Zorba the Geek

AS no-one wants to reply to my topic I might as well give you an update on my experiments so far. I have tried the following VPN clients that are compatible with XP: SoftEther Draytek Smart VPN Tau VPN TheGreenBow Shrewsoft Only TheGreenBow 6.64 and higher supports IKEV2 but these versions will not install on XP, although it may be possible to run on XP with some modifications. I did try installing version 6.64 on a Windows 8.1 machine but I could not connect to PureVPN using the host name, user name, and password supplied by PureVPN, but no joy.

Internet Explorer 8 These are my updates to the Internet Explorer 8 addons originally released by YumeYao and 5ereph at the RyanVM forum, and which includes the final IE8 security updates for POSReady 2009. System files are removed in these addons, so I have disabled their entries in sfcfiles.dll so that they are not flagged by the System File Checker. YumeYao_IE8_Addon_Nosetuperr_ENU_1.5.44.7z MD5: 879324EF89046713DF67CF14265DACB7 SHA-1: CECD955BFC292F3BE3A471CCEAE60CBE3B67611F Size: 14.4 MB Build date: 28/06/2022 No Setuperr Style: Tricks are made to avoid setuperr.log reporting while not modifying syssetup.inf which require syssetup.dll to be patched. YumeYao_IE8_Addon_Clean_ENU_1.5.44.7z MD5: 5510CCD02498F18414BEF698AD3DECBF SHA-1: ACE800F0425C980276F1606D6255F25695CDDC67 Size: 14.4 MB Build date: 25/08/2020 Clean Style: Files are copied directly resulting in setuperr.log items.

