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Info: On GitHub, the names and download links of yt-dlp for Windows XP have changed: yt-dlp_x86_Windows-XP.zip > yt-dlp_x86_winXP.exe (starting after the next release, it should be able to update with `yt-dlp -U` ) yt-dlp_x86_Windows-XP_onedir.zip > yt-dlp_x86_winXP.zip Direct links: https://github.com/nicolaasjan/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_x86_winXP.exe https://github.com/nicolaasjan/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_x86_winXP.zip For Windows Vista, new update here.

SAB 3.9.15

Mozilla extended ESR v115 for 6 more months. Further extensions are also possible. https://msfn.org/board/topic/181987-list-of-software-that-doesnt-support-windows-7/page/34/#findComment-1281886

WinNTSetup - a simple but powerful universal Windows Installer Features: Install (unattend) Windows 2k/XP/20??/Vista/7/8.x/10/11 x86/x64/arm64 Practically runs even on the most minimalistic WinPE selectable drive letter for the new Windows installation Fully automated with save/load setting in ini file and various command line options Install Windows also if nlite/vlite has remove winnt32.exe/setup.exe Integrate Drivers: normal PNP and Textmode Drivers Patch uxtheme to allow unsigned Themes Some common registry tweaks and *.reg file import DISM APPX removal, feature enable/disable Simple VHD creation and Installation Support "Windows to Go" for Windows 7 and later installs Supports WimBoot and CompactOS option for Windows 7 and later Supports all current WIM files: WIM/SWM/ESD and ISO files WinCapture - capture a Windows installation to WIM or ESD file MinWin - simple trimming WIM in memory before apply WinCopy - copy an existing Windows installation to another partition Offline Hotfix uninstall Offline password reset Not Supported: - No Windows embedded version (this includes WinFLP) - No upgrades of existing installations About driver installation: Every driver added in NT6.x windows will be added to the driver store. So it's not recommended to add countless driver, but rather more really required ones. NT5.x massstorage driver integration is possible thanks to Mr dUSHA powerful MSSTMake.exe tool To the Unattend option: It's possible to use an unattend.xml to run the Setup unattended. But as the actual WinPE Setup Phase isn't effective in that way of install, all Winpe related settings inside the unattend.xml won't be applied. Ini config file It's possible to save all GUI-settings to a ini file: push Ctrl + S to save all settings to an ini. push Ctrl + L to load all settings from an ini. A WinNTSetup.ini file in the same dir as the app itself will be loaded automatically at startup. It also can be selected via command line: WinNTSetup.exe /cfg:"C:\mysettings.ini" If you want to modify ini settings yourself, click-click has made a nice PDF for it. For advanced users there are also hidden settings described in the included WinNTSetup.ini.txt Command line: - Press F1 to get list of all options To install Windows in a VHD file: - requires Windows 7 as OS and Windows 7 Ultimate, Enterprise or Server 2008 R2 as Source - create a partitioned VHD and assign a drive letter (push Ctrl + Shift + V to use build in diskpart wrapper for this) - select the VHD drive as installation drive (make sure you boot drive ist a active primary partition on a physical disk) If you get an Antivirus warning from your AV software, please report it to them as a false positive and let them check it. Current Version: 5.4.1 Download: Mega - MediaFire

@JFX My apologies for even asking, but I would really like to know if you might be interested: Is it possible to allow installing Windows from a RAR file (WinRAR Archive)? Basically the RAR file format's story is that it's a full backup format that supports saving all NTFS attributes, timestamps and ACLs, etc. Using WinRAR's unrar program allows for very fast extraction of big archives (multi-GBs) while restoring all NTFS attributes & properties. So I could for example use ImageX to unpack a sample install.wim file from a Windows ISO to a scratch directory, then archive it as RAR5 with the best compression settings, BLAKE2 checksums, preserving timestamps and NTFS security permissions (ACLs). This would help to create a sample install.rar file that cans also easily be split into arbitrarily-sized parts (e.g. 700MB parts, 2GB parts, etc). So finally for installing Windows, what you would do is to properly select the desired install partitions and extract the RAR5 file to the Windows partition you want. Of course I understand that you have to run WinRAR (for archiving) and WinNTSetup (for install) as TrustedInstaller to do this, but we have many tools made specifically for running programs as TrustedInstaller (example: 'RunAsTI'). So, is this something that you might consider doing in the future? Or perhaps you might think that it's not necessary to work on such an idea right now, because .wim files are good enough? I would also like to add that RAR4 & RAR5 archives can also possess recovery records, which help automatically correct errors if part of the data is damaged (with configurable percentage of recovery record size). Of course I understand that if you do it, then it would only support RAR archives without a password. And I also understand that the usage of such install.rar files would be mostly useful for creating 'super-small' ISO files.

