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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.

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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

Here's a copy paste of a report with my experiences with this advapi32.dll patch, until now being on win32's patreon it was probably also "members only" : I was probably the first user testing it, there were no comments before. That's how it was before: Tons of services failing to start, UAC being super-annoying, USB drivers that used to BSOD the system, with the patch don't

The browser I was using was Roytam1 Newmoon28-sse browser it is recent build 2025-08-08 I will update it and a;so try with other browsers. I see a file that is maybe it's a base64 orientated which cold have all the pictures. Now understand for your thinking all the pictures should be there and showing. As the web page did download completely. After updating and trying with other browsers if I am still getting the same results I will let Roytam1 know in his thread my-browser-builds-part-5 Thanks for the info Tripredacus

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

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 ...

Greetings. https://mega.nz/folder/itlRGKyB#8XNJOvlebW8ghCjaiJrk0w https://mega.nz/file/PhMAEZ7L#8PoBTs7sTt2e7wb3tRotEZhTv9TildrgZTt_lD_kvGI This is archives of all that i'd used to compile wheels undef WinXP. I`d build it at Visual studio 2017 with installed v140_xp toolset For building wheels i have used original MinGW https://osdn.net/projects/mingw/ under WinXP MinGW_all.7z - mingw compilers. Root folder was D:\ Python39NoSSe2.7z - full Python 3.9 with headers, libs and defs. Root folder was C:\ tcl.7z - compiled TCL/TK openssl-3.1.0-win32-dev-xpmod-sse.7z, openssl-3.1.0-win32-xpmod-sse.7z - are development and binary OpenSSL from https://rwijnsma.home.xs4all.nl/files/openssl/ cryptography-3.4.8.7z - lastest cryptography for XP (without RUST) Best regards

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!

@heinoganda's cacert_Updater.exe contains three files: CERTUPD.bat (batch file containing several commands), HTTPDL.exe (downloader) and URLLINK (file containing download-link of cacert.pem). After examination I found out that the downloader HTTPDL.exe doesn't do its job anymore i.e. the downloader couldn't connect to the server targeted in download-link of URLLINK. Therefore I have updated HTTPDL.exe to new version which is working properly again in Windows XP. Is that detailed enough? Anyway, thanks for your interest!

Hi to all and especially to @mina7601, As I posted above and confirmed by @mina7601, the cacert Updater of @heinoganda's ProxHTTPSProxy packages doesn't work anymore. Applying the file cacert_Updater.exe leads to the message "Roots Certificates could not be updated!". I have analyzed this problem and could fix the file cacert_Updater.exe. Now it works in the way as it should be. Here is a download-link of the new version of cacert Updater in form of a separate archive: https://www.mediafire.com/file/uf20arawpbuiz2y/cacert_Updater_Fixed.7z/file Kind regards, AstroSkipper

Thanks for your quick reply! In this case bad news are good news for me. I already thought something was wrong with my system. On the other hand I would have been a little surprised too. Usually my system works like a charme. But as advertised I will try to fix that if I can, and I do hope so.

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

Can any of you confirm that @heinoganda's cacert_Updater.exe in his ProxHTTPSProxy packages doesn't work anymore? Yesterday I tried to update cacert.pem and I got the message "Roots Certificates could not be updated!". I'm interested to know if I'm the only one having this problem or if it's the same for you. And if so, then I would be inclined to fix the problem.

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.

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!

@WULover Use Onepiece's Update Pack French version called "OnePiece Windows XP Post-SP3 UpdatePack v1.0.9 FINAL FRA - (French)": https://www.wincert.net/forum/topic/12210-onepiece-xp-post-sp3-aio-international-update-packs-final/ It was last updated on 06/22/2017.

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!

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.

When I had analyzed the problem I added HTTPSProxy to winhttp by executing command proxycfg -u and I got the same error code 0x80096010. Microsoft doesn't trust its own certificate of wuident.cab file all at once. Surprisingly!

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!