Intel SATA Drivers File: iaStor_7.8.0.1012_Addon.7z MD5: 8EFF9EBBB5B00A6BD208BB92305458B7 SHA-1: 3D91757110E1A59A9013C5A312EEA09439EAB29D Size: 171 KB Release date: 26/03/2022 Driver Date: 29/09/2007 Supported device instance IDs: Intel(R) 82801FBM SATA AHCI Controller (Mobile ICH6M) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2653&CC_0106 Intel(R) 631xESB/632xESB SATA AHCI Controller (Server/Workstation ESB2) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2681&CC_0106 Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C1&CC_0106 Intel(R) 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller (Mobile ICH7M/DH) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C5&CC_0106 Intel(R) 82801HR/HH/HO SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop/Server/Workstation) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2821&CC_0106 Intel(R) 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller (Mobile ICH8M-E/M) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&CC_0106 Intel(R) ICH9 SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop/Server/Workstation) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2922&CC_0106 Intel(R) 82801GHM SATA RAID Controller (Mobile ICH7MDH) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C3&CC_0104 Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C6&CC_0104 Intel(R) 82801HEM SATA RAID Controller (Mobile ICH8M-E) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_282A&CC_0104 Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R SATA RAID Controller (Desktop/Server/Workstation) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2822&CC_0104 Intel(R) 631xESB/632xESB SATA RAID Controller (Server/Workstation ESB2) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2682&CC_0104 iaStor_8.9.8.1005_Addon.7z MD5: 60D614B78376CBCB08EB554D703A86B1 SHA-1: D2A0F8F598A57FDB648095188819999AD7A36149 Size: 182 KB Build date: 26/03/2022 Driver Date: 05/04/2010 Supported device instance IDs: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2652&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH6R) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2653&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH6M) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2681&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ESB2) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C1&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH7R) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C5&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH7M) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2821&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH8R) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2824&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH8_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH8M) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2922&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH9R) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2923&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH9_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2929&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH9M) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A02&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH10D) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A22&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH10R) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A03&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH10_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A23&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH10_2) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B29&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_5) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B2F&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_5_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B22&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_5_1_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1C02&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_6_Desktop) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1C03&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_6_Mobile) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1D02&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_AC600) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8D02&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_AC600_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8D62&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_AC600_2) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1F22&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_AC600_3) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1F32&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_AC600_4) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0816&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_SM35) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0F23&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_BAYTR) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_22A3&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_BAYTR_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_5AE3&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_APOL) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1E02&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_7/C216) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1E03&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_7_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8C02&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_8/C220) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8C03&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_8_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9C02&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_8_2) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9C03&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_8_3) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8C82&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_9) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8C83&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_9_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9C82&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_9_2) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9C83&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_9_3) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9D03&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_9_D) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A102&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_100) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A103&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_100_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A282&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_200) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9DD3&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_9_DD) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A352&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_300) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A353&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_300_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2652&CC_0104 (iaStor_ICH6R) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2682&CC_0104 (iaStor_ESB2) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C3&CC_0104 (iaStor_ICH7R) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C6&CC_0104 (iaStor_ICH7M) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2822&CC_0104 (iaStor_Express_D) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_282A&CC_0104 (iaStor_Express_M) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2826&CC_0104 (iaStor_C600_D) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2827&CC_0104 (iaStor_C600_M) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9D07&CC_0104 (iaStor_9_D) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A106&CC_0104 (iaStor_100) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A107&CC_0104 (iaStor_100_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A286&CC_0104 (iaStor_200) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A28E&CC_0104 (iaStor_200_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9DD7&CC_0104 (iaStor_9_DD) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A356&CC_0104 (iaStor_300) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A357&CC_0104 (iaStor_300_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2652&CC_0104 (iaStor_ICH6R) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2682&CC_0104 (iaStor_ESB2) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C3&CC_0104 (iaStor_ICH7R) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C6&CC_0104 (iaStor_ICH7M) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2822&CC_0104 (iaStor_Express_D) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_282A&CC_0104 (iaStor_Express_M) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2826&CC_0104 (iaStor_C600_D) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2827&CC_0104 (iaStor_C600_M) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9D07&CC_0104 (iaStor_9_D) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A106&CC_0104 (iaStor_100) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A107&CC_0104 (iaStor_100_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A286&CC_0104 (iaStor_200) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A28E&CC_0104 (iaStor_200_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9DD7&CC_0104 (iaStor_9_DD) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A356&CC_0104 (iaStor_300) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A357&CC_0104 (iaStor_300_1) iaStor_10.1.0.1008_Addon.7z MD5: 79BFC30418DCEF09A1BBC3F1913A3F78 SHA-1: 50D20703DD7B41D2805BD575F8F0B35538977D1A Size: 191 KB Build date: 26/03/2022 