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This may be of some use for Win XP users in today's world with Win XP being phased out more everyday ... this service is also listed to work with Windows 98 SE / ME also. I used it about 6 years ago myself and now am being forced to use it again in Oct 2025 to be able to get my Win XP computer on the internet with a VPN. The paid service I was using has finally cut off all Win XP connections. They warned two years ago it was coming and the service still works for my Windows 7 computer but I still mostly use my Win XP computer for everyday connecting. As I said above ... I used this free VPN about 6 years ago and I have hooked the XP computer up to the service again. I will say that they have really improved things and the service is great in 2025. Perhaps some of you know about it already but if not ... then you can check it out if you need a VPN for Win XP. https://www.vpngate.net/en/ https://www.vpngate.net/en/download.aspx VPN Gate - Public Free VPN Cloud by Univ of Tsukuba, Japan Welcome to VPN Gate. (Launched on March 8, 2013.) - You can get through your government's firewall to browse restricted websites. (e.g. YouTube.) - You can disguise your IP address to hide your identity while surfing the Internet. - You can protect yourself by utilizing the strong encryption while using public Wi-Fi. More Details... - TunnelCrack protection implemented in SoftEther VPN Client (August 31, 2023) Supports Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android. Compatible OS: Windows, CPU: Intel x86 and x64 (Windows 98 SE / ME / 2000 SP4 / XP SP2, SP3 / Server 2003 SP2 / Vista SP1, SP2 / Server 2008 SP1, SP2 / Hyper-V Server 2008 / 7 SP1 / Server 2008 R2 SP1 / Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 / 8 / 10 / Server 2012 / Hyper-V Server 2012) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It looks complicated but it really isn't. Spend some time reading everything and you should be good to go. I'm impressed from using it 6 years ago to how it has improved. One word about connecting, if you need an US connection for banking, Tubi or whatever ... they are not always there, just at various times. You will figure all this out as you get familiar with the service. ...

I'm sorry. I have no idea... ... At least I got this figured out, as it was seriously bugging me ; the "what" is hidden inside a changelog: https://github.com/adang1345/PythonVista/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md Your v2025.09.23.052315 yt-dlp_x86_win7.exe binary has been compiled with a flavour of 3.13.7 which, at that time, supported only Win7+ ; Vista support for 3.13.7 came on Sep 25th, 2 days after v2025.09.23.052315 was built, but in time for the v2025.09.27.071342 to be built with a Vista-enabled 3.13.7 interpreter (this assumes you manually updated to the Vista-compat flavour of 3.13.7) ... What is still unclear to me is: a) were both versions built on the same OS (Win7 SP1 ?) ? b) were both versions packaged with "official" PyInstaller-6.16.0 ? v2025.09.27.071342: [debug] yt-dlp version nicolaasjan/yt-dlp@2025.09.27.071342 (win7_x86_exe*) [debug] Python 3.13.7 (CPython AMD64 32bit) - Windows-Vista-6.0.6003-SP2 (OpenSSL 3.0.16 11 Feb 2025) and v2025.10.05.061237 [debug] yt-dlp version nicolaasjan/yt-dlp@2025.10.05.061237 (win7_x86_exe*) [debug] Python 3.13.7 (CPython AMD64 32bit) - Windows-Vista-6.0.6003-SP2 (OpenSSL 3.0.16 11 Feb 2025) have been both compiled on a 64-bit OS, with the 32-bit build of Vista-compatible 3.13.7; why, then, is the next v2025.10.13.80600, built on a Vista-compatible 3.14.0, broken on actual Vista SP2 32-bit? I have a hunch, based on adang1345's notes: https://github.com/adang1345/PythonVista/blob/master/README.md So, the same 3.14.0 CPython will behave differently when run on a Win7 machine to when run on a Vista machine; likewise for the PyInstaller-packaged resultant yt-dlp_x86_win7.exe binaries; but this theory doesn't explain builds v2025.09.27.071342+v2025.10.05.061237 (which run OK on Vista), unless they were also compiled on a Vista SP2 64-bit VM ... FWIW, adang1345 has made a new release of 3.13.9 less than an hour ago, https://github.com/adang1345/PythonVista/tree/master/3.13.9 and issued a re-release of 3.14.0 along with the above: https://github.com/adang1345/PythonVista/tree/master/3.14.0 His changelog only mentions the addition of 3.13.9, though ... This one launches OK: [debug] yt-dlp version local@2025.10.13 [eafedc218] (win_x86_exe) [debug] Python 3.14.0 (CPython AMD64 32bit) - Windows-Vista-6.0.6003-SP2 (OpenSSL 3.0.18 30 Sep 2025) Was a Vista SP2 64-bit VM used in this case? And which PyInst version? This one launches fine : yt-dlp_x86_win7.exe -v [debug] Command-line config: ['-v'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1253, fs utf-8, pref cp1253, out utf-8 (No VT), error utf-8 (No VT), screen utf-8 (No VT) [debug] yt-dlp version nicolaasjan/yt-dlp@2025.10.13.080600 (win7_x86_exe*) [debug] Python 3.14.0 (CPython AMD64 32bit) - Windows-Vista-6.0.6003-SP2 (OpenSSL 3.0.18 30 Sep 2025) [debug] exe versions: none [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.23.0, brotli-1.1.0, certifi-2025.10.05, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.32.5, sqlite3-3.50.4, urllib3-2.5.0, websockets-15.0.1 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets [debug] Plugin directories: none [debug] Loaded 1834 extractors Usage: yt-dlp_x86_win7.exe [OPTIONS] URL [URL...] yt-dlp_x86_win7.exe: error: You must provide at least one URL. Type yt-dlp --help to see a list of all options. Less puzzled now , but still with unanswered questions ... Time to call it a night, regards...

