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Ah, good call...thanks for being so cool about it! I probably couldn't add much to the discussion, except to drunkenly type "WOO! CLAMAV IS THE BEST!" and scream like a banshee while waving my shirt in the air. It is nice to know there are specific threads for things like this...that makes it a lot easier to find what you're looking for, rather than combing through pages and pages and getting nowhere.

You might want to read this thread on AIMP Forum. ... Thanks, I can't read Russian , so I used: https://www-aimp-ru.translate.goog/forum/index.php?topic=69488&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=el&_x_tr_pto=wapp Having read the translation, I did not find answers as to why Vista SP2 support has been reinstated (but I'm not complaining, obviously ); the thread basically talks about AIMP-v5.x's inability to integrate with the OS under WinXP (i.e., establish 1) media file associations and 2) access to Windows Explorer's Context Menu ); and I was also reminded of XP's excellent file association editor, one thing I strongly lamented when I moved to Vista (on Vista+, it's quite a PITA to remove/delete already established file associations; I had to resort to a third party app ...).

... I acknowledge this thread has a broader focus on "Software Running on XP", so it's still fine by me , however, since the last two posts seem to pertain specifically to Anti-Virus software (and in particular to ClamAV), perhaps further discussion on these should be better continued in "our" specific thread below: https://msfn.org/board/topic/177099-which-antiviruses-are-known-for-a-fact-to-be-working-on-xp-sp3-as-of-2019/ ... where I believe ClamAV was also recently mentioned ... Just my 2c, ofc ...

It was done for compatibility with Linux, well, technically, WINE on Linux, pre-Windows 7 compatibility was not the goal, just the side effect. One post in the linked thread from my previous post was quoted here. I know not everyone understands Russian, I just posted the link to the source material, people may use whatever they want to translate.

Looks like XP and Vista were mentioned in the changelog for 5.10.2408 Beta 2. I see, didn't check before. You might want to read this thread on AIMP Forum.

146 KB.

The 360Chrome XP Skin is 61 KB.

The download page still says Windows Vista - Windows 11 for current version 5.11.2427. Is that an error? Missing APIs? If you navigate to AIMP's Old versions page for Windows, you'll hopefully see that Vista SP2 support was withdrawn, starting with v5.01.2358 (Release date: 28.12.2021), so @WinClient5270 was right to pick out v5.00.2344 (Release date: 09.11.2021) as the Vista EoS one ; however, in a move quite rare these days, Vista SP2 support was re-instated, starting with v5.10.2418 (Release date: 21.12.2022) ...

... Well, just for the heck of it , this afternoon I decided to revisit, more than a year ago since the last time, e10s on my St52 copy, putting to the test the most up-to-date release, i.e. v52.9.0 (2023-03-30) (32-bit) ... First, I made a full backup of my current, single-process, St52 profile; then, in about:config, I enabled below (hidden) pref: browser.tabs.remote.force-enable;true and toggled/modified prefs below: browser.tabs.remote.autostart;true extensions.e10sBlocksEnabling;false dom.ipc.processCount;2 After a proper browser restart, multiprocess was ON, with a maximum of 3 "basilisk.exe" processes inside Task Manager ; I used it that way for more than an hour, no dramatic changes in my configuration here (3GB of total RAM, 2 core CPU, 2007-era...), the browser was rock-steady overall ; but then I stumbled on a show stopper ; once inside an online post editor, like the one here on MSFN (I'm typing this on) or GitHub's issue/comment editor, the DEL and BACKSPACE keyboard buttons no longer work as expected there ... Say I type the word "test", and the caret (aka text cursor) is after the last "t": test| If I press BACKSPACE once, nothing happens; I would expect "t" to be deleted instead... Worse, if I press (inadvertently) the BACKSPACE button once more, the whole tab changes to the URL previously visited (in that tab), possibly resulting in typed content loss in the editor ... If I use the left arrow key (<-) to place the caret after "s": tes|t and then press the DEL button, again, nothing happens; I would expect "t" to be deleted instead, too... Both these annoyances can be worked-around via selecting the characters to delete with the mouse and pressing DEL button, but one has to be careful with the BACKSPACE button, plus one has to modify one's workflow (of years) to accommodate these e10s "bugs"... Are these shortcomings known to those that prefer multiprocess? Can they be mitigated? I've gone back to my single-process profile now, where both buttons in question behave as expected, still curious though ...

... Oh that ... I did pass by this post in the thread you linked originally, but must have not put 1+1 together at the time: In any case, I lost interest in whatever additional Artem had to say in that post, once the dreaded "WinXP is dead" was brought up ; which might be a true thing according to Microsoft, but, at the same time, gives out a lot about the app author's intentions towards EoS'ed WinOSes ... At the end of the day, hooray for WINE (on Linux) ! Of course, and no need to get defensive (if you did) ; I just pointed out that "I" can't read Russian and also included the "whatever" I used to translate it... All's fine ! Best wishes.

Hmm.... Can we finally hope for a chance now that ECMAScript related Pale Moon "villains" are able to be implemented a bit more easier in the future? https://repo.palemoon.org/MoonchildProductions/UXP/issues/2173 - JS: Parser frontend overhaul https://repo.palemoon.org/MoonchildProductions/UXP/pulls/2189 Seems also someone wants to give a second try towards this "villain" here: https://repo.palemoon.org/MoonchildProductions/UXP/issues/1691 - Dynamic Module impport

There are a few things to consider, but it should be possible. UEFI-only installation : Use bootloader from FlashBoot Pro or ESU update + graphic driver integration. NTOSKRNL_EMU : It will allow you to use backported generic USB 3.0, touchpad, and eMMC driver. You may have to backport other drivers by yourself.

Yes, here are images of the installation: After installation, the software ran successfully:

Yes, version 68.0.2.0 still works fine, although annoying notifications are shown when clicking on the taskbar icon.

