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Both The Shawshank Redemption and The Godfather load instantly for me on IMDB using 360Chrome!

... And, believe it or not , I do agree with you on this ; one other serious irritant for me is the preposterous waste of screen vertical space due to their very "tall" address bar: Agreed, too... Grabbed just half an hour ago ; disclaimers: 1) I don't use a NHTPG/HO modded version, 2) as can be seen, I'm using the 360EEv13 dark skin...

I wasn't technically talking to you in particular. More of as a generality. I get the opposite on IMDB - which is just plain slow no matter what browser you use (strictly talking XP). 360Chrome loads The Shawshank Redemption in 20.4 seconds. Kafan took 37.7 seconds to load The Shaswhank Redemption.

Hello @Saxon! Thanks for your reply! Your quote refers to version Comodo Firewall 12.0.0.6818 and is therefore version 12. However, I referred to version Comodo Firewall 8.4.0.5165 which is obviously version 8 and therefore older. In this thread, a member has also confirmed what I once read in the Comodo forum and therefore wrote to you: TBH, I have not been a fan of Comodo for a long time, and it's a long time ago when I used it. Furthermore, I do not plan to test this firewall. As I already wrote, my firewall is Windows 10 Firewall Control Free XP 7.5.105.217 from Sphinx, and I am not about to uninstall it for testing purpose. If anyone was interested in testing Comodo Firewall 8.4.0.5165, that would be great, of course.

OK Mister Pedantic, they didn't actually load 'instantly'! They certainly didn't take over 30 seconds to load as was cited earlier though.

UCyborg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/c258otgmmdsk5an/FLASH TEST.html

No disrespect, but "no, they did not". Visual appearances of rendering may be "instant", but that does not equate to the page loading "instantly". When does the stop watch begin? When does the stopwatch end? I let a "page load timer" extension be that stopwatch - it's the blue number in the upper right corner of my screencaps. But even if we resort to the Network Tab of Dev Tools, you have to define when the stop watch is "started" and when it is "stopped". But NOTHING loads "instantly". Not even a direct fiber optic line between you and the server.

Yep, thanks for pointing to the original post! See, that's what I was talking about in the previous page. Thanks for confirming.

CF makes a series of fingerprints, and canvas isn't the main. They look at CH, WebGl, , System Fonts, Clientrects, IP, device CPU cores count, RAM amount, audio API fingerprint, even if you change the canvas, the rest will stay the same.

Just loaded Kafan into a VM and wow, that is annoying and I couldn't find a way to fix it either.

... I don't think, personally, an apology was owed ; those who follow closely this thread should have already been aware of the original post mentioning Kafan (albeit in a 360EE topic): FWIW, I, too, dislike this "behaviour" and, to this day, have not found a way to override it ...

Sorry. I forgot to say, I am talking about Kafan MiniBrowser, not 360 Extreme Explorer.

He means that whenever you type a website (www.google.com, for example) in the address bar, the website opens in a new tab instead of opening on the same tab.

// ==UserScript== // @name mediamarkt.de | saturn.de quick fix // @namespace https://github.com/UCyborg // @version 1.0 // @author UCyborg // @match https://www.mediamarkt.de/* // @match https://www.saturn.de/* // @grant none // ==/UserScript== let a = document.getElementsByTagName('style')[0]; a.innerHTML = a.innerHTML.replace(`*:where(:not(iframe, canvas, img, svg, video):not(svg *, symbol *)) { all: unset; display: revert; }`, ''); It was implemented in Firefox first in 2019, that's 4 years ago, pre-COVID-19. So how can you say it will be Google that will come up with something else, it could be Mozilla.

Vista was fine. Just ahead of it's time with the system requirements. To me, Vista was the best looking Windows ever made. And with the proper hardware it ran rock solid, just like Windows 7. Win11 is the second best looking Windows imo. But I have had more broken OS problems after Windows 11 WU runs. I disliked the messy UI of Windows 10 so I stayed with Windows 7 until 11 came out. Windows 11 will probably get one or two big updates and then it is going to maintenance mode while new development will shift to Windows 12, or whatever the next Windows will be called.

Same idea as canvasblocker on random, for sp52?

