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Could working driver releases be collected in the first post now that this thread has been renamed and expanded in scope and length?

It would take less work to configure Windows XP to look like Windows 2000. A web brower requires post-XP level hardware anyway to run.

I don't think a minimal build without any codecs is a good idea. If you drop ffmpeg.exe into the path, it can be found by various applications and used. Something that cuts the size down to 30 or 50 MB is enough.

Not really. I would have to "install" ffplay still when I could install some other normal software like MPC-HC Using command-line is not convenient for routine tasks. Since ffmpeg is really large and updated often, I prefer to just keep only the XP version in my archives. I imagine it takes a "supercomputer" to compile an extra build.

What is the difference between XP and Vista? The XP build runs on Server 2008 R2, so we can just use that. There is no need for playback in ffmpeg. It is a converter. The player part used to be MPlayer. Why does ffplay bloat the size of ffmpeg.exe, which is separate? What codecs are removed by not including external libraries?

Maybe someone could make a ffmpeg build with the most heavy parts cut out. Audio players can selectively include only what they need up a few megabytes. I suspect that the size is mostly the latest 3rd party video codecs.

What is the exact stop error that you get on the BSOD? I got CSRSS ("important process") terminating, and before that there was a lag and programs displaying memory read errors.

I guess updating ffmpeg is worthwhile if you have multiple uses for it. For example, foo_input_ffmpeg for Foobar2000 to play odd formats, E-AC-3 en/de-coder, or whatever. I don't update it unless something doesn't work, and the new version promises to work better. Ffmpeg is getting crazy big, and relatively slow to repetedly open for short tracks.

"Idle" sounds more like when a program has finished executing and is sleeping by its own choice because it has nothing to do. Similar to idle CPU time in task manager when no program is forcibly stopped. Freeze is the term Chrome shows in discards. https://i.imgur.com/4H42ory.png

It does sound like it is a "freeze". That is the word I would use for suspending execution. But searching for freeze brings up unrelated support requests for the program hanging or crashing. Some posts mention "Energy Saver" but I don't have that available to turn on or off.

There seems to be a feature that stops executing code on tabs that are in the background. Memory consumption doesn't decrease as far as I can see, but CPU load does, and dynamic content on the tab refreshes a moment after I open it instead of all the time. Usually this is a good thing on a weak PC. Is it possible to disable it entirely or for specific tabs? I've looked at settings mentioned here, but either they are off or not present in Supermium. https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/315269640/tabs-are-constantly-being-deactivated-although-it-s-switched-off-in-settings?hl=en Performance > Memory saver is off. In chrome://discards/ it says that the tab is "Freezable" after a few minutes, but it doesn't say when it is frozen. I don't know the difference between Discard and Frozen. Discard count is 0 for all tabs (presumably because memory saver is off).

I used to get BSOD, which, I suspect, surfaced because the browser stressed the HDD by saving many files to its cache, also maybe in conjuction with using video aceleration at the same time. So I can't say the browser was at fault, but that it exposed some problem.

For me --disable-web-security makes CloudFlare captcha always fail. I have installed the latest Supermium x64 in portable mode now, so I have a new profile. I guess this is an easier to put the profile onto a hard disk. I spent a lot of time moving individual cache directories off my SSD.

Agreed. I don't use it. DNS on my router is my principal adblock.

Seems like the extension "Allow CORS: Access-Control-Allow-Origin 0.2.2" with the config I experimented with disabled playback of YouTube video. May be accidental, unintentional. Or not... coming from Google. Since it didn't solve my problem, I will get rid of it. From my limited understanding I see the following scenarios involving a bank. (1) I open a malicious "Site B", which includes a call to my bank through an API that the bank denies. This does not seem very likely because my bank would not have such an open access API to fetch without a login. I can only stay logged in for a short time. (2) I open my bank with has X, Y, Z scripts that it normally uses. There is a DNS hack, which redirects them from bank.example.com to site.b.example.com. Since the denial rests onto Site B, it accepts this intentionally. For now, I have installed New Moon on this PC, where CORS can be disabled with 2 settings. I should have done this earlier, because it took less time than wrestling with Chromium extensions. content.cors.bypass_preflight_request content.cors.disable My bank only works in Supermium since the end of last year where I will have CORS.

