Topic: BTC Electrum script error Windows 7 (Read 234 times)

here is a reason: being stuck with windows for certain applications [...]

That's what VM's are for.

i haven't tested it but i can guess that it would be a lot slower to use a VM for what i am doing. for example whenever i run all my tests in Visual Studio 2019 it takes up about 4.5 GB memory which would be a lot slower inside a VM. there is also a lot of benchmarking that i am performing these days which could be unrealistic inside a VM.

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There is literally not a single reason to still use this outdated and insecure OS.

here is a reason: being stuck with windows for certain applications and not wanting to install the official Microsoft spyware known as Windows 10 Wink

Haha, yeah the OS is constantly tracking you, but unlike Google, Microsoft mostly adheres the old-school business model; i.e. the end user is the customer, not the product. Nevertheless, all that razzle-dazzle can be disabled by creating a local account.

I must admit, since I've been working from home two to three days a week, onedrive has been a lifesaver.

Is this how long it should take to boot?

Like pooya87 said, you're limited by the USB speeds of your PC. If you're using a desktop machine with room for another internal HD, I suggest you buy a separate SSD for your secondary OS. A 64GB SSD can be found for not much more than comparable USB stick. If you don't have room for another physical drive you can create a separate partition on your existing drive. Either way you choose to go, I recommend you encrypt the drive with a strong passphrase.

The advantage of separate physical drive is that you can set one as your primary boot drive in the bios, and even hide that secondary drive in Windows. Unless someone knows you have a separate drive they won't immediately be able to tell that another boot drive exists. That would only be a concern if you share your computer.

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Please. For the sake of your security. Stop using Windows 7.

There are multiple security mechanisms not present in windows 7, which are used in windows 10.
Windows 7 is extremely insecure. And it even was insecure before it reached its end of life in January.

There is literally not a single reason to still use this outdated and insecure OS.

I suppose if you disconnect a Windows 7 machine from the internet and remove the network interface cards/drivers then you could at least use it safely as cold storage, but only for cold storage.

Anyway:

KB2999226 is Universal C Runtime update, which is needed to run some programs that were developed with this toolkit. But this is not the reason why your Electrum installation failed to start, otherwise it would've produced a dialog saying The program can't start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-1-1-0.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem., whereas the error you are getting is Failed to execute script run_electrum.

If you still have access to the Windows 7 machine can you paste the entire error message and put it here? Specifically the stack trace that Python makes.

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here is a reason: being stuck with windows for certain applications [...]

That's what VM's are for.

[...] and not wanting to install the official Microsoft spyware known as Windows 10 Wink

With the security of an unlocked door, anyone can install spyware on a windows 7 machine.
So its a decision between microsoft and everyone who wants to spy.

I put Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 LTS on a 16gb sandisk extreme flash drive using YUMI but it takes 2.5 minutes to load.

Is this how long it should take to boot?

Usually not.
Ubuntu is one of the slower distributions, but 2.5 minutes seem too high.
But different flash drives do also achieve different read/write speed.

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persistence is for when you want your changes in the Live Linux to "persist" after shutting down.
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Yes, I had 800mb set but for some reason Ubuntu rememered nothing.

I used Ubuntu several years ago and it booted in less than a minute. I havent gone to older technology.

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There is literally not a single reason to still use this outdated and insecure OS.

here is a reason: being stuck with windows for certain applications and not wanting to install the official Microsoft spyware known as Windows 10 Wink

Is this how long it should take to boot?

you are booting an entire operating system from your USB disk so naturally the speed is limited by your USB disk speed in first place (eg. USB 3.1 is faster than a USB 2) and of course your computer hardware. generally it takes between 1 to 10 minutes to boot Ubuntu this way.

Quote from: Sidney986 on May 18, 2020, 09:40:36 AM

So I did the image again via YUMI and did option to set a persistent file size thinking Ubuntu needed space to write but it made no difference to the boot time.

persistence is for when you want your changes in the Live Linux to "persist" after shutting down. for example when you install and run Electrum on a live Linux from your USB with persistence and create a new wallet, it is stored and next time you boot the same way you will see your wallet again.
be careful though, make sure to encrypt everything and also make physical backup of your seed so that if the USB disk was damaged you won't lose your money.

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I put Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 LTS on a 16gb sandisk extreme flash drive using YUMI but it takes 2.5 minutes to load.

Is this how long it should take to boot?

So I did the image again via YUMI and did option to set a persistent file size thinking Ubuntu needed space to write but it made no difference to the boot time.

Is there a better way to make Ubuntu boot via flash drive? Roll Eyes

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Thank you.

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Which would be the best version of Linux to install to flash drive, I want something that boots fast just for the purpose of Electrum signing.

It doesn't really matter.
All of them take relatively the same time to boot (faster than windows).

Feel free to go with Debian, Mint or even Ubuntu. You can find quite a lot tutorials on the internet on how to install them onto a flash drive.

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Thank you for all the replies. Unexpected.

I was thinking of updating to windows 10 and keeping offline forever but as some of you state this may eventually require updates leaving me back to square one.

I have a little knowledge of creating a bootable offline Ubuntu so I think it would probably be best to download those regular images to flash drive and run Electrum offline via that method. I will check out the other option you gave when I have time to see if they may be better.

Much appreciated.

P.S

Which would be the best version of Linux to install to flash drive, I want something that boots fast just for the purpose of Electrum signing.

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Sidney986, What I can tell you is that your problem is not only because you use Windows 7, but the same problem can occur on Windows 10. Considering that this is a computer that does not have access to the Internet, you are very likely missing some of the updates. If you remember the last time you updated the OS, maybe this page can help you Microsoft Update Catalog.

Check this thread for more info and possible solutions.

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