OMG. If you're gonna open 20 f'ing tabs in Serpent, please read: (You do need some "real" RAM in your PC, and an SSD wouldn't hurt....) BTW, my old work PC died this week. Kevin thinks its the HDD, but it won't even boot from a CD/DVD, so I think it's the SATA controller, which means the motherboard. So I'm using my laptop, on (ugh) Win 11. No more XP, for the time being at least.... I've noticed that Serpent (55, at least) is way faster on the laptop! If only I could ditch Win 11! I'd even settle for Win 10 at this point.

Well, I hope you do it safely, and covering your tracks. Ahem, I hadn't offered any opinion. The PhD holder in your mind is talking to himself.

Yeah, I am and have always introduced myself as an informed user, period. When I find someething noone else (to my knowledge) has noticed, I post in these (among other) forum(s) so people who know point me in the right direction. PhDs today are worth nothing, in my opinion, beyond the quality of the beholder. And quality recognices no academic boundaries, in my humble experience. PS1: I love the Netherlands. I've been there and done all that and will do it again, shortly. Food included. But in the country where I live, ranked foodwise above the fine dutch cuisine, PhDs are things that money pays. And in the streets of my country's cities (they do still exist, like they do in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, at least) they are considered relatively well paid servants of oligopolistic crooks, for the most part. There are of course, exceptions, and among them, only a few (I dare to guess) use XP. Unless they are wise enough. Be well.

Hello @Saxon! As I already wrote here, users reported in the Comodo Forum that the last error-free working version under Windows XP has been Comodo Firewall 8.4.0.5165. Have you really tried this version? Actually, it should work under Windows XP.

Thank you, interesting observations. I am of the same opinion, it was fine up to 2015. I wonder if upgrading even makes sense.

All languages are included in this project. But the inventories are hard to get in all the supported languages. As for V4 updates, they're firstly added in english to properly fix them, and then translated.

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20230729-3219d2d-uxp-bdc6b90572-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20230729-3219d2d-uxp-bdc6b90572-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-20230729-3219d2d-uxp-bdc6b90572-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-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20230729-d849524bd-uxp-bdc6b90572-xpmod.7z Win32 IA32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20230729-d849524bd-uxp-bdc6b90572-xpmod-ia32.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20230729-d849524bd-uxp-bdc6b90572-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win64-git-20230729-d849524bd-uxp-bdc6b90572-xpmod.7z Official UXP changes picked since my last build: - Issue #1240 - Part 1 - Define a new BigInt primitive type. Based on https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1366287 Part 1.0. However leaving out the --enable-bigint changes. (f041afc61d) - Issue #1240 - Part 2 - Define the BigIntObject class for BigInt wrapper objects. Based on https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1366287 Part 3. In our Part 3 we will fast forward to the V8 implementation skipping GMP. (13ac0d6483) - Issue #1240 - Part 3a - Adjust mozilla::FloatingPoint<T>'s definition. So only the barest details are specified for floating-point encodings, with every other number, bit mask, &c. mathematically derived. Also add a bunch of documentation comments. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1508725 Prerequisite for our V8 fast forward. (ddd49121a6) - Issue #1240 - Part 3b - Implement WrappingOperations.h for wraparound math operations & conversions. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1441657 Implement mozilla::WrappingMultiply. Prerequisite for our V8 fast forward. (d42d5ce138) - Issue #1240 - Part 3c - Fast-forward to the V8 version of BigIntType. Disabling some sections temporarily since the dependencies are not there yet. Based on the following: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1502797 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1471134 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1441098 Part 3 & 4 Add structured clone support for BigInt and Enable BigInt wrapping from DOM bindings. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1522738 (07b6c03dc7) - Issue #1240 - Part 4 - Implement parser support for BigInt literals. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1505849 Partially based on https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1456568 Un-result-ified the BigInt XDR code, so we can enable it. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1419094 Uninitialised memory read with BigInt right-shift https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1679003 (dc23241afb) - Issue #1240 - Part 5a - BigInt to Number conversion. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1466893 (25ee810247) - Issue #1240 - Part 5b - BigInt support for basic arithmetic operations. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1471134 Parts 3-5. (44b5d8dec3) - Issue #1240 - Part 5c -Implement ToInt32OrBigInt operation. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1490387 (d44e3c9941) - Issue #1240 - Part 5d - Use the radix when parsing BigInts. Fixes Hex, Octal and Binary BigInt literal parsing. Previously it was only parsing in decimal. (20b52c9e2e) - Issue #1240 - Part 5e - BigInt bitwise operators. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1490387 (03734326e8) - Issue #1240 - Part 5f - Add DataView methods for BigInt access. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1528582 (e3ec738471) - Issue #1240 - Part 6a - Implement BigInt.prototype.toLocaleString. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1366287 Part 5. (e8f0ea219f) - Issue #1240 - Part 6b - Use ToIndex when constructing TypedArray with length argument. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317383 Part 2. (e004b99054) - Issue #1240 - Part 6c - Implement asIntN and asUintN methods for BigInt values. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1501104 (bbbab3898f) - Issue #1240 - Part 5g - Implement BigInt comparison operators. Implement BigInt support for equality operators. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1486173 Part 3. Implement BigInt support for relational comparison operators. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1492669 (1355043d40) - Issue #1240 - Part 7 - Handle BigInt values in XPCVariant code. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1603055 (4a3f1b7570) - Issue #1240 - Part 8 - Fix incorrect asserts with debug enabled. Fix BigInt errors in remainder operations https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1524136 Also fix 2 debug asserts in fallthroughs due to missing BigInt cases. (7a30b0fa2d) - Issue #1240 - Part 9 - Fix incorrectly parsing decimal BigInt 0n. The decimal parser strips leading 0s, so prevent tokenbuf being empty. (4aa193b16b) - Issue #1240 - Part 10 - Implement minimal Ion support for BigInt. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1507484 Implement IC support for BigInt. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1522431 (2d5ee3c457) - Issue #1240 - Part 11 - Fix several issue reported on review. Skip over block delimiters when parsing BigInt literals. Update BigInt hashing to account for the possibility of moving GC. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1531018 Make HashableValue comparison of BigInts infallible. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1530406 Fix BigInt constructor API CallArgs usage. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1526279 (15115c97fd) - No Issue - Fix intermitted crash on MacOS 14 Sonoma Beta 3. Not sure why this is happening but mIOSurface is nullptr. If we just skip binding, it will be created on the next call to BeginUpdate. (0fc38724d1) No official Pale-Moon changes picked since my last build. No official Basilisk changes picked since my last build. My changes picked since my last build: - js/BitInt: add BigInt support in JitFrames, fix crash in discord when posting. (bdc6b90572) pdate 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.