To verify which timer is in use, get falco PhenomII Tweaker and run TimerCheck.exe, not the tweaker's main exe Read the value right on the top called QPC freq: PM Timer = 3.579545 Mhz HPET *classic* = 14.31818 MHz HPET new Intel = 19.200000 Mhz TSC = On Win7+ = CPU_BASE_FREQ/1024, On WinXP = CPU_BASE_FREQ, On Win10 1803+ = usually upscalled to 100MHz

The one missing thing has been determined, I try to add it next version.

Hello jumper. Thanks for taking the time to look at the drivers page. The adapter came with a CD which I used initially to install the drivers. When it didn't work, I think the first thing I did was go to the TP-Link drivers page to see if there was anything else that might. The thing is that TP-Link has different pages for each country. I don't remember seeing two different drivers when I made the attempt but if they were there it's very likely that I chose the most up to date one. I have this habit of always going for the latest drivers available. I was able to check that the file I've saved is that one, the latest. I will try to install it again using the previous one. Being two years older maybe they'll work. I certainly hope so.

ok next besides assembly would be c++, windows drivers, physical harddrive knowledge and how its programmed to (not engine/api like createfile and writefile or script like "copyfile c:\a.txt c:\b.txt) to write this to a windows xp driver you also have to have knowledge about pe headers sections, relocs ect.

First, welcome to the MSFN forums ; I take it you are using FirefoxESR-115, now on v115.27.0esr, supposedly to be EoL'ed on Win7/8.1 with the next, last, release v115.28.0esr ... Do you, by any chance, have uBlock Origin installed in your FxESR-115 profile? If yes, there's a way you can continue accessing the full version of Discourse-based forums in FxESR-115; read this post ; basically, you'd have to create below custom filter: ! Discourse-based forums ||*/browser-detect-$script,important uBO -> dashboard -> My Filters -> add above code -> Apply changes (header of tab) -> exit dashboard then delete discourse-forum cookies (for good measure) and reload the forum page... Can you please be more specific? Which version is that exactly? Help -> About r3dfox -> ? r3dfox has recently moved into a new GitHub repo, with new Releases section ... I'll assume you currently are in v140.0.4 (not the latest, BTW) ... Did you just transplant/migrate your full FxESR-115 profile to r3dfox-140 ? Although r3dfox is Firefox-based, such big jumps between major versions are prone to profile corruption ... I would advise you start from a clean redfox profile and then, progressively, tailor it to your own needs (settings, extensions, importing bookmarks from FxESR-115, etc.) ... In FxESR-115, load about:logins (Password Manager); click the 3-dot-button (top-right) and you should see a context option to "Export Passwords"; this will save ALL your login credentials to a CSV file; via a similar, but now reverse, procedure, you can import this CSV file to r3dfox and have all your passwords restored! (Take good care of that CSV file, as it contains the passwords in unencrypted, human-readable, form). Best regards ...

Did you read my post above? I need information about your system and what you have done so far. And in your ProxHTTPSProxy's log window there are fatal ssl tunnel errors. What did you do? Post additionally a complete screenshot of ProxHTTPSProxy's log window while accessing MU only (no other connections to whereever) and upload your WindowsUpdate.log located in folder \Windows! And please, no more one sentence comments with nonsufficient information! Compare my posts to yours and you know what I mean!