Driver Date:05/11/2010 Supported device instance IDs: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2681&CC_0106 (ESB2 SATA AHCI Controller) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C1&CC_0106 (ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C5&CC_0106 (ICH7M/MDH SATA AHCI Controller) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2821&CC_0106 (ICH8R/DH/DO SATA AHCI Controller) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&CC_0106 (ICH8M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2922&CC_0106 (ICH9R/DO/DH SATA AHCI Controller) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2929&CC_0106 (ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A02&CC_0106 (ICH10D/DO SATA AHCI Controller) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A22&CC_0106 (ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B29&CC_0106 (5 Series 4 Port SATA AHCI Controller) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B2F&CC_0106 (5 Series 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B22&CC_0106 (5 Series/3400 Series SATA AHCI Controller) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1C02&CC_0106 (Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA AHCI Controller) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1C03&CC_0106 (Mobile Express Chipset SATA AHCI Controller) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2682&CC_0104 (ESB2 SATA RAID Controller) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C3&CC_0104 (ICH7R/DH SATA RAID Controller) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C6&CC_0104 (ICH7MDH SATA RAID Controller) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2822&CC_0104 (Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_282A&CC_0104 (Mobile Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller) iaStor_11.2.0.1006_Addon.7z MD5: 8FD3137FADF0763F548BEF084939E17D SHA-1: A542EC16D8D083E04750FC2E4C830373E9C85C06 Size: 251 KB Build date: 26/03/2022 Supported device instance IDs: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2681&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ESB2) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C1&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH7R) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C5&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH7M) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2821&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH8R) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2824&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH8_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH8M) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2922&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH9R) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2923&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH9_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2929&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH9M) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A02&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH10D) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A03&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH10_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A22&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH10R) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A23&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_ICH10_2) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B29&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_5) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B2F&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_5_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B22&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_5_1_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1C02&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_6_Desktop) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1C03&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_6_Mobile) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1D02&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_AC600) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8D02&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_AC600_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8D62&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_AC600_2) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1F22&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_AC600_3) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1F32&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_AC600_4) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0816&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_SM35) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0F23&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_BAYTR) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_22A3&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_BAYTR_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_5AE3&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_APOL) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_31E3&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_GEML) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1E02&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_7) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1E03&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_7_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8C02&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_8) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8C03&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_8_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9C02&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_8_2) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9C03&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_8_3) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8C82&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_9) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8C83&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_9_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9C82&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_9_2) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9C83&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_9_3) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9D03&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_9_D) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A102&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_100) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A103&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_100_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A282&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_200) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9DD3&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_9_DD) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A352&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_300) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A353&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_300_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_34D3&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_300_2) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_02D3&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_400) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_06D2&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_400_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_06D3&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_400_2) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A382&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_400_3) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_43D2&CC_0106 (iaAHCI_500) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2682&CC_0104 (iaStor_ESB2 PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C3&CC_0104 (iaStor_ICH7R) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C6&CC_0104 (iaStor_ICH7M) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2822&CC_0104 (iaStor_Express_D) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_282A&CC_0104 (iaStor_Express_M) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2826&CC_0104 (iaStor_C600_D) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2827&CC_0104 (iaStor_C600_M) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9D07&CC_0104 (iaStor_9_D) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A106&CC_0104 (iaStor_100) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A107&CC_0104 (iaStor_100_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A286&CC_0104 (iaStor_200) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A28E&CC_0104 (iaStor_200_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9DD7&CC_0104 (iaStor_9_DD) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A356&CC_0104 (iaStor_300) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A357&CC_0104 (iaStor_300_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A35E&CC_0104 (iaStor_300_2) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_34D7&CC_0104 (iaStor_400) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_02D7&CC_0104 (iaStor_400_1) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_06D6&CC_0104 (iaStor_400_2) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_06D7&CC_0104 (iaStor_400_3) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_06DE&CC_0104 (iaStor_400_4) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A386&CC_0104 (iaStor_400_5) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_43D6&CC_0104 (iaStor_500) PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_43DE&CC_0104 (iaStor_500_1) iaStor_11.2.0.1006_x64_Addon.7z MD5: B1CF9B51F905454728BCD0A443A566C7 SHA-1: 42DE45E13A393B04662D3A6580CCFBA1604B8110 Size: 283 KB Build date: 10/04/2022 Supported device instance IDs same as above

