To upgrade, completely remove the default Indy 9 components from the Delphi 7 IDE, delete the legacy source paths from your library environment options, and install the latest Indy 10 package. Use native Windows API (WinINet / WinHttp)
If your application must connect to modern, secure servers, you have three primary paths forward: Option A: Upgrade Indy 9 to Indy 10 inside Delphi 7 Delphi 7 Indy 9 Could Not Load Ssl Library
Note: Some custom builds are statically linked to MSVCRT – easier to drop DLLs and go. To upgrade, completely remove the default Indy 9
Download the indy_OpenSSL096m.zip or similar 0.9.6 builds from the Indy SSL Archive. Delphi 7 Indy 9 Could Not Load Ssl Library
You must find and use the legacy 0.9.6 binaries. These are often archived rather than hosted on main sites.