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When it comes to XP, there is definitely no "one size fits all". I've been running WiseVector StopX just to see what all the fuss is about. (I still prefer Comodo Personal Firewall 2.4.18.184.) My "work horse" is XP x64 with 16 GB RAM - not "period correct" but I can not run WiseVector StopX on my true-period-correct XP x86 with 2 GB RAM - I can't run ANY anti-virus "bottleneck" on it because EVERYTHING crashes when I do. My laptops now run Win 10 but all of my desktop PCs run XP. WiseVector StopX crashes St52 and NM28! And yes, it also crashes 360Chrome v13.5. But never any BSODs here, just application crashes. I have to create "rules" in order for St52 and NM28 to not crash. I did not go as far as to seeing what "rules" need created to prevent 360Chrome v13.5 from crashing. I guess the main thing there is that "rules" were required for St52 and NM28 - so it's no surprise that a "rule" would be required for 360Chrome v13.5 also. I personally dislike anti-virus "bottlenecks", so I did not investigate further as to what "rule(s)" would be required for 360Chrome v13.5 (that, and I'm convinced "everyone's mind is already made up" anyway). On XP, it was my water bill website that was the first I could no longer access using any roytam1 release! 360Chrome v13 (then v13.5) was the ONLY browser I could use to pay my water bill. As time went on (close to TWO YEARS), roytam1 releases FINALLY started working for my water bill. BUT none of the roytam1 releases work for my savings account now despite they used to work two years ago. 360Chrome v13 and v13.5 do work for my savings account. But we also have "chromefill" and "polyfill" extensions that did not exist two years ago, so MAYBE my water bill and savings accounts will now work on "less hungry" browsers. Maybe in another TWO YEARS, the roytam1 releases will finally work for my savings account. But until then, I kind of have to use 360Chrome. I cannot (yet) bring myself to accessing my savings account on Win10, lol. So XP remains my true "get things done" OS.
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I can do some digging. Don't have any offhand. But do note, removing the bloat isn't the entire issue. Mobile YouTube sends a different codec so that the streaming data is friendlier to your mobile data plan. But that mobile codec is harder on your CPU. Extensions that play 30FPS videos instead of 60FPS videos has seemed to be more effective in my experience as far as YouTube "bloat".
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Then your presence in this thread is "trolling" and in no way improves this browser for those that actually require this browser. That goes for XP users in particular, which I have always stated is technically the only users that truly need this browser, other options exist for other OSes. Those of us that DO use this browser have a vested interest to IMPROVE it. WHICH CANNOT BE DONE IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT THIS THREAD HAS BEFALLEN! This should be a fair question - what is the "agenda" with this current environment towards 360Chrome - To improve it? Or to wipe it (including Humming Owl's releases) off the face of the Earth?
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My Browser Builds (Part 4)
NotHereToPlayGames replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
They are. Thanks. -
My Browser Builds (Part 4)
NotHereToPlayGames replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
all 4 of these are 404s -
For some seasonal fun -- https://www.dropbox.com/s/tuaz0t1i48ac77l/newtab.zip?dl=1 Place in same directory as "chrome.dll", "options.zip", "resources.pak", et cetera. Now a random Christmas Scene will load for all New Tab pages (assuming you use chrome://newtab/ for new tabs or on startup). 16 images (all from wallpapers.com) are stored within the .zip, no images are fetched externally.
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I am seeing a method to perform this. But it isn't exactly for the "average" user. There is a file called "Local State" in the User Data folder. A "normal exit" is on the left. A "browser crash" is on the right. Note also that there are "system crash" variables also in this file but I did not "force" a SYSTEM crash to witness these variables, I only forced a BROWSER crash.
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My Browser Builds (Part 4)
NotHereToPlayGames replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
With a quick search, I could not find the useragent string that many folks use to force Mobile YouTube. Would be interesting to see if that useragent is retrieving VP9 or AV1. -
My Browser Builds (Part 4)
NotHereToPlayGames replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
There appears to be something that the Pale Moon Forks are doing to force VP9 (I tend to feel like all of Roytam1's builds are more of a Pale Moon Fork then they are a Firefox Fork, but that's a matter of semantics). "Real" Firefox on Win10, fresh profile right out-of-the-box, is served AV1 videos by Mobile YouTube. -
My Browser Builds (Part 4)
NotHereToPlayGames replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
Mobile YouTube sends St52 360p at 30FPS but in VP9 codec. edit - same appears to be true for ArcticFox 40, NM27, and NM28. So Mobile YouTube sends Chromium Flavors AV1 but sends Mozilla Flavors VP9 ??? No clue what it actually sends to an actual mobile phone browser. -
My Browser Builds (Part 4)
NotHereToPlayGames replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
I'm going to go out on a limb and say "most of them". I say that for two reason - for one, desktop users that don't like the "heaviness" of YouTube seem to always resort to the "mobile" version of YouTube as their "solution". For two, I kind of have to "assume" that MOST of YouTube visitors aren't visiting via a desktop computer, but rather from their mobile phone. If you look closer, or unless I'm just missing something, it appears that the "heaviness" of YouTube is NOT solved by using the "mobile" version! The "mobile" version will drop the resolution of the video to a very low fast-for-downloading 360p at 30FPS - but it also sends the CPU-intensive AV1 codec. edit - make that three reasons, with the third reason being Chromium Flavor browsers receiving AV1 and Mozilla Flavor browsers receiving VP9. edit2 - brand new install of Firefox with fresh profile on Win10 also receives AV1. -
Running Windows 98 in 2020 and beyond...
NotHereToPlayGames replied to Wunderbar98's topic in Windows 9x/ME
I still use one of those "natural keyboards" But I also feel like I had to teach myself "two ways" to type - one way for at home, another way for at work. And I had to teach myself to use the left hand for #6 versus the right hand - which probably only means I was always using the wrong finger for #6 to begin with. I haven't shopped around for one of the "natural keyboards" in years though, don't think they make them with the short-stroke-depress keys like most keyboards nowadays. The short-stroke-depress keys is probably much more of a fatique-preventative ergonomic advancement than the angled "natural keyboard" was/is. -
I for one would be interested in knowing your process of tweaks and optimizations. I use NTLite and WinReducerEX100 but you have taken it up a notch if you're taking dll's from 8.1 and replacing your Win10 dll's, I've never done anything like that but the idea is quite intriquing.
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Very impressive! I was able to tweak my LTSB down to 29 processes and 290 threads. It's been a while since doing my tweaks but I seem to recall that the "default install" had somewhere between 48 and 60 processes! Don't recall the exact number, but it was a far cry from only 29
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update collection for windows xp x64?
NotHereToPlayGames replied to a topic in Windows XP 64 Bit Edition
According to here - https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/server-2003-and-2003-r2-downloads.57526/page-10 That KB is availabe here - https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/restore-windows-update-for-windows-xp-server-2003.82538/ But most posts are simply "You need to login to view this posts content." so I cannot verify.