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hmm trying to get a view do you use a kernel extender ? some are partial functional and use the same folder what software you are using ? if you turn off many of them and limit the software, would be something the OS in this case xp has background activity for the system - but first would be the software to be turned off you know how to handle a file logger ? maybe microsoft´s filemon a lot of these files are not cookies - your search is for changes - activity also caused changes like stats, or that deskop.ini is not a cookie file https://www.techbloat.com/what-is-desktop-ini-on-windows.html

the same discussions where around in the past from what the xbox solution was just to increase the sector size from 512 to 4096 - also there is some information about that this has problems either a problem with system based buffers or with user buffers also the one core api is saying to have that problem solved having current informations would be fine

well then just move enough files on that harddrive until it extends the 2 TB limit, better would be to use the entire disc if the files are then corrupted or the checksum test has different value´s it dont work

hmm i do not know the details but these are 2 different error messages: "api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll was not found" -> this means that dll/file was not found "ucrtbase.mbstowcs could not be found in the dynamic library api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll" -> this means that the dll/file was found but not the function "ucrtbase.mbstowcs" in that dll ucrtbase refer to the c-runtime (ucrt - Universal C Runtime Library) so you might can give it a try by installing the vc-runtime https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170 but i do not know if that one needs sp3 - its worth a try but there might also be a different version or modded version of that api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll - what can give you function maybe if you have one (these files had different compiles for different os´s of windows) (what could explain why that error message says it found the file but not its function) if the c-runtime works - a good method to avoid this problem is to ship the vc-runtime with the executable (in this case ytdl)

the registry ones coming from the .inf file dont translate/expand the environment strings %SystemRoot% to like c:\windows REG_EXPAND_SZ neither do even tho they have the "expand" syntax with them when i did this look what it really do they just store the %SystemRoot% string into the registry so it must be the software that reads the environment strings out and then translate them the most KB upgrades use that "inf installer" that installer can control registry entrys and control files replacements reading out the inf information you can combine many of KB upgrades to one for this i written this code: you have to be careful because it can write to registry strings that are system based, also it can replace files (some need a reboot) - it function the same as a trusted installer (you have to know what you doing here - best would be a virtual machine you can try) a other reason for this code is that inf installers are not very fast - they are probaly made for smaller amounts of entrys this one however works very fast you also dont need to installer .net or something else first - you can directly go for the entrys you want you need to open the .dsw files what is written in visual studio 6.0 sometimes called vs6 or vc6 in the past i write something similiar the install time gone down from 12 minutes to 8 seconds - thats a lot Registry_Entrys -> contain registry entrys File_Entrys -> file replacements Registry_Key_Deletes -> deleting registry key entrys it certainly can fix your related problem too - the code is functional the syntax is a bit different HKLM,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup,"Installation Sources",0x10000,"%24%\Support\i386" this one would go "HKLM\0,SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Setup\0, Installation Sources\0,0x10000\0,\"whatever_string_is_here\\Support\\i386\"" so you have to add a " at the beginning and at the end - for , it gets \0, - \ gets \\ if you want a " you write \" that %24% is not requied it translate a string it put to that value - you can write this string out whatever it represented custom %% are translated, %SystemRoot% and other environment strings are not you useally dont need a " with the first 4 parameters, only the last parameter (5/"whatever_string_is_here\\Support\\i386") can need " - depends installer.zip

fileextd.dll its a old rare file that provide some functions that xp useally dont have - it can be seen as kernel extender i dont know its origin either some say its from the xbox and a official file while other say its a handmade file by someone maybe we get some more information about it what i know is that it is shown as used library on microsofts website: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winbase/nf-winbase-getfileinformationbyhandleex then "Kernel32.lib; FileExtd.lib on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP"

that all are working on xp ? it would make sence to use a dll file for each of these pieces

j7n seems already figured it out, as thought it´s nothing special to draw/show a "new version" would provide that´s why specific data is like stolen from your computer like the OS, x32-x64 mode, browser version then their server refuse connection - while the code would work - while the display also would show everything (the trick to then display a false error message or making a crash is a old trick to try to hide the real concerns) so it was exactly what we thought the thing with bot´s are that they are not limited to a version - special these are getting upgraded and with "Ki-like" improvements they are sometimes not to detect either way so you have forum moderators to keep the things clean of something like this and there are bot detectors already - if these fail, very likely a version check also fails so i dont think its a security concern rather the common establishment of new versions (where they then have rights to login into your computer) its not different from the pedophile or terrorist question it is not made for that - its a gate opener for them (such as company interests - that dont care about privacy concern for example, or want to sell your specific information (what is worth up to million of dollars) as i already wrote in a different topic - they not doing that for these things they are trying to find a spot like "now win10 can happen, now win11 can happen" -> read terms of use -> if it not standing there no problem next terms of use its like a cut they trying to create this progress was seen over many many years for now - so they overtaken many many spots (and placed company interests - not pedophiles, not terrorists, no security concerns) and as i wrote at some point if everybody would have a webcam at home 24/7 you might find 1 pedophile, a terrorist or maybe even a bot but thats not what they really want the relation is far to off that it could be that the logic is far more simple -> open me the gate and yaaaa there could be pedophile, terrorist or a bot somewhere, wait did you say domestic violence ? sure this certainly was the reason now we can do this its a fault to think always from 1 to many or from a few to many thats part of their "trick chest" who is interested what that website really is doing, j7n seems to have tested it out: https://www.whatismybrowser.com/detect/what-is-my-user-agent/ oh i forgot - thats things a company never should have the right to do so - if something is going on its a police or higher concern you guys litterally give company everything about you - just if the right "keywords" are used and the companys have lawers, influencers also people at the police and politics - so they are trying exactly this somewhat somehow and something about banking - its not the win7 winxp users that have these problem - known problems who have this are happening in win10 or maybe now win11 (you can google how many data or things in this relation are happening like every day) and the majority are not the elders OS´s to say my clear meaning again these are not questions for company´s, these things are police stuff like placing a hidden camera (but then you would you say company come in ?) company´s are not allowed to do so ... but they are coming - hidden - slowly - and step by step more having these things - and this problem we just talked about is something like this - over what a such thing they place these things "open me the gate"