The latest version of Panda Antivirus works on XP (somewhat, it's a bit buggy sometimes). I should mention that when I tested it I got a lot of false positives. I can't really say I'd recommend it. ClamAV supports anything from W95 and up I believe, although there's no automatic scanning. You would have to scan things manually with it.

Have you used this to compare rebuild 6 to rebuild 8?

Maybe take Steam’s advice. https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/6E66-54EC-3EFC-283C

The Luna Olive Green and Silver skins would both seem to be fairly easy - once time permits. Unsure on the Aero Trans Brushed Metal - I dislike "aero" and disable it on OSes that it pertains to. Aero is not "native" to XP, to the best of my knowledge, though I suspect it has been backported as making XP look like 7 used to be a "big thing" on many forums. Aero also doesn't exist in 10 or 11 - again, to the best of my knowledge. While it may be an order of "semantics", 10 does have a "transparency" effect but that's not really the same as "aero". I'm not a fan of "transparent" and "blurry" toolbars either. I want crisp and clear, not blurry and distorted. "To each their own", as the saying goes.

Greetings. Apologies if this has already been asked in some form or another, but text guides often get outdated or replaced with simpler means. Also I searched the forums beforehand and got no results. Most guides I found only use Windows 10. I was gifted an Acer C730 [GNAWTY] Chromebook a while back. I understand that Baytrail models support Windows 10 (I actually have it installed at the moment for software testing). However, I would like to downgrade to 7. If I cannot, I may have to move back to GalliumOS or some other lightweight Linux distribution. I keep finding mixed answers on various forums, but I've also seen a lot of people outright say others shouldn't because 7 is obsolete. I'm just doing it for fun, so I don't really care if it's obsolete. I just want to know if it would even be possible. If anyone here has already tested it before, what were your results? Could you document any driver issues you had? Thank you for reading.

Since we are talking about skins, I am wondering if you could make XP's Luna Olive Green and Sliver skins for 360Chrome.

Thank you so much! Glad to finally get a clear answer on this. This is a great starting point. I will consider trying this out in the upcoming weeks and document my results here.

you can install ie 2.01. ie 2.0 breaks windows system file.

Thanks for the info! I don't use an antivirus but have tried a few in the past. If I was forced into a situation where I had to use one, I'd take ClamAV every day and twice on Sundays, because it's good on resources. Never had any problems with it or good old ClamWin. Avast 4.8, until support ended for it, was also a fantastic antivirus. It seems a port is being maintained that is backwards compatible all the way to NT4. There are certain caveats based on the situation in which you wish to run it, but if the requirements are met the results should be terrific. https://oss.netfarm.it/clamav/

You could install it on XP? Here, installer spammed access violation errors and couldn't get to the installing part, got stuck at the page selecting type of installation (who knows, missing updates or something borked), but ZIP version indeed launched and could play a FLAC file and adding a podcast accessible via plain HTTP works. HTTPS could be problematic.

What you're thinking of is known as a passthrough. You'd essentially need 2 graphics card: one for the host (main OS), the other for the guest (VM). KVM/QEMU is usually the way it's done, and that requires a Linux setup unless things have changed. Probably be easier to just emulate in 86box, if the CPU is fast enough. Even if you could passthrough, say 9x; that doesn't mean a 1030 would work. You would need an age appropriate graphics card to passthrough, just as you would with a physical computer.

The download page still says Windows Vista - Windows 11 for current version 5.11.2427. Is that an error? Missing APIs?

No doubt that the same thing may happen if they managed to get Steam working beyond 2024 for Windows 7 using the same method they did for XP. Well, we'll see what happens this time.

I refuse to use Apple products whenever possible; I'm not a Google fan either but I'm unaware of any CFW that would be compatible for my phone. I've actually seen some people use virtual machines on their mobile devices to run Windows XP and lower, but never tried it myself. I think it would be nice for playing some old games on-the-go.

Yes, you are right, javascript engine at the 76 level. The goal is 78-79 level, left not so much to do.

Not really. Will depend largely on what version of Win10 you use. I prefer 2016 LTSB and WinReducerEX100. Other versiosn of Win10 will require much more, things like PowerShell scripts to get rid of "metro" bloat. I'm technically only about 90% in on my Win10 migration as I have encountered a small snag with .net frameworks being enabled out-of-the-box directly after install.

Got any particular forum in mind?

Thanks, yeah it had to be said, I'm tired of that trio of users saying hi to each other every day and then placing each other upvotes for their ego-boost, it looks very silly and spammy ! I used the Italian antivirus on my girfriend. She is my testing grounds. The amount of time it was used is very short. but I can say it's very light-weight, I know for sure because she runs on a very cheap Pentium CPU I bought for her on sale for 45 Euros in 2017. Pentium G(smth) - Kaby lake with fake cores. The one they use in office machines only.

How often do you see the "Win2k-basic-gray"? How often is the 360Chrome styling/skinning "above" versus "below"? Do you know the height of the "Win2k-basic-gray" title bar and did you decrease this height? Just curious in case I revisit a possible Win2k Theme.

I think you might be right. With very limited testing, rebuild 6 is HALF A POINT "faster" than rebuild 8 per Speedometer 2.1.

Nicely worded! And, did you already test Vir.IT eXplorer? I am interested in your results.

Yep, did the same, took some time off, got back today, and these users who write spammy-style "how do you do, me too" nonsense are still here, unfortunately ! But hey, on the bright side, didn't you see the Italian-made antivirus @jaclaz found for me ?