@LonghornXP Any assistance is senseless without information about your system and what you have done so far. You are bombing this thread with error codes but you didn't explain what you did to generate them. And regarding your language skills, please use Google Translate additionally to post clear statements and comments! PS: It's not meant to be mean! But speaking and writing in a clear way is mandatory.

Whatever will happen and whatever fate befalls my little guide, thank you for your interest and your efforts! I totally agree. The Wayback Machine is great but for more complex backups especially due to incompatibiliy in backing up links on MSFN, it's not an option. Thanks for clarifying. It's very sad but we must make a mark, no matter how small. I do have a DropBox account, therefore it is an option, of course. As I already mentioned above there has to be a possibility for me to delete old and add new versions of this guide. Thank you for understanding and respecting that! What tool do you use to generate a html version of my guide? In the past I had different problems with a lot of tools. Simple constructed web sites, no problem, but more complex and linked sites, I got partially or completely results which were terrible. So far, kind regards, AstroSkipper

You have to answer quickly because I am tired and want to go to bed.

You mean while calling up MU in Windows XP you get the error code 80072F78. Is that correct?

All these problems with Microsoft Office, especially endless searches of Microsoft Update, incompatible updates and so on, made me stop installing Microsoft Office packages on Windows XP a long time ago. I use Softmaker Office 2016 Portable with all available features. It's totally sufficient for me. If I had to use Microsoft Office in Windows XP, I would install Office 2007. Older software is often a better choice in an old operating system.

You're welcome and, if I can, anytime again!

Welcome to the forum! This thread is about restoring access to MU or WU in Windows XP (Windows 2000 and Windows Vista too). If you only want to introduce yourself, then it's the wrong place here. You can do that there: https://msfn.org/board/forum/76-introduce-yourself33/ Kind regards, AstroSkipper

If your error code is still 0x80072f78, you have missed a step in my linked guide. Check if all has been performed properly, or better, do all step once again by verifying each step! The error code you have posted above has nothing to do with HTTPSProxy. Presumably one or more steps are missing or haven't been performed successfully.

This configuration looks fine. I can see in your screenshot a WU update notification shield. Is access to MU web site now working for you?

No, definitely not. You can' t use IE 6. IE 8 is needed exclusively to access MU web site. Or use WSUS server method if it is working in your system. Unfortunately, there is and will not be another solution. I gave you a lot of tips how to solve your problem. There is no more to say. IE 6 is outdated, unsupported and crap. Sorry, truth has to be told!

If IE 8 doesn't work in your XP system, then you have to reinstall from scratch. Usually IE 8 works in every XP system. If not, your Windows XP installation is faulty. Restoring access to MU needs updates relating to IE 8. Maybe the WSUS server method works, but I don't think so. Reinstall XP and use an offline update pack. Then restore MU and let it look for missing updates.

Welcome to the forum! At first you should provide information about your system. Which OS do you use i.e. from which operating system do you want to access WU using IE 6? And why IE 6? You should install the more recent version IE 8 if possible!

If you take the title of this thread so precisely, then your posts are logically off-topic. But as far as I can see, programs are also posted here that are still Windows XP compatible. But to be on-topic I have found a web site of Tracker Software containing the "latest" versions of their programs PDF-XChange Editor and Editor, PDF-XChange Standard Printer, PDF-Tools and PDF-XChange PRO. All programs are version 7.0.328.2. Version 8 and higher do not support Windows XP anymore. Here is the link: https://www.tracker-software.com/knowledgebase/399-Microsoft-has-Ended-Support-for-Windows-XP. Kind regards, AstroSkipper

You're welcome! Nice to hear that you liked it.

That's fine! Glad to hear it's working for you. Our systems seem to be very similar in fact.

You're right. Selecting a non-relevant lastly installed update is a safe way for testing. I think it will work. You know our systems are a bit like twins.

Don't be afraid. I use Autoruns since 1995. It's from Sysinternals i.e. from Microsoft. It's totally safe. And there is nothing to install, it's portable. Make exclusions to Malwarebytes!

