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I did just discover that the paypal slide mouse screen in my older version of Serpent is DEPENDENT UPON the ISP that I use. I canceled my previous ISP but it remains active until the end of my billing cycle (I only have two more days) - I get no slide mouse screen in Serpent when connected via my previous ISP (cable). I *DO* get the slide mouse in Serpent (unsolvable - checkbox turns green but page does NOT advance) in Serpent when connected via my new ISP (fiber optic).

98, SE, and ME do have VirtualAllocEx, only 95 doesn't. Use ImportPatcher or Dependency Walker to find all missing functions. If there are only a few, I can write a wrapper.

Hello Leokids123. You asked: "Can you disable your adblocker and enable Javascript?" Answer: Javascript is enabled in St52 when visiting Paypal. And this is the result when trying to sign in my Paypal account with ST52 and - hosts file adblocking disabled - DNS server adblocking disabled It is as NotHereToPlayGames said: "the SECURITY CHALLENGE CANNOT BE LOADED."

NotHereToPlayGames said: "Both results are TECHNICALLY THE SAME! ie, the SECURITY CHALLENGE CANNOT BE LOADED." Hello roytam1, when trying to access my Paypal account with the latest St52 (2025-08-21), I have to confirm NotHereToPlayGames: And now for NM28 (2025-08-21) with the same PC and the same system settings: That's obviously a difference ! NM28 works with Paypal and St52 won't. WHY ?

Hello NotHereToPlayGames, You said: "Newer versions of Serpent *do not work* on my end because Session Restore is a **MUST**. I have noted these Session Restore issues in the past and intermittent as they are in newer, I have *ZERO* problems with Session Restore in my older version." ------------------------------------------------------------ I have *ZERO* problems with Session Restore in my latest version of Serpent St52.

I'm afraid that I will have to decline from that experiment. My apologies. Newer versions of Serpent *do not work* on my end because Session Restore is a **MUST**. I have noted these Session Restore issues in the past and intermittent as they are in newer, I have *ZERO* problems with Session Restore in my older version. I have had way WAY too many updates over the years only to REVERT to the version that WORKS for me. Sorry, my version has to remain where it is. When I can no longer text and email from it, then I'll have to cross that bridge when I come to it. Until then, "long live my OLD Serpent". This version WORKS for me and NEWER versions do NOT. Not to sound too blunt, but I have lost interest in newer versions of Serpent all on account of SESSION RESTORE table of tabs/windows NOT POPULATING in newer versions. Again, intermittent as it is, the version that I use always ALWAYS **ALWAYS** populates the Session Restore table, so this is going to be my last version of Serpent until I see changelogs reflect Session Restore fixes.

For Palemoon/Newmoon maybe try the UnMHT extension (legacy extension): https://services.addons.thunderbird.net/en-gb/firefox/addon/unmht/versions/ Direct download for UnMHT: https://addons.thunderbird.net/firefox/downloads/file/662569/type:attachment/unmht-8.3.2-an+fx+sm+tb.xpi?src=version-history For Chromium/Chrome/Brave Browser/etc just save the webpage as MHTML. This option may have to be enabled inside the chrome://flags settings page. If you don't have the option to save a webpage as MHTML, then search for 'MHTML' in chrome://flags.

@awkduck Well, in theory it is possible if we had a team of expert software engineers and system programmers who know 9x in depth, who would dedicate their time to this problem. It is not a simple problem and would require modifying some vxds and dlls and adding new functionality. At first glance it may not look like that, and it may seem simple, but just look at kernel32.dll it is only 460kB, but its assembly code when disassembled is about 5.5MB. Also VMM.VXD is about 450kB but when disassembled it is about 2.5MB of assembly code. Similar applies to VWIN32.VXD and others. There would also be a problem with the shell, User32.dll and GDI32.dll and others which are not fully 32-bit but most of their most important functionality is actually 16-bit because 9x systems are hybrid. And many other important files that would have to be modified. And not just a small modification but a complete reengineering is required. That is a MASSIVE task and therefore it is not realistic to expect such a thing to happen in practice. But we can still use multiprocessors/multicores for, some calculations and such things...

You should only need to SORT them by EXPIRATION DATE and isolate which have been updated most recently. HOWEVER, this is NOT a guarantee that you will end up getting paypal to work in non-chrome. IT IS ONLY THE *FIRST* HURDLE and there could be a DOZEN hurdles in front of you. It doesn't even mean that you will find a cert! Again, there are going to be a DOZEN hurdles, certficates should always be the FIRST (in my opinion) to clear. Nowadays, CSS is next. Then JS. And DON'T EVEN BOTHER changing your user agent! The sooner you break that "old school" thinking, the better. (again, just my opinion)

So it worked initially?, what was it set to? DXVA2(native) or none ? LAV settings can also be accessed from the start menu, K-Lite Codec Pack\Configuration There will likely be 2 one for mpchc and one system-wide, set both to whatever worked, if settings crash, redo k-lite codec pack setup and configure those options during setup Test dreamscene Some applications may not respect LAV configuration settings, in that situation you will usually have to remove DXVA2-related dlls installed by the graphics driver so they will have no chance to use something broken, I'd done this once with AMD drivers The fact that symptoms are the same between AMD and NVIDIA gpus however makes me think that you have a conflicting other application/driver installed as these are all old vista-supported gpus not something that needs custom drivers EDIT: And did you uninstall AMD drivers with DDU before installing nvidia? (latest for vista - DDU v18.0.4.6.exe)

Yes! Because Supermium uses the OPERATING SYSTEM'S "certificate store" and the firewall flagged that the "cert store" was being updated. Now that the OS's cert store is getting your paypal working, you could try importing the OS certs into the non-chrome browsers.

