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Hello to all again! Is there any modified driver for 8750m because I can't find working one.😕

Fellas, with all respect, I think it's too early to even think of old single core systems. I'm experiencing terrible memory leaks Dave wrote about, and that on a 2014 laptop with 8GB! We need to wait when @win32fixes the leak and only then he might probably give the patch to the Thorium guy.

As a technically interested person and die-hard Windows XP Professional 32-bit enthusiast , I installed Thorium on my very old and very weak computer for testing purposes only. My hardware and OS specs are: Windows XP Professional SP3 with all updates after SP3 and additionally all POSReady updates, an Intel Pentium 4 Northwood 2.80 GHz CPU (single core, 32 Bit), 1.5 GB SD-RAM and a NVIDIA GeForce 6200 graphic card. I am using the version Thorium_SSE2_122.0.6261.168_WINXP_x32 in portable mode. Nothing has been installed to avoid any compromising of my system. It was hard to adjust the browser settings and flags to load pages as it actually should be. I am using the extension uBlock Origin as I do in all my browsers to filter and block all crap. However, uBlock Origin had to be exactly adjusted to not interfere negatively the loading of websites. I will test Thorium for a while to see how it behaves on my very weak Windows XP computer. But in any case, I am also interested in experiences from other users with Thorium on old 32-bit computers.

I was totally off, downloaded from /thorium-win, rather than /thorium-legacy (xp builds are there). Actually posting from it now. It's *nearly* usable, possibly still syncing. BTW, haven't tried the latest Supermium build, i think the one i tried is 121.

last line missed when I copy from console buffer, but yes 373B3 is changed to 0x90 as well.

You should use the version Thorium_SSE3_122.0.6261.168_WINXP_x32.zip as your CPU supports the SSE3 instruction set at maximum. You can use the SSE2 version, too but I would try the SSE3 one first.

Ah, I somehow missed that. I've only tried Supermium (and Thorium) on a single-core ThinkPad T42, WinXP x86 SP3, Pentium M 745. It's the only real (bare metal) XP that I've not upgraged.

Fired up my Satellite A100 just for you (core solo t1350, 32-bit, single core). Supermium runs, but is unusable (nearly freezes with 100% CPU usage -- as advertised, win32 mentioned it needs 2 cores min.), Thorium (latest, all versions) is not recognized as a valid Win32 app (errors out, doesn't run). Might be my fault, though other browsers (Kafan Minibrowser, 360Chrome) run fine[ish. pretty slow]. Disregard, wrong windows version. Downloading/installing now, will update in a few mins Specs: XP 32 SP3, Core Solo T1350@1.86GHz, 4GB installed RAM.

I personally wouldn't generally advise attempting to use a one-line global font setting like you are doing. One line is never going to catch ALL circumstances.

@George King The issue is specific to two HP laptops. On a Dell Laptop, no error message, all is OK. This afternoon, I will test ListDisk on a desktop computer and post the result. I don't know what is specific to the HP laptops... Even with only the internal HDD, I get the message: Perhaps one idea, in the devices manager the SD card-reader is with IDE devices, not with USB devices: Regards

@roytam1 I think, that you miss a 90 at the end of this Dietmar Comparing files WINNT32U.DLL and ..\ENG-HACK\WINNT32U.DLL 000323CC: 75 EB 0003739E: 0F 90 0003739F: 84 90 000373A0: 43 90 000373A1: 07 90 000373A2: 00 90 000373A3: 00 90 000373AE: 0F 90 000373AF: 84 90 000373B0: 33 90 000373B1: 07 90 000373B2: 00 90 <==

JFX, Thank you very much!!!

NoDarkTooltips does that; font is always changed to system one

Yes, back on topic please, this thread is to specifically discuss the Thorium browser, not the relative merits and disadvantages of different operating systems. Back to the Digital Spy site problem yet again. I've now discovered that the missing icons are actually being caused by Stylus. If I switch off Stylus, the missing icons come back, but of course the page font is then wrong!

Personally, I would like to know about experiences of users who have installed Thorium under real (bare metal) Windows XP 32-bit on very weak hardware, especially equipped with a 32-bit (single-core) CPU like, for example, Pentium 4. Which Thorium version has been used? How does this browser behave there? How does the browser start? What does the loading behaviour of websites look like? What about performance and resource consumption in general? And above all, which settings and Chrome flags are used in those installations? It would be great to provide your hardware and OS specs when sharing any experience.