I didn't say you should uninstall Malwarebytes I suggested to deactivate all autostart components and services by using Sysinternals Autoruns (portable tool, lists all autostart entries) with the effect that after restarting no module of Malwarebytes is in RAM any longer. This can be reverted easily without harming your installation. Only a few clicks. Due to your Windows Firewall here another screenshot of my ICMP-Settings: https://imgur.com/9iqJdDP And your are right either your error code is caused by SSL problems reading certificates or unsuitable settings in your system. And you see we have already found a lot. Here I've uploaded for you the latest XP compatible version of Autoruns. More recent versions don't run under XP. https://www.mediafire.com/file/m4b2khdjjjfvlic/Autoruns_v13.98.zip/file

@Dave-H Maybe BTRST - The Braintrust Token? The Braintrust Token is an ERC-20 token issued on the Ethereum blockchain network by the Braintrust Technology Foundation, a nonprofit foundation. Perhaps you had got some adware in the past but anyway. Backup your user agent if needed in the future and set it back to original one just for testing purpose! Or use an addon to manage user agent strings! Here a link: https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/18450/change-the-user-agent-string-in-internet-explorer-8/ And what about item 7 of our list?

@Dave-H So with the help of @RainyShadow (Thanks once again!) I found out that I have an overall size limit for uploading of 1.95 MB and a Max total size of 512 KB. Truth be told these limits would have been fantastic in year 1985 if there had been an internet but in this day and age unsuitable and counterproductive to help people by uploading screenshots. Therefore I've removed all attachments substituted by links and follow the advise of @RainyShadow using imgur for image uploads. For other files I'll use a hoster. Attachments only in case of emergency or size is not exceeding 1 byte! @Dave-H Any news about getting rid of error code 0x80072f8f?

I do not run vms in my system. My Windows XP Professional is non virtual but a real one. Maybe you ask one who is running vms too. As I said some posts above there is no need to run ProxhttpsProxy in most cases. Nevertheless I think it should be possible to run one instance in your basic system if supported to provide a HTTPSProxy connection for a vm. Maybe there is a possibility to configure your vm to use this basic HTTPSProxy connection. But just a guess! Never done before!

As far as I can see it is an overall limit. At the beginning of posting here I had an overall limit of 512 kb. I don't understand the reducing. Maybe you can find out what the upload size limit is and why it has been reduced. I see in commenting zone Max total size: 45.22 kb. Will it be resetted daily or weekly or never? No, only for testing. HTTPSProxy is more comfortable, isn't it? Did you update cacert.pem? I hope so.

@Dave-H Due to the fact we have to check what else you have missed check following items: Tls 1.2.reg was applied successfully. Important is reg key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\WinHttp] "DefaultSecureProtocols"=dword:00000a80 Check if still correct patched wuaueng.dll version exists in both folder system32 and system32\dllcache. If you have SFC enabled Windows is able to swap it by an other one. In my system SFC is disabled. Be absolutely sure you have taken the suitable config.ini for HTTPSProxy. I have provided two of them, one for HTTPSProxy and one for ProxHTTPSProxy. Check Trusted Zone if only the three provided urls related to Microsoft exist. That's very important. I've already mentioned this several times but no statement from you. Check your Internet Zone too, maybe lower restrictions i.e. lower security level. I've already mentioned this several times but no statement from you. Clear SSL State and Personal information once again. I've already mentioned it above. Did you try to access MU by disabling MalwareBytes and firewall completely? I've already mentioned this but no statement from you. I do this list for you to be sure you haven't missed one of them. When you reply to this do it in the way item 1 checked and so on. So I know what is done and what has to be done. If none of necessary steps was missed you would be able to access MU without any problems. So what the hell is missing? Check it!

@Dave-H Here two screenshots how HTTPSProxy has to look if it is switched on: https://imgur.com/UhVxB46 https://imgur.com/t1dtyPZ Does it look like that?

