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@Tihiy There's another minor issue: sometimes when I use alt+shift to switch input methods, there's a chance it fails to switch. I've tested the alt and shift keys, and they're functioning properly. I've also tried uninstalling third-party input methods and using Microsoft Pinyin input method, but I still encounter the same issue.

I'm sorry, I didn't get the meaning of that. Can you explain it?

Quote from Readme: I checked and noticed the following. The contents of the RamDisk are preserved even after rebooting to XP and back. But if the PC is turned off (Even for a short time), the information is permanently deleted. That is, within the framework of a working session, you can safely make reboots, including rebooting in XP and returning back, and the information on the RamDisk remains. However, this does not work if RAMDRV4M is used on top of RAMDSK64 (which may be necessary if you need to copy something to RamDisk already at the DOS stage). It only works when using the pure RAMDRV4M variant. But it still works well. My checks showed complete data safety (based on the results of checking checksums) even after returning from WinXP. In XP itself, of course, PAE\PSE is disabled (Not used).

Subject: uBlock Origin Legacy 1.16.4.35 Homepage/support link of the BPCF filter list changed via auto-update. The former GitLab link has of course become obsolete, too. Forgot to change it! Offline change in next version. And don't forget getting and applying the update immediately can be triggered by the function "Purge all caches" and "Update now"! Then reload the dashboard page! Greetings, AstroSkipper

Mass Production.

Mass Shooting.

Adding a screenshot for those who don't have a github account or can't stand "sarcasm" from github users.

He might be rebasing his build on top of Supermium now as Chromium updates every 5 minutes and keeping up with it must be crazy and that was probably the most efficient way to catch up and it presented the opportunity to make a build that runs on XP. Still, are there any other Chromium builds with that specific patchset? They do make it a unique build.

Utilizing Spt & NM approximately 50% for (pre-)listening & collecting music, i do share your disappointment - but not the frustration: i stopped using YT completely (access only directly via youtube-dl), no more soundcloud, never a need for spotify at all, discogs only with noscript activated (works passibly): All albums & tracks i purchase at bandcamp (with nice pre-listening options), directly by the artists or (smaller) labels. By my guess, 99 % of the serious contemporary artists offer their work here (at least in my lucky case ).

Done, upvoted your post, as asked.

Shooting Range.

Yes it is. That's what "Alex F." (Thorium) wrote at his official github page. Not long after "Alex F." edited his profile and changed location from Russia to US. "I just tweak a few things, and do the necessary steps to remove Supermium branding..." He didn't, the maker himself did. Familiarize yourself with his statement. https://github.com/win32ss/supermium/issues/363#issuecomment-1998666719

I liked the presentation. Programming is really a royal PITA. Sometimes I forget about that.

While interesting project on its own, I can't get past that these super modern browsers in relation to old OS just feel weird and out of place on XP. Perhaps I'm too used to how they work in their native environment. I probably only have XP still installed because I hang on this forum too much... A lot of times these forums feel like people on them already know everything. I know some things but I'm too dumb for many others...funny how on forums it can easily happen, you post a question that apparently no one knows an answer to, and before you know it, in few short days, your thread is left behind on page #4 and counting. Even relatively frequent visitors probably won't be checking that far back, even if they might know something. Regarding legacy technology, that old WRT54GL router must have been the last truly legacy piece of technology I have. My PC got some old stuff, connectors like LPT, serial, even floppy, but then it can also run Win10 and even Win11, a least up-to December 2023 builds. That router is something else though, with processor speed measured in megahertz. But I'm not sure I can revive it, I had the idea to check those capacitors, just to see if they still work, but I still don't feel confident about desoldering them and don't want to bother anyone else with it. Though I think there's a good chance the power surge took out another more important component. Maybe I would have saved it if I dumped that power supply years ago, it was getting way too hot. Maybe that was best they could do back then, but I'm not sure...it was a budget router after all. Little money, little music. Kinda crazy times we live in, sometimes I think the digitalization has gotten out of hand. My car got a software update for its infotainment system last week. I also randomly discovered these types of units have a local database containing metadata about radio stations that you can manually update using a USB flash stick. https://www.phonostar.de/vw/en/download Who knew?

That's some bizarre jumping through hoops. Converting CSS directives expressed in em to px...WTF? Makes one question the *underlying code quality. Reminds of all the weird bugs in old games I used to patch...now I can't even see that x86 ASM crap anymore... Both Supermium and Thorium still feel like Win10/11 browsers with band aid to run on XP. [*] I meant Chromium's code quality in general.

On the bright side, I like the extended support for compressed archives. I've been using the good 'ol QTTabBar for several years now, it has the function to open folder in-place, a sort of popup with folder content appears if you click the down arrow that appears when hovering over certain spot with mouse near the folder. Extended support for such archives (7Z, TAR, RAR...) means the function works for peeking inside those as well, not just ZIPs. Is it an older printer? If it's semi-modern printer, chances are they could just print from their phones.

But you can't call it a clone either, for example Thorium has support for h265 and JpegXL. It may be useful for some people.

@Cixert Is your boot drive visible to the BIOS after you update?

No, they are the same emoticons, they rarely change in this top 100. They're just a little different for some reason. Win 10 already supports color emoji, in older OS you have to install an extension in your browser to make them colorful.

Why does respect to the gihub folks sound as sarcasm to you? What's wrong with respecting good developers?

Yes, I can also confirm this. But Thorium had been stuck with a very old, obsolete Chromium version which was officially supported on Windows 8, my OS at that time. Thorium couldn't move forward without Supermium, even one step. Folks on guthub had their fingertips worn off with questions about new version of Thorium, when it finally arrives, yet there was none, all until Supermium 119 or 120 arrived.

These sites are real pigs: YouTube, HDtracks and new Discogs (contains a mandatory YouTube window). Discogs announced with great fanfare how the dynamically loaded discography list would deliver an improvement in speed. What I used in the past to disable the embedded YouTube doesn't work anymore. Listening to 10x transcoded music is the last thing I want to do. New Moon is sitting with memory use oscillating between 1 gig and 2.5 gigs. I didn't think it could go over 2 gigs in 32-bit but apparently it can do large address. Nothing we can do about it I guess, but I want to express my frustration and disappointment. https://i.imgur.com/cnFBsY0.png

@roytam1 None of the storahci.sys drivers known to work in XP allow recognition of GPT disks. Tried after installing the GPT_Loader with both storport.sys from Win7 (disk not even listed in Device Manager) and storport from Win8 (disk listed in Device Manager but no volume detected). Same behavior even without installing the Paragon driver.