it hits a "MOZ_CRASH(IPC FatalError in the parent process!)" intended crash with message "IPDL error [PContentParent]: Error deserializing 'Principal'". maybe the RefCnt knock out value is too low, tried to enlarge it a bit: https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commit/9ad9a88955775ce04f7bd070e09ddc31c7868a3f

No, both yt-dlp_x86_win7.exe versions were built on Windows 10 64bit with 32bit Python. yt-dlp_win7.exe (and zipped) versions are built on Windows 7 64bit with 64bit Python. I think so. 🤔 Yes. And it was built with 3dyd's PyInstaller 6.15.0.

There is a new release available. The Win7 builds should now work again on Vista. They are now built with PyInstaller 6.16.0 (Vista compatible) . I forked 3dyd/pyinstaller-builds and changed the workflow file (trial and error...). https://github.com/nicolaasjan/pyinstaller-builds/releases

Intel finally released an official 24H2 compatible graphics drivers for 7th-10th Gen processors (probably also compatible with 25H2) https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/776137/intel-7th-10th-gen-processor-graphics-windows.html?wapkw=driver

It does. Thank you! I can confirm, the binary works on Win11 Pro (on my brand new Framework Desktop).

@roytam1 In Serpent v52.9.0 (2025-10-08) (32-bit) commit caps: hack - check mCSP RefCount to avoid circular calls causes a crash in xul.dll, and after that in mozglue.dll in multi-process mode. Link to check: https://2captcha.com/demo/cloudflare-turnstile-challenge. Crashes also happen on some other sites when e10s is enabled (browser.tabs.remote.force-enable;true). There is no problem in single-process mode. If you disable CSP (security.csp.enable;false), the problem is not observed in multi-process mode either.

Can you test this Win7 build: yt-dlp_x86_win7.7z ? Built with adang1345's Py3.14 with custom PyInstaller 6.15 on Windows 10.

Chinese installers are great! Aren't they?

Thanks for your quick reply! I do not focus. on process count only. I do focus on RAM usage. Each new opened tab consumes nearly 100 MB. Currently I have three different tabs and only one extension in 360 Chrome and a RAM usage of 93 + 90 + 110 + 113 + 90 = 496 [MB]. Each more tab means nearly 100MB more. Sorry, too much. In Mypal 68 I have three different tabs and two extension consuming only 400 MB. Therefore 20 percent less RAM usage. It makes definitely a difference running a browser in multi process or single process mode.