So now that you have the codec pack, launch MPC-HC that got installed with it and try to play a h264 test video https://test-videos.co.uk/bigbuckbunny/mp4-h264 launch LAV splitter video settings - the red icon in the system tray, there is a "Hardware Decoder to use:" in the top middle, test various hardware decoders and check which do and don't work, make sure H.264 is checked under codecs for HW

Is any of the extended kernel-like stuff installed?

just trying to make sure it is worth our whike doing all the above, what compression rate are u referring to? the compression rates that we are practically accustomed to are reasonably satisfactory - a very good compression rate can be achieved thru winntsetup itself by clicking on the start square icon on the top right corner of the mask and then on "local windows installations", then right-clicking and selecting compact windows, choosing "lzx" and ticking the recompression box below. yet other good compression rates can be achieved thru windows10tweaker.exe from the optimization section (the only inconvenience being with this one here that u cannot do anything while it is compacting as everything freezes till the end of the process). pls try both and compare with ur rar kinda thing for best compression results.

Working at the now bankrupt captcha company that hired low wage poor educated individulas, and we see the result. But like I already wrote, they allowed me to get in only by guessing the word! It's strange to see people having troubles understanding simple sentences, even with the screenshot attached. Now I get a standard Google captcha (very simple!), But I only tried from work.

Thanks for the info! So you bought this patch from win32 ss? How fo you know it somewhat works? Or it's just rumours, hearsay?

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

Tripredacus, the user could be from a troublesome location, Nigeria, Russia, Uganda, whatever. I tried to make an account, they simply asked me for a word. I didn't even have to solve captchas. Though, there is an error in the word colour, a misspelling.

I managed to boot Windows 2000 with Clover UEFI32 and Longhorn 5472 boot files on real hardware. Only problem is, no screen. But sound and disk activity exist and heard Windows sounds. Even GTX980 driver does not display (both in legacy and UEFI boot with longhorn files. But displays normally with ntldr). This problem does not happen in XP. It displays correctly. @reboot12 @Dietmar maybe you guys can solve with patches. For NT4, it wants kdcom.dll and bootvid.dll. If these files bypassed or patched, it can boot with UEFI. EDIT: Display worked when I switched DP to HDMI for win2000! For NT4, I managed to bypass kdcom.dll but this time, 0xc000007b bootmgr kernel error (not BSOD). Maybe it requires ACPI or bootmgr should look non-ACPI hal. EDIT 2: Tested also with QEMU and it worked. Video: https://youtu.be/NLW0Eg1nDNU

I don't know about AI in search engines, but AI in general seems like one of those things that will corrupt already too corrupted mankind even further.

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 mean you are getting now error code 0x80244004. If so, you should check or perform step 11 once more. You have to verify the existence of patched "wuaueng.dll" in mentioned folders. Be aware of SFC which tries to restore an original old version of this file! After patching restart your computer and check again! And please, more information about your system and what you have done so far. Anyway, doing all steps correctly and keeping the order should let the probabiliy of success increase to nearly 100%.

We can talk about your problems and error codes tomorrow. But one thing I can say: you probably missed a step of my guide or a step wasn't performed properly. If you have a fresh installation of XP, check step 14 and 15. So long! Good night!

At first, thanks for thinking about a backup solution in case of MSFN sites' inaccessibility! When creating of your html version is finished, please upload it i.e. your prototype and later your final version to Mediafire, for example, or any other hoster (but please a non Russian one) so that I can have a look into it! And send me the download link only via PM! In any case I want to have it in form of a separate guide such as it is i.e. I don't want this guide to be included in these "all in one" packages. BTW automatic solutions do not need an instruction how to do things manually. And I prefer manual methods to keep control. Anyway, we talked about a mirror! A package isn't one. It has to be a location all interested people can have access to. Furthermore there has to be a possibility for me to delete old and add new versions of this guide. I don't have a suitable mirror in mind yet but I will think about it. Maybe you can offer some alternatives. Just to clarify, no publishing without my permission! I want to decide where it is mirrored to. And finally, thanks for your "voluntary" liking! Cheers, AstroSkipper

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

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.

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?

One thing is clear. The mentioned updates are for Windows XP Embedded and definitely not for Server 2003. So that won't work. and truth be told a bit off-topic.

Due to the fact that in Windows XP (and 2000 too) you can only use IE or IE engine to access to MU and the ciphers of IE are outdated you have to use ProxHTTPSProxy or HTTPSProxy to add modern, more recent ciphers to IE or IE engine. Therefore is the answer from my point of view: No!

