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It is the first time that I configure an SSD. At the moment I am using IDE mode in BIOS with SATA. I think I have read that the A400 had hardware encryption and that it was done automatically by entering the Windows username and password. If they don't have it much better. How is encryption performed in those that have it? Is it automatic or does it require previous configuration? I had also read that the physical size of the sectors is 4096 bytes on all SSDs and that the first sector starts at 64 and not at 63. Still I don't think this will cause the partitions to be misaligned by pasting Windows images with R-Drive inside the already created partitions. (I never install Windows, I paste images already configured on all computers) The case is that I have run Disk Alignment Test and I see that I have the data partitions unaligned, not the Windows ones. So I have tried to paste data into Windows partitions and voila, they can be read in Windows 2000. I will try to alienate the non-aligned partitions to see what happens. How could I have made this mistake? On the mechanical disks I divide the partitions with the same sizes and I have no problems. Disk Alignment Test says that the first sector of Kingston SSD A400 is also 63 and not 64. It also says that the physical size sector is 512 bytes and not 4096. The partitions I have formatted with 4096 cluster size. If the problem is in the alignment, I cannot understand why the data pasted into this SSD working as an external USB drive with Windows 2000 can be read without problems and the data saved as an internal drive with Windows XP cannot be read.

I am encountering situations where corrupted files are seen with unintelligible names. I do not know if it is due to the hardware encryption of the SSD hard drive or by another reason. I am testing Kingston A400 on a new computer. It is my first SSD. Is hardware encryption automatically enabled? To install the system I connect the new disk as an external USB on my old Windows 2000 computer. I divide the new disk into four FAT32 primary MBR partitions and paste images. Partition 2: Windows 2000 (image pasted) Partition 3: Windows XP (image pasted) Partition 4: Drivers and programs. Now I connect the disk as internal to the new computer with unconfigured drivers, an Acer X3900. (Core I3-530 chipset H57 RAM 4GiB) I start Windows XP and configure the drivers. Everything works perfectly. I start Windows 2000 perfectly but when I go to the programs partition some long routes seem not to be read, they appear empty. Since XP I download new drivers in a folder with short path to try to install them in Windows 2000. But in Windows 2000 these new downloads all appear corrupt, with unintelligible file names. When I restart XP the system does automatic chkdsk as if there had been an error. Once started I can see the files perfectly in XP. what is the problem? How does the hardware encryption SSD work? I continue doing tests, I start from a live CD with Windows XP and I see perfectly this folder with drivers so I think that they are not encrypted From this live CD I copy the drivers back to another folder, when I start Windows 2000 again some are now correctly visible and others appear with strange symbols, regardless how long path. Finally I burn the drivers to a CD-ROM, the only place where Windows 2000 reads these new files downloaded with XP in Kingston SSD.

I have purchased 3 Kingston A400 SSD drives and I find that they have AES 256 bit hardware encryption. When I use Kingston as an external USB disk saving data, there is no problem reading this data from other systems. But when I use them as an internal disks with a operating system installed in they, the rest of the operating systems that I have in other partitions cannot read the new data saved (Internet downloads, documents, etc). Is it possible to disable hardware encryption? I am looking to change them by Maxtor Z1 SSD, because I do not read that they have encryption. I'm wrong? Do you know of other SSDs that do not have this annoying encryption that prevents me from working with my files? Thanks. Edit: I may be wrong, from a DVD with Windows XP live PE I see and read the files. But from other Windows installed on the disk, with the drivers not configured, strange symbols are seen in the file names, as if they were corrupt. I don't understand nothing... Edit 2: The issue is solved, it was not caused by encryption. The cause was that the data partition was out of alignment. https://msfn.org/board/topic/181451-are-the-ssd-disks-windows-2000-compatible/

I have purchased 3 Kingston A400 SSD. I am going to use them as a system disk in several computers. On each disk I use multiple partitions with various operating systems. Before locating the disk in the destination computer, I have copied the data (programs and operating systems) from another computer used as a source, by connecting the Kingston as an external USB drive. Once the disk is located in the destination computer, the operating systems start up perfectly and all the copied programs can be read. Now I start working with operating system 1 (Windows XP) and download new programs to the hard disk. When I go to read them from the operating system 2 (Windows 2000 or Windows XP) they appear encrypted, with strange symbols. Also when I go back to operating system 1 it does chkdsk automatically with corrupted data. Is it possible to disable Kingston hardware encryption? I have read that it uses AES 256 bits and that the data only decrypted if the operating system username matches, using its password for automatic decryption. Edit 1: I may be wrong, I have booted the computer from a DVD with Windows XP live PE and then I see and read the files. The strange thing is that from other Windows XP & 2000 just installed on the disk, with the drivers not configured I can not. When I go into a folder of newly created files, I see strange symbols in the file names, as if they were corrupted. Edit 2: The issue is solved, it was not caused by encryption. The cause was that the data partition was out of alignment.