What is the point of keeping a topic like this alive long after all the links to the addons have become dead?

Microsoft VC7.8.9.10.11.12 Runtime Libraries It should be possible to integrate these addons intp XP using the RVM Integrator and into VISTA+ using the WinNT6.x True Integrator. Registry entries have been included that could block the installation of previous releases of these runtimes by application installers. Two releases are provided with the English release including only the English MFC language resource file. File: Microsoft_VC7.9.8.10.11.12_RuntimeLibraries_Addon_Enu[2].7z MD5: cbb6ab1aa56b8e12dec310cc32b080a2 SHA-1: 90fc6c30ca19c3c804951328433abd1932668a4f SHA-256: f582d59c2bdba224c49c929e1af8e3580a2e49472ed4158c65409da8bc943f72 Release date: 23/10/2021 Size: 17 MB File: Microsoft_VC7.9.8.10.11.12_RuntimeLibraries_Addon_Int[2].7z MD5: e0fb8a49696188e5ec0deb7eead15ada SHA-1: a0d4886f2ab7f12ab054257f85569a519f40d3a5 SHA-256: 20e5fd1495698b86c328216db2d394f1734374e6f738524c04832f0fb833650f Release date: 23/10/2021 Size: 18.6 MB Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x86) This package can be uninstalled from the Add/Remove Windows Components control panel. Unfortunately it is not possible re-install it due to the long file names Microsoft have used requiring them to be truncated into the 8.3 format on the Windows installation disk. It should be possible to integrate these addons into XP using the RVM Integrator and into VISTA+ using the WinNT6.x True Integrator. File: Microsoft_VC14_Runtime_Libraries_Addon_Eng.7z MD5: 1aefd853fa491fb6c3262fc5cc31efa6 SHA-1: 10557b429bf2a5fe68523c0a71cba35e929505dc SHA-256: 994e2a443a838b1c50bd1df29b60f6a96e633b8ac7e591c4a7fea5e81d2b8158 Release date: 05/06/2022 Size: 4.43 MB File: Microsoft_VC14_Runtime_Libraries_Addon_Int.7z MD5: 3e97a9c1517ace5176ce53237ecea35c SHA-1: 2693b036638ad34c9a5d247283b7c0f304ffa72d SHA-256: 6055a9760c9b657c7ab959c66334e38dc7ea8fda0995ec78298f1391f88319a3 Release date: 05/06/2022 Size: 4.53 MB File: Microsoft_Visual_C++_2015_Minimum_Runtime_Addon.7z MD5: 7bd82b607183f7afe7b31291bc1bbfcf SHA-1: 8ef2a6d6e5fa94b2fb0368987803c7c67749d768 SHA-256: 0b6462bf7853ba00b514328aa3aab187812ef474e67629c7931da0d1e8f2b9e9 Release date: 05/06/2022 Size: 731 KB Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x86) This package can be uninstalled from the Add/Remove Windows Components control panel. Unfortunately it is not possible re-install it due to the long file names Microsoft have used requiring them to be truncated into the 8.3 format on the Windows installation disk. It should be possible to integrate these addons into XP using the RVM Integrator and into VISTA+ using the WinNT6.x True Integrator. File: Microsoft_VC++_2015-19_Redistributable_Addon_Eng.7z MD5: a1a9d36741d0a058700b1f32617d29ce SHA-1: fe9423562ef604e93c20985a24af6b6eb228c021 SHA-256: 6f7c3fbdc394db9a55d196852ed540a6bc7bc16bef1e3ed652c9b45dbc8d79c8 Release date: 05/06/2022 Size: 4.54 MB File: Microsoft_VC++_2015-19_Redistributable_Addon_Int.7z MD5: 1038c38da6fe12a809fcad4da3895b73 SHA-1: 8ea637722b64ba2ee2b04631ffdd5f0bd1c28b51 SHA-256: f2e20fac4d7220bb9fe951aad582ba62f1a78d687440a03980dc8ef4c2afebde Release date: 05/06/2022 Size: 4.63 MB File: Microsoft_Visual_C++_2015-2019_Minimum_Runtime_Addon.7z MD5: f79049b96de6d2873baaf54223a0a4e0 SHA-1: 74c1eaabf28ba436545cad0b909ff2aa11579581 SHA-256: 647ad9a655cc8e50e8639aadd31827e4b2f6bac31b6b33a05fcadcbd7273349d Release date: 05/06/2022 Size: 799 KB