Try it! And clear SSL cache and personal information once again! And I can't read your WindowsUpdate.log. Check it and upload it again! There is something misconfigured either in config.ini (do you use my provided config.ini for HTTPSProxy?) or in IE. Why is your WindowsUpdate.log unreadable? p.s.: Use a taskmanager to check if nothing interferes your connection to MU. I use Process Hacker, in my opinion the best.

Just to clarify Microsoft Update Search doesn't work in your Windows XP system due to never ending process. Is that right?

Thanks for your tip! In my system no interfering or problems detected. By the way did my tip help you?

@Dave-H Although our ProxHTTPSProxy versions are different here are the equivalent lines of my Windows Update Log if ProxHTTPSProxy is doing its job: 2022-01-29 19:24:30:015 1128 b1c Misc =========== Logging initialized (build: 7.6.7600.256, tz: +0100) =========== 2022-01-29 19:24:30:140 1128 b1c Misc = Process: C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe 2022-01-29 19:24:30:140 1128 b1c Misc = Module: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuaueng.dll 2022-01-29 19:24:30:015 1128 b1c Service ************* 2022-01-29 19:24:30:140 1128 b1c Service ** START ** Service: Service startup 2022-01-29 19:24:30:140 1128 b1c Service ********* 2022-01-29 19:24:30:875 1128 b1c Agent * WU client version 7.6.7600.256 2022-01-29 19:24:30:875 1128 b1c Agent * Base directory: C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution 2022-01-29 19:24:30:890 1128 b1c Agent * Access type: No proxy 2022-01-29 19:24:31:078 1128 b1c Agent * Network state: Connected And you can see MU recognized No proxy.

@Dave-H I have compared your log to mine. In your log you can see: 2022-01-29 12:28:25:312 1860 cc4 Misc =========== Logging initialized (build: 7.6.7600.256, tz: -0000) =========== 2022-01-29 12:28:25:312 1860 cc4 Misc = Process: D:\WIN-NT\System32\svchost.exe 2022-01-29 12:28:25:312 1860 cc4 Misc = Module: D:\WIN-NT\system32\wuaueng.dll 2022-01-29 12:28:25:312 1860 cc4 Service ************* 2022-01-29 12:28:25:312 1860 cc4 Service ** START ** Service: Service startup 2022-01-29 12:28:25:312 1860 cc4 Service ********* 2022-01-29 12:28:25:343 1860 cc4 Agent * WU client version 7.6.7600.256 2022-01-29 12:28:25:343 1860 cc4 Agent * Base directory: D:\WIN-NT\SoftwareDistribution 2022-01-29 12:28:25:343 1860 cc4 Agent * Access type: Named proxy 2022-01-29 12:28:25:343 1860 cc4 Agent * Default proxy: https=127.0.0.1:8079 2022-01-29 12:28:25:343 1860 cc4 Agent * Default proxy bypass: <local> 2022-01-29 12:28:25:343 1860 cc4 Agent * Network state: Connected In my log you see a difference: 2022-01-29 14:26:34:093 1128 b38 Misc =========== Logging initialized (build: 7.6.7600.256, tz: +0100) =========== 2022-01-29 14:26:34:109 1128 b38 Misc = Process: C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe 2022-01-29 14:26:34:109 1128 b38 Misc = Module: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuaueng.dll 2022-01-29 14:26:34:093 1128 b38 Service ************* 2022-01-29 14:26:34:109 1128 b38 Service ** START ** Service: Service startup 2022-01-29 14:26:34:109 1128 b38 Service ********* 2022-01-29 14:26:35:140 1128 b38 Agent * WU client version 7.6.7600.256 2022-01-29 14:26:35:140 1128 b38 Agent * Base directory: C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution 2022-01-29 14:26:35:234 1128 b38 Agent * Access type: No proxy 2022-01-29 14:26:35:578 1128 b38 Agent * Network state: Connected Here are my IE LAN-Settings: HTTPSProxy switched off: https://imgur.com/TRquakL HTTPSProxy switched on: https://imgur.com/w19OXo2 https://imgur.com/iuu80if So switch to HTTPSProxy and do the same settings. You can do it by clicking Inet_CurUser_ProxySettings.reg Switching on and off by SysTray icon. Important first screenshot. Automatic Configuration both options are unchecked. And check your hosts file if it is clean related to MU. And in background ProxHTTPSProxy may not be loaded. Post your Windows Update Log once again.