I have found drivers for Intel 6 series / C200 series for Windows 2000 with ICH10. I do not know until Cxxx are supported. Possibly only C202, C204, C206 with LGA 1366 https://ark.intel.com/content/www/es/es/ark/products/series/53102/intel-c200-series-chipsets.html https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/datasheets/6-chipset-c200-chipset-datasheet.pdf

I would like to make a list with the latest north bridge chipsets officially compatible with Windows 2000 and if possible, list the best motherboards. Also of those that are not officially compatible but a driver has been made for them, so it would be good to put the link to it to download. Please list the ones you know: I only know a few from Intel. official list AMD & ATI ???????? Intel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_chipsets LGA 775 - 90nm x38 - 2007.09 - FSB 1333 - DDR3 1333 x48 - 2008.03 - FSB 1600 - DDR3 1333 LGA 775 - 65nm P43 - 2008.06 - FSB 1333 - DDR3 1333 P45 - 2008.06 - FSB 1600 - DDR3 1333 (ICH10) G43 - 2008.06 - FSB 1333 - DDR3 1066 G45 - 2008.06 - FSB 1333 - DDR3 1066 Q43 - 2008.08 - FSB 1333 - DDR3 1333 Q45 - 2008.08 - FSB 1333 - DDR3 1333 G41 - 2008.09 - FSB 1333 - DDR3 1333 B43 - 2008.12 - FSB 1333 - DDR3 1333 LGA 1366 x58 - 2008.11 - QPI - DDR3 2100???? (ICH10R) C202 - 2011. - QPI - DDR3 ?? (ICH10R) C204 - 2011. - QPI - DDR3 ?? (ICH10R) C206 - 2011. - QPI - DDR3 ?? (ICH10R) NVIDEA ?????????? SiS ????????????? VIA ????????????????

Can you indicate which KB is superseded? Thanks

I have been surprised to find more updates for Windows XP since May 2014. I only had the first package against Wannacry that came out in 2017 installed but there are more, at least until May 2019. On this website there is a well ordered list: https://github.com/CNMan/MicrosoftHotfixesList/issues/2 On this other website there is a messy list https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/patch-management/Windows-XP-Professional-updates.html It includes other updates (I don't know why) and it says that MSRT 5.48 works to clean Wannacry but the truth is that it doesn't install in Windows XP. https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/patch-management/Windows-XP-Professional-updates.html MSRT can be downloaded here: http://ms-vnext.net/UpdateArchive/ KB updates can be officially downloaded here: https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com Or from here: https://www.manageengine.com.au/products/desktop-central/patch-management/Windows-XP-Professional/ Here's more information and links to 2017 updates (2019 missing): https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-issues-windows-xp-security-updates-for-previously-ignored-nsa-hacking-tools/ There is also an unofficial update for ESTEEMAUDIT but I understand that Microsoft has already made an official update. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/security-firm-releases-windows-xp-patch-for-nsa-exploit-esteemaudit/ (download does not work) I wonder what happens if after installing these XP updates the updates POSReady 2009 are installed, I suppose that doing it in order there will be no problem. not? Do you know any more official XP updates? KB3197835 https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/ScopedViewInline.aspx?updateid=afe2ff90-6180-4162-8ecf-09199c941c32http://download.windowsupdate.com/d/csa/csa/secu/2016/10/windowsxp-kb3197835-x86-custom-chs_2ff6408ae06fb55e4994938dc3c31549e99a4aa7.exe KB4012583 https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/ScopedViewInline.aspx?updateid=3b57a1e7-0ab1-42cf-b9f3-219763e8a914http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/csa/csa/secu/2017/02/windowsxp-kb4012583-x86-custom-chs_c9804a1bc8ce056184eec1ed8cc38aa3e09ac670.exe KB4012598 https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/ScopedViewInline.aspx?updateid=9e189800-f354-4dc8-8170-7bd0ad7ca09ahttp://download.windowsupdate.com/d/csa/csa/secu/2017/02/windowsxp-kb4012598-x86-custom-chs_dca9b5adddad778cfd4b7349ff54b51677f36775.exe KB4018466 https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/ScopedViewInline.aspx?updateid=d9ecfc51-5937-4dfd-b172-a12af99a2560http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/csa/csa/secu/2017/04/windowsxp-kb4018466-x86-custom-chs_0abfcf689e9df2d052733b2c36a54273fab37ab1.exe KB4019204 https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/ScopedViewInline.aspx?updateid=68be9014-f31b-47fc-b9f1-8a6967402562http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/csa/csa/secu/2017/05/windowsxp-kb4019204-x86-custom-chs_e0042e8e4f9e17a5699e3c284f10de5baac2c2e6.exe KB4022747 https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/ScopedViewInline.aspx?updateid=7ca1b23f-cb07-4463-8161-969f658a2f93http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/csa/csa/secu/2017/05/windowsxp-kb4022747-x86-custom-chs_58b50c9d4c75984f1cb6e68a4a0d8a509d580572.exe KB4024323 https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/ScopedViewInline.aspx?updateid=3d9676ef-ccd4-4cb4-849e-6aa540a70497http://download.windowsupdate.com/d/csa/csa/secu/2017/06/windowsxp-kb4024323-x86-custom-chs_64e2b58c7643563368a413473fbb2602aecb7f27.exe KB4024402 https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/ScopedViewInline.aspx?updateid=d595b07f-bc0c-4073-84e4-9d145955f19fhttp://download.windowsupdate.com/c/csa/csa/secu/2017/06/windowsxp-kb4024402-x86-custom-chs_070dab9154702b5e88d1d57f6d534302e630d821.exe KB4025218 https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/ScopedViewInline.aspx?updateid=9de2bc1d-31a4-47fb-8e4b-e95ede169b05http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/csa/csa/secu/2017/06/windowsxp-kb4025218-x86-custom-chs_2994966578c75da67463ce680346989cb930dde3.exe KB4018271 https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/ScopedViewInline.aspx?updateid=b8d7147a-0628-44ac-9bd7-f03502930148http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/csa/csa/secu/2017/04/ie8-windowsxp-kb4018271-x86-custom-chs_4e41e3f3c9af0222e158d86aecf64fbfb0c9b48d.exe KB4500331 https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/ScopedViewInline.aspx?updateid=733f4cf3-da72-4e1d-b4e4-ffe0b15ae3e6