i think we will soon have answers, maybe its a version check - there would be the chrome version or the winhttp request that contains the os name (both can be changed) then a version changer will open the website up, if not we will see "what´s so very special" that this website wants to display but i think its nothing special a programm like that really would raise questions a great lack of compatibility - i also dont know whats worse a programm like that or a browser like that both would be a mental illness and great lack of programming skill

that website https://forum.zdoom.org/ might be some bull.... it dont open for me at all this machine is on a win7 + all upgrades version - having chrome and firefox and IE11 a website what dont open on many varieties useally is just bull.... there used to be such problems in the past only a certain browser, only a certain version, maybe only a certain os it raise questions what the website even wants to display - i guess its nothing special and chrome v138 should be by FAR enough to display well whatever its also getting off-topic - but something went wrong here - and its not just a browser problem

you could try a shortcut and giving it that parameter you want: https://superuser.com/questions/29569/how-to-add-command-line-options-to-shortcut#29571 it works very much like the createprocess method, so it might also work for a shortcut with a parameter

for me chrome was a big problem because it tooks 2 weeks to compile up, this is bad when you want to write something or testing the code then the next problem was that the vm snapshots (only a few) already took up the 2 TB limit. so work was limited for example i could not compile a extra debug version (the compiler optimization can make problems) also when clicking around they are more time consuming if they take time because these sum up windows 10 also is not the fastest horse, it has a lot a background activity - also it force upgrades neither if you dont want them nor you know they dig into your computer in total these things then sum up all together - when you have limited time it gets a even bigger problem to install some new VS2022 compiler and win11 would take to much up - while a better computer still just could "eat it up anyway"

what you wrote rather describe a small console where you can enter a executables name + that parameter the createprocess function can do exactly this, so this might be a question for a plugin someone writes that is doing that that %s is useally something for translate a string with something called printf with %s it knows that is a string it either gets translated before given as parameter (then you not fine) or the programm that reads that parameter untranslated with %s (then you are fine) for a dll there would be the rundll.exe question

these executables (processes) useally just use the parameters given to them having a compling code that means you could write the createprocess() function with a parameter that then can be readed out by the next process (in this case ytdl) the parameter might just be a string to that file like C:\info.ini the program(ytdl) then reads out this from the parameter

it sounds to me someone is trying to make a windows 2000 support for this, or at least it would go that direction i once told sam and dibya what i think about that the GetLogicalProcessorInformation is available in windows xp with SP3 that one contains also NUMA information (SYSTEM_LOGICAL_PROCESSOR_INFORMATION structure) NtQuerySystemInformation( "SystemLogicalProcessorInformation", buffer, *len, len ); maybe "SystemNumaProcessorMap": https://www.geoffchappell.com/studies/windows/km/ntoskrnl/api/ex/sysinfo/numa.htm many mothersboards dont have more of NUMA´s, it used to be an second socket for a second (or more then 2 cpu sockets) - with own wires to extra ram (like the RAMBUS-RAM (rd-ram) used to do this) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-uniform_memory_access that in win2000 ? raise questions if you want the file what was about to being made for firefox i sended you a private message it may not contain that specific function, however it shows a different way to get this value and give a idea how the ntoskrnl is holding it https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/sysinfoapi/nf-sysinfoapi-getlogicalprocessorinformation if you really want to have this reaction you have to make a ntoskrnl kernel extender here is a implementation from doxygen { ULONG MaxEntries, Node; PSYSTEM_NUMA_INFORMATION NumaInformation = (PSYSTEM_NUMA_INFORMATION)Buffer; /* Validate input size */ if (Size < sizeof(ULONG)) { return STATUS_INFO_LENGTH_MISMATCH; } NumaInformation->HighestNodeNumber = KeNumberNodes - 1; /* Compute how much entries we will be able to put in output structure */ MaxEntries = (Size - FIELD_OFFSET(SYSTEM_NUMA_INFORMATION, ActiveProcessorsAffinityMask)) / sizeof(ULONGLONG); /* Make sure we don't overflow KeNodeBlock */ if (MaxEntries > KeNumberNodes) { MaxEntries = KeNumberNodes; } /* If we have entries to write, and room for it */ if (Size >= FIELD_OFFSET(SYSTEM_NUMA_INFORMATION, ActiveProcessorsAffinityMask) && MaxEntries != 0) { /* Already set size we return */ *ReqSize = FIELD_OFFSET(SYSTEM_NUMA_INFORMATION, ActiveProcessorsAffinityMask) + MaxEntries * sizeof(ULONGLONG); /* For each node, return processor mask */ for (Node = 0; Node < MaxEntries; ++Node) { NumaInformation->ActiveProcessorsAffinityMask[Node] = KeNodeBlock[Node]->ProcessorMask; } } else { /* We only returned highest node number */ *ReqSize = sizeof(ULONG); } return STATUS_SUCCESS; }