New build of BOC/UXP for XP! Test binary: MailNews Win32 https://o.rthost.win/boc-uxp/mailnews.win32-20230401-de147fa3-uxp-c867bd4fe-xpmod.7z BNavigator Win32 https://o.rthost.win/boc-uxp/bnavigator.win32-20230401-de147fa3-uxp-c867bd4fe-xpmod.7z My changes since my last build: - [Mail] Issue MoonchildProductions/UXP#2165 - Support ICU as shared library in packaging. (623c5a9f) - [Navigator] Issue MoonchildProductions/UXP#2165 - Support ICU as shared library in packaging. (a34b45ac) - [Mail] Issue MoonchildProductions/UXP#2165 - Follow-up: Simplify OS detection for MOZ_SHARED_ICU check. (2f5c6eeb) - [Navigator] Issue MoonchildProductions/UXP#2165 - Follow-up: Simplify OS detection for MOZ_SHARED_ICU check. (de147fa3) source repo (excluding UXP): https://github.com/roytam1/boc-uxp/tree/custom * Notice: the profile prefix (i.e. parent folder names) are also changed since 2020-08-15 build, you may rename their names before using new binaries when updating from builds before 2020-08-15. -- New build of HBL-UXP for XP! Test binary: IceDove-UXP(mail) https://o.rthost.win/hbl-uxp/icedove.win32-20230401-id-656ea98-uxp-c867bd4fe-xpmod.7z IceApe-UXP(suite) https://o.rthost.win/hbl-uxp/iceape.win32-20230401-id-656ea98-ia-93af9a0-uxp-c867bd4fe-xpmod.7z My changes since my last build: - [IceDove] Issue MoonchildProductions/UXP#61 - Add gkmedias to package-manifest (7030262) - [IceDove] Issue MoonchildProductions/UXP#2165 - Support ICU as shared library in packaging. (eb573dc) - [IceDove] Issue MoonchildProductions/UXP#2165 - Follow-up: Simplify OS detection for MOZ_SHARED_ICU check. (8c078b7) - [IceApe] Issue MoonchildProductions/UXP#61 - Add gkmedias to package-manifest (59acb26) - [IceApe] Issue MoonchildProductions/UXP#2165 - Support ICU as shared library in packaging. (767aa04) - [IceApe] Issue MoonchildProductions/UXP#2165 - Follow-up: Simplify OS detection for MOZ_SHARED_ICU check. (651a75b) source repo (excluding UXP): https://github.com/roytam1/icedove-uxp/tree/winbuild https://github.com/roytam1/iceape-uxp/tree/winbuild for UXP changes please see above.

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20230401-3219d2d-uxp-c867bd4fe-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20230401-3219d2d-uxp-c867bd4fe-xpmod.7z source code that is comparable to my current working tree is available here: https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commits/custom IA32 Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20230401-3219d2d-uxp-c867bd4fe-xpmod-ia32.7z source code that is comparable to my current working tree is available here: https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commits/ia32 NM28XP build: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230401-d849524bd-uxp-c867bd4fe-xpmod.7z Win32 IA32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230401-d849524bd-uxp-c867bd4fe-xpmod-ia32.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20230401-d849524bd-uxp-c867bd4fe-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win64-git-20230401-d849524bd-uxp-c867bd4fe-xpmod.7z Official UXP changes picked since my last build: - Issue #2176 - Don't reconstruct the parent when tearing down display:contents nodes with pseudo-elements. (dd2697172) - Issue #2175 - Fix build bustage in WebRTC. (1788589ca) - Issue #2155 - Split Nestable to ds/ and EmitterScope to EmitterScope.{cpp.h} (81691afbc) - Issue #2155 - Move NestableControl classes except ForOfLoopControl to BytecodeControlStructures.{cpp.h} (a8ac1cac3) - Issue #2155 - Move TryEmitter and ForOfLoopControl to TryEmitter.{cpp.h} and ForOfLoopControl.{cpp.h} (70e1654c3) - Issue #2155 - Add SwitchEmitter (2554a83d1) - Issue #61 - Reinstate buildability with shared gkmedias dll (371d7cf05) - Issue #61 - Place Skia in libxul (6b3767c44) - Issue #61 - Add configure option for non-windows platforms (924bf92e4) - Issue #61 - Add missing external symbol cubeb_set_log_callback to gkmedias symbols.def (c85f28b0c) - Issue #61 - Add missing external symbols for gkmedias when WebRTC is built (6b510a74e) - Issue #62 - Get --enable-shared-js and --enable-export-js working again, and fix link bustage related to ICU when doing shared lib (b171da18f) - Issue #62 - Fix xul.dll link bustage related to MovableCellHasher. (2c8387f4f) - Issue #62 - Fix xul.dll link bustage relating to JSErrorNotes. (6890cdd9a) - Issue #62 - Fix xul.dll link bustage related to JS::ubi::DominatorTree. (ed30a9646) - Issue #2165 - Build ICU as a shared library if we're building Spidermonkey shared. (bad884a7c) - Issue #2165 - Follow-up: Always build ICU as shared lib in Windows. (18e43fad2) - Issue #324 - Follow-up: Remove more traces of *INTL_API. (9ff14017e) - Issue #2165 - Disable LNK4217 and LNK4286 warnings when linking ICU as they're too spammy. (f09b0002e) - Issue #62 - Always build Spidermonkey as shared lib in Windows. (66eaa872f) - Issue #1831 - Add an option to enable TLS 1.3 "compatibility" mode. (ca93d4b42) - Issue #2180 - Add pref to control NSS TLS 1.3 protocol downgrade sentinel (dc4bf9b82) - Issue #2180 - Follow-up: Move sentinel check up a bit. (f6f0a495a) Official Pale-Moon changes picked since my last build: - [Pale-Moon] Issue MoonchildProductions/UXP#61 - Add gkmedias back to package-manifest (d7a120958) - [Pale-Moon] Issue MoonchildProductions/UXP#2165 - Support ICU as shared library in packaging. (f284afab4) - [Pale-Moon] Issue MoonchildProductions/UXP#2165 - Follow-up: Simplify OS detection for MOZ_SHARED_ICU check. (64bc4788e) Official Basilisk changes picked since my last build: - [Basilisk] Issue MoonchildProductions/UXP#61 - Add gkmedias to package-manifest (e6ed122e1) My changes since my last build: - [Basilisk] Issue MoonchildProductions/UXP#2165 - Support ICU as shared library in packaging. (09138ab01) - gkmedias: add missing `_moz_cairo_scaled_font_get_hint_metrics` export, fix linking (68d130e55) - [Basilisk] Issue MoonchildProductions/UXP#2165 - Follow-up: Simplify OS detection for MOZ_SHARED_ICU check. (c867bd4fe) Update Notice: - You may delete file named icudt*.dat inside program folder when updating from old releases. * Notice: From now on, UXP rev will point to `custom` branch of my UXP repo instead of MCP UXP repo, while "official UXP changes" shows only `tracking` branch changes.