What I write is not a criticism of what you wrote. Readers will learn little about Thorium (but also for other browsers) if the most important issues consist of feature changes that are left to the developers. It would probably be more useful to develop advice/opinions on how to improve the default settings of the various browsers.

No sure if you still can disable defender online. This should work from WinPE/WinRE. Another Windows would need to run it with TrustedInstaller rights. Defender.cmd reg load HKLM\SOFT C:\Windows\System32\config\software reg load HKLM\SYS C:\Windows\System32\config\system reg import Defender.reg reg unload HKLM\SOFT reg unload HKLM\SYS Defender.reg Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFT\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] "SecurityHealth"=- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFT\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "SmartScreenEnabled"="Off" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFT\Microsoft\Windows Defender] "DisableAntiSpyware"=dword:00000001 "DisableAntiVirus"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFT\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Features] "TamperProtection"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFT\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection] "DisableRealtimeMonitoring"=dword:00000001 "DisableAntiSpywareRealtimeProtection"=dword:00000001 "DpaDisabled"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFT\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\MpCmdRun.exe] "Debugger"="NUL" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFT\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\MsMpEng.exe] "Debugger"="NUL" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFT\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\smartscreen.exe] "Debugger"="NUL" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFT\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System] "EnableSmartScreen"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFT\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender] "DisableAntiSpyware"=dword:00000001 "DisableAntiVirus"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFT\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\SmartScreen] "ConfigureAppInstallControlEnabled"=dword:00000001 "ConfigureAppInstallControl"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYS\ControlSet001\Control\CI\Policy] "VerifiedAndReputablePolicyState"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYS\ControlSet001\Services\SecurityHealthService] "Start"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYS\ControlSet001\Services\WinDefend] "Start"=dword:00000004 P.S: Not sure why I set SecurityHealthService to autostart, either there was a problem with disabling or it's a typo.

Agree, Disabled on this box, wouldn't recommend to others. Why IT couldn't schedule such tasks for downtime is a mystery. Anyhow, defragging isn't a thing for SSDs, TRIM takes a second or two. Posting from one now (it also runs a bunch of other OS). Thorium, which emits alpha particles and mild gamma rays, is mildly carcinogenic. Back on topic: anyone else dropping frames in YT under XP? Supermium seems to have the same issue,

yeah, tried upgrading from Win2000 to XP. Without patch it will pops out a message box of requiring Pentium processor and exit. as it runs cpuid by its own, patching kernel doesn't help.

Wow! Is this thread here about hardware? And performance comparisons between Win XP and Win 10? The answer is crystal clear: Definitely not! This thread should actually provide information about the Thorium browser. Thus, the last 7 posts are therefore completely off-topic. The reader will not learn anything worth knowing about Thorium here. No matter how you feel about this browser.

Well, on topic, process tamer 2.14 (which I now see comes in the portable zip of the link I first gave) works in my set up and helps me tame processor usage peaks in the latest version of mypal. I also use process lasso, which I find better suited for memory management, as its "always" priority class process settings sometimes freezes browsing apps (in my set up), while process tamer doesn't. That occasional freezing may not occur in mypal (I will try it - it's always good to have alternatives)

@genieautravail Can you tell me more about your error 21? I need to know details about that disk which is not listed using ListDisk. Currently it means your disk is unsupported, but I don't know where should I dig, when I don't know nothing about it and can't reproduce it.

I most definitely do not agree. Depends on just what the process is, of course. Real-time anti-virus "bloat", for example, slows your system down. PERIOD. Even if that anti-virus runs in only "one process" (most are several processes). My former company IT forced disk defrag periodically and we had no control on when it ocurred. Walk away from the computer for THREE HOURS when that is churning "in the background". Sure, the computer is "usable", but when you are accustomed to "fast and efficient", the slowdown is INFURIATING - so "walk away" is good "conflict avoidance". Yeah, our IT department is STUPID. Blame Singapore IT. Here is the office computer right after startup, before launching my several Ungoogled Chromium windows and other open-all-day applications. This is a fairly modern "business" laptop and runs well for such a high number of processes/threads - but my home computer and its 4th Gen i7 is, without a doubt, "faster" than this process-bloated 12th Gen i7.

@roytam1 Have you tested with the modded WINNT32A.DLL and WINNT32U.DLL, if the hack in ntoskrnl.exe against Bug Check 0x5D UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR is not necessary any longer Dietmar

Ok thanks for the explanation It is therefore not possible to keep the tooltips and the default Windows font (that SAB does not "touch")