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2 hours ago, maile3241 said:
@AstroSkipper Your contribution is excellent. However, I still have one request for you. I would like to ask you to mention me in step 4,5,6,7 and in step 8, as it was a hard work for me to figure out especially the 4 updates.
As requested I added "credits to @maile3241" to step 4, 6 and 7. Applying PosReady.reg in step 5 is generally mandatory for installing POSReady updates and logical, just as updating of Root Certificates. Therefore no credits in these two steps. In fact, credits in step 5 should go to whoever discovered the POSReady trick and to no one else. Same in step 8. Or are you the developer of rootsupd.exe from Microsoft?
Generally, credits will be added where something of another person has been done or created.
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15 hours ago, mina7601 said:
I have a surprise for you
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It works too with Firewall ON and with wuauclt.exe added as exception!
I love you my man, you are the best! Thank you!
You're welcome, indeed! In your case it was fun helping you.
Unfortunately I can't say that in all cases. You really read my guide carefully. And therefore you did it! 
Anyway, I have already updated my guide due to the experiences while assisting you. You can have a look at step 16 if you want. Greetings, AstroSkipper
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10 minutes ago, mina7601 said:
I'll do so, but my VM is in the process of installing the updates now. So, maybe later.
In any case I'm glad it is finally working for you. It would have surprised me too if my damn guide does not work for you. It's late for me here in Germany. So long! Good night! Kindest regards, AstroSkipper
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Just now, AstroSkipper said:
A small update:
When I turned off Windows Firewall, Windows Update worked for me!
Now you have to find out what is blocked by Windows Firewall. Add the program WuauClt.exe into the exception list of firewall. Check if ProxHTTPSProxy is able to pass firewall.
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3 minutes ago, mina7601 said:
A small update:
When I turned off Windows Firewall, Windows Update worked for me!
Great! Congrats! You did it!
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2 minutes ago, mina7601 said:
And I am not sure what you mean by "https scanning". I looked around my Windows Firewall settings and found no such feature.
Did you install a security program like Eset, Malwarebytes or Avast? These programs have a lot of features, one of them is a HTTPS Scanning feature and can be problematic if connected via HTTPS.
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The meaning of your error code: 0x80072F78 = ERROR_HTTP_INVALID_SERVER_RESPONSE = The server response could not be parsed.
Anyway, you have connection problems to MU server. Check your firewall settings and disable security feature called "https scanning " in your security software if existing. Try to disable Windows Firewall temporarily while accessing MU web site. And please upload WindowsUpdate.log!1 -
10 minutes ago, mina7601 said:
Yes. it is.
Ok, but have you checked your activation state now?
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1 minute ago, xpandvistafan said:
@mina7601 My script works properly if you first add the posready entries, run the script, and then add the tls 1.2 entries. It has never failed me at all.
I totally agree. No problems here at all. Very strange!
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@mina7601 Is your Windows XP already activated?
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37 minutes ago, mina7601 said:
If you want more information than that, don't hesitate to ask. I can provide you more information.
Please upload your WindowsUpdate.log located in C:\Windows!0 -
2 minutes ago, maile3241 said:
That is correct. I asked him to deactivate the proxy so that I can see if Tls 1.2 is correctly activated.
Alright, I see, proxy is deactivated. I thought it is activated.
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11 minutes ago, mina7601 said:
I already have the proxy deactivated.
Anyways, here's a screenshot:
Ok, actually it should look like mine:
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4 hours ago, maile3241 said:
Hi there,
Is it possible to add ECDHE ciphers? To access the Windows Update website without ProxhttpsProxy. I read that you can update the ciphers in the registry editor, or am I wrong?As @RainyShadow said above these registry entries can only enable or disable ciphers which already exist in file schannel.dll. Here is a link:
https://www.ssl.com/de/wie-man/Wählen-Sie-die-richtigen-Cipher-Suites-in-der-Schannel-DLL/
And replacing files is simple but in most cases it won't work at all. A lot of dll files have dependencies and need special registry entries too. Some people have already tried that. For example here:0 -
2 hours ago, RainyShadow said:
I think this was attempted before without success.
Have a look into this thread:
It's all about TLS, SSL, ProxHTTPSProxy and a lot of observations relating to schannel.dll where Ciphers are provided.
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1 minute ago, maile3241 said:
I can understand it. It's really sad what just happens.
But back to the topic. I edited my post and uploaded the file somewhere else. The problem with the original version is that in the config.ini the line "RearPort" says 8080 and not 8081. That's why it didn't work.Well done!
We have to do what we are able to. On my old test computer I have already edited the config.ini to my needs. You know I try to do things my way. But anyway, thanks for the hint! Very nice of you!
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1 hour ago, maile3241 said:
In your description you have the original download link from ProxhttpsProxy v1.3. But this does not work immediately.
I've provided a version I edited here that works out of the box with WU: https://download.ru/files/d4uaSsgD Cr. of course to @whenever on Tuopf.If you want, you can replace the link with mine.
Thanks, but I will not provide download-links to Russian servers anymore. Sorry, it's very sad but we must make a mark, no matter how small it is! Besides, the changes are minor and can be done by users themselves according to their needs. Generally I try to provide download-links pointing to locations of original sources. But anyway, thanks for your offer!