The RyanVM forum has been down since early February, so I have decided to provide links to my Windows XP addons and update packs here. I recommend that integration is done with the RyanVM integrator version 1.6.1b2.1 which can be obtained here. It needs to be updated by placing 7zdn.exe version 16.2 in the plugins\7zip folder. XPSP3_QFE_UpdatePack for Windows XP Post-SP3 This is my update to the update pack created by user_hidden in 2018 with one extra critical update and some enhancements. File: XPSP3_QFE_UpdatePack_20220212_Home.7z MD5: 95E97EA2FC09D318443AA14E3ED20CE8 SHA-1: 21388005FA71ACA2D254C5AD16D05A148EF31D54 Release date: 12/02/2022 Size: 68.7 MB File: XPSP3_QFE_UpdatePack_20210829_Pro.7z MD5: B10F3139428A1517B3CAA45CF5002278 SHA1: 200C708A79E393E9DB39F43E35AC37EED59563C5 Release date: 29/08/2021 Size: 68.5 MB KB931125 - Root Certificate Update (40,0,2195,0) KB2728973 - Revoked Root Certificates (5,0,2195,0) KB952013 - ICCD Smart Card Driver. The ICCD Smart Card Driver is probably superfluous, because Windows XP ships with a ICCD smart card driver usbiccd.sys. Neither driver is installed untill a smart card device is connected to your PC. KB971286 - WinUSB 2.0 driver. The Winusb coinstaller and driver are included but installation occurs when a WCID compatible device is connected. Rather than require a custom INF file for the device the generic hardware ID WINUSB,USB\MS_COMP_WINUSB is used. In the Found New Hardware wizard there will be the message “this wizard helps you install software for: USBDevice”. Select “Install the software automatically”. If you prefer to use the WMTP driver delete the file wcid.inf in the %SystemRoot%\INF directory and it will be installed automatically. KB4500331 - A remote code execution fix for Remote Desktop Services (critical). The ActiveX version of Flash has been removed from these update packs, because no-one watches videos in IE8. The AppMgmt service has been removed from the home edition because this is a Pro version only feature, and the necessary files are missing from the home edition. The security tab in the properties of files and folders has been made available in normal mode for the home edition. The Windows Management Instrumentation consol has been added to the home edition. I have included an attachment with a list of what has been included. [Addon] XPSP3 QFE POSReady Updates XPSP3_QFE_POSReady_Addon_20200820_5er_Pro.7z MD5: CF3083C8A3826CB93D4574D5F1655495 SHA1: 92CC5268EB0924B4F63A6D3E1C1F87EEDD792A68 SHA256: 65C0D8239B790678DD8F4640A4FB8EC1DC2C2D9711C7F55A453AEC0414D41328 Release date: 20/08/2020 Size: 26.0 MB XPSP3_QFE_POSReady_Addon_20200820_5er_Home.7z MD5: CBFC854A54364C4EFEB73C2596D05996 SHA1: 8D966AE0CA6E7B4C385695F35FA684BCAEFE2148 SHA256: 439328A3E2342CB635D6EED8A4D840A0694EAFD132D8AD3277C1D5AB34653955 Release date: 20/08/2020 Size: 26.0 MB Credit must be given to 5ereph for initiating this addon and the time and effort he must have put into it. This addon slipstreams all the POSReady 2009 updates released untill EOL on 09 April 2019 directly into a 32-bit XP SP3 source when used with the XPSP3_QFE_UpdatePack. All files are from the SP3QFE branch. An update to the Adobe Flash Player has not been included because no-one plays videos in Internet Explorer 8. Windows Automatic Update will offer a number of obsolete version of gdiplus and the Cumulative Security Update for ActiveX Killbits for Windows XP (KB2900986) when the integrated source is installed. The gdiplus updates I recorded are as follows: KB4473077, KB4462987, KB4458000, KB4039384, KB4015383, KB3178034, KB3065979, KB3035132, KB3029944, KB3013126, KB2957503, KB2834886, KB2659262, KB4463361, KB4022884, KB2412687. This list is probably not exhaustive. They are installed as side by side assemblies in the WinSxS folder. The integrator cannot handle multiple versions of the same module in the WinSxS folder, so it is only possible to integrate the last POSReady 2009 version of gdiplus. Once integration is complete there will be two versions of gdi plus, one from the uppdate pack, and one from this addon. It seems likely that the last POSReady 2009 version of gdiplus is backwards compatible with programs written for previous versions since 2012. Therefore I recommend that you do not install these older versions of gdiplus and disable Automatic Updates. The XPSP3 QFE POSReady Addon and XPSP3 QFE Update Pack can be integrated into the source using the RVM integrator separately or at the same time. If the are integrated seperately the [Obsolete] section of entries_posready.ini will remove security catalogues and registry entries made by the update pack for updates made obsolete by the addon. If integrated at the same time the [ExtraFilesEdits] section of entries_posready.ini will prevent the update pack from installing the registry entries for updates made obsolete by the addon, and the [Obsolete] section will remove the security catalogues. 