I thought Windows 8 was already “the new Vista.” I ran Vista for as long as my old hardware permitted, and I’m not happy that it is still synonymous with failure, particularly since Windows 7 was basically “Vista SP3.”

DreamMail Pro - Update information! DreamMail Pro has been updated again and is now available in version 6.6.6.11. It is still XP-compatible, and the development is ongoing! I have not been able to find a version history on their homepage. Therefore, I generated an official version history translated to English and provide it here: And here is the download link of DreamMail Pro 6.6.6.11: https://dl.cy-email.com/dm6/Download/dmpro_setup6.6.6.11.exe To force the updated installer of DreamMail Pro 6.6.6.11 to use English instead of Chinese as the installer language, I updated again my small loader that does this when it calls up the setup program. It must be executed in the same directory in which the setup file is located with its original file name dmpro_setup6.6.6.11.exe. Here is the download link of my loader Force_En_Install_DM_Pro_66611.exe: https://www.mediafire.com/file/lvg9qtaqt6voii4/Force_En_Install_DM_Pro_66611.7z/file Although some virus scanners detect this file as malicious, it is just a false-positive as always. Use my loader to force an English install, only if you trust me, of course! Cheers, AstroSkipper

Ah, my bad. Sorry, I have no use for Kafan.

Hi Mathwiz, what happens when you press the power button? (Fan spinning sound? Shows something on monitor?) We can continue in PM if you want.

Well, who would have thought? German sites/services not loading properly in "our" legacy browsers? "Dirty" workaround in Serpent 52: Pick only one (doesn't matter which) on the list of below four "about:config" prefs: layout.css.all-shorthand.enabled;true layout.css.is-where-pseudo.enabled;true layout.css.legacy-negation-pseudo.enabled;false layout.css.unset-value.enabled;true ... and toggle its value; then the sites will render OK: As I am unsure of the eventual effect on other sites, once you're finished with MM/Saturn, reset the pref you initially selected ... Regards

Why should I feel discredited? Such renaming by using the console is elementary and old practice. I already did it that way in the good old DOS days. But if batch renaming other parts of files, I always use the multi-rename tool of Total Commander.

