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The topic was not devoted to political debate, but I did make a point about technology related software, and I believe the average person would agree the software was created in poor taste regardless of your political views. Nevertheless, I digress, and I'm not sure why someone felt the need to be petty and drag it up three months after I made the comment. This is all I have to say.

Beta channel for Adobe Flash Player was updated September 20 to 31.0.0.118, and is confirmed working on Windows XP. https://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer.html Chrome 45 and newer PPAPI: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashruntimes/flashplayer/install_flash_player_ppapi.exe Chrome 44 and older, and Mozilla Firefox (NPAPI): https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashruntimes/flashplayer/install_flash_player.exe Internet Explorer: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashruntimes/flashplayer/install_flash_player_ax.exe Uninstaller: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashruntimes/flashplayer/uninstall_flash_player.exe

Ok. I stated that Wireless N is backward compatible with G up to 54mbps. I am aware Wireless G is not forward compatible with Wireless N. Most routers I have come across have the 2.4GHz and 5GHz radios both enabled, which makes sense to maximize compatibility. I believe that legacy devices such as the Nintendo Wii cannot work with Wireless N and must fall back to wireless G.

Are you running Service Pack 3? (http://sdfox7.com/xp/sp3/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-enu.exe)

There are other reason this can happen, especially if you are using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox on Windows XP. I discovered and posted the fix here:

All A while ago I discovered that Amazon Prime Video stopped working on Windows XP. Attempting to open it in Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox fails with "Unsupported Operating System." Additionally, spoofing the browser as Firefox 53 or newer on XP will then tell you that Firefox is missing a DRM component. However, today I discovered that Amazon Prime Video works perfectly in SeaMonkey on Windows XP. Using SeaMonkey forces Amazon to use Silverlight, and it works flawlessly! This is very surprising to me since Silverlight has been mostly deprecated across the web. I'm surprised Amazon Prime Video is compatible with it. To download Silverlight 5.1.50907 (the final release), you can download it from my FTP here: http://sdfox7.com/xp/sp3/EOL/Silverlight5.1.50907.exe To download Sea Monkey 2.49.4, you can download the full version on my FTP here: http://sdfox7.com/xp/sp3/EOL/SeaMonkey Setup 2.49.4.exe

I think you have a different issue. My ThinkPad R60 has the same card (the T60 and R60 are identical machines other than cosmetic differences) and has no issues connecting to my network. You don't need a Wireless N card to connect to a wireless N network. Wireless N is backward compatible to wireless G network cards but the maximum speed will only be 54 mbps. Stephen Fox's IBM Lenovo ThinkPad R60

Beta channel for Adobe Flash Player was updated today September 13 to 31.0.0.113, and is confirmed working on Windows XP. https://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer.html Chrome 45 and newer PPAPI: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashruntimes/flashplayer/install_flash_player_ppapi.exe Chrome 44 and older, and Mozilla Firefox (NPAPI): https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashruntimes/flashplayer/install_flash_player.exe Internet Explorer: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashruntimes/flashplayer/install_flash_player_ax.exe Uninstaller: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashruntimes/flashplayer/uninstall_flash_player.exe

I did not find any info online about Media Center 2005 and WPA2. You'll have to try it to find out. Service Pack 3 is designed only for Windows XP Home and Professional. Trying to install it on Windows XP Media Center will probably fail. For Media Center 2005, there were two rollups, you can install them and see if WPA2 works: Update Rollup 1 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005: https://web.archive.org/web/20130103023854/https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24011 (direct download: https://web.archive.org/web/20130103023854/http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/1/1/111088f6-cd59-4adf-a2d4-f9cc003f33dc/windowsxpmediacenter2005-kb873369-enu.exe) Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005: https://web.archive.org/web/20120603175548/https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=12939 (direct download: https://web.archive.org/web/20120603175548/http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/1/e/21e4c99c-8170-4ec2-a9fc-9d4c5f1430c4/WindowsXPMediaCenter2005-KB900325-usa.exe)

Stable release channel for Adobe Flash Player was updated to 31.0.0.108 yesterday September 11, and is confirmed working on Windows 2000. https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ Flash Player for Internet Explorer - ActiveX: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/latest/help/install_flash_player_ax.exe Flash Player for Firefox - NPAPI: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/latest/help/install_flash_player.exe Uninstaller: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/support/uninstall_flash_player.exe For best results, I recommend Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, the Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Security Rollup Package (SRP), the Windows 2000 UURollup, and Internet Explorer 5.0 (included with Windows 2000) or Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2. Many sites (like Google) don't work or are broken after upgrading to Internet Explorer 6 so I do not recommend it!

Sounds like you had a plug-in issue. Any plug-ins that are installed for Firefox will retroactively work for Pale Moon/New Moon. So,if Flash Player for Firefox is correctly installed on your system, then it will also work inside of Pale Moon. I am using the ZIP version of Pale Moon and it automatically detects the Firefox plug-in.