5ereph’s original XPSP3 QFE POSReady Updates 20180917 disabled the Jet 4.0 database engine. The registry entries for Jet 4.0 have been restored and msjet40.dll and msjetoledb40.dll have been registered in the ActiveX/COm section of the registry. Updates Included: KB2926765 - MS14-027 - Shell Light-weight Utility Library KB2962872 - MS14-037 - IE6 - BrowseWM Player KB2993254 - MS14-062 - Message Queuing* KB2998579 - MS14-063 - Fast FAT File System Driver KB2991963 - MS14-078 - Japanese Input Method Editor KB3020393 - MS15-002 - Microsoft Telnet Server Helper* KB3021674 - MS15-003 - User Environment Group Policy module KB3004361 - MS15-014 - Windows Security Configuration Editor Engine KB3033889 - MS15-020 - WebBrowser Control module KB3033890 - MS15-057 - WMP 9 KB3124275 - MS16-001 - Internet Explorer 6 - Cumulative KB3124624 - MS16-003 - VBScript Scripting Engine v5.7 KB3109560 - MS16-007 - DirectShow Core KB3121918 - MS16-007 - Advanced Windows 32 Base API KB3126587 - MS16-014 - Database Support for Oracle KB3140709 - MS16-025 - Windows Address Book KB3139914 - MS16-032 - Secondary Logon Service DLL KB3139398 - MS16-033 - USB Mass Storage Class driver KB3149090 - MS16-047 - SAM Server DLL KB3161949 - MS16-077 - Web Proxy Auto Discovery KB3170455 - MS16-087 - Print Spooler KB3185911 - MS16-106 - User API Client KB3183431 - MS16-123 - Distributed File System KB3196718 - MS16-130 - OLE Automation KB4012584 - MS17-013 - Microsoft Color Management Module KB4014652 - CVE-2013-6629 - DirectShow KB4014794 - CVE-2013-6629 - DirectShow KB4019276 - Support for TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 KB4025398 - CVE-2017-8557 - System Information Control KB4025409 - CVE-2017-8563 - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol API KB4025497 - CVE-2017-8463 - Shell Browser UI Library KB4026061 - CVE-2017-8588 - Wordpad MFC Application KB4034775 - CVE-2017-0250 - JET 4.0 Database Engine KB4047211 - CVE-2017-11788 - Content Index Utility DLL KB4052303 - CVE-2017-11885 - IP Router Manager KB4056564 - CVE-2018-0886 - TS Single Sign On Security Package KB4056941 - OpenType/Type 1 font driver KB4089082 - CVE-2018-0881 - ActiveX control for streaming video KB4089175 - CVE-2018-0883 - ZiP Compression Library KB4089453 - CVE-2018-0878 - Windows Remote Assistance KB4089694 - CVE-2017-13077 - Wireless Zero Configuration Service KB4091756 - CVE-2018-0967 - WinSNMP v2.0 Manager API KB4101477 - CVE-2018-0824 - COM Services KB4130957 - CVE-2017-11927 - InfoTech Storage System Library KB4291391 - CVE-2018-8304 - Windows DNS Client API KB4457163 - CVE-2018-8468 - Windows Shell Common DLL KB4458001 - CVE-2018-8332 - Embedded OpenType Font Engine and Font Subsetting DLL KB4458318 - CVE-2018-8419 - Kernel CSA Library KB4459091 - CVE-2018-8419 - Cryptographic and TLS/SSL Security Provider KB4462935 - CVE-2018-8333 - Windows NT SMB Minirdr KB4463103 - CVE-2018-8411 - NT Kernel KB4467689 - CVE-2018-8550 - Remote Procedure Call Runtime KB4467770 - Enables TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 in WinHTTP KB4470118 - CVE-2018-8544 - Windows Scripting Host KB4486463 - CVE-2019-0621 - NT Kernel & System KB4486465 - CVE-2019-0703 - Server driver KB4486468 - CVE-2019-0821 - Named Pipe FileSystem Driver KB4486536 - CVE-2019-0683 - Microsoft Authentication Package v1.0 KB4486538 - CVE-2019-0683 - Kerberos Security Package KB4487990 - Cumulative Timezone Update KB4489493 - CVE-2019-0755 - Mailslot driver KB4489973 - CVE-2019-0784 - Microsoft Data Access - ActiveX Data Objects KB4489977 - CVE-2019-0617 - Microsoft (R) Red ISAM KB4490228 - CVE-2019-0765 - User Experience Controls Library KB4490501 - CVE-2019-0759 - Windows Spooler KB4491443 - CVE-2019-0856 - MBT Transport driver KB4493341 - CVE-2019-0601 - Hid Parsing Library KB4493563 - CVE-2019-0842 - Object Linking and Embedding. NT Kernel KB4493790 - CVE-2019-0792 - Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 and 6.0 KB4493793 - CVE-2019-0877 - Microsoft Jet xBASE Isam KB4493794 - CVE-2019-0851 - Microsoft Jet Paradox Isam KB4493795 - CVE-2019-0671 - Microsoft Jet Excel Isam KB4493796 - CVE-2019-0847 - Microsoft Jet Engine Library KB4493797 - CVE-2019-0846 - Microsoft (R) Red ISAM KB4493927 - CVE-2019-0848 - Multi-User Win32 Driver KB4494059 - CVE-2019-0845 - COM Interfaces for Printer Web Pages KB4494528 - Windows Installer KB4495022 - CVE-2019-0802 - Microsoft GDI+ KB4500331 - CVE-2019-0708 - Terminal Server Driver *XP Professional only. What is included in XPSP3_QFE_UpdatePack_20210829.rtf