@Dave-H A proper user agent is very important to let a web site working correctly providing all services for a visitor. Your user agent is bit strange and especially your entry "BTRS111060". My IE 8 user agent is "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; "Trident/4.0; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729). You can see an absolutely clean UA string. Now there are two ways to change the UA string in Internet Explorer 8: editing registry entries or using an addon called UAPick. Here is the link: https://www.enhanceie.com/ietoys/uapick.asp and download link: https://www.enhanceie.com/dl/UAPickSetup.exe Here more information about IE UA strings and related registry keys: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/internet-explorer/ie-developer/compatibility/ms537503(v=vs.85)?redirectedfrom=MSDN, https://www.heelpbook.net/2014/useragents-on-internet-explorer-registry-workaround/ and this one https://admx.help/?Category=Windows_8.1_2012R2&Policy=Microsoft.Policies.InternetExplorer::Customized_UserAgent_String. By the way browser modes have been provided since IE8 to help developers fix issues quickly by telling a site to render like a previous version of the application. You can find it in developer tools -> browser modes. In my opinion using UAPick is much easier and safe. I had installed it years ago and you can deactivate it or uninstall whenever you want. Install it, backup your current UA string and then override it using my IE 8 user agent. Then try to access MU again. Hope will never die!

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 I totally agree to @maile3241. You have to uninstall Chrome Frame for testing purpose. I do not have Chrome Frame installed in my system. And restore your original user agent (maybe Chrome Frame is the causer). Maybe it is another version of IE or screenshot taken from Win 2000. So it doesn't matter. In Internet Explorer 8 it is labeled "Internet Options".

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!

@Dave-H The first entry is related to ProxHTTPSProxy and the second one to HTTPSProxy. You know I have both in my system. I found a list with all error codes. Here is the link: http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/wuc.htm And there you can find: Error Code: 0x80072F8F Dec Error Code: -2147012721 Error String: ERROR_INTERNET_SECURE_FAILURE ErrorClockWrong Description: One or more errors were found in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate sent by the server. I wanted to upload more screenshots but I have a size limit of 45 kb. No chance! Is that normal?

Ok, item 1. to 6. checked and done. Very good. Important is item 7. I found this on a web site due to error code 0x80072F8F: Therefore we have to compare the Windows Firewall settings too. https://imgur.com/a/OEfex0j

@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.

In the past I had similar problems but thinking the search is forever never getting a result is in most cases wrong. Such searches can last more than an hour. But no one wants to wait for such a long time so they will be abandoned by user. My tip often helps to avoid such long searches.

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

@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.

I don't know about the multiplayer , so can't comment on that , but single player works. The latest patch is just so not needed . Read all the negative reviews. Banned modding , etc. https://www.reddit.com/r/GrandTheftAutoV/comments/6hgeqh/gta_5s_recent_reviews_have_now_hit_mostly_negative/

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.

Then again you need a videocard that supports 4K and youtube's VP9 codec hardware decoding in 4K mode.

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

You did it for Vista too ? Perhaps someone knows how to change the white background in folders without installing any themes , just the colour ?

Yep , you're right , Vista Home Premium ! I do not remember the exact model . Yes , it was HP Pavilion with a thin remote control . The temps were fine , esp. at idle , I remember I was playing Dungeon Siege 2 when it caught fire . I never had it overheated . It was standing on my table , the air conditiong was on. P.S. You see , the same as I was told "HP cheaped out on the cooler". I also had an HP printer which went bad after a year ! They lost a customer , I do not by anything from them since .

Any idea why x86 systems don't have that problem with Haswell ? By the way , I'm not sure if you remeber , back in the day (I think in 2007 Vista already had the exact same black screen of death on some systems , they even had a patch , but it was deleted from servers. It had the SAME logon failure error. Some people wrote that the reason was the changed activation process , I do not know if that's true . I never had it with my Core Quad during that days. Take a look here : https://www.gfisk.com/windows-vista-logon-screen-of-death/