BTW, a modified and updated version of ProxHTTPSProxyMII 1.3a (20150527) for old computers which haven't got a CPU with SSE2 instruction set, will be soon released by me when test phase has been successfully completed.
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1 hour ago, mina7601 said:
You're welcome. And yes, I read your guide carefully to ensure no errors are there. I guess you did this easter egg on purpose, or maybe you were writing very quickly and didn't notice.
Now that I see you corrected it, I see it became another typo: KB94288-V3 (while it should be KB942288-V3).No new Easter egg from me! Either I've been just a bit too careless while writing and correcting or it is due to a kind of senility!
Thanks for reporting again! I'll correct that immediately, of course!
1 hour ago, mina7601 said:Just this change? I thought that ProxyHTTPSProxyHII REV3e was included in place of REV3d, and that your fixed cacert_Updater.exe is also included in REV3e in Restore_WU_XP.7z 1.2.1.
The change, which the changelog has mentioned, seems minor to me in my opinion.
Also, I know that doing things manually is easier, since I have full control of what I do.No, the fixed version of cacert Updater can be downloaded from first post in my thread in section Downloads:
The changes are minor indeed and can be done simply by applying cacert Updater Fixed. BTW the AIO package has been created by @Windows7fan from MDL. Therefore maintaining of it isn't my job. And I totally agree, if actions are performed manually, users get full control because one knows what has been done and what has to be performed next. Very important if verifying of each step is necessary.
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3 hours ago, cc333 said:
OK. What I'm thinking is maybe I'll just send you the file I made, and from there you can do with it what you will.
That would be great! In the case of publishing I will mention you for html creation, of course.
3 hours ago, cc333 said:A text editor. I handwrote it in HTML 4 and very minor CSS, so it should be viewable using virtually any browser, and it should be fairly easy to maintain.
I have a lot of respect for people doing things manually especially using programming languages like HTML4 and CSS. Once again, my honest respect! Nowadays I am more a batch programmer, more often a person modifying and fixing files, although I did more smaller projects in the past when I was much younger. Especially mathematical ones. But for now, kindest regards, AstroSkipper
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2 hours ago, mina7601 said:
A small update.
I won't try the guide again until I get an answer to this question (it seems important to me in my opinion):3 hours ago, mina7601 said:@xpandvistafan I actually wonder if there's any difference in the latest version (1.2.1) of your Restore_WU_XP.7z package from version 1.2.
As I wrote in my guide, everything can be done manually. That's how I did it. By doing things manually you have full control of what you do and verifying is much more easier. Here is the changelog to AIO Update version 1.2.1:
"Version 1.2.1 3/6/22: Updated cacert.pem to the latest version. This improves compatibility with most websites including Windows Update."
This is a quotation taken from MDL.0 -
24 minutes ago, mina7601 said:
I am male not female lol.
I am so sorry! Truth to be told I really thought you are female because of your name Mina (read in forum "Introduce Yourself!") meaning "heaven". Once again, I have to apologize to you!
Do not be angry! Appearently I am not a Sherlock Holmes.
37 minutes ago, mina7601 said:PS: your guide has a typo: KB94228-V3. It should be KB942288-V3 instead, because I tried searching KB94228 in Microsoft Update Catalog, but it said no updates are found.
Wow! You are the only one who has found my easter egg!
That means you have really read my guide carefully! Thanks for reporting!
43 minutes ago, mina7601 said:OK, so, in conclusion, I will try again with this updated guide on my clean installed XP SP3 VM, I promise to be careful this time...
Good luck! Hope it will work this time! Kind regards, AstroSkipper
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21 minutes ago, Dave-H said:
We've had a bit of a discussion about this recently in the moderators' section, and post bumping too.
I agree that responses which just say "It doesn't work, what do I do now" are rather less than helpful, but I keep telling myself that a lot of members do not have English as their first language, and therefore may not be particularly confident about posting complex messages.
I do agree that this can be very frustrating if you're trying to help someone though, and if they don't respond more helpfully even after much prompting, there's not much you can do!
Thanks for your point of view!
English isn't my native language too, I am German. But I try to do my best in writing. And truth to be told there is an option called "Google Translator", therefore bad language skills are no acceptable reason to write in poor English strings. Or isn't it?
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Hi @maile3241 What do you think about people asking for assistance but being too lazy or whatever in writing reasonable posts? I don't understand that and it annoys me. We all do that to help other people just for fun. But in these cases there is no fun!
Apart from that, it is also a question of respect and that's really lacking in some cases, in my opinion!1 -
29 minutes ago, LonghornXP said:
here is the log
Too less information and posting of one sentence comment again! The next one I will ignore! I looked into your log. You had and have a lot of problems relating to your Windows Update client. Do carefully following steps of my guide again: 9, 10 and 11. Steps 14 and 15 only if necessary as described in my guide. And I'm serious, no more one sentence comments with nonsufficient information! "here is the log" is nothing! The next one I will ignore definitely! A complete screenshot of ProxHTTPSProxy's log window while accessing MU only (no other connections to whereever) plus information about your system and what you have done so far, are missing too.
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On decommissioning of update servers for 2000, XP, (and Vista?) as of July 2019
in Windows XP
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Most of all Windows XP users using the POSReady trick had already installed these 4 updates in the past like me, for example. So it can be verified only using a clean install without any POSReady updates.