I did some research and discovered that there have been no Spectre and Meltdown kernel patches released for Core2Duo CPUs, so I was out of luck. As for the the POSReady 2009 updates mentioned here I am not convinced that they are intended to resolve the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities. KB4056615 is covered by CVE-2018-0748 whose summary is as follows: KB4056615 has been replaced by KB4463103 which is covered by CVE-2018-8411 whose summary is as follows: and is also covered by CVE-2018-8330 whose summary is as follows: I have KB4463103 included as an update on my system and tests for Spectre and Meltdown mitigation showed that there was nothing. I am completely unprotected.

As we all know the the VPN service providers are phasing out their L2TP servers leaving us XP diehards with OpenVPN whose operation which can be erratic at times. Are there third party IKEV2 clients that we could adapt for connection to these public VPN proxy servers? Here is a list of of VPN clients that we could experiment with: HA Remote StrongSwann The Green Bow Soft Remote by Safenet TauVPN SoftEther The problem is that these VPN clients were intended for enterprise VPN networks and require lots of settings that are not known for the public VPN proxys. The software provided by the VPN providers may do the job, but the PureVPN client software requires .NET 4.5. Your thoughts and experiences on this subject would be appreciated.

I think that this may be caused by incorrect formatting of the yara rules and another definitions update may resolve it. An outdated version of yara-python might also be a cause except that we are using the penultimate version 4.3.0. Version 4.3.1 was released last week.

I have compiled Windows XP compatible builds of psutil-5.6.1 including the modifications I made in my builds of psutil-5.5.1. These include restoring the Return the number of physical CPU cores section using code from version 3.4.2, and removing the condition "#if (_WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0600)" from the Get process IO priority as a Python integer and Set process IO priority sections. You can obtain direct downloads of psutil-5.6.1-cp27-cp27m-win32.whl and psutil-5.6.1-cp38-cp38-win32.whl from my 4Shared account. Included is the modified source code including ntextapi.h for Python 2.7 Incidentally compiling psutil without modifications under Windows 8.1 produces lots of warning messages. Is this normal or is it sloppy programming? _psutil_windows.c ntextapi.h

After version 3.4.2 of psutil the section Return the number of physical CPU cores was removed for XP and VISTA because the developers preferred to use GetLogicalProcessorInformationEx rather than XP's GetLogicalProcessorInformation. I have restored the Return the number of physical CPU cores section for XP and VISTA in psutil-5.5.1 I have removed the condition "#if (_WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0600)" from the Get process IO priority as a Python integer and Set process IO priority sections because NtSetInformationProcess and NtQueryInformationProcess are exported from the Windows XP version of ntdll.dll (5.1.2600.7682) You can obtain direct downloads of psutil-5.5.1-cp27-cp27m-win32-mod.whl and psutil-5.5.1-cp38-cp38-win32-mod.whl from my 4Shared account. Included is my modified source code. _psutil_windows.c

nettaddr requires IPV6 to be installed because it is not installed by default as in VISTA+. In your Local Area Connection Properties install the network protocol Microsoft TCP/IP Version 6. The problem seems to be linked to the line IPV6_LOOPBACK = IPAddress('::1') in C:\Python38\Lib\site-packages\netaddr\ip\__init__.py. Maybe cmalex could help me sort it out. Alternatively I could raise an issue at the LOKI Github site.

The link to alexfree's website where you can obtain the source code is broken, so I have uploaded it to my 4Shared account from where you can download winxp_python3.6.15-src.zip. I have succeeded in compiling it according to the instructions given in readme.txt, and I would be interested in reading about other people's experience of doing the compile. I am mainly concerned about identifying where are the components of this Python 3.6 are located because as far as I can tell they are scattered around both Cygwin and the source folder. Once I identify them I ought to be able to assemble them into a package that can be archived or shared. As far as I can tell this python can be run outside of Cygwin as it is linked to a few Cygwin dlls such as Cygwin1.dll, Cygintl-8dll and Cyggcc_5-1.dll which can be included in the distribution.

