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No problem at all! It was just for your information.
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Hello @nicolaasjan! This was already discussed here: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183657-mypal-68-in-windows-xp-custom-buttons-and-extensions/?do=findComment&comment=1239390 and here: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183657-mypal-68-in-windows-xp-custom-buttons-and-extensions/?do=findComment&comment=1239411 and previous posts in that thread.
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A thread with such a request should only be created if something like this happens:
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Cheers, AstroSkipper
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ProxHTTPSProxy and HTTPSProxy in Windows XP for future use
AstroSkipper replied to AstroSkipper's topic in Windows XP
@legacyfan! Have a look here: Old, offline Root Certificate Updater, all created by myself, you will find here in the section 11.1. Archived Downloads {obsolete}: In this main article, you will also find recent, online and offline Root Certificate Updater in the section 11.2.4. Downloads related to Root Certificate Updates. -
I do have the need to start a very few programs with a delay. One oft them is PDF24 Creator 8.6.1, the last XP-compatible version. On one hand, PDF24 Creator's application service is started automatically with the command "pdf24.exe -service", on the other, the corresponding program "pdf24.exe" itself. If the program is started before running its service, it doesn't work and produces an error. So I have to delay the start of the program to let its service running first.
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First of all, a clarification! As mentioned earlier, in Windows XP, programs and services cannot be started with a delay natively. There are, however, some autostart managers that are able to start programs with a delay. Services can generally not be started delayed with these programs due to restrictions under Windows XP. However, you can write your own batch file that can also start services with a delay, which I have already done in the past. Autostart managers that offer such a feature for delayed start of programs write themselves or a separate program into the Autorun location of Windows and take over the start process of the respective program(s) that is (are) to be started with a delay. Such a program is Quick Startup from Glarysoft. Cheers, AstroSkipper
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Thanks for the tip! New ideas are welcome at any time. TBH, I will only debug the corresponding services if it is unavoidable. First I need further confirmation whether my described problem has something to do with the POSReady updates or not. My system works perfectly in general except the problem with Glarysoft's Startup Manager.
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Hello @tekkaman! Thanks for your reply! My issue only happens with Glarysoft's Startup Manager. All other autostart or startup managers work as they should. I use Autoruns, too. No crashes here and never had one. The last version of Autoruns which runs without any problems in my system Windows XP SP3 (32 Bit) Professional POSReady is 13.98. However, I do not use it as my main startup manager due to the lack of the feature to delay the start of programs.
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I tried to access Glarysoft's homepage with different French IPs via VPN. No problem here, either! No matter which connection I use I can always access this website successfully.
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To all real (no VM) Windows XP SP3 (32 Bit) Professional POSReady users! Is anyone else here in the forum who can or can't confirm this issue described in the quoted posts?
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Thanks for testing!
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XP/Vista-compatible clients for modern email services?
AstroSkipper replied to Mathwiz's topic in Windows XP
And here is the download link of DreamMail Pro 6.6.6.6: https://dl.cy-email.com/dm6/Download/dmpro_setup6.6.6.6.exe Cheers, AstroSkipper To force the updated installer of DreamMail Pro 6.6.6.6 to use English instead of Chinese as the installer language, I updated again my small loader that does this when it calls up the setup program. It must be executed in the same directory in which the setup file is located with its original file name dmpro_setup6.6.6.6.exe. Here is the download link of my loader Force_En_Install_DM_Pro_6666.exe: https://www.mediafire.com/file/259uhgh0fngnu28/Force_En_Install_DM_Pro_6666.7z/file Although some virus scanners detect this file as malicious, it is just a false-positive as always. Use my loader to force an English install, only if you trust me, of course! Cheers, AstroSkipper -
I already investigated the issue in terms of Quick Startup or Startup Manager embedded in Glary Utilities more deeply. Glary's application service GUBootService crashes in association with the dll file ntdll.dll in my Windows XP SP3 Professional POSReady system. Here is a screenshot: I think this could be a cause for the issue. But, I am not really sure about that. Maybe, there is still another reason, too.
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No, I did not apply it. Here is the code to be applied by a reg file that has to be created first: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\WPA\PosReady] "Installed"=dword:00000001
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Then your system can't be updated correctly in terms of POSReady.