Modify chrome.dll Program needed: HxD Source: https://mh-nexus.de/en/downloads.php?product=HxD20 Note: Reminder that the base is the Russian Repack, several telemetry issues are resolved differently than other 360Chrome rebuilds Example: Some 360Chrome rebuilds remove telemetry links by "zeroes" or "dots" whereas this version may also remove telemetry with http to hxxp replacements Reason: This prevents various connection logs (Proxomitron is one example) from showing connection attempts like https://..........com Navigate to ..\! 360ChromePortable_13.5.2036_rebuild_1_ungoogled\Chrome\Application\13.5.2036.0 Copy chrome.dll to a temporary working folder Open temporary folder's 360chrome.dll in HxD Perform the following Hex-values search-and-replace: Function: Drop Share URL QR Code from Chrome mode page context menu (1 occurrence) replace: 89 F9 68 79 1A 00 00 68 4F 81 00 00 with: EB 0F 68 79 1A 00 00 68 4F 81 00 00 Function: Drop Share URL QR Code from Chrome mode link context menu (1 occurrence) replace: 89 F1 68 79 1A 00 00 68 50 81 00 00 with: EB 0F 68 79 1A 00 00 68 50 81 00 00 Function: Drop Share image location from Chrome mode image context menu (1 occurrence) replace: 89 F9 68 7A 1A 00 00 68 51 81 00 00 with: EB 0F 68 7A 1A 00 00 68 51 81 00 00 Function: Drop Translate to English from Chrome mode page context menu (1 occurrence) replace: C0 FB 8D 86 F0 02 00 00 50 E8 with: C0 FB E9 E6 00 00 00 90 50 E8 Function: Title bar minimize right-click context menu header (1 occurrence) replace: 20 04 30 04 37 04 3C 04 35 04 40 04 with: 52 00 65 00 73 00 69 00 7A 00 65 00 Function: Welcome page tracker (1 occurrence) replace: 25 73 3F 70 69 64 3D 25 73 26 76 65 72 3D 25 73 26 64 65 66 3D 25 64 equiv: %s?pid=%s&ver=%s&def=%d with: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Function: Extension manager default link (1 occurrence) replace: 68 74 74 70 73 3A 2F 2F 67 6F 6F 2E 67 6C 2F 6A 34 4D 4C 56 equiv: https://goo.gl/j4MLV with: 63 68 72 6F 6D 65 3A 2F 2F 65 78 74 65 6E 73 69 6F 6E 73 2F equiv: chrome://extensions/ Function: Default download folder (1 occurrence) replace: 47 65 74 44 65 66 61 75 6C 74 44 6F 77 6E 6C 6F 61 64 44 69 72 65 63 74 6F 72 79 00 44 00 3A 00 00 00 44 00 3A 00 5C 00 00 00 33 00 36 00 30 00 44 00 6F 00 77 00 6E 00 00 00 00 00 equiv: GetDefaultDownloadDirectory D : D : \ 3 6 0 D o w n with: 47 65 74 44 65 66 61 75 6C 74 44 6F 77 6E 6C 6F 61 64 44 69 72 65 63 74 6F 72 79 00 44 00 3A 00 00 00 44 00 3A 00 5C 00 00 00 44 00 6F 00 77 00 6E 00 6C 00 6F 00 61 00 64 00 73 00 equiv: GetDefaultDownloadDirectory D : D : \ D o w n l o a d s Function: Intelligent URL telemetry 1-of-5 (1 occurrence) replace: 43 6C 6F 75 64 55 72 6C 73 00 4C 6F 63 61 74 69 6F 6E 62 61 72 48 65 6C 70 65 72 equiv: CloudUrls LocationbarHelper with: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4C 6F 63 61 74 69 6F 6E 62 61 72 48 65 6C 70 65 72 equiv: LocationbarHelper Function: Intelligent URL telemetry 2-of-5 (1 occurrence) replace: 2E 2E 2F 2E 2E 2F 63 68 72 6F 6D 65 2F 62 72 6F 77 73 65 72 2F 33 36 30 2F 61 75 74 6F 63 6F 6D 70 6C 65 74 65 2F 63 6C 6F 75 64 5F 75 72 6C 73 5F 70 72 6F 76 69 64 65 72 2E 63 63 equiv: ../../chrome/browser/360/autocomplete/cloud_urls_provider.cc with: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 equiv: Function: Intelligent URL telemetry 3-of-5 (1 occurrence) replace: 4C 6F 61 64 41 6E 64 51 75 65 72 79 43 6C 6F 75 64 55 72 6C 73 equiv: LoadAndQueryCloudUrls with: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 equiv: Function: Intelligent URL telemetry 4-of-5 (1 occurrence) replace: 4C 6F 61 64 43 6C 6F 75 64 55 72 6C 73 equiv: LoadCloudUrls with: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 equiv: Function: Intelligent URL telemetry 5-of-5 (1 occurrence) replace: 63 6C 6F 75 64 75 72 6C 73 2E 64 61 74 equiv: cloudurls.dat with: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 equiv: Function: Removed from GUI, here only for reference (1 occurrence) replace: 68 74 74 70 3A 2F 2F 63 68 72 6F 6D 65 2E 33 36 30 2E 63 6E 2F 6A 75 6D 70 2F 73 77 69 74 63 68 5F 65 6E 67 69 6E 65 2E 68 74 6D 6C equiv: http://chrome.360.cn/jump/switch_engine.html with: 68 78 78 70 3A 2F 2F 63 68 72 6F 6D 65 2E 33 36 30 2E 63 6E 2F 6A 75 6D 70 2F 73 77 69 74 63 68 5F 65 6E 67 69 6E 65 2E 68 74 6D 6C equiv: hxxp://chrome.360.cn/jump/switch_engine.html Function: Removed from GUI, here only for reference (1 occurrence) replace: 68 74 74 70 3A 2F 2F 62 62 73 2E 33 36 30 2E 63 6E 2F 66 6F 72 75 6D 2E 70 68 70 3F 6D 6F 64 3D 66 6F 72 75 6D 64 69 73 70 6C 61 79 26 66 69 64 3D 31 34 32 26 66 69 6C 74 65 72 3D 74 79 70 65 69 64 26 74 79 70 65 69 64 3D 31 30 35 35 38 equiv: http://bbs.360.cn/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=142&filter=typeid&typeid=10558 with: 68 78 78 70 3A 2F 2F 62 62 73 2E 33 36 30 2E 63 6E 2F 66 6F 72 75 6D 2E 70 68 70 3F 6D 6F 64 3D 66 6F 72 75 6D 64 69 73 70 6C 61 79 26 66 69 64 3D 31 34 32 26 66 69 6C 74 65 72 3D 74 79 70 65 69 64 26 74 79 70 65 69 64 3D 31 30 35 35 38 equiv: hxxp://bbs.360.cn/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=142&filter=typeid&typeid=10558 Function: Removed from GUI, here only for reference (1 occurrence) replace: 68 74 74 70 73 3A 2F 2F 62 72 6F 77 73 65 72 2E 33 36 30 2E 63 6E 2F 65 65 2F 00 68 74 74 70 equiv: https://browser.360.cn/ee/ http with: 68 78 78 70 73 3A 2F 2F 62 72 6F 77 73 65 72 2E 33 36 30 2E 63 6E 2F 65 65 2F 00 68 74 74 70 equiv: hxxps://browser.360.cn/ee/ http Function: Removed from GUI, here only for reference (1 occurrence) replace: 68 74 74 70 3A 2F 2F 