How does MTP install on Windows 2000? with wpdusb.sys version 5.2.3810.3924? I will carry out several tests. In Windows XP it has stopped working after a while working. I think it is a Windows error that can be solved but I don't know how. Have you found any system to install MSC mass storage device class on Samsung 32 bits (S3, S4, S5 ...)?

Please .xpi for other languages. No Pale Moon .xpi in Spanish works with New Moon 28.9

Thanks i found that kb296241 here http://web.archive.org/web/20131206015033/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296241 Also introducing the extension "/ es" I have found it in Spanish. http://web.archive.org/web/20131206015033/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296241/es Surely entering the extension of each language will also appear. The database offline is here: https://archive.org/details/MicrosoftKnowledgeBaseArchive200000Articles

I have read in the past that colleagues have copied all Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) documents before they were deleted from Microsoft servers, where is it possible to download them? I now need to read document KB296241 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296241 Internet archive.org is currently not working. Thanks

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I had unofficial Chrome pending test on XP and it gives the following error after installing: chrome.exe - Entry point not found AcquireSRWLockExclusive procedure entry point not found in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have found another Chromium variant running on XP: Liebao aka Cheetah Secure Browser 2019122601 by Kingsoft (chromium 57) https://www.liebao.cn/ Change language Chinese to English: https://malwaretips.com/threads/liebao-cheetah-browser.381 Portable https://www.portablesoft.org/down/3022/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have also found a crack to remove the telemetry from 360 Extreme Explorer Chinese version, as well as make other modifications. http://forum.ru-board.com/topic.cgi?forum=5&topic=49673 (info russian language) https://www.mediafire.com/folder/b1q43tro1oqkf/360EE (directory) http://www.mediafire.com/file/ji0mkqwfja6v7ej/360.extreme.explorer.11.0.1000.0%2B-patch.zip/file (direct download) A universal patch to change the Chinese extensions store to Google, replace Chinese search engine with google, disable more explicit telemetry, partially disable component integrity checking and disable default font verification for versions 11.0.1000.0 and higher. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On this website there is a list of several compatible Chromium XP (Russian language) http://gallery.ru-board.com/topic.cgi?forum=5&active=3&topic=47297&start=1800