You're welcome! Did you add HTTPSProxy and ProxHTTPSProxy to MalwareBytes' exclusions list? I have excluded them in Avast.

@Dave-H Great! I'm glad your system has got back all features you wanted to have.

@Dave-H Maybe your Internet Explorer installation is faulty. Just a guess!

Here the DNS servers I suggested: Google Public DNS. 8.8.8.8. 8.8.4.4. and Cloudflare. 1.1.1.1. 1.0.0.1. Try them! And here's another fix referring to error code 0x80072f8f I have found while researching: Open in a registry editor the key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\LastRestorePointSetTime. Here you can see a date and a time (that's my idea to find a suitable point in time). Now go back to this date and time plus for example one hour. Try to access MU. Reboot. Then adjust clock to current date and time. Do a synchronization. Reboot. Then try again! The idea is to go back in time to the last successful update on MU web site and try to access the MU server. Some people had success with turning back time to solve error code 0x80072f8f. And here a screenshot of my Internet Options - Advanced referring to HTTP settings: https://imgur.com/EHW7rix

@Dave-H I've read an interesting article of a person who had same error code and the solution was a missing certificate in a chain of certificates. Check if following certificate exists under Trusted Root Certification Authorities: GTE CyberTrust Global Root valid until 14.08.2018. I know it has expired but I've read that such expired certificates can still be in use. It's just a try. Furthermore I've found another tip that obviously others had helped: And one more question: Do you have a normal installation of XP or are you running it in a VM? Is your computer a clent or server in a network or a stand-alone one?

@Dave-H Yesterday I had trouble to access Google and other web sites using HTTPSProxy. What had happened? I checked and found out that HTTPSProxy's cacert.pem was faulty. I downloaded a new one manually from this link https://curl.se/ca/cacert.pem and copied it in HTTPSProxy's program folder. I deleted all certificates in certs folder and after starting the proxy I could access all sites without any problems. Updating cacert.pem in SysTray menu is working again. So what is the teaching of that? You have to check and deeply too. Comparing two files only due to size and date is not enough. A binary comparison is necessary or comparing hash values. You can do it for example with Total Commander. So download a fresh cacert.pem from link above and compare it to yours just to be sure your certs are valid and proper in your HTTPSProxy's program folder. Here is a screenshot of my Intermediate Certificate Authorities (there are Microsoft related certificates too): https://imgur.com/G2ogHnj I don't know if they are relevant, they seem to be expired. And here my Third Party Root Certificate Authorities: https://imgur.com/vY3dnq8 What is your current time server? And please upload a new WindowsUpdate.log! Maybe something has changed. A lot of Windows users have reported getting error code 0x80072f8f due to activation problems. So my next question. Is your Windows XP Professional properly activated? Do you have Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) Validation Tool installed and what is your version? As far as I know the latest version for XP is 1.9.40.0. And I know a lot of questions. Sorry!

Happy New Year and all wishes to come true ! See ya in 2022 !

Solve captcha to buy a loaf of bread , thanks but no thanks . I ignore and boycott such "shops". Do you know we train AI for them for free (as slaves) ?

31st of December 2020 - works cool (even with disabled remote fonts), 1st of January 2021 - all hell breaks loose . It has nothing to do with the operating system. It's the new java , scripts and remote fonts. I'm glad it is working for the creator himself though. I've been away for some time , now logged in and everything works again , except the odd squares in the menus.

The website is completely broken for me . Any pop-up menu is not working , even sign-in . I can't edit posts , I can't select options in the messenger . Everything worked fine right until the recent changes. Clear cache and reboot PC is not helping ( surpise xD ) . I'm on Chrome 88 and Vista.

here's a good read for ya , from the respected member @sdfox7 https://msfn.org/board/topic/176837-disable-web-fonts-in-google-chromemozilla-firefox/

Exactly , how could you ! xD

After switching the famous "superfetch" off it was fantastic , fast , but not as fast as on Siemens , I think because Siemens used more advanced German HDDs , I even think they still in production labeled Fujitsu, yes. I mean Fujitsu HDDs , not some other 3rd party brands . I also think you should add Sony , they were good and also used Fujitsu HDDs (at least some of them) , they were expensive , I agree .

I have nothing against Dell , I had a Dell Vostro laptop with Vista x86 (sorry , don't remember the exact specs, it was in 2008 . Intel CPU (something Core Duo , 4GB RAM DDR2 , 250GB HDD) , But everything inside was NOT made by Dell . Also, I had several Dell monitors and not sure if Dell even made the enclosure . The main parts had Samsung label on them . I think you should definitely add Siemens to your list. The majority of Vista PCs in Europe were Siemens , most of them Made in Germany , using German technology and their own design and layout (unlike HP and many others). Their motherboards were also developed in Germany. It's so sad it's in the past , though I've read the Siemens PCs became just "Fujitsu" and still being produced in Germany from a high quality parts , I can't comment on this because I've never had them.