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[gelius]

I need new version electrum for windows xp.
How I can get this?

[BitMaxz]

I think the latest version of electrum will work on windows xp try to download it here https://electrum.org/#download
And let us know if its working or not if not the only version of electrum that i know will work with electrum is version 2.6.x
But low version is too risky to use right now due to critical electrum vulnerability here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2702103.0
So if the latest version didn't work much better to upgrade your os to windows 7 to be able the electrum could work..

[pooya87]

if you have any issues with newer version of windows (like your computer being old) then check out linux. there are light distributions of it that you can install and enjoy a fast and more importantly up to date environment without any backdoors like windows, specially XP.

have you even heard of Ubuntu? it has light versions called Lubuntu and Xubuntu https://lubuntu.net/
i always suggest these since Ubuntu has a big community and it is easy to find the answers to your questions just by searching.

as for Electrum, versions from 2.6 to 3.0.3 are affected by a rather serious bug and you should try your best to upgrade to latest version because using much older versions you will end up with some other bugs which were fixed. read this for a list of the things that were fixed: https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES

there is another option which you can choose. but i suggest giving linux a try first and if nothing worked then try this, specially because it is going to be hard:
https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/tree/2.9.x
the vulnerability was fixed and back-ported to version 2.9.4. the team didn't release any binaries so you would have to compile it yourself https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/blob/2.9.x/contrib/build-wine/README which may not be as easy as it sounds.

[gelius]

Electrum 3.0+ not work in windows xp.
I have win 7, win 8, win10, linux and macos. But this time i need Electrum 3.0.5 for windows xp.
Who can help me?

[HCP]

Is there are specific reason you need v3.0.5? Or are you just wanting to get the "fix" for the JSONRPC vulnerability?

If you just want the fix, it has been backported to a 2.9.4 release... There aren't any binaries available that I know of, but the 2.9.4 source is available here: https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/releases

And you can actually run from this source code (ie. "uncompiled") in Windows XP... I just setup an XP Pro 32bit VM and tried it... It is a bit fiddly... But it works.

Basically:
- install Python 2.7 from here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2714/
I'd suggest the .msi x86 installer (https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.14/python-2.7.14.msi)... DO NOT use Python 3!
I'd also recommend leaving default install path as C:\Python27

- install PyQt4 from here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/pyqt/files/PyQt4/PyQt-4.11.4/PyQt4-4.11.4-gpl-Py2.7-Qt4.8.7-x32.exe/download
That's the latest precompiled binary for PyQt4 I could find... It works
You need to use same install path as Python installer (ie. C:\Python27)

- Setup the system environment variables, ie. add C:\Python27 to PATH

- Download and extract the Electrum 2.9.4 source code .zip from here: https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/releases

- open up a command prompt (Start -> run -> cmd)

- change directory to where you extracted the Electrum 2.9.4 source code

- Run the following commands:

Code:

C:\Python27\python setup.py install

This should download and install the necessary python libraries if any are missing

Code:

C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\PyQt4\pyrcc4 icons.qrc -o gui\qt\icons_rc.py

Compiles some icons

You should then be able to start Electrum using:

Code:

C:\Python27\python electrum

[gelius]

Is there are specific reason you need v3.0.5? Or are you just wanting to get the "fix" for the JSONRPC vulnerability?

Yes, i have specific reason.
I need electrum for qtum https://github.com/qtumproject/qtum-electrum.
This is based on the new version.

[HCP]

Well... Apparently doing the same process but with Python3.4 and a compatible version of PyQt5 *seems* to make Electrum v3.0.5 work... As in, the window opens up and it seems to read a wallet. BUT:

I offer no warranty that everything is actually working. This is completely UNTESTED! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!?!

Get Python 3.4.4 here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-344/

Get a compatible version of PyQt5 here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pyqt/files/PyQt5/PyQt-5.5.1/

Electrum v3.0.5 source is here: http://download.electrum.org/3.0.5/Electrum-3.0.5.zip

Install Python to C:\Python34
Install PyQt5 to C:\Python34
Extract Electrum source to C:\Electrum-3.0.5

Open command prompt:

Code:

cd C:\Electrum-3.0.5

Code:

C:\Python34\python setup.py install

Code:

C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\PyQt5\pyrcc5 icons.qrc -o gui\qt\icons_rc.py

Code:

C:\Python34\python electrum

[gelius]

Thank you.
Maybe you know how build  standalone executable?