I have no experience on Chrome. I come from using Firefox, K-Meleon, New Moon and derivatives. I have many computers and many have old hardware. Only when the Firefox version has become really very slow have I realized that Google Chrome 49 is much faster. So, thanks to an earlier comment on this thread, I have tried all Chinese browsers based on Chromium on Windows XP and also on Windows 10 @redapple0204 Those that work on XP are the following: (please examine file with a good antivirus before running, some seem to have introduced viruses) -2345 Explorer (there is only in Chinese language) http://ie.2345.cc/ (for PC) https://app.2345.com/ (for phone) -360 Extreme Explorer (webkit adapted to Blink + Trident (IE according to web compatibility) 360 Extreme Explorer” is the real name today for international version of Chinese explorer “360 Secure Explorer”. The name "360 Browser" refers to an international old version, the last one is based on Chromium 31 and it is version 7.5.2.104 https://360-browser.en.softonic.com/ International versions based on Chromium 78 or higher are named "360 Extreme Explorer": Official International version: https://browser.360.cn/ee/en.html Modified in China: http://www.qiuquan.cc/browser/360chrome.html Modified in Russia: https://lrepacks.ru/repaki-programm-dlya-interneta/182-360-extreme-explorer-amp-portable.html Mod. crack for Official International version: http://forum.ru-board.com/topic.cgi?forum=5&topic=49673 The current version for the Chinese market is called... -360 Secure Explorer aka 360 Secure Browser The official version is downloaded here (only in Chinese language) http://browser.360.cn/ And here is the modified version in China: http://www.qiuquan.cc/browser/360se.html -Google Chrome 79.0.3945.88 (unofficial) Google Chrome 79.0.3945.88 Stable x86 - 20191219 Tested on Windows XP: chrome.exe - Entry point not found AcquireSRWLockExclusive procedure entry point not found in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll Tested on Windows 10: "unable to find locale data files. Please reinstall" Google Chrome 79.0.3945.88 Stable x64 - 20191219 Tested on Windows 10: "unable to find locale data files. Please reinstall" Chinese modified version: http://www.qiuquan.cc/browser/chrome.html -Liebao aka Cheetah Secure Browser by Kingsoft (new added to the list) Official version: https://www.liebao.cn/ Change language Chinese to English: https://malwaretips.com/threads/liebao-cheetah-browser.381 Portable https://www.portablesoft.org/down/3022/ -Maxthom (Blink + Trident + Webkit) Official version: https://www.maxthon.com/ -QQ Browser (Blink + Trident) Official version (be careful, better not to install, it can be a terrible virus/spyware and extrope all your computer with a lot of publicity) https://browser.qq.com/ -Sogou Explorer (there is only in Chinese language) Official version: https://ie.sogou.com/ Modified version in China: http://www.qiuquan.cc/browser/sogouexplorer.html OK on Windows XP, on Windows 10 it gives the following error: w10 error xx183 cannot create a file that already exists -UC Browser (Chromium 55) Official version: http://www.ucweb.com/ucbrowser/download/ Modified version in China (it is possible to change the language to English after browsing the menu in Chinese): http://www.qiuquan.cc/browser/ucbrower.html -Only a Chinese explorer does not work with Windows XP, this is Cent Browser. I am mainly using 360 Extreme Explorer, now with the modified version in Russia on a Pentium IV 3.06 Ghz with HT / FSB 533 / RAM 2 GiB / hard disk ATA-133 rpm 5400 K-Meleon and New Moon @roytam1 do not work at a decent speed on this Windows XP computer exploring several tabs on various classes of web pages (for example XDA developers). Although these do work very quickly on the same computer with Windows 2000 (the version number is different). While: 360 Extreme Explorer 11.1.1141.0 works very fast on Windows XP. 360 Extreme Explorer 12.0.1014.0 beta? It doesn't work so fast on Windows XP. So my decision is 360 Extreme Explorer 11.1.1141.0 This works very very fast until I open 30-40 tabs, then 360 starts to pull cache memory and becomes very very slow. Also when I close 360 Extreme Explorer and reopen with more than 15 tabs it takes 20-30 minutes to be available, as well as slows down the entire Windows XP operating system, not being able to use even the Windows file explorer in those 20-30 minutes that is cache memory working. I ask you for instructions to eliminate 360 Extreme Explorer working with cache memory and to reduce the number of tabs that are kept in RAM at the same time. I have the desktop shortcut with "-disk-cache-size- <0>" but it doesn't seem to work: "C: \ EXPLORERS \ 360 Extreme Explorer (Russian version) \ Chrome \ Application \ 360chrome.exe" -disk-cache-size- <0> --disable-logging --disable-component-update --disable-background- networking --allow-outdated-plugins --cipher-suite-blacklist = 0xcc14

Recently a curious fact happened to me on USB disks. After firmware updating the reader Logilink USB 3.0 IDE & SATA, the device has stopped reading USB hard drives larger than 2TB. I had to claim Logilink support send to me the oldversion firmware AU0028A v.915 for it to work again. "It seems that someone is upset because we have large hard drives on Windows 2000 and XP"