63 68 72 6F 6D 65 2E 33 36 30 2E 63 6E 2F 62 62 73 6A 75 6D 70 2E 68 74 6D 6C 3F 76 65 72 3D 25 73 26 6D 69 64 3D 25 73 equiv: http://chrome.360.cn/bbsjump.html?ver=%s&mid=%s with: 68 78 78 70 3A 2F 2F 63 68 72 6F 6D 65 2E 33 36 30 2E 63 6E 2F 62 62 73 6A 75 6D 70 2E 68 74 6D 6C 3F 76 65 72 3D 25 73 26 6D 69 64 3D 25 73 equiv: hxxp://chrome.360.cn/bbsjump.html?ver=%s&mid=%s Function: Removed from GUI, here only for reference (1 occurrence) replace: 68 74 74 70 3A 2F 2F 77 65 69 62 6F 2E 63 6F 6D 2F 33 36 30 6A 69 73 75 equiv: http://weibo.com/360jisu with: 68 78 78 70 3A 2F 2F 77 65 69 62 6F 2E 63 6F 6D 2F 33 36 30 6A 69 73 75 equiv: hxxp://weibo.com/360jisu Function: Remove embedded adfilter exceptions (1 occurrence) replace: 5B 2A 2E 5D 6E 65 74 70 61 79 2E 73 64 6F 2E 63 6F 6D 00 5B 2A 2E 5D 69 70 6F 73 2E 31 30 30 38 36 2E 63 6E 00 5B 2A 2E 5D 70 61 79 6D 65 6E 74 2E 63 68 69 6E 61 70 6E 72 2E 63 6F 6D 00 5B 2A 2E 5D 39 39 62 69 6C 6C 2E 63 6F 6D 00 5B 2A 2E 5D 70 61 79 2E 73 6F 6F 70 61 79 2E 6E 65 74 00 5B 2A 2E 5D 70 61 79 2E 69 70 73 2E 63 6F 6D 2E 63 6E 00 5B 2A 2E 5D 74 65 6E 70 61 79 2E 63 6F 6D 00 5B 2A 2E 5D 61 6C 69 70 61 79 2E 63 6F 6D 00 5B 2A 2E 5D 70 69 6E 67 61 6E 2E 63 6F 6D 00 5B 2A 2E 5D 64 61 6E 67 64 61 6E 67 2E 63 6F 6D equiv: [*.]netpay.sdo.com [*.]ipos.10086.cn [*.]payment.chinapnr.com [*.]99bill.com [*.]pay.soopay.net [*.]pay.ips.com.cn [*.]tenpay.com [*.]alipay.com [*.]pingan.com [*.]dangdang.com with: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 equiv: Function: Disable alternate search engine fallback (1 occurrence) replace: 61 6C 74 65 72 53 65 61 72 63 68 45 6E 67 69 6E 65 33 36 30 00 61 6C 74 65 72 53 65 61 72 63 68 45 6E 67 69 6E 65 42 61 69 64 75 00 61 6C 74 65 72 53 65 61 72 63 68 45 6E 67 69 6E 65 59 6F 75 64 61 6F 00 61 6C 74 65 72 53 65 61 72 63 68 45 6E 67 69 6E 65 42 69 6E 67 equiv: alterSearchEngine360 alterSearchEngineBaidu alterSearchEngineYoudao alterSearchEngineBing with: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 61 6C 74 65 72 53 65 61 72 63 68 45 6E 67 69 6E 65 4E 6F 6E 65 equiv: alterSearchEngineNone Function: Disable embedded search engines (1 occurrence) replace: 68 74 74 70 3A 2F 2F 73 6F 2E 33 36 30 2E 63 6E 2F 73 3F 71 3D 25 73 26 73 72 63 3D 33 36 30 63 68 72 6F 6D 65 5F 61 64 64 72 26 69 65 3D 75 74 66 2D 38 00 68 74 74 70 3A 2F 2F 77 77 77 2E 62 61 69 64 75 2E 63 6F 6D 2F 62 61 69 64 75 3F 77 6F 72 64 3D 25 73 00 68 74 74 70 3A 2F 2F 72 75 2E 62 69 6E 67 2E 63 6F 6D 2F 73 65 61 72 63 68 3F 71 3D 25 73 00 26 69 65 3D 00 26 75 65 3D equiv: http://so.360.cn/s?q=%s&src=360chrome_addr&ie=utf-8 http://www.baidu.com/baidu?word=%s http://ru.bing.com/search?q=%s &ie= &ue= with: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 equiv: Function: Disable embedded help link 1-of-5 (1 occurrence) replace: 68 74 74 70 3A 2F 2F 63 68 72 6F 6D 65 2E 33 36 30 2E 63 6E 2F 68 65 6C 70 2F 33 36 30 63 68 72 6F 6D 65 2F 62 69 6E 2F 31 34 32 38 39 33 2E 68 74 6D 6C equiv: http://chrome.360.cn/help/360chrome/bin/142893.html with: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 equiv: Function: Disable embedded help link 2-of-5 (1 occurrence) replace: 68 74 74 70 3A 2F 2F 63 68 72 6F 6D 65 2E 33 36 30 2E 63 6E 2F 68 65 6C 70 2F 63 6F 64 65 73 61 76 65 2E 68 74 6D 6C equiv: http://chrome.360.cn/help/codesave.html with: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 equiv: Function: Disable embedded help link 3-of-5 (1 occurrence) replace: 68 74 74 70 73 3A 2F 2F 69 2E 33 36 30 2E 63 6E 2F 66 69 6E 64 70 77 64 2F 3F 73 72 63 3D 6C 6F 67 69 6E 26 75 65 6D 61 69 6C 3D 25 73 00 68 74 74 70 73 3A 2F 2F 69 2E 33 36 30 2E 63 6E 2F 72 65 67 3F 73 72 63 3D 33 36 30 63 68 72 6F 6D 65 equiv: https://i.360.cn/findpwd/?src=login&uemail=%s https://i.360.cn/reg?src=360chrome with: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 equiv: Function: Disable embedded help link 4-of-5 (1 occurrence) replace: 68 74 74 70 73 3A 2F 2F 62 62 73 2E 33 36 30 2E 63 6E 2F 74 68 72 65 61 64 2D 31 35 37 30 38 32 35 33 2D 31 2D 31 2E 68 74 6D 6C equiv: https://bbs.360.cn/thread-15708253-1-1.html with: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 equiv: Function: Disable embedded help link 5-of-5 (1 occurrence) replace: 68 74 74 70 3A 2F 2F 63 68 72 6F 6D 65 2E 33 36 30 2E 63 6E 2F 33 36 30 63 68 72 6F 6D 65 6C 69 6E 6B 2F 66 69 78 73 65 61 72 63 68 2E 68 74 6D 6C 3F equiv: http://chrome.360.cn/360chromelink/fixsearch.html? with: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 equiv: Function: Restore Chrome default extension link (1 occurrence) replace: 63 68 72 6F 6D 65 3A 2F 2F 6D 79 65 78 74 65 6E 73 69 6F 6E 73 2F equiv: chrome://myextensions/ with: 63 68 72 6F 6D 65 3A 2F 2F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 equiv: chrome:// Function: Restore Chrome default certificate settings link (1 occurrence) replace: 68 74 74 70 73 3A 2F 2F 63 61 70 72 6F 67 72 61 6D 2E 33 36 30 2E 63 6E 2F 23 70 6C 61 6E equiv: https://caprogram.360.cn/#plan with: 63 68 72 6F 6D 65 3A 2F 2F 73 65 74 74 69 6E 67 73 2F 63 65 72 74 69 66 69 63 61 74 65 00 equiv: chrome://settings/certificate Function: Bookmark bar translation (1 occurrence) replace: E6 9C AC E5 9C B0 E6 94 B6 E8 97 8F E5 A4 B9 00 66 61 76 6C 6F 63 61 6C 5F 69 63 6F 6E 2E 70 6E 67 equiv: 本地收è—夹 favlocal_icon.png with: 42 6F 6F 6B 6D 61 72 6B 20 62 61 72 20 20 20 00 66 61 76 6C 6F 63 61 6C 5F 69 63 6F 6E 2E 70 6E 67 equiv: Bookmark bar favlocal_icon.png Function: Dialog window close button translation (1 occurrence) replace: 00 E5 85 B3 E9 97 AD E7 AA 97 E5 8F A3 00 