly HTTPSProxy. If wanted I can provide my config file of ProxHTTPSProxy.

I know but in my system it didn't work. Either I have to disable sfc or I have to cut off sfc fetching an old wuaueng.dll file from \i386. I have an imaging system for backing up partitions so I am glad to disable sfc. No old system files anymore without my permission!

@maile3241 The cmd file is a batch file. You can add in first line a path command for example "path c:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\" or "set path c:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\", If you add more than one path you have to separate by semicolon e. g. "path c:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\; c:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache\". In Windows XP you can set global paths. Look here: https://cs.calvin.edu/courses/cs/112/resources/installingEclipse/path/

@Raupinator I am german and interested in a german installer of Microsoft Security Essentials 4.4.304 you offered some posts above. Can you provide a download link? Thanks in advance