I think, without having performed a physical test, that the system works because: 1- BIOS / UEFI supports LBA48 2- The driver ahcix86.sys 3.1.1540.86 supports LBA48 3- Format in 2048 bytes per sector has a 8 TB maximum partition size. Example: 512 cluster 2 ^ 32x512 = 2TB limit 2048 cluster 2 ^ 32x2048 = 8TB limit 65536 cluster 2 ^ 32x65536 = 256 TB limit It may be normal for this disk to not work on Windows Seven (NT 6.1) if the system is not updated. Only the latest versions support MBR discs larger than 2TB. The hard disk has to work correctly in Linux, at least since 2010, and in Windows 10. Recently a curious fact happened to me on USB disks. After firmware updating the reader Logilink USB 3.0 IDE & SATA, the device has stopped reading USB hard drives larger than 2TB. I had to claim Logilink support send to me the oldversion firmware AU0028A v.915 for it to work again. "It seems that someone is upset because we have large hard drives in Windows 2000 and XP"

In the official Chinese version 11.0.2251.0 it does not exist "accept_languages" in the preferences file. Any idea how to force 360 Extreme Browser to display web pages in specific languages? Can you paste here the lines that come in the Russian version?

I am looking for information to run .Net 4.5 on XP. Is there any discussion post about it? I have found the information about the Mono project, but it is impossible to run Mono 4.0 on XP https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17499351/is-it-possible-to-run-a-net-4-5-app-on-xp

Have you found a way to change the language with a language pack or another method?

recaptcha work on Windows 2000 SP3 with... -Opera 12.02 It doesn't work with... -Firefox 12 -Dooble Web Browser 1.40 -Qupzilla 1.6.6

Currently I always use Windows 2000 SP3. In the past I have used official Windows 2000 SP4 and I have installed Opera 12.10 Beta. This requires UxTheme. dll, just paste this dll into one of the directories that asks for the popup message. For example the Opera installation directory. Then Opera 12.10 Works in w2000 SP4. I think that on Service Pack 4 has to work Opera 12.18 pasting uxtheme. dll In Service Pack 3 does not work me says: "Cannot find the entry point of the GdiDrawStream procedure in the dynamic link library GDI32. dll" This message appears to me randomly when running some programs. Before the message did not appear to me but now the message appears to me Can I update GDI32. dll? In the past I have had problems updating this DLL, Windows 2000 does not boot if you put GDI32. dll from Windows XP Note: This MSFN post Is down. Has it been erased? List of web browsers working with Windows 2000 https://msfn.org/board/topic/175185-list-of-web-browsers-that-work-on-windows-2000/ Discussions on what browsers work with patched and unpatched versions of Windows 2000

*Edit: I have Windows XP with 3.5 GiB RAM Until now I was with an integrated Ati video card without any problem. I tried to install 2 PCI-e cards, one is Ati and the other Asus with chip Nvidea Gforce 7300 LE-HTD-256 With the Ati I have conflict issues with the drivers, since when installing them, the integrated drivers are also updated and, when Windows starts, it emits the blue screen unless I disable the integrated graphics card in the device manager. So I decide to install the Nvidia. But nothing else that I put it in the PCI-e slot when starting Windows says that I only have 2 GiB RAM, I tried to install the drivers and the result is the same. I verify that in all Windows NT5 this card limits the RAM memory system to 2GiB, regardless of the installed memory. In the BIOS I do not see any option to correct this except to disable the "Memory Remap Feature" option which increases the limit up to 2.6 GiB RAM There is a solution? The Nvidia video card have only 256 MiB VRAM, I do not know why it limits my RAM to 2 GiB

