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That's exactly why I support the idea of MSFN, and actually the reason for all my efforts here. In my case, let Windows XP live forever or at least as long as possible.
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Most people probably find this rather boring. But the mainboard of this computer is from 2000 and the CPU from 2004, and I assembled almost all the components of this old computer myself. I rebuilt the case, repaired the mainboard and due to air cooling improvements, no hard drive has died since then. I have a very personal relationship with this computer, so to speak. It runs super stable and just won't stop working. And to be ontopic again, Thorium runs amazingly well on this computer in contrast to Supermium, where the page load behaviour is much worse. Very often the loading process simply hangs with 100% CPU utilisation.
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Do you talk about their X-Launcher? In the case of the paf version from PortableApps, these entries are only written temporarily to the registry. After closing the browser, they are written back to a local reg file and then removed from the registry. So, nothing to be worried about. Unfortunately, Supermium does not run fluently on my old hardware.
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No, I don't. You wanted to know for which extensions would be written entries to the registry. And I answered that all Supermium (Chrome) browsers do that, when installing extensions, either permanently when installed by installer or temporarily when fully portable. So, it doesn't matter whether you use or prefer installers or not.
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ProxHTTPSProxy and HTTPSProxy in Windows XP for future use
AstroSkipper replied to AstroSkipper's topic in Windows XP
If you want to have a pure ProxHTTPSProxy, then you can use @cmalex's ProxyMII. Read from the section 8. to 8.4.! In case of ProxyMII, however, there is no starter programme, and therefore the necessary settings in the system proxy of Windows XP have to be done manually by the user. And no additional features like minimising to systray and so on are then available. -
ProxHTTPSProxy and HTTPSProxy in Windows XP for future use
AstroSkipper replied to AstroSkipper's topic in Windows XP
In Chrome, there should be a setting to use the system proxy which has to be enabled. When starting ProxHTTPSProxy via the PopMenu, my self-created starter programme StartProxy automatically sets the necessary configuration in the system proxy of Windows XP. -
And since you can set records both upwards and downwards, here is my result from the graphics test on the motion mark website in Thorium on my old machine:
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Here is a link to an official website of Avast where is clearly stated that a key for more recent Avast Free Antivirus (including the version 18) is no longer needed: https://www.avast.com/registration-free-antivirus#windows Additionally, a screenshot of this website: Kind regards, AstroSkipper
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ProxHTTPSProxy and HTTPSProxy in Windows XP for future use
AstroSkipper replied to AstroSkipper's topic in Windows XP
My main article even offers a Table of Contents at the begining of the first post. In your case, read from the section 9. to 9.3.3! Following the table of contents, the download can be found in the section 11.2.2.. The download package contains a short and a detailed documentation. What else is supposed to be needed? I think nothing. To answer your question whether it is installed or portable, it is more portable than installed. To be more detailed, you have to install a certificate and some registry settings to let the ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu TLS 1.3 3V3 run correctly. All has been sufficiently described. But nothing of it is harmful and can easily be removed if necessary. And that's all I'm going to say about it. Read first, then try it out and only if something doesn't work, I'll be happy to help. However, one thing should be clear, I am not a fan of spoon-feeding. -
ProxHTTPSProxy and HTTPSProxy in Windows XP for future use
AstroSkipper replied to AstroSkipper's topic in Windows XP
As I don't use 360Chrome 13.5.1030, I can't judge what your problem is. And only one sentence without a concrete description of your issue is simply too little information. BTW, the installation of ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu TLS 1.3 3V3 can be done in minutes. So, just try it! -
Thanks for documenting! The file and folder structure which is expected by your app was clear to me from the very first, though. However, the structure of my Thorium installation is different and isn't supposed to be changed.
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And so that everyone has something to laugh about , I am solemnly publishing the result of my Thorium test on my old Windows XP sweetheart:
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The last two days, I have tested Thorium vs. Supermium on my Pentium 4 32-bit system. So far, Thorium works indeed better, more reliable and smoother than Supermium under my hardware conditions. And I assume why. My Thorium version is a special SSE2 variant and adapted to this instruction set. At least, this could be a reason.
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The last XP-compatible version 18.8.4084.0 of Avast Clear was from end of 2018. All later versions are no longer compatible with Windows XP as, for example, the version you have linked to.
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Thanks for the flowers! However, the list is still not complete. There are further security and antimalware programmes targeting Windows XP that still need to be written about. The lack of time alone is the limiting factor, though.
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Strangely enough, Tampermonkey does not run correctly in Thorium. In my installation, scripts were regularly simply not loaded. So I replaced it with Violentmonkey, which seems to work more reliably in Thorium.
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It doesn't matter which one. When the Supermium installer is used from GitHub, it writes for each extension which is installed an entry under HKLM and HKCU -> Software -> Supermium. In the portable PAF version from PortableApps, these entries are only temporarily written into the registry and are stored locally in the programme folder when Supermium is closed as it is usual in PAF versions from PortableApps.
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If someone is interested in Supermium as a fully portable application, then have a look here: https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/supermium-portable It was already mentioned here in this thread and has just been updated. In any case, extracting the Supermium executable from GitHub (win32) and using the starter script to call up the main programme does not lead to a real, portable installation, especially when it comes to extensions whose entries have to be written into the registry. And Thorium isn't fully portable, either.
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When it comes to the removal of Avast, the procedure using Avast Clear in Safe Mode is the one which should be tried in any case. But in my case, even this method failed, and I had to manually remove locked registry entries from outside of Windows. But I'm glad to hear that it worked for you.
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:OT Just a small mathematical note. Probabilities always come from an interval I=[0,1]=[0%,100%], strictly according to axomatics. :END OF OT
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I thought it is only a real installer which has to be executed to get a working installation. Most installers write entries in the registry which are needed for proper installation. However, I didn't check the Supermium installer so far.
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TBH, this is more about Windows 10 on such old computers. Watching YouTube in browsers on my hardware needs special settings and methods. In Thorium, I would have to install scripts and an efficient ad blocker like uBlock Origin to make it work as it should if at all. YouTube has become a monster in recent years, and it's just bad. I hate all the changes that have been made there. I would like to test Supermium as well but only in portable mode. No installer, please. I hate Chrome installers. That's why I tried Thorium.
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I still use this command. Of course, only if my system partition has become faulty and has to be restored by the latest image I had created, which, however, only happens very rarely. My reliable imaging system is the reason why this system partition was originally created in 2004. Since then, I never had to reinstall Windows XP from scratch. It is as immortal as the Highlander, so to speak. So I'm not afraid that Thorium or another programme will destroy my system. It is simply indestructible.
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Don't get me wrong, Thorium runs against all expectations well overall, and I've just made some more performance improvements by changing some flags I have been using. On such systems, it is essential to select the correct flags that really correspond to the hardware. In any case, one thing is true. Thorium definitely runs on Intel Pentium 4 single-core 32-bit. Thus, here is one who runs a Chrome 122 under Windows XP on a 20 years old Pentium 4 CPU. And it's me. PS: And as always, I know exactly what I'm doing.
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Never tried before uBlock Origin Lite. Always the standard version. But I will test it. However, I believe that the page loading speed is a general problem of Chrome and not of uBO, especially on old, weak hardware.