Correct! For me too! I tried it and RAM usage was worse. In Chrome there is no single process mode anymore. It existed in Chromium (--single-process) but due to the fact that I avoided Chrome browsers in the past I don't know if it is still supported. 360Chrome version 11 crashes with the launch parameter --single-process. Therefore 360Chrome browser and, after a short research, presumeably all Chrome browsers do not have a single process mode anymore. I agree if Mypal 68 is running in multi process mode. But Mypal 68 can be used in a single process mode using these about:config settings: browser.tabs.remote.autostart false dom.ipc.processCount 1 In this mode you'll have only one instance of mypal.exe with less RAM consumption. Starting Mypal 68 with these settings in my system leads to a RAM usage of less than 300 MB. What do you think about launch parameter --process-per-site in 360Chrome? On some web sites this parameter is recommended to reduce RAM consumption. I rather doubt that. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Hi @NotHereToPlayGames, at first my compliment for your hard work here! You made it possible to have a more recent Chrome browser in Windows XP without annoying Chinese language strings. Thanks for that! Now I have a question relating to the RAM consumption of your 360Chrome editions. I use Windows XP on a very old computer with only 1.5 GB RAM. Is there an option to reduce RAM consumption significantly? Maybe a kind of single process mode as in Mypal 68? AFAIK people are advised to use 360Chrome version 11 on older systems. I tried your 360Chrome version 11 and 13.5, but in both cases the RAM consumption is very high starting the browser with an empty tab only. Any recommendations? Cheers, AstroSkipper

Thanks for your complement! But to get manually rid of an addon (remove function doesn't work properly, indeed), the file extensions.json is the most important. The other files prefs.js, extension-preferences.json and extension-settings.json contain only preferences and settings, and do not harm i.e. can be left there. Cleaning these files isn't necessary, and for a lot of people it is simply too complicated, I think. In folder storage\default\moz-extension+++* the symbol * is a string of numbers and letters until ^userContextId=. For example ee6c8d43-8548-44cf-8b7a-f045e5a7edd9 is relating to adblockultimate@adblockultimate.net. Where do I get this information from? Simply open site about:config and search for this string! In Preference Name extensions.webextensions.uuids you'll find the answer. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Here is a tip how to get completely rid of an installed addon in Mypal 68: 1. You have to find out the extension ID of that addon. Click Help -> Troubleshooting Information. In section Extensions you can copy the related ID. 2. Under Tools -> Add-ons remove the problematic addon. 3. Close browser. 4. Go to your profile folder and open the file extensions.json in a good editor like Notepad++ which supports highlighting of brackets. 5. Search for the extension ID and delete its complete string from {"id": to "location":"app-profile"} curly brackets inclusive. Each extension begins and ends with these curly brackets. Between two different extensions may be only one comma. 6. Now delete in subfolder extensions related xpi file and its staged folder if existent. 7. Now start your browser, open Add-ons and you'll see the problematic addon has gone completely. Kind regards, AstroSkipper

In my computer is only a SSE2 cpu working. uBlock Origins fails to install as reported above. I quoted @feodor2's comment to issue #9. In case of uBlock presumeably only people using older computers like me are affected. Generally I think it's an early state of development and addon support is still immature at the moment.

It has already been reported that uBlock Origin doesn't work in Mypal 68 at the moment. I tried several versions and couldn't install any of them too. But I found an interesting alternative adblocker working in Mypal 68. It's AdBlocker Ultimate and works without any problems. I'm fine with that. Here is a link: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/adblocker-ultimate/ . You can use the latest version 3.7.16. And @feodor2, my compliment for your great work! I am really impressed by the performance on heavy loading web sites in this early state of development. Kind regards, AstroSkipper

Hi @roytam1, good news for you! Using a clean profile, no problems in accesing web site https://sourceforge.net/projects/otter-browser/files/ Furthermore I tried again updating my installation to the latest version. Using my old profile and deleting all sourceforge related cookies, no more crashes. The problematic web site can be accessed without any problems. Therefore thanks for your quick reply and next time I'll try usimg a clean profile first. But such errors are a bit strange in any cases. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Very strange! Never had such problems. My environment is a real installation (no VM) of Windows XP Professional + all POSReady updates. It's a very old computer with a Pentium 4 CPU 32Bit in perfect condition and without any errors or problems. As mentioned before your previous versions never had any problems accessing this web site. For me it was the first time your browser crashed. And I could reproduce this crash. Anyway, I will try using a clean profile for testing purpose.