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I don't see why it would be, they are different exploits. I'm sure win32ss knows what needs patching and what doesn't.

Yes, it is an update for Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 (Base form Windows XP). That update uses SSE2 instructions, which may cause problems with CPUs without SSE2. I am checking for another version of Windows XP that does not use SSE2.

Definitely. ADB can be used to make or restore backups, and has access to some places that normal apps would not, so these backups can be more complete than those made by other methods. It can grant or deny various permissions. It can install or uninstall apps. It can explore directory stuctures, copy, move, rename or delete files within device storage or to/from your windows computer, change file permissions or ownership, or generally do most shell commands. It can remount read-only partitions as read/write (though you still need to consider how to deal with dm-verity on some of them like /system). It can reboot the phone into recovery mode or bootloader mode, useful if you want to change ROMs. It may be able to change itself to root mode, depending if Xiaomi left some config settings on that would allow this. It also has a "sync" function in addition to the backup/restore functions. I find myself using ADB at least once a month or so, mostly because that crippleware MTP mode does not always preserve file timestamps correctly, where using ADB does. I have not looked into Xiaomi in particular, but that arrangement sounds typical for getting a bootloader unlocked. While it is not directly rooting, it is typically the first step in either rooting or in installing a custom ROM. One thing to get clear about before you do that, is for some vendors, requesting that unlock will void whatever manufacturer warranty the phone had, so best to check the rules before asking. My guess here would be that their web site is coded to want Chrome, and the needed functions are missing in whatever older browser you tried. If you don't like Google Chrome (I sure don't!) there are other chromium based browsers that are more privacy friendly. Brave ver 1.47.186, while not the most current, does run on W7 and is my go-to browser when my preferred SeaMonkey can't cope. Others might include Chromite, Vivaldi, etc; you can probably find a thread elsewhere on these boards about browsers still running in W7 for more ideas. Yeah, that is part of what I meant about the hassle factor. The card itself is usually pretty sturdy and not likely to break. But if your phone has one of those little pop-out trays that hold both cards, that thing is a lot more delicate and definitely prone to breakage, assuming it doesn't just get lost. I usually just install the card once and leave it in permanently, since ADB is simple enough for me to copy stuff out with. Yep. Even worse, for my FroYo device, doing this has about 50% odds of causing the phone to reboot, so I have to unplug everything, wait for it to finish, and start over. There's no real reason why the procedure to unmount and remount a partition should fail so often for androids when it is very reliable on Linux desktops, but apparently Google preferred to do away with it entirely rather than debug the actual problem here. Somehow desktop Linux systems solved this problem a long time ago and routinely stop trying to access a partition that is unmounted. I don't know why the same solution never made it into the android kernels. Oh, I just thought of another... if you have a USB-OTG adapter that fits your phone's USB port, you can plug in a standard USB thumb drive and use something like Ghost Commander to copy files in and out.

New security patched release. Supermium 132.0.6834.226 R5.01 "The only substantial change in this release is a patch for vulnerabilities CVE-2025-8010 (CVE-2025-8011 is not applicable to M132) and CVE-2025-6558."

Now, after @feodor2's versions cleanup, I was able to install Scratchpad 0.7.1 in Mypal 74.1.0 as a replacement for the removed, internal Scratchpad but it doesn't work as intended. The Scratchpad window is partially broken. No possibility to run JavaScript code. From this I conclude that Mypal 74 is not yet at the level of FF 72 or even 74 when it comes to extensions. @feodor2, am I right?

Today, I have installed and tested Mypal 74.1.0. @feodor2, thanks for this new version and for cleaning up the version number chaos! Good job! My favoured Alice0775 script loading method still works with this browser version as I have predicted in previous posts. And I am very pleased that the Custom Buttons extensions and all my self-created scripts also work there. However, one issue is still present in Mypal 74.1.0. Clicking entries in the Add-ons Manager does not work yet and leads to the well-known message that the address is not understood.

You are on the right track, keep going. Edit : I notice also OTSKB.chm in Windows 10 require right click >> properties >> unblock to show the contains

Revo Uninstaller Pro is great. I have the last XP-compatible version 3.2.1 installed. If I had used this tool and not just that junk uninstaller which came with Wise Anti Malware, then I probably wouldn't have had that problem with the driver corpses and the resulting Thorium crashes. That's a very good idea. @Dixel Thanks again for pointing to the more recent NVIDIA graphics card driver in the version 370.90! This one is now installed in my native Windows XP Pro 32-bit system. Runs great.

Thanks! I am glad, too. Especially after this Odyssey. In my many years of experience, anything that you have installed at any time can be uninstalled in one way or another. Antivirus or anti-malware programmes are therefore not a problem for me. I do not. Reformating and reinstalling Windows is only the very last measure for me when even my perfectly functioning imaging system can no longer help. As I have mentioned many times, both of my Windows XP partitions were created in 2004. Since then, there have been only very few cases where I have had to restore a partition image to restore Windows to an earlier point in time. Reformating and reinstalling Windows are a sign of helplessness and loss of control in my eyes. If I am the administrator of a Windows installation, then I want to have control over the system and not the other way round. Only when you identify the cause of a computer issue and solve it at its origin, you really get to know your system and are not helplessly at its mercy. And if this issue comes up again, you then definitely know what to do.

Regarding my issue with sudden Thorium crashes, I performed the following measures so far: Checking the file system for errors. Checking the integrity of the partition structure. Purging the partition in terms of trash/temp files. Complete defragmentation of the partition. Offline defragmentation of pagefile and registry files. Clearing and reorganising of the prefetch files. Checking the registry for errors and fixing them. Checking for missing updates performed by Legacy Update. Adding a couple of Windows updates which weren't offered by WU/MU. Installation of the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 - 2019 Redistributable Package as it is also installed in the POSReady partition. Verifying the integrity of the DirectX 9.0c installation. Verifying the integrity of all .NET Framework installations. Uninstalling or disabling programmes which are permanently loaded and don't exist in my POSReady installation. Checking all autostart programmes and services. Fixing of all errors from the event log. Configuration of all services corresponding to my POSReady installation. Updating of programmes, which are permanently loaded, to the same version as in the POSReady installation. Update of the root certificates. Fixing a network error and adjusting all network settings. Graphics card driver completely uninstalled, all leftovers cleaned and more recent driver version installed. Now, my Windows XP Pro SP3 installation without POSReady updates is completely error-free except the issue with sudden Thorium crashes . The good is this Windows XP installation is now even fresher and faster than ever. My next measure is the check of all other drivers in that partition which might be problematic.

Simply add this command line flag. --enable-features=ExtensionManifestV2Availability It will work for now, when they remove it, no one knows.

ROG - precisely about Asus PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse combo port. "I have purchased 6 PS/2 Y splitter..." https://rog-forum.asus.com/t5/z170/ps-2-keyboard-mouse-combo-port/td-p/574618

Either of you tried to mod the desktop drivers? There's a chance up to R430 Kepler might work. https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/151873/en-us/

I'm now starting to suspect why we don't see win32 here often anymore.

What are you talkin' about? That part of the code was omitted in Supermium from the start. And no "magical super alternatives" for win 7 either. Chrome 109 is too old now. 115 is the comfortable minimum here, in Europe.