Update notification! CurrPorts has been updated on 05.06.2023 and is now available in version 2.75. It is still listed to be compatible with Windows XP. Accordingly, I'll update my article as soon as possible. Cheers, AstroSkipper

A clarification. An "app password" is a password chosen by the provider that is more robust than those normally chosen by customers; otherwise it functions identically to traditional passwords. One same "app password" can be used with multiple POP3 and IMAP clients, and in each client, for each remote account, multiple local accounts can be set up with different POP3 or IMAP access modes. The my main mail client is still Outlook 2003, and using MyPhoneExplorer I can synchronize with Andoid devices. Regards

D.Draker - we are on the same page on this one, "personality conflicts" aside. Honestly, we really are. But as I read kar1's comments, I have to agree with him as well. There is a "fine line" and it is all "relative" (or is "subjective" a better word?) on just when and where that line is crossed. I am not trying to go off-topic and it is kind of all tied together. For one, the future of Chrome on Win7 is likely (I reiterate "likely", this is purely speculative) going to follow the lead of what the XP Crowd has been doing since Chrome abandoned XP. ie, one or two years behind. There is decompiling, recompiling, backporting, debug, dependency checks, trial-and-error, et cetera - "software doesn't write itself". Will that workflow "work" for the Win7 Crowd? Only time will tell. It is all "speculative" as soon as the word "future" enters the scene. There is also "intended audience" if this Future Chrome on Win7 is going to gain true traction. What I perceive a "car" to be in the future may very well differ from what you perceive a "car" to be in the future - it's all speculative... and subjective... Secondly, I propose that we have to view the previously-mentioned browser and in turn the previously-mentioned web site the same way we (MSFN) views Extended Kernels. I guarantee that Microsoft does not view an Extended Kernel in the same way that the end-consumer views an Extended Kernel. And unless I'm mistaken, even MSFN Forum Rules do not allow "links" to Extended Kernels (I could be wrong on this, this falls back on "intended audience" and I do not use Extended Kernels nor follow those MSFN Threads). But MSFN does allow us all to use the phrase "extended kernel" even though it may be indexed by search engines. You see how that "fine line" comes into play? Does the Future of Chrome on Win7 force the intended audience to utilize an Extended Kernel? Or will traction only be gained by giving in to the demands of the Vanilla Win7 Crowd and the Future of Chrome on Win7 not require an Extended Kernel? Only time will tell... And have a great day, my friend, and note that I strived to word this reply without triggering any "personality conflicts"

Woah, the bandwagon hate is weird against that Thorium developer. Why the hate against him? Because he links to 'ultrabad illegal software'? If the software he links to is ever illegal, then it's illegal no matter whether it's modified or not. - There's no such thing as illegal software, only what you do with it. - In fact, weapons are also not illegal no matter where you live, it's just that it's a restricted material that's illegal to possess without a license. - And coincidentally, the licenses tend to granted to law enforcement personel only. - Replace 'weapons' with 'vehicules', and it's the same thing. If driving licenses were only given to law enforcement personel, you could be arrested upon sight for using a car. - However cars would still not be illegal, otherwise even law enforcement couldn't drive them. - The people who produce the 'illegal software' are more inline with the FSF (Free Software Foundation) than the 'leeches' who just want paid stuff for free. - They do it more for freedom than for the price, even a $5 software with DRM will eventually end up being 'illegalized' anyway even if it's strongly protected. It will just take more time & effort. - Reverse-engineering any software is legal, it doesn't matter what the EULA of a software says. - All illegal contracts are illegal, you could sign a contract saying that you agree to die tomorrow, and if you don't die tomorrow you won't be arrested anyway. - It's the redistribution of the licensed material that's restricted, so you can perfectly reverse-engineer a software and keep it for your own personal use. - It's perfectly fine (and encouraged) to use re-engineered movies, softwares & games that you already purchased yourself once. - You could legally purchase a Windows 10 Pro key and activate it with a local server anyway afterwards, and that will be fine. I already purchased Windows 7 long ago, so there's no problem with using a third-party DRM-free activation. It gives me more freedom and protects me from Microsoft influence incase it tries to takedown its Windows 7 activation servers. This developer who seems to be getting bandwagon hate here is just linking to resources that allow using Windows 7 past its EOL even after licenses are no longer sold. Well, it's abandonware now. Where is the problem? Calm down... If all 'illegal software' was made legal overnight you would all be so proud of how much premium stuff you got for free today. And if it becomes illegal again you will be trashing each other about how criminal you all were yesterday for downloading these files online.