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Did you also apply the POSready registry hack first?
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Dito! Good, that's what I thought! Your system has not been completely updated with regard to POSReady. Because if it was, you would have to have ntdll.dll version 5.1.2600.7682 dated 19/03/2019 with a file size of 720,384 bytes. Seems like your Windows XP doesn't really have POSReady updates or at least not all of them. See the following link for the update KB4493563 in question: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/description-of-the-security-update-for-the-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-windows-embedded-posready-2009-april-9-2019-134ccc9d-2ffc-02f0-5df9-04ba050f3047 So I'm not at all surprised that Quick Startup works properly for you. Now, it would be very interesting to know what happens when all POSReady updates have been installed, especially KB4493563.
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No problem here! I never had a problem to access this website with a German IP. Maybe, your internet service provider or your goverment is blocking it. Use a German IP, and you will see! BTW, I often noticed problems if I try to access certain sites by using a French IP via VPN. In your country, there seems to exist more restrictions in terms of internet and French IPs are more often blocked on certain sites for whatever reasons. Maybe, I'm also wrong, and it was just coincidence. It's just my impression whenever I use a French IP, via VPN, of course!
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I have been using Glary Utilities for many, many years. I have a lifetime license for the Professional version. It receives updates on a very regular base. I never noticed any security problems, risks or strange behaviour. All my programs are controlled by a very good firewall called Windows 10 Firewall Control from Sphinx. I couldn't observe any hidden or unusual activities by Glarysoft. In Germany, Glary Utilities is recommended on most German websites and reviewed as a good, working suite of Windows tools from the very first time. If such activities or spy code had existed or would exist, this software would have been torn apart in Germany. But to be honest, all of that is completely off-topic. I created this thread to talk about Startup Managers. So please back on topic! And I need more confirmations in terms of my problem described in my previous posts.
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And how does this information help me solve my problem? BTW, I do not have any problem with Chinese software in general as I already mentioned occasionally in different threads.
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@mina7601! Thanks for your testing! Which version, size, and date of the file ntdll.dll do you have in the subfolder system32 of your Windows XP installation?
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And here is a general tip for all those who already use or want to use such a startup manager. Because of the different ways in which these programs manage startup entries, only one should be used at a time. If you change your startup manager, all manipulations of the startup entries must be reset before uninstallation, otherwise some could suddenly be lost. Cheers, AstroSkipper
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Just for clarification, I am primarily interested in confirmation or the opposite that this error also occurs with others or not, under POSReady updates installed and if possible on a real Windows XP machine as I use it, for reasons of comparison. If you already use Glary Utilities (5.203.0.232) under Windows XP SP3 POSready, you do not need to install Glarysoft's Quick Startup. You just have to open its embedded Startup Manager. However, if this error does not occur with others, I would have a much bigger problem. But I cannot imagine that, and I do not hope so, of course. Therefore please, provide information about your experiences! The more, the better! Thanks in advance!
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I actually created this thread because I have a problem with Glarysoft's Quick Startup. I deliberately kept the title of this thread a bit more general so that any software recommendations or problems with Startup Managers can be posted here in the future. Now to my problem. I have two Windows XP system partitions, both with the operating system Windows XP Professional SP3 with all existing updates installed. All POSReady updates were also installed on one partition, but not on the other. In both partitions, Glarysoft's Quick Startup has been installed. Unfortunately, I have now an issue with Quick Startup in the partition with all POSReady updates. Although this issue is a minor one, maybe one of you can confirm this strange behaviour or help me to solve it. In the main program window, Quick Startup is not able to separate the application services from the Windows sevices. All of them are listed under the column application services. In the partition without POSReady updates, Quick Startup does not produce this issue. Application and Windows services are separated correctly. Here are two screenshot to demonstrate this issue: First, a screenshot of Glary Utilities' embedded Startup Manager without this issue taken from the partition without POSReady updates: And here is a screenshot of Quick Startup with this issue taken from the partition with all POSReady updates: I already tried a lot to solve this misbehaviour. TBH, I assume that this issue has anything to do with the POSReady updates. Any confirmation and of course tips for solving this would be much appreciated! Kind regards, AstroSkipper PS: (Da ist der Wurm drin! Translated literally: There's the worm in it! - meaning: There’s something very wrong with it!)