@WoodyXP @FranceBB Just to demonstrate, I am at this very moment watching Netflix on my Dell Inspiron 1720 with no issue in Google Chrome and Windows XP. So, as long as you have the WidevineCDM in the proper directory, you also should be fine. (The West Wing is one of my favorite shows, RIP John Spencer and Kathyrn Joosten):

It's only a one time nag, unlike Google's persistent harassment in 2016 with Chrome 49. As you were.

@WoodyXP Silverlight should be working for Firefox, but NetFlix is discontinuing support for it in favor of HTML5. I use NetFlix successfully in Google Chrome on Windows XP all the time. You are probably missing the WidevineCDM component which is required for NetFlix. You can no longer download the component from within Chrome, but I have it backed up to my FTP: http://sdfox7.com/xp/sp3/EOL/WideVineCDM/1.4.8.zip You must download it and unzip to C:\Documents and Settings\Stephen Fox\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data (replace my user name in red with the user name of your computer) I discussed this in a separate thread I created last year:

@FranceBB That Windows XP POS machine was mentioned in The Register: It liiives! Sorta. Gentle azure glow of Windows XP clocked in Tesco's self-checkouts, no less

Beta channel for Adobe Flash Player has been updated to 31.0.0.101 on August 22, and is confirmed working on Windows XP. https://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer.html Chrome 45 and newer PPAPI: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashruntimes/flashplayer/install_flash_player_ppapi.exe Chrome 44 and older, and Mozilla Firefox (NPAPI): https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashruntimes/flashplayer/install_flash_player.exe Internet Explorer: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashruntimes/flashplayer/install_flash_player_ax.exe Uninstaller: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashruntimes/flashplayer/uninstall_flash_player.exe

@Roffen That's weird, I have no issues with MSFN on Windows XP with browsers like Chrome 49, Firefox 52.9.0, or Pale Moon 27.9.

It's possible that as of 2008, when these hotfixes were released, a Server 2003 SP3 and XP SP4 were planned, but ultimately were never released. While installing Windows 2000 one time, I noticed that the Security Rollup Package (SRP) says "SP5" at the top of the dialog window. Of course, we know Windows 2000 Service Pack 5 was never released; it became the rollup:

Release channel for Adobe Flash Player was updated to 30.0.0.154 on August 14, and is confirmed working on Windows 2000. https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ Mozilla Firefox (NPAPI): https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/latest/help/install_flash_player.exe Internet Explorer: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/latest/help/install_flash_player_ax.exe Uninstaller: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/support/uninstall_flash_player.exe For best results, I recommend Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, the Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Security Rollup Package (SRP), the Windows 2000 UURollup, and Internet Explorer 5.0 (included with Windows 2000) or Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2. Many sites (like Google) don't work or are broken after upgrading to Internet Explorer 6 so I do not recommend it!

Beta channel for Adobe Flash Player was updated to 31.0.0.96 yesterday August 16, and is confirmed working on Windows XP. https://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer.html Chrome 45 and newer PPAPI: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashruntimes/flashplayer/install_flash_player_ppapi.exe Chrome 44 and older, and Mozilla Firefox (NPAPI): https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashruntimes/flashplayer/install_flash_player.exe Internet Explorer: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashruntimes/flashplayer/install_flash_player_ax.exe Uninstaller: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashruntimes/flashplayer/uninstall_flash_player.exe

I still use Chrome 49 on XP on a daily basis, in addition to Firefox and New Moon. I don't think I've ever had issues with websites. Not bad for a browser that has been unsupported for nearly three years (April 2016).

I am getting notifications that there is a Java 8 Update 181 available, even though I manually updated using @dencorso's method. Any ideas? I overwrote all the old files and the folder name is correct. Is there a package receipt or something that I need to update? Add/Remove Programs is still showing the "old" version.

The standard 27.9.1 builds of New Moon (based on Pale Moon) are still being developed and updated on a near weekly basis: Windows XP 32 bit: https://o.rthost.cf/palemoon/palemoon-27.9.1a1.win32-git-20180811-327e3a476-xpmod.7z Windows XP 64 bit: https://o.rthost.cf/palemoon/palemoon-27.9.1a1.win64-git-20180811-327e3a476-xpmod.7z Directory: https://o.rthost.cf/palemoon/?sort=date&order=desc

I was able to install Java without any issues on my XP Professional 64-bit virtual machine in VirtualBox. XP Professional 64-bit shares the same codebase as Server 2003 (NT kernel 5.2) but it is called "Windows XP". Since it works it probably means Oracle has not specifically blocked "Windows XP", but has blocked the installer from functioning on NT kernel <5.2.

I am going to take a stab in the dark and say that Server 2003 may have newer or patched code that is unofficially compatible. Server was supported about a year longer than XP. I wonder if 64 bit has anything to do with it. The only way to know is to see if it runs on XP 64 bit.