Although I am actually not a friend of Google, I love to do many things by using a tablet. Apple is no choice to me for many reasons , so I am an Android user for many years. Searching the internet, researching and reading books or articles is the main intended purpose of my tablet. Many of my posts are written under Android and its most recent browsers. It's very comfortable and easy. As a respite from the Chrome or Chromium world, I then enjoy surfing with my UXP browsers under Windows XP.

BTW, TUP's feature "multi-row tab bar" also works again in the latest releases of New Moon and Serpent.

That's why I already posted the output of my web console above additonally: I fear that this is much more difficult to fix, if at all. I also posted this to the issues of martok's palefill on GitHub as I already mentioned above. Here is the link: https://github.com/martok/palefill/issues/85#issue-1615306551 The web console also shows a JavaSript error in my screenshot. I wonder if this can be polyfilled somehow.

Here is a link with all official language packs for Firefox 45.9.0esr: https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/45.9.0esr/win32/xpi/ Maybe, they are still working or they have to be modified. I don't know that as I don't use this browser. For changing the language, you can use a language switcher extension, or you do it manually in the preference general.useragent.locale via about:config as usual.

Thanks for the tip! Setting dom.webcomponents.enabled to false did the trick. Does setting this preference to false have a negative impact on other functions? Rejoiced too soon! The web interface is loading completely, but a file can't be uploaded and unfortunately, this setting leads to a 100% utilisation of my CPU, palemoon.exe needs round about 93%. Therefore, no solution for me, unfortunately. Sorry to say that! I think another solution has to be found. BTW, same problem in New Moon 28. Edit: To be a bit more precise, setting dom.webcomponents.enabled to false in my testing profile of Serpent 52, the CPU load starts by 50%,. There, I was able to upload a file which leads to a 100% load on my CPU in the end. In New Moon 28, the VirusTotal interface starts with a 100% load on my CPU, and I was unable to upload my test file. And the Web Console is full of errors. Therefore, I also reported this to the issues of martok's palefill on GitHub.

Although Palefill 1.26 is installed in my Serpent 52, the interface of VirusTotal is blank after loading. As far as I can see, VirusTotal changed their font. It is now Google Sans. There doesn't seem to be a supported format for Serpent 52. Here is the output of my error console: Maybe, our font experts do have an idea how to fix that. Additionally, there seems to be more problems in Serpent 52 when loading VirusTotal. Here is the output of my web console: Anything which can be polyfilled? Cheers, Astroskipper

Windows 7 Pro 64bit forever!!! I just joined this forum & am watching this thread with great interest, especially @msquidpl's posts. A browser is my one concern because browsers are major entry points for malware. However, I surf the internet while in Shadow Defender's "Shadow More" -- it's like a virtual computer -- so a permanent infection is extremely unlikely. Even so, an updated browser for Win7 would be delightful. My Plan B is Zorin Linux Pro -- it's very similar to Win7 & I am getting fairly proficient with it. Aloha to all from Hawaii... bellgamin

All of your predictions seemed to be true. I would say I am dissapointed but I already had a bad gut feeling after you first told us about their lies. Well, then it is really up to these Forums here again to try fixing what Google and Microsoft try to destroy. How is it that they say "it is too hard to port things back to 7/8.1, since Google already removed their codes"' without even trying? They're just bad liars and never really attended to do so. Again, thanks @D.Draker @win32 and everyone, who participate in finding ways how to keep up using modern software on those OS. Great job guys

Unfortunately, FastestVPN has dropped support of L2TP protocol in Windows XP last year just as many other VPN providers have already done, but PPTP still works. And OpenVPN presumably, too. BulletVPN, for example, still provides both, PPTP and L2TP, in Windows XP. Generally, OpenVPN is not a good choice on old, underpowered systems because the client causes a high processor load. In my case, I have a 100% CPU load with only a third of the theoretically achievable connection speed, which can thus never be reached. On more powerful computers, on the other hand, I don't see any problems using OpenVPN.

Proton was made by a russian who lives in Germany, they just love Greek or Italian names, it was easy to guess. I have no proof that he is KGB, and not going to seek for it, but we may safely assume - every russian who has money and lives in the West = KGB. Also notice, heavy Java bloated wesites are usually Russian ! But hey, no Yahoo in that list ? Yahoo is safe ?

