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I wasn't quoting anyone, very sorry for confusing you. Btw, there are a few executables running as services under win98/ME, on my system there are mprexe.exe, msgsrv32.exe, mmtask.tsk, ddhelp.exe and sometimes spool32.exe.

Well if you don't want to use an operating system based on services, don't use any 9x flavor either as it's also based on services (which are provided by a myriad of vxds rather well hidden from the end user and which make the core of the OS). Is this correct? Are the hidden vxd services the equivalent of NT services which run visibly as exe?

The 10bit video mkv samples that are on this page play just fine with the ffdshow build I am am using and mentioned above so it seems it's implemented now. You can use the LAV filter if you prefer of course, you just have more function replacements to do to be able to use it, tested OK in Monogram GraphStudio with current LAV Filter (0.46). B)

You don't need the files I posted for getting it to work sfor. They will allow other stuff to run but no that. To get msvc2010 builds of ffdshow running you need (with an hex editor or jumper's import patcher.)

VirtualDub, no?

As I have mentioned elsewhere some time ago, the MSVC2010 clsid builds from sourceforge can be made to work by replacing the kernel32 imported function HeapQueryInformation by SetLastError in ffdshow.ax. I am currently using the thus treated rev4257_20120115_clsid build without apparent problems. I haven't got a 10bit x264 file to test though but I don't see a reason why it shouldn't work if decoding of such streams has been implemented in those builds.

You're right about Haali, it doesn't split amr files, I just tested it now for that, for some reason I assumed it did, sorry about that. Also, the FFSox input plugin for winamp I mentioned, seems only to work with version 5, not 2. And don't worry about installing KernelEx, it's small, stable, unintrusive and allows you to run lots of stuff you can't normally run.

Of course not. As its name suggests the Haali splitter splits media streams (including amr) and doesn't decode them that's why I mentioned it in conjunction with FFDShow which decodes amr. And if you want to play amr in Winamp you either get one of the DirectShow solutions to work and use the DirectShow input plugin for them or you get the FFSox input plugin and replace the dlls in its subfolders by those of the same name found in the latest MPlayerWW on sourceforge but you'll have no seeking unlike with the DS input plug. (Any of that may require to have KernelEx installed btw)

The DirectSound output plugin uses a bit less cpu than the KS ones. Advantage of KS (or ASIO) lies in their low latency not their low cpu use.

The Monogram AMR splitter/decoder runs fine if KernelEx is installed. Haali splitter and FFDShow for decoding should also do. Other than that VLC, MPlayer and KMPlayer for example play amr files fine with their internal filters.

flash player plugin 11.1.102.55 OK

KernelEx's got its own KnownDlls key at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\KernelEx\KnownDLLs. It works the same way the MS one does and Userenv.dll should get loaded from there if the executable that needs it has KernelEx enabled. In previous versions KernelEx used the MS KnownDlls key for the files now listed under its own key btw.

It runs fine here even in default compat mode. SSE2 CPU required though (SSE only for version 3.6).

I just searched my C drive for exe files and I got 11250 hits exactly. What I can say is that maintenance requirements are low but organizational skill level has to be rather high to manage such an amount of programs. I haven't installed/reinstalled the OS since I think 2005.

Ok then I understand now. The title of this thread is very misleading as it gives the impression you've installed the SP3 which you did not. Furthermore, since you've reverted back all the files from the SP3 you've updated manually, there is IMO not a chance that the SP is responsable for the problem and you perhaps shouldn't make a thread with a title saying so categorically there is a bug with it. Something else must have hapened to your system and I have obviously no clue what it is, good luck finding it out.

And was that after you've installed the SP or after you've localized?

I don't think so infortunately. The problem must lie in some SP3 file that is not any of the localized ones you've updated and reverted manually IMO. It's not too clear if the problem has occured only after you've done your manual update.

Latest release of Firefox fork Palemoon appears to be built with MSVC2010 already and it runs fine if using the hacked msvcr100.dll I posted a little while ago. http://www.mediafire.com/?49bc54r28b94w0x

If I am not mistaken files in that directory are used by the windows installer instead of the same files that are in the cab archives so it's possible to reinstall without downgrading anything if all the newer ones are in that dir. (I haven't installed/reinstalled since many years though so I might be wrong eventually.)

JRE-6u30. (JRE-7 not working)

It's not restricted to .bat files, it applies to all dos executables as well and it applies only to bat and dos programs because a new dos virtual machine is created when you run one of those.

InstallWatch is the best before/after utility IMO so I would suggest you use it. It does monitor both files and registry and will keep all the before and after registry values in its database from which you can export anything as regedit 4 files, allowing you to precisely know (and eventually revert) all the installer has done. http://www.brothersoft.com/installwatch-9407.html As suggested you may want to back up your root dir files and windows dir (or even entire C drive) before doing it if you fear to bork it all.

Another excellent process/thread management/information utility, perhaps the best/most advanced of all, is Another Task Manager: http://www.simtel.net/product/view/id/12339

Thanks for the heads up Jumper.

Jumper, as it's a bit complex, please post any working example you might have for use of ipstub.dll. And btw I prefer that importpatcher does not link to copies of dependencies anymore.