Windows 10: XP SP3 VM -- installing updates!!!!!

Hi thanks for the input. Indeed, we are just running XP in VM for fun and memories. I stopped using XP when Vista was released. Will look at what you have said.

 

Hi folks

strange here

but my WinXP system is actually installing updates !!!
Maybe I had an old file that contained the updates but don't think so !!





Cheers

jimbo

:)

 

Windows 10 error with DLL after startup

Yes Alberto. I tried in both virtual machines.

Windows 10 VM # 1: (no error message + no Food Processor). I tried to install the Food Processor as administrator in Compatibility mode Windows XP SP3 and it does not install. I know this worked fine in Windows 8.1

Windows 10 VM # 2: (error message + Food Processor). I run the software as administrator in compatibility mode Windows XP SP3 and it runs fine. But the error message still appears at reboot.

Again, I just want to fix the error message in VM # 2 or being able to install the software in VM # 1.

 

Special upgrade circumstances

1. I currently have WIN 7 Pro with an VM XP SP3. Will this upgrade keep my VM SP3?

2. I can run x32 programs (Office 2003 pro and VB6) in WIN 7 Pro. Will I still be able to run these programs in the WIN 10 OS?

Thanks

 

hmm Ill have to check that on mine, will need to reinstall VMware.

 

All the files for updating XP are still located at Microsoft servers, including Microsoft Update Catalog. This is why the updates are still found. *Smile

 

I recently took my WinXP w/SP3 out of 2 years of storage and it also did some updates after connecting.

 

I think Microsoft released an update for XP during the wannacry scare.

 

Download Security Update for Windows XP SP3 (KB4012598) from Official Microsoft Download Center

 

My XP isn't updating:

 

That update Barman58 linked seems to make the assumption SP3 is already installed. Mine was and got the update without problem. SP3 was the last for WinXP.

 

I stopped using XP years before it went into EOL (April 8, 2014), I'm guessing that you are running that in a VM, I would look at your update history and see if you have any updates dated after that. Microsoft released the update for wannacry (smb 1 vulnerability) for all activated XP users still connected to the net with auto update enabled.

5/15/2017 - Download Security Update for Windows XP SP3 (KB4012598) from Official Microsoft Download Center

Windows XP Service Pack 3 KB936929
Microsoft Update Catalog

After XP's EOL Microsoft sold extended support and updates to large Corporation's and Government's for multi millions of dollars each for one year, Some clever people found a way to avoid paying with a simple registry hack.

Interesting FYI:
Some of those corporations were bank's, Yes when you stick your bank card into a debit machine it is highly likely that it is still running a XP based OS. (search: "jackpotting bank machines news" to learn more about the latest vulnerability -- please only go to reputable news sites you may get hacked otherwise)