I've been relying on Xythium for a year or two. It worked so far, but then Tidal decided to tighten their security about a month ago. I wanted to write to the author, but couldn't find contact details other than Twitter, where I don't have an account. I didn't want to open an off-topic issue on github, because there wasn't a section specifically for this tool. It seems to me that CORS is not so much about my security as it is a mechanism for the other website to enforce its access policy, in line what web browsers have been doing with secure DNS and manifest v3.

I looked in the network log with developer tools to find the reason. One option is to permanently switch to a profile with --user-data-dir. CORS disablement only works in conjuction with this option. I guess this is how you get a portable version.

Yes, I found the "action button" now. When I click on the puzzle button, it lists the extensions and Pin next to each, which brings up the button for accessing the extension's UI. I didn't realize that the list of extensions were a clickable menu (flat design). Unfortunately, when I enable defaults or everything, and go to the https://webbrowsertools.com/test-cors/ the test for OPTIONS always fails. One of the extensions explicitly allows to select GET, PUT, ... OPTIONS. I see in the network log that OPTIONS is sent out, and it fails.

What are my options for disabling CORS (cross-origin policy) in Supermium? I know about the command-line parameters, which require a creation of a separate user profile on the hard disk. They do work, but I don't want to have a duplicate profile. I have tried 3 extensions, but they don't seem work. One extension refers to an "action button" on the toolbar. Either it is meant for an old Chrome, or I have hidden this "action button" because I don't see it anywhere. https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/cors-unblock/lfhmikememgdcahcdlaciloancbhjino?hl=en The site I wish to access is https://xythium.github.io/tidal.html for searching music metadata (no downloading of music). With CORS active, it does not work because a "preflight" request is sent out to Tidal which is denied. With CORS disabled it brings up music albums in the listbox and data about composers and performers.

Is it possible to disable the Back/Forward navigation when presing Shift+MouseWheel in New Moon? On many occasions, I have had the browser unintentionally navigate back while typing some text. I just discovered that this shortcut exists and it is probably to blame for some of these cases. It is not a safe feature because a mouse wheel grows loose over time and can be rolled too easily. I expected to find some discussions about this relating to Firefox but not a lot is coming up.

How does OpenGL relate to passing this captcha? Does it render 3D graphics and requires a GPU to pass, assuming bots wouldn't have one?

We have only one bank that I know of that has a strict browser check. All other imporant sites where I have to submit meter readingsq can be accessed with older versions, and don't rely on CloudFlare, but something less intrusive. So far no problems with Supermium and I can go on all websites with it.

Reported on mainstream media, great. I would rather go back to finding bicycles and storefronts. I have discovered two useful settings in New Moon / Firefox. content.cors.bypass_preflight_request content.cors.disable What they do is, when using site A to load a piece of code from site B, they ask site B first for permission. With this system working, I was not able to use https://xythium.github.io/tidal.html because Tidal apparently has disallowed this access. But because New Moon is still somewhat a tweaker's tool, I was able to disable them to restore this site's functionality. I use it to find music albums and metadata about them.

Remember that serial line speeds use decimal prefixes and megabytes use binary prefixes (unless you are manufacturer of hard drives). So 1 Gbit is equal to 119.2 MiB/s not counting protocol overhead and TCP congestion control. I am getting old, but I would consider this speed to be completely sufficient when accessing files remotely or even streaming the highest definition film. 1 Gbit can have very long cable runs. What is the maximum practical cable length for 5 Gbit? Settings that could limit speed might be interrupt moderation in card's settings as well as TCP window sizes. Practical low overhead speed test can be done with FileZilla FTP Server without encryption. Isn't it simpler to obtain an older network card?