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I am still running Windows XP and want to access whatsapp web ( web.whatsapp.com). Obviously I cannot get to the latest and greatest versions of browsers on Windows XP (Firefox, Chrome, IE and Edge all have EOSC End of software cycle) and this thing intently wants to ensure you have the latest and greatest of OS and browser.

What I did:

  • Downloaded portable Firefox: Does not run on Windows XP.
  • Changed User agent with all perms and combos but it gives me either unsupported browser OR upgrade chrome version or if I say I am Latest Edge on Windows 10 it says the following with a link to a Facebook site:

“Sorry, something went wrong. We're working on getting this fixed as soon as we can."

Is there anything I can do to spoof something to get this to work?

I don’t want to upgrade to Windows 7. It isn’t worth the time and the laptop is a bit oldish for Windows 7.

Other than of spoofing OS and browser string components, how can it detect the spoof?

gronostaj
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user1874594
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You must upgrade your operating system whether you wish to or not. I am posting this from XP Pro using Chrome.

But the highest version of Chrome (using it here) is V49.

Whatsapp requires V60 and that will not run in XP.

So if you wish to run XP, you are limited to what it can do.

If you wish to run modern Apps, you must upgrade. There is no other alternative.

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If you wish to stay with XP, a solution that will work for you is to install an Android emulator. The emulator will act as an Android phone running on Windows.

The steps to follow are:

  • Visit the Bluestacks website and download the emulator
  • Install the Bluestacks emulator
  • Run the emulator and Add your google account
  • Find and install the WhatsApp application
  • Verify your WhatsApp account
  • Enjoy WhatsApp on PC.

For detailed instructions and screenshots see the article
WhatsApp Free Download for Laptop (Windows 10/8/7/XP).

harrymc
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You are lucky, on 2023 as far as you have SP3 on your Windows XP you can use a supported fork (Mypal68) of Firefox 68 that allows to run Whatsapp web.

Though Whatsapp only requires a FF above 60 and Mypal is a 68 Whatsapp detects the "Mypal" string and asks for an upgrade.

Just change the useragent to pretend to be the official FF68.

MyPal https://github.com/Feodor2/Mypal68/releases

User-Agent Switcher and Manager: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-string-switcher

Daniel Perez
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