NotHereToPlayGames

Copy the FOLDER NAME, delete the FOLDER, then create a *FILE* with the same exact NAME but *without* any file extension. Windows will not allow a FOLDER and a FILE by the same exact NAME. The presence of the FILE *prevents* the folder of the same name from being created. ie, you will never have to delete the folder ever again because it cannot be created.

ie, will the win32k.sys file get you what you need? or is the KB....... that it was pulled from required?

I have at least ONE in your list. BUT please note that I did not do XP Updates in the past by way of KB....... files. I slipstreamed from well-known Update Packs so I technically have this/these as a "WIN32K.SY_" file inside an XP install disk's "I386" folder. It's just a zip-compressed "win32k.sys" so 'inside' is the untouched file embedded inside an Update Pack.

Go to your Windows Updates settings and set your ACTIVE HOURS to the hours that you do not want machine reboots to occur during. Reboots due to updates will only occur OUTSIDE of the "active hours".

For XP and Vista, you will also very likely need "VMware Tools 10.0.12". They can be found at the Internet Archive - BUT since they seem to also contain items in violation of MSFN forum rules, I feel it best to not "link" them here. Google/Bing/DuckDuckGo for "archive.org vmware player 12.5.9" then do "parent directory" browsing until you stumble upon "VMware Tools 10.0.12". Some people label them as "legacy" or "preVista". edit: have not used, I tend to stick with VirtualBox versions 5.1.22 and 7.0.26 as I have my system configured to use BOTH OF THEM at the same time. I use 5.x for everything except Win11 testing, which needs 7.x (maybe 6.x, don't recall) or higher. and on second thought, the archive.org links "should" be safe to post here at MSFN. according to Wikipedia, VMware has been *FREE* since mid-2024 (news to me, free is why I've always used VirtualBox instead).

I really think it is time for you to stop festering roytam over your YouTube playback issues. Roytam has replied and you keep festering, festering, festering. @Dave-H - can you please add this to your "watch list"?

It is possible that the SP3 you used for comparison was somehow corrupted. On my hardware, SP3 was indeed "faster" than SP2. I am not a "gut feeling" type of guy. I took quantifiable and repeatable measurements that led me to using SP3 over SP2. Hard facts that were repeatable. No "gut feeling", no "placebo effect". That's not to say that you are "full of it", lol, it is POSSIBLE that SP2 is "faster" on your hardware. Just saying that was not the case back in the day when I compared the two. One POSSIBLE factor is that I *never* install a Service Pack 'on top of' an existing installation - I SLIPSTREAM IT INTO MY INSTALLATION DISK. Then FORMAT and INSTALL brand new.

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If you ***REALLY*** want your video playback looked into, it's kind of ON YOU to do some LEGWORK in NARROWING IT DOWN. *Shoot the messenger* all you want. But that really is the reality of the situation. We (you!) need to tell roytam "playback WORKS in this month-day-year release, but it is BROKEN one week later with the month-day+7-year release".

I've never done what you are attempting, I admit, so I am only going by "educated guess". We use Acronis at work for the task you are attempting. But it's also one of those things we only need to do once every 18 months or so. We all forget the process and have to reinvent the wheel every time.

Did originally. Forgot as time went on, lol. If it were me, my next step would be to uninstall your current version of VirtualBox (which I have to assume is "new") and drop down to the 5.x branch. I'd have to research further, but you want a version that PRE-DATES hardware capabilities like "TPM". Just a hunch...

This sounds "too easy" of a fix, but I'll go ahead and say it out loud -- have you tried booting into "safe mode"?

Or this -- https://backupchain.com/i/vhd-to-vhdx-vmdk-vdi-physical-disk

Try this -- https://sourceforge.net/projects/vmma/

@roytam1 I believe that he is asking not about xpi min-ver issues, but rather his issues with video playback in Serpent.

I am on GitHub. But... You won't like this answer. I technically no longer subscribe to "keep XP alive" or "keep 7 alive". The endeavor is a great endeavor, don't get me wrong. But what we end up with instead is spoon-feeding a sect of society that *CAN* afford a newer mode of internetting (and most even confess HAVING NEWER) but think that they are somehow "entitled" to the rest of the world keeping their XP or 7 capable of "everything".

Nope. I run v140 (OT to Supermium but you did specifically call out "all Chrome variants", so it seems this time that OT = On Topic) and the Recently Closed Tabs is dead-on accurate. I've never had to use the Hamburger for the purpose of recent history.

Agreed!

You wouldn't have that "problem" if you didn't spend 'all your time' to go through *ALL* posts by your 'favorite people' and post "likes" to content in JANUARY OF 2022 for NO REASON other than it was one of your "favorite people". "Kids these days..." edit: when you're done with all the "likes" for your 'favorite people', I'd kind of suggest you (and the other's that "do this") at least kind of EVEN THE SCORE by doing the SAME for folks like roytam, feodor, tihiy, et cetera.

Or this - https://we.tl/t-ylPF9H93J1?utm_campaign=TRN_TDL_05&utm_source=sendgrid&utm_medium=email&trk=TRN_TDL_05 Which should be able to be reduced to this - https://we.tl/t-ylPF9H93J1

Or this - https://wetransfer.com/downloads/9bab3811acea85f9318f5059facfd2bf20251126144128/37cf976ca8e3b4c5f81832a2a3df7a5b20251126144220/5d5110?trk=TRN_TDL_01&utm_campaign=TRN_TDL_01&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sendgrid

Try this -

Apparently upload.ee does not allow Guerrilla Mail addresses because upload is 100% complete but NO EMAIL for download has arrived.

In-process. Upload speed is very slow.