equiv: å…³é—­çª—å£ with: 00 43 6C 6F 73 65 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 equiv: Close Function: Search bar translation (1 occurrence) replace: B9 70 64 6B 1C 64 22 7D equiv: ¹pdkd"} with: 46 00 69 00 6E 00 64 00 equiv: F i n d Function: Restore Chrome default search engine link (1 occurrence) replace: 68 74 74 70 73 3A 2F 2F 67 6F 6F 67 6C 65 2E 72 75 2F 73 65 61 72 63 68 3F 71 3D 25 73 26 73 72 63 3D 33 36 30 43 68 72 6F 6D 65 00 00 equiv: https://google.ru/search?q=%s&src=360Chrome with: 68 74 74 70 73 3A 2F 2F 67 6F 6F 67 6C 65 2E 63 6F 6D 2F 73 65 61 72 63 68 3F 71 3D 25 73 26 73 72 63 3D 33 36 30 63 68 72 6F 6D 65 5F equiv: https://google.com/search?q=%s&src=360chrome_ Function: Last closed tabs translation 1-of-2 (1 occurrence) replace: 00 E4 B8 AA E6 A0 87 E7 AD BE 00 28 E6 96 B0 E7 AA 97 E5 8F A3 29 00 equiv: ä¸ªæ ‡ç­¾ (新窗å£) with: 00 20 74 61 62 73 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 equiv: tabs Function: Last closed tabs translation 2-of-2 (1 occurrence) replace: 00 E5 85 B3 E9 97 AD 00 E6 97 A5 00 E6 9C 88 00 equiv: 关闭 æ—¥ 月 with: 00 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 20 20 20 00 20 2D 20 00 equiv: - Function: Downloads translation (1 occurrence) replace: 12 E6 9F A5 E7 9C 8B E6 9B B4 E5 A4 9A 00 E7 82 B9 E5 87 BB E6 98 BE E7 A4 BA E6 89 80 E6 9C 89 E4 B8 8B E8 BD BD E5 86 85 E5 AE B9 00 equiv: 查看更多 点击显示所有下载内容 with: 12 20 20 53 68 6F 77 20 61 6C 6C 20 20 00 53 68 6F 77 20 61 6C 6C 20 64 6F 77 6E 6C 6F 61 64 73 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 equiv: Show all Show all downloads Function: MultiCast DNS (1 occurrence) replace: 00 74 68 69 73 5F 69 73 5F 61 5F 74 65 73 74 5F 71 75 65 72 79 00 32 32 34 2E 30 2E 30 2E 32 35 31 00 equiv: this_is_a_test_query 224.0.0.251 with: 00 74 68 69 73 5F 69 73 5F 61 5F 74 65 73 74 5F 71 75 65 72 79 00 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 00 equiv: this_is_a_test_query ........... Function: HostResolver DNS (1 occurrence) replace: 00 53 79 73 74 65 6D 48 6F 73 74 52 65 73 6F 6C 76 65 72 43 61 6C 6C 00 31 30 31 2E 32 32 36 2E 34 2E 36 00 equiv: SystemHostResolverCall 101.226.4.6 with: 00 53 79 73 74 65 6D 48 6F 73 74 52 65 73 6F 6C 76 65 72 43 61 6C 6C 00 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 00 equiv: SystemHostResolverCall ........... Function: Disable unwanted connections 1-of- (1 occurrence) replace: 00 68 74 74 70 3A 2F 2F 39 35 30 30 31 31 31 31 2E 63 6F 6D 00 equiv: http://95001111.com with: 00 68 78 78 70 3A 2F 2F 39 35 30 30 31 31 31 31 2E 63 6F 6D 00 equiv: hxxp://95001111.com Function: Disable unwanted connections 2-of- (1 occurrence) replace: 00 68 74 74 70 3A 2F 2F 77 77 77 2E 39 35 30 30 31 31 31 31 2E 63 6F 6D 00 equiv: http://www.95001111.com with: 00 68 78 78 70 3A 2F 2F 77 77 77 2E 39 35 30 30 31 31 31 31 2E 63 6F 6D 00 equiv: hxxp://www.95001111.com Function: Disable unwanted connections 3-of- (4 occurrences) replace: 5F 67 6F 6F 67 6C 65 63 61 73 74 2E 5F 74 63 70 2E 6C 6F 63 61 6C equiv: _googlecast._tcp.local with: 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E equiv: ...................... (22 dots) Function: Disable unwanted connections 4-of- (2 occurrences) replace: 68 74 74 70 3A 2F 2F 77 77 77 2E 67 73 74 61 74 69 63 2E 63 6F 6D equiv: http://www.gstatic.com with: 68 78 78 70 3A 2F 2F 77 77 77 2E 67 73 74 61 74 69 63 2E 63 6F 6D equiv: hxxp://www.gstatic.com Function: Disable unwanted connections 5-of- (8 occurrences) replace: 68 74 74 70 73 3A 2F 2F 77 77 77 2E 67 73 74 61 74 69 63 2E 63 6F 6D equiv: https://www.gstatic.com with: 68 78 78 70 73 3A 2F 2F 77 77 77 2E 67 73 74 61 74 69 63 2E 63 6F 6D equiv: hxxps://www.gstatic.com Function: Disable unwanted connections 6-of- (12 occurrences) (7 occurrences in 1030) replace: 68 74 74 70 73 3A 2F 2F 70 75 76 2E 74 74 2E 62 72 6F 77 73 65 72 2E 33 36 30 2E 63 6E equiv: https://puv.tt.browser.360.cn with: 68 78 78 70 73 3A 2F 2F 70 75 76 2E 74 74 2E 62 72 6F 77 73 65 72 2E 33 36 30 2E 63 6E equiv: hxxps://puv.tt.browser.360.cn Function: Disable unwanted connections 7-of- (3 occurrences) replace: 68 74 74 70 3A 2F 2F 64 6C 2E 33 36 30 74 70 63 64 6E 2E 63 6F 6D equiv: http://dl.360tpcdn.com with: 68 78 78 70 3A 2F 2F 64 6C 2E 33 36 30 74 70 63 64 6E 2E 63 6F 6D equiv: hxxp://dl.360tpcdn.com Function: Disable unwanted connections 8-of- (2 occurrences) replace: 68 74 74 70 73 3A 2F 2F 73 6B 69 6E 2E 63 68 72 6F 6D 65 2E 33 36 30 2E 63 6E equiv: https://skin.chrome.360.cn with: 68 78 78 70 73 3A 2F 2F 73 6B 69 6E 2E 63 68 72 6F 6D 65 2E 33 36 30 2E 63 6E equiv: hxxps://skin.chrome.360.cn Function: Disable unwanted connections 9-of- (1 occurrence) replace: 68 00 74 00 74 00 70 00 3A 00 2F 00 2F 00 63 00 6C 00 6F 00 75 00 64 00 2E 00 62 00 72 00 6F 00 77 00 73 00 65 00 72 00 2E 00 33 00 36 00 30 00 2E 00 63 00 6E 00 equiv: h t t p : / / c l o u d . b r o w s e r . 3 6 0 . c n with: 68 00 78 00 78 00 70 00 3A 00 2F 00 2F 00 63 00 6C 00 6F 00 75 00 64 00 2E 00 62 00 72 00 6F 00 77 00 73 00 65 00 72 00 2E 00 33 00 36 00 30 00 2E 00 63 00 6E 00 equiv: h x x p : / / c l o u d . b r o w s e r . 3 6 0 . c n Function: Disable unwanted connections 10-of- (1 occurrence) replace: 68 69 79 61 2E 62 72 6F 77 73 65 72 2E 33 36 30 2E 63 6E 3A 38 30 equiv: hiya.browser.360.cn:80 with: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 equiv: Select File dropdown menu and select Save Exit HxD Copy the chrome.dll just saved and replace the chrome.dll in ..\! 360ChromePortable_13.5.2036_rebuild_1_ungoogled\Chrome\Application\13.5.2036.0 Delete temporary working folder

