Need help, problem connecting to Slack with Pidgin

[kuja killer]

Hello, i use the program called "pidigin" to use Slack and Discord since it wont work in browsers for me in Windows XP. Things are fine with discord, but slack is having problems since about 1 month ago where it wont connect because of an certificate error. It first happened a month ago, and just randomly decided to work after a few hours and was fine ever since, until just tonight where the same error message has come up again. And it just wont ever connect now.

I posted about this on the original github "issues" site where i downloaded the slack plugin from here explaining this, and showing the debug window contents about what it said reguarding these certificate errors. I dont know if im ever going to get a response there anytime soon, if at all even.

https://github.com/dylex/slack-libpurple/issues/176

The reason im posting here is in case i get a faster response here on what to do about this. I already have attempted to do the roots update procedure from this thread here: I used the program from the mediafire link to get the latest certificate files

https://msfn.org/board/topic/175170-root-certificates-and-revoked-certificates-for-windows-xp/

But sadly it didnt help with pidgin and slack. Do i need an updated copy of this "dst root ca x3" , "ISRG Root X1", and/or "R3" to get the program to work somehow ? (based on what the debug information showed that i posted on the github page above. If so, where would i find these exactly ? Since the root updater program did not address it apparently. I'm hoping some people with more experience on the matter will know what to do.

I tried to export all these certficates via serpent browser, and importing them into pidgin manually with it's certficate manager, but it doesnt help... 

https://i.ibb.co/QkMBmvh/cert-list.png

I have a screenshot to show what this looks like:

 

edit: I just got it to work somehow. I tried copying those 3 certficate files i got from the browser, and put them in the "ca-certs" folder of the main Program Files Pidgin folder instead of the "application data" directory where pidigin stores its settings, and it managed to work. I dont know if it's going to hold up though or for how long, but im happy now.

Edited March 14, 2023 by kuja killer