I have compiled Windows XP compatible builds of psutil-5.5.1-cp38-cp38-win32.whl and psutil-5.5.1-cp27-cp27m-win32.whl which you can obtain as direct downloads. I have tested _psutil_windows.cp38-win32.pyd and _psutil_windows.pyd with Dependency Walker and there are no missing imports under XP. I have further tested them by installing them into the Python 3.8.13 supplied by cmalex and then rebuilding Loki, and everything works fine when Loki is run. To create these Windows XP compatible builds of psutil-5.5.1 I first had to delete these lines in setup.py: 111 if sys.getwindowsversion()[0] < 6: 112 msg = "this Windows version is too old (< Windows Vista); " 113 msg += "psutil 3.4.2 is the latest version which supports Windows " 114 msg += "2000, XP and 2003 server" 115 raise RuntimeError(msg) Then I added these lines after line 10 in _psutil_windows.c #define WINVER 0x0501 #define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0501 These #define statements instruct the compiler to select the Windows XP options in the code suitable for the target OS. These XP compatible builds have reduced functionality due to the functions ConvertLengthToIpv4Mask and GetIfEntry2 not being available in iphlpapi.dll version 5.1.2600.5512. GetTickCount64 has been replaced with GetTickCount. The Return NICs addresses section has reduced functionality due to the absence of ConvertLengthToIpv4Mask. The Return path's disk total and free as a Python tuple section has reduced functionality due to the absence of GetIfEntry2. The Return the number of physical CPU cores section was removed for Windows XP and VISTA after version 3.4.2 because they decided to use GetLogicalProcessorInformationEx rather than GetLogicalProcessorInformation. I tried to copy this section of code from version 3.4.2 to version 5.5.1, but naturally compilation failed with lots of undefined variables messages. It could be possible to make Windows XP compatible versions of psutil up to version 5.6.7 if you are prepared to rewrite the code in _psutil_windows.c and possibly elsewhere which I am not qualified to do.

I have successfully compiled an XP compatible version of the latest release from Github which is 0.45 and now it runs perfectly with no error messages. You can try it out by downloading loki-0.45.0-xp.7z from my 4Shared account. You will also require this limited implementation of bcrypt.dll intended for running ffmpeg under Windows XP. It supplies the BCryptGenRandom function required by yara.cp35-win32.pyd. It should be placed somewhere in your path like the System32 folder. Also the Microsoft TCP/IP version 6 network protocol is required by netaddr (I need to work on this). If you want to compile it yourself you need to install the following Python packages: colorama-0.4.6, future-0.18.3, netaddr-0.8.0, psutil-3.4.2, rfc5424-logging-handler-1.43, pywin32-300, wmi-1.5.0, yara-python-4.3.0, and pyinstaller-4.10. There is no distribution of psutil-3.4.2 for Python 3.8. so I have compiled a wheel for psutil-3.4.2 which you can download here. You will require the build of pe-sieve32.exe that does not require the function GetTickCount64 made available by cmalex here. Loki seems to work OK with psutil-3.4.2, but the yara-python developers recommend version =>5.6.7. It is possible to compile psutil-5.5.1 for Windows XP with reduced functionality, because _psutil_windows.c includes options for VISTA+ and XP depending on your operating system. These are typically shown as #if (_WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0600) // Windows Vista and above Lines of code #else // Windows XP Lines of code #endif With a Python 3.8 installation this can only be done with VC14 under VISTA+ which means that the XP only options cannot be implemented. Therefore it ought to be possible to edit _psutil_windows.c to remove the winnt>=6.0 specific code and compile an XP compatible build using VC14. Also it is necessary to delete these lines in setup.py 111 if sys.getwindowsversion()[0] < 6: 112 msg = "this Windows version is too old (< Windows Vista); " 113 msg += "psutil 3.4.2 is the latest version which supports Windows " 114 msg += "2000, XP and 2003 server" 115 raise RuntimeError(msg)