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People usually have problems with the W7 and Electrum, and I have to admit I can’t remember anyone asking for an opinion on the ancient XP. From what I read, the version that should theoretically work with XP is quite old, and as we know all versions below 3.3.4 should not be used due to vulnerabilities to phishing, and versions below 3.0.0 had some other vulnerabilities.

Anyway, I wouldn't recommend you go in that direction - but if you still want to try there is some useful information here - although I don't know if they are still relevant considering that the thread is from 2018.

use electrum in windows xp

Try something below v3.0.0?

Electrum was shifted to Python3 (3.5.X) by then and the support for Python in WinXP has already ended with ,3.4.X, I believe. You can do some dubious modifications to make it work, by manually installing the dependencies but you won't really get anything done with it.

Quote from: ranochigo on May 13, 2021, 02:28:02 PM

Try something below v3.0.0?

Electrum was shifted to Python3 (3.5.X) by then and I believe the support for Python in WinXP has already ended with 3.4.X, I believe. You can do some dubious modifications to make it work, by manually installing the dependencies but you won't really get anything done with it.

Isn't 3.0.0 close to the cutoff for connections due to the phishing attack or have servers been made to connect with older versions again?

@OP can you dualboot? I have a laptop I switch hard drives in from win7 to ubuntu depending on the task and stuff seems to work when I do that - I'm fairly sure an old XP Desktop can Boot off just about anything (even an sd card, which later builds can't).

You're also going to have to keep an eye on the security issues if you expect to use XP long term. I'd also look at if it's possible to host something like virtual box off an XP machine and then you can install win7 or win 10 on there but your system still fully relies on the security of XP.

Quote from: jackg on May 13, 2021, 02:59:17 PM

Isn't 3.0.0 close to the cutoff for connections due to the phishing attack or have servers been made to connect with older versions again.

Even worse. It is before the JSONRPC exploit, first post clarified that already.

No one should really be using Windows XP for anything, really. There are just too many exploits on XP after its EOL and Electrum. Not sure why OP wanted to use it, didn't ask as OP stated it in the post.

There is a source code patch for Python 3.5 available at https://gist.github.com/PolarNick239/5168c2bbf2731171bc190a465cc4d052 to make it run on Windows XP, but you'll have to compile Python from source.

Assuming that does succeed the last Electrum that supports Python 3.5 is version 3.2.4, which has phishing patches but can't connect to servers nonetheless because of a separate Denial of Service vulnerability (only versions 3.3.0 and later can connect to servers).

Perhaps the patch will also work on Python 3.6, which will also allow you to use the latest Electrum version.

Quote from: vinca BK. on May 13, 2021, 07:48:12 PM

I see it doesn't support segwet address?

Unfortunately, no.
Electrum versions older than 3.0 do not support native SegWit:
https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES

Quote from: vinca BK. on May 13, 2021, 07:48:12 PM

I don't care about security, because I know what I'm doing,

It is like closing your eyes while crossing the street because you know what you're doing. But why put yourself in harm's way in first place. Why use an ancient operating system full of flaws and security holes (instead of harder to use but safer Linux) with an old Electrum version that also had bugs and security flaws that are fixed in new versions?

I strongly recommend pursuing Linux installation more. If you couldn't do it on Mint then use another OS, for example Ubuntu has a lot of light flavors like LUbuntu.

Quote from: NotATether on May 13, 2021, 05:51:24 PM

I also found portable Python 3.6 for Windows (at https://sourceforge.net/projects/portable-python/files/Portable%20Python%203.6.5/) where the author made this claim

Quote from: https://sourceforge.net/projects/portable-python/files/Portable%20Python%203.6.5/

Portable Python Contains
+ Python 3.6.5 from Python.org
+ PyScripter
+ Python PIP Package PreInstalled

Requirements
+ Windows XP - May work haven't tested.
+ Windows 7 or above

And i also found Python 3.7 explicity for windows XP (https://msfn.org/board/topic/177972-python-371-for-windows-xp/). It's hosted on free 3rd party file hosting, so you might want to grab it quickly.

P.S. Since it's from unofficial source, you need to trust the author not to do anything malicious. If i were you, i won't even try it and rather use Linux or buy new computer.

Older Electrum wallets may not be safe to use and they can have bugs and exploits.
Instead of using Gates archaic Windows XP, you should switch to Linux OS and there are even Windows clones like Zorin OS that is based on Ubuntu but looks like Windows.

Here is step-by-step Electrum Zorin OS Installation Guide:
https://tutorialforlinux.com/2020/12/03/step-by-step-electrum-zorin-os-installation-guide/

All this effort to get outdated versions of Electrum running on outdated versions of Windows... to discover that your outdated version of Electrum won't connect to any servers, thereby rendering it pretty much useless for anything other than possibly extracting a seed and/or private keys from a wallet (maybe) Undecided

Seems like an awful lot of wasted time and effort... that might be better spent learning how to use Linux... especially if you are going to persist with using older hardware that isn't capable of running modern Windows OSes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Just a little observation about what I noticed on the sample of your screen - in the upper right corner is a document that is probably your seed, and one of the important lessons is that such sensitive information is not stored in digital form unless properly protected. Consider saving your backup in a safer way Wink