Solved. Now it works, the dll was missing, thanks. I have studied the hal change on cloned Windows XP and I have written 2 methods. I have written them in Spanish and translated for you with Google Translate, I am sorry if there is an automatic translator error. CHANGE HAL: It may be necessary to force the NTLDR loader to load an alternate kernel and HAL. In Windows 2000 it can be done directly in the Device Manager in the Computer section. However, in Windows XP you can only change to a standard PC and you cannot return directly to ACPI without applying one of the following 2 methods, the end result of which is identical since the correct and renamed files are finally copied into the system32 folder: -METHOD A (manual copy, copying and renaming the correct files of a single type of HAL). -METHOD B (automatic installation of the system after loading files through a multi HAL boot.ini, which have been given a third name) (recommended for transferring to several computers). Note: When you switch from non-ACPI computer to ACPI and vice versa, the process of reinstalling all the drivers starts. -METHOD A (manual copy, copying and renaming the correct files of a single type of HAL). This method will preferably be done from another operating system, in order to prevent WFP from automatically recovering the files that we have overwritten before restarting the system. However, in practice, it is not usually the case that Windows replaces the copied files, so we can try it directly from the operating system itself. On the other hand, WFP is difficult to deactivate, and may require additional hardware. We go into the \ WINDOWS \ Driver Cache \ i386 folder and look for the files for the corresponding HAL, in the order of appearance indicated in order to have the newest version. 1º-The uncompressed i386 folder itself 2º-Extracting from the sp3.cab file or the most current Service Pack installed. (they are not included in the driver.cab file) Later we copy them in a separate folder in order to rename the files that need it and thus paste them renamed into the system32 folder. Top 6 HAL types and their files 1-AT_PC standard, without ACPI or APIC: extract hal.dll ntoskrnl.exe ntkrnlpa.exe and copy them into the system32 folder extract original> copy to system32 hal.dll> idem ntoskrnl.exe> idem ntkrnlpa.exe> idem Note: If the system is from an ACPI computer, it may be necessary to manually add the device driver "Compatible with Apm / Legacy on Windows NT" to enable APM shutdown, as well as clear the ACPI-related driver entries in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Services, such as ACPI, ACPIEC, cmbatt, battc and compbatt (the system automatically hides them in the device manager, installing new compatible drivers, but they can be seen by activating the display of hidden drivers). 2-AT_MPS uniprocessor equipment, with APIC: We extract halapic.dll ntoskrnl.exe ntkrnlpa.exe, rename halapic.dll to hal.dll and copy them to the system32 folder extract original> rename and copy to system32 halapic.dll> hal.dll ntoskrnl.exe> idem ntkrnlpa.exe> idem 3-AT_MPS multiprocessor equipment, with APIC: We extract halmps.dll ntoskrnl.exe ntkrnlpa.exe, rename halmps.dll to hal.dll and copy them to the system32 folder extract original> rename and copy to system32 halmps.dll> hal.dll ntoskrnl.exe> idem ntkrnlpa.exe> idem 4-ATX Equipment compatible with Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI), with ACPI but without APIC: We extract halacpi.dll ntoskrnl.exe ntkrnlpa.exe, rename halacpi.dll to hal.dll and copy them to the system32 folder. extract original> rename and copy to system32 halacpi.dll> hal.dll ntoskrnl.exe> idem ntkrnlpa.exe> idem 5-ATX PC ACPI Monoprocessor, with ACPI and APIC (ACPI Monoprocessors) We extract halaacpi.dll ntoskrnl.exe ntkrnlpa.exe, rename halaacpi.dll to hal.dll and copy them to the system32 folder. extract original> rename and copy to system32 halaacpi.dll> hal.dll ntoskrnl.exe> idem ntkrnlpa.exe> idem Note 1: By Windows XP error this HAL is wrongly shown in Device Manager as ACPI Multiprocessor using any method. Does it depend on the computer used? Note 2: When loading this HAL 5-Monoprocessor from HAL 4 surprisingly, the files corresponding to the HAL 6-Multiprocessor ACPI are automatically installed, although in this first boot it works as a monoprocessor it will not be installed, when restarting it will behave like HAL 6-Multiprocessor. To save your real files you have to copy them again (do the process 2 times) and it only works from method A, they are not installed. Does it depend on the computer used? Note 3: From this installed HAL 5-Monoprocessor it is not possible to change to the HAL 6-ACPI Multiprocessor with Method B without first changing to HAL 1 or 4. The system will boot as HAL 6 but only thanks to taking the files indicated in boot.ini, not installing for the next reboot where a normal boot.ini loads. 