@Dave-H Well, now we are at the same time and your Windows update Agent works as it should be. Microsoft Update error code 0x80072F8F means ERROR_INTERNET_SECURE_FAILURE ErrorClockWrong. Maybe this can help you: Check in your registry if the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate doesn't exist otherwise delete it. Open system panel, click Automatic Updates and check if it is not greyed out. Then select Turn off Automatic Updates. Open Internet Explorer on the Tools menu, click Internet Options. Under Advanced check if check for server certificate revocation is unselected. Then click the Content tab. Under Certificates, click Clear SSL State. Click OK when you receive the message that the SSL cache was successfully cleared. Under Personal information, click AutoComplete. Under Clear AutoComplete history, click Clear Forms. Click OK when you are prompted to confirm the operation. Click Clear Passwords. Click OK when you are prompted to clear all previously saved passwords, and then click OK two more times. Close Internet Explorer. Start ProxHTTPSProxy and then Internet Explorer. Try to access Microsoft Update one more time. Post your Windows Update Log again.

Yeah, in your posted link there is a second link to a Microsoft site https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/win7/windows-update-error-80072f8f and setting "time.windows.com" as time server was the recommendation. Anyway try Windows time service for a next short time and try other time servers. I use "ptbtime2.ptb.de" or use one located in your country. Your log shows you have synchronization errors. The good news your WU Agent works properly we have fixed it. The "WARNING: Unable to establish connection to the service. (hr=80004002)" is blown away.

Use older versions , like 80 or 81 , maybe even 82 (not sure about this one though) , they don't disable extensions by default . I'm wondering what changed between those and the newer ones. By the way , any luck on adding ResolveLocaleName ? If you remember about that weird bug with locales (Streets of Rage 4) , well I've found out that the game calls for it too.

Ha ha ha , I've never installed them . Zero. None. I even know there is a guy here , who still runs RTM , so ?

Yes 960 or 950 , at least. They both support HEVC h265 4K, but 970 and 980 doesn't . I have a 980 , so I'm sure .

Whaaaat ? So now I can't say it worked for me ? You have quite an attitude . Manufacturers of consumer motherboards don't take betas into account and don't release drivers for them , so this has nothing to do with your specific issues (IDE or not) in your isolated case. And I'm saying not for you , but for the others . No , you CAN'T call it "the beginning of the vista era since 2005" . How old were you in 2005 ? 4 years ? It says you were born at the and of 2000 ?! So please stop misinforming people . You can't know anything about it , obviously . And what you read in the internet is not always true (surprise!). 2005 and 2006 are 100% XP era , there were NO drivers for Vista at all , and there were too few of them , even when Vista was launched . Make your research before insulting . It's a well known problem , not enough drivers over the course of all Vista's years . We were struggling to find drivers . But then again , I don't think a 4 year old would've remembered. Well , lemme guess , do I scare you when you go to bed ? You can't fall asleep and my face distracts you from the sweet lullaby ? I'm sorry do dissapoint you , I'm not gonna cry . Things you may try : add me to your blocklist , never reply to my posts and continue to live your wonderful life. I don't see any problem.

Press ctrl+f (find whitelist) https://www.howtogeek.com/112564/how-to-create-advanced-firewall-rules-in-the-windows-firewall/

Would you recommend using Vista SP1 for internet on a relatively modern hardware in the nearest 10 years ? Thank you .

Hello , really !?!? I think 512MB RAM is more like 2004 - 2005 , sorry if I'm mistaken , though . I'm from Europe . In 2007 we had 1gb DDR2 as a bare minimum even on cheap models. At our local stores most were 2GB and expensive ones - 4GB . I had Toshiba Satellite A50 with 512 of RAM in 2004 and it was NOT a gaming laptop , it was a budget model with Intel graphics and a tiny ATA HDD.