Modify resources.pak Program needed: Chrome PAK Customizer Source: https://github.com/myfreeer/chrome-pak-customizer/releases Program needed: 7-Zip or similar Program needed: Notepad++ or similar Program needed: Python 2.7.16 File needed: brotli_decompress_for_pak.py File needed: brotli_compress_for_pak.py Navigate to ..\! 360ChromePortable_13.5.2036_rebuild_1_ungoogled\Chrome\Application\13.5.2036.0 Copy resources.pak file to a temporary working folder Unpack resources.pak file to resources_unpacked subfolder Navigate to resources_unpacked subfolder that was just extracted Delete the following files: 103.json 152.json 160.json 13245.json 13581 Edit and save the following files: 155.json 13570 (can be edited within 7-Zip) 13573 (can be edited within 7-Zip) 13721 (can be edited within 7-Zip) 13880 (can be edited within 7-Zip) 25514 (brotli) [Dev Tools English only] 25615 (brotli) [Dev Tools English only] 25624 (brotli) [Dev Tools English only] pak_index.ini Return to resources_unpacked subfolder Pack resources_unpacked subfolder to pak_index_packed.pak file Rename pak_index_packed.pak that was just created to resources.pak Replace the resources.pak in ..\! 360ChromePortable_13.5.2036_rebuild_1_ungoogled\Chrome\Application\13.5.2036.0 with the resources.pak that was just created