6-ATX ACPI multiprocessor equipment, with ACPI, APIC and multiprocessing (multicores or HT like Pentium IV HT) We extract halmacpi.dll ntkrnlmp.exe ntkrpamp.exe, we rename them consecutively by hall.dll ntoskrnl.exe ntkrnlpa.exe and copy them into the system32 folder. extract original> rename and copy to system32 halmacpi.dll> hal.dll ntkrnlmp.exe> ntoskrnl.exe ntkrpamp.exe> ntkrnlpa.exe We restart and once the system has started the correct hal is installed, then without touching anything we will have to wait until the system asks us to restart again. It may take up to a couple of minutes depending on the speed of your computer. This restart is not usually indicated going from hal 5 to 6 and vice versa, so it is not necessary but you have to make sure that it has been installed correctly. Possible mistakes: -The system does not send a restart: Possibly the same kernel file has been loaded (the real kernel has probably been confused with a renamed one, check in the right button "properties + version + original internal name"). (It is normal that it does not send a restart if you are changing from HAL 5 to 6 or vice versa). -A flashing white dash appears on reboot: A wrong kernel file has been loaded (for example, a HAL library with the wrong kernel or a PAE kernel without PAE activated has been introduced. If we have modified HALs or kernels, it may also happen that Windows has automatically restored the original kernel, while it has been preserved modified HAL library). METHOD B (automatic system copy after loading files via a multi-hal boot.ini given a third name) (recommended for moving to multiple computers): We go into the \ WINDOWS \ Driver Cache \ i386 folder and look for the files for the corresponding hal in this order of appearance: 1º-The uncompressed i386 folder itself 2º-Extracting from the sp3.cab file or the latest installed service pack. (not included in driver.cab) We copy them to another folder, rename them as indicated and paste them into the system32 directory, for example renamed to characters numbered with a maximum of 8 characters. (It is necessary to rename them with any third name, otherwise the system when loading several HALs would catch the renamed files by itself) The first 5 HAL share.exe files plus their PAE variant, which is what affects us in this mod. The dll's are numbered hal1, hal2, hal3, hal4, hal5, hal6 to be able to introduce them all in various Windows clones and use at the convenience of the system where the installation is pasted (instead of using hallnew.dll). Top 6 hal types and their files 1-AT_PC standard, without ACPI or APIC: extract original> rename and copy to system32 hal.dll> hal1.dll ntoskrnl.exe> ntj1.exe ntkrnlpa.exe> ntj1pa.exe Note: If the system is from an ACPI computer, it may be necessary to manually add the "Compatible with Apm / Legacy on Windows NT" device to enable APM shutdown, as well as clear the ACPI-related driver entries in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Services, such as ACPI, ACPIEC, cmbatt, battc, and compbatt 2-AT_MPS uniprocessor equipment, with APIC: extract original> rename and copy to system32 halapic.dll> hal2.dll ntoskrnl.exe> ntj1.exe ntkrnlpa.exe> ntj1pa.exe 3-AT_MPS multiprocessor equipment, with APIC: extract original> rename and copy to system32 halmps.dll> hal3.dll ntoskrnl.exe> ntj1.exe ntkrnlpa.exe> ntj1pa.exe 4-Equipment compatible with Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI), with ACPI but without APIC: extract original> rename and copy to system32 halacpi.dll> hal4.dll ntoskrnl.exe> ntj1.exe ntkrnlpa.exe> ntj1pa.exe 5-PC ACPI monoprocessor, with ACPI and APIC (monoprocessors, BIOS and chipset with ACPI) extract original> rename and copy to system32 halaacpi.dll> hal5.dll ntoskrnl.exe> ntj1.exe ntkrnlpa.exe> ntj1pa.exe Note 1: By Windows XP error this HAL is wrongly shown in Device Manager as ACPI Multiprocessor using any method. Does it depend on the computer used? Note 2: When loading this HAL 5-Monoprocessor from HAL 4 surprisingly, the files corresponding to the HAL 6-Multiprocessor ACPI are automatically installed, although in this first boot it works as a monoprocessor it will not be installed, when restarting it will behave like HAL 6-Multiprocessor. To save your real files you have to copy them again (do the process 2 times) and it only works from method A, they are not installed. Does it depend on the computer used? Note 3: From this installed HAL 5-Monoprocessor it is not possible to change to the HAL 6-ACPI Multiprocessor with Method B without first changing to HAL 1 or 4. The system will boot as HAL 6 but only thanks to taking the files indicated in boot.ini, not installing for the next reboot where a normal boot.ini loads. 6-ACPI multiprocessor equipment, with ACPI, APIC and multiprocessing (multicores or HT like Pentium IV HT) extract original> rename and copy to system32 halmacpi.dll> hal6.dll ntkrnlmp.exe> ntj2.exe ntkrpamp.exe> ntj2pa.exe Now it is necessary, during the first Windows startup, that the loading of the new HAL is added in the final part of the line of the boot.ini file for Windows to install it (/kernel=*.exe /hal=*.dll ). If we start without PAE we will introduce the kernel files without the addition "pa" and if we start with PAE we will add the corresponding files with the addition "pa" in addition to adding the / PAE command. Later we can boot the system with our usual boot.ini: For each type of HAL it would be the corresponding one, without PAE, and adding the correct number for our hard disk in multi, disk, rdisk and partition: (below I suggest creating a multi-loader boot.ini adaptable to all systems) (for PAE change the name of the kernel file adding "pa" (ex: ntj1pa.exe; ntj2pa.exe) and the command / PAE) 1-AT_PC standard, without ACPI or APIC: [boot loader] timeout = 30 default = multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) \ WINDOWS [operating systems] multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) \ WINDOWS = "Microsoft Windows XP Professional" / fastdetect / noexecute = optin / sos /hal=hal1.dll /kernel=ntj1.exe 2-AT_MPS uniprocessor equipment, with APIC: [boot loader] timeout = 30 default = multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) \ WINDOWS [operating systems] multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) \ WINDOWS = "Microsoft Windows XP Professional" / fastdetect / noexecute = optin / sos /hal=hal2.dll /kernel=ntj1.exe 3-AT_MPS multiprocessor equipment, with APIC: [boot loader] timeout = 30 default = multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) \ WINDOWS [operating systems] multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) \ WINDOWS = "Microsoft Windows XP Professional" / fastdetect / noexecute = optin / sos /hal=hal3.dll /kernel=ntj1.exe 4-ATX Equipment compatible with Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI), with ACPI but without APIC: [boot loader] timeout = 30 default = multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) \ WINDOWS [operating systems] multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) \ WINDOWS = "Microsoft Windows XP Professional" / fastdetect / noexecute = optin / sos /hal=hal4.dll /kernel=ntj1.exe 5-ATX PC ACPI Monoprocessor, with ACPI and APIC (ACPI Monoprocessors) [boot loader] timeout = 30 default = multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) \ WINDOWS [operating systems] multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) \ WINDOWS = "Microsoft Windows XP Professional" / fastdetect / noexecute = optin / sos /hal=hal5.dll /kernel=ntj1.exe 6-ATX ACPI multiprocessor equipment, with ACPI, APIC and multiprocessing (multicores or HT like Pentium IV HT) [boot loader] timeout = 30 default = multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) \ WINDOWS [operating systems] multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) \ WINDOWS = "Microsoft Windows XP Professional" / fastdetect / noexecute = optin / sos /hal=hal6.dll /kernel=ntj2.exe In this way we can create a superloader leaving our original boot line intact and adding all the mentioned lines that vary *. With this boot.ini we can start a Windows clone on any computer (after configuring the IDE controller as a standard driver and other necessary steps). * In this boot.ini the HAL ATs will be omitted because they are not usually used with Windows XP. [boot loader] timeout = 30 default = multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) \ WINDOWS [operating systems] multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) \ WINDOWS = "Microsoft Windows XP Professional" / fastdetect / noexecute = optin / sos multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) \ WINDOWS = "XP ACPI uniprocessor" / fastdetect / noexecute = optin / sos /hal=hal4.dll /kernel=ntj1.exe multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) \ WINDOWS = "XP ACPI and APIC monoprocessor" / fastdetect / noexecute = optin / sos /hal=hal5.dll /kernel=ntj1.exe multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) \ WINDOWS = "XP ACPI and multiprocessor APIC" / fastdetect / noexecute = optin / sos /hal=hal6.dll /kernel=ntj2.exe Once the system has started, the correct HAL will be installed, so without touching anything we will have to wait until the system asks us to restart. It may take up to a couple of minutes depending on the speed of your computer. This restart is not usually indicated by going from HAL 5 to 6 and vice versa, so it is not necessary but you have to make sure that it has been installed correctly. Possible mistakes: -The system does not send a restart: Possibly the same kernel file has been loaded (the real kernel has probably been confused with a renamed one, check in the right button "properties + version + original internal name"). (It is normal that it does not send a restart if you are changing from HAL 5 to 6 or vice versa). -A flashing white dash appears on reboot: A wrong kernel file has been loaded (for example, a HAL library with the wrong kernel or a PAE kernel without PAE activated has been introduced. If we have modified HALs or kernels, it may also happen that Windows has automatically restored the original kernel, while it has been preserved modified HAL library).

My Windows XP doesn`t have a dll named NTKRPAMP.EXE If I find, in which folder it is necessary to copy. I'm reading that all this is related to the different hal layers, something I had not studied very much when I cloned systems Edit: I extract NTKRNLMP.EXE and NTKRPAMP.EXE from the SP3.CAB file and rename them by NTOSKRNL.EXE and NTKRNLPA.EXE Then I copy them into the system32 folder (this allows me to do it in normal Windows mode). Reboot and the initial screen says: "1 multi-core processor" (if reinstall Windows says 4 processors) But at this moment the system freezes blocking the screen. I want to put the correct hal but while ... Can I go back to the hal "ACPI compatible computer"? I have a complete copy of the system image. What files do I have to copy to return to the previous hal? Thanks