@jaclaz, thanks for the links and further recommendations! In my series "My essential tools for solving problems in Windows XP", I listed my favourite tools I use for years and helped me a lot. Here is the link to the list of all parts: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183498-general-and-specific-solutions-for-problems-regarding-auwumu-in-windows-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1216513 Most of them are well-known, easy to use, and quite up-to-date. Tiny Hexer is a good and useful tool, no doubt. And, you are right, the newer does not necessarily mean better. And of course, there are other programs which really need regular updates. But, Tiny Hexer was abandoned in 2007, the last version is 1.8.1.6 of July 2007. No further development since that time! I fear that compatibility with all newly created binaries will sooner or later suffer from this circumstance. In other words, I don't like to entrust important files to such an old tool for modification anymore, at most very old files. Spoken for me only, of course! Apart from that, the presentation of the files to be edited is much clearer in WinHex, especially the customization of the text area on the right which represents the text interpretation of the hex values. All in all, Tiny Hexer seems very old-fashioned, but nonetheless, it worked with the files I tried to edit. So everything is fine. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Announcement: ProxHTTPSPoxy's systray menu will be released in the next days The test phase of ProxHTTPSPoxy's systray menu has been finished successfully and I've decided to publish it in the next days. I still have to configure the download package, title it, write documentation and check it all. Here is the latest screenshot of ProxHTTPSPoxy's systray menu: @Dave-H, as you can see I followed your suggestion to formulate the items as clear as possible for all users. Thanks again for your opinion! Cheers, AstroSkipper

Just to keep you informed, a short update of progress in development of my ProxHTTPSPoxy's systray menu. At first I provide a new screenshot documenting the current status of development: As you can see, three new items poroviding system proxy related functions have been added: "Check system proxy status", "Set ProxHTTPSProxy to mode System-wide" and "Set System to mode No proxy". I think now it is complete. All necessary functions have been added. Here is the complete list of features implemented in ProxHTTPSPoxy's systray menu: 1. Start ProxHTTPSPoxy 2. Stop ProxHTTPSPoxy 3. Hide ProxHTTPSPoxy 4. Show ProxHTTPSPoxy 5. Check if ProxHTTPSPoxy is running (in RAM) 6. cacert.pem Update 7. Root Certificates Update 8. Open IE Proxy settings 9. Close IE Proxy settings 10. Check system proxy status 11. Set ProxHTTPSProxy to mode System-wide 12. Set System to mode No proxy 13. Edit config.ini 14. Read documentation The test phase is slowly coming to an end. Any further suggestions, opinions or reactions are welcome, of course! So long, AstroSkipper

Thanks for reporting! Sorry for delayed reply! As you know I was engaged in troubleshooting AU related problems and forgot totally your comment. I already found this proxy weeks ago but it's no solution for old computers running Windoes XP. You have to install a software called Docker, to create a container and so on. A modern OS is needed, therefore I didn't report my find at all. But thanks anyway!

After a little break and some programming work, I've almost finished my current project. It is a fact that ProxHTTPSPoxy REV3e is the latest version of our proxies and therefore I'd like to switch to completely. But the lack of a systray menu like HTTPSProxy's was a reason against it. So I decided to create my own version of a ProxHTTPSPoxy systray menu. And now it is ready in first version. Here we go! This is a screenshot of my ProxHTTPSPoxy's systray menu for more convenient use and control of its functions. I created it by combining self-programmed files, which execute specific tasks related to ProxyHTTPSProxy, with already existing programs. Of course, a single compiled program like HTTPSPoxy's launcher is great, but my "launcher" can be totally customized and continously extended according to user's needs due to its modular structure, therefore much more flexible. More features can be added easily without touching existent code. It's fully portable and can be copied to any location. Already implemented features are: Start, stop, hide and show ProxHTTPSPoxy. Check if ProxHTTPSPoxy is running (in RAM). Update cacert.pem and Root Certificates. Open and close IE Proxy settings. Edit config.ini and read documentation. I started creating weeks ago with continuing improvements and bug fixing. Now it's in testing phase. So far it's working without any problems.

Where did you read in MDL that KB3072630 should fix "the certificate error"? And which certificate error do you mean? The only post I could find mentioning the update KB3072630 is: But it's referring to Server 2003 or XP x64 and KB3072630 is an older update related to MSI Installer of 2015. The last update of the files msi.dll, msiexec.exe and msihnd.dll was in 2019. Therefore I wonder what this old MSI Installer update should do to fix @Dave-H's Windows Update error code 0x80072f8f.