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But he added "I can't speak to when we will remove support for Windows 7/Windows 8." Maybe 115 won't be the last, but I doubt that they will continue after that. They will surely loose some users after that. That's why they take so long to consider

Glad to know that everything worked out for you! It just goes to show why Revo is such a trusted program after all of these years. I couldn't commend the developers more highly...with so many sketchy pieces of software out there, and with how much programs tend to change and decline over the years, Revo has stayed reliable with its functionality and performance even on very old PCs. Old school functionality in a new school world. Here's hoping the freeware version will continue to support XP for the foreseeable future!

I was up late with my mind wandering. Got curious if latest VCDS version 23.3.0 would install and launch, so: Status reads Questionable since the HEX-V2 interface wasn't connected to the car, I'd have to either carry this computer to the garage or get XP running on the laptop to see if it actually talks to the car. One would assume it should since it's the interface that does the talking and the program apparently can talk to the interface. But the software is no longer supported and tested on Vista/XP/2000, so if something doesn't work, it won't be fixed.

Just recently the regstry backups that Revo Uninstaller creates saved my Win10 when it commited suicide overnight (probably some f#$%d silent update). It was getting BSODs when entering sleep mode, i would wake up in the morning to see a BSOD. I tried uninstalling the last updates and using System Restore, this made it even worse. In the end it was even unable to boot. And, of course, repair reinstalls need to be run from a working OS, pfff. Clean install is not an option for me considering all the little tweaks and programs i have accumulated over the few years since i got this system.

Firealpaca new minimal requirements is Windows Vista https://firealpaca.com/download/ 2.9 supports XP

... When/where did I actually said that? If on Vista SP2, go and install: ... You can't update the VS2022 runtime past v14.32.31332.0 (that's contained inside the linked AIO package), but all apps requiring VS2015-2022 runtimes should continue to work as expected with that EoS version...

Much appreciated! I did notice that the "Pro" version now has Vista listed as the minimum supported OS. It's great to know there is a clear 'final' version for XP. I will have to try it out one day (I saved it to my flash drive), but for now the freeware version suits my needs perfectly fine. Thank you!

Spotify 1.2.6 is working fine on Windows 7!

The motor is usually powered at 12V, very likely it can stand a 15-20% voltage increase, at 14.4 V it would probably reach 8,640 RPM, give or take 33 and1/2 tolerance. You can replace some 15-20 SMT components on the PCB board and write a new firmware for it. You only need 5-10 years in UNI+experience in hardware engineering, some 5-10 years in software development for embedded devices, another 5-10 years experience with access to hard disk manufacturers codebase, a semiconductor factory willing to create a new SMOOTH chip and you will probably have a working prototype. Ah, wait, before I forget, you will also need a soldering iron and a USB to TTL converter. jaclaz