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That's kind of what I was "afraid of". That's how I did it with XP for years - I reinstall two or three times a year so migrating "settings" from one install to the next is a gigantic time-saver. But I don't do "by hand", it's all fully automated via AutoIt and .reg files. It takes a crapload of "time" though and I was hoping for some shortcut third-party apps. Guess I carry my XP methodology forward and start from the ground up with 10.

I was thinking more along the lines of exporting/importing various OS settings such as - 1) desktop icon size from default medium to small 2) set desktop background to solid color (XP Blue!) instead of the "light through a Window" image 3) set border padding and width to 0 4) set single-click versus double-click 5) do not underline desktop icons as if they were "links" 6) font-substitute default Segoe UI with Tahoma 7) disable Windows Firewall service 8) disable Smart Card service 9) disable Shell Hardware Detection service 10) disable Base Filtering Engine service 11) disable DNS Client "ervice 12) disable Security Accounts Manager service 13) disable Windows Update service 14) disable ESIF Upper Framework Service 15) disable Intel Content Protection HDCP Service 16) disable Intel Content Protection HECI Service 17) disable Dell Free Fall Data Protection WMI Service 18) disable DellRctlService 19) disable Cryptographic Services 20) disable AlpsAlpine HID Monitor Service 21) disable WebClient service 22) disable State Repository service (by disabling this, the Tile Data model server and AppX Deployment Service are also disabled) disregard - too aggressive (affects left-click Start Menu) 23) add REAL (not "shortcut") IE desktop icon 24) enable "verbose status" 25) disable Data Execution Prevention 26) disable all "visual effects" except Smooth edges of screen fonts, Show window contents while dragging, and Show translucent selection rectangle 27) use large taskbar buttons 28) do not show badges on taskbar buttons 29) combine taskbar buttons only when taskbar is full 30) always show all icons in the notification area 31) set mouse vertical and horizontal scrolling to 1 32) do not show recently added apps in start menu 33) select all options for folders that appear on start 34) do not make start, taskbar, and action center "transparent" 35) show color on start, taskbar, and action center 36) show color on title bar 37) play Windows startup sound 38) et cetera

The problem is that every company I've ever worked for (only three companies, I don't believe in "job-hopping") doesn't buy high-end computer systems. They buy "bulk enterprise" types of systems. They basically tend to be "middle of the line". I wouldn't call them "cheap", but far from "high end". The Engineer and the CAD Technician use the same "bulk enterprise" PC that the receptionist answering phone calls and playing solitaire in her free time uses. The Engineer and the CAD Technician can requisition for more RAM, but we're stuck with a "middle of the line" graphics card. Some of us are LUCKY and can get a desktop PC instead of a laptop PC and are a "little" better off - but still "middle of the line".

As a CAD designer using XP for various 3D CAD applications spanning 31 years, hardware acceleration has always been extremely problematic. (edit - not all 31yrs of CAD has been XP, I started back in the DOS days.) Whenever Customer Support was called over the years for CAD application instability, the Top Three suggestions has always been, "Have you disabled Hardware Acceleration?" I can't speak for gaming applications, I haven't played a video game since the local Dairy Queen got rid of their table-top Mrs. Pac-Man in the mid-90s. But I can speak for 3D CAD applications.

Looks like this is where Microsoft got their idea for Win10's desktop! --

I try to update all four on the same day or two. No clue on passwords, I've never enabled any web browser to store passwords spanning my 36 years of computer usage. You'll never get 100% SSL "valid security checks" on XP. The "messages" are FALSE ALARMS and are meaningless to pay any attention towards.

I have seen browsers cause BSODs in XP if the user tries to enable Hardware Acceleration. Hardware Acceleration is not designed for XP, the correct APIs do not work in XP, and the browser settings should never be set to "try" to enable it. Kind of like "multi-process" e10s in Mozilla browsers - just because you "can", doesn't mean you "should". I'm speaking specifically to the XP crowd, of course. "Mileage may vary."

Greetings to the Win10 Sub-Forum. I am an XP-holdout and just now updating a couple of my computers to Win10. For XP over the years, I alway migrated "settings" from one install to the next by keeping track of all registry keys and importing those to the next install (repeat installs on same exact computer). That process evolved over the years and I'm not sure if that's the most effective way for me to start my next "several years" (next decade, minimum, fingers crossed) of Win10. So does anybody know of any third-party program (non-Metro App) that I can "export" all of my OS Settings where then I just need to install that program on my next install (repeat install on same computer) then "import" all settings?

Regarding "ungoogled" - 360Chrome / Chromium / Microsoft Edge / Opera / Vivaldi / Brave / Blisk / Colibri / Epic / Iron are all "forks" of Google Chrome. They all have "settings" for things like cookies and whatnot. BUT they all treat a Google cookie DIFFERENT than a non-Google cookie, a form of "this is a Google browser, you cannot delete your Google cookie". This is a privacy rights violation by most privacy-conscious end users and "Ungoogled Chromium" was created to prevent "preferential treatment" towards Google cookies. If the end user wants to delete a Google cookie, they cannot in regular "forks". But you can in my "ungoogled" version and in official "Ungoogled Chromium". But you also have to install extensions differently for any "ungoogled" version.

The question of "modern web" is difficult to answer. "What" qualifies as "modern web"? I can use v11 for THOUSANDS of web sites. But I cannot use it to pay my water bill - it requires v13 or higher.

And other users "swear by" v13.5 instead of v13.

If you have 2MB RAM or less, then I recommend v11. If you have 8MB RAM or more, then I recommend v13. But it also depends on "how" you use your computer. I have 16 MB RAM but I use v11 because I want as much RAM as possible for CAD programs, for VirtualBox VMs, and for the hundreds of things I use my computer for OUTSIDE OF using it to browse the internet.

I've "aged" better than my brothers and sisters. I always tell them this regarding their lines across their face - "Those aren't wrinkles, those are wise cracks!"

Every time I see that, I am reminded of Cassandra O'Brien on Doctor Who - And also The Face of Boe also from Doctor Who -

If this was directed at me - then my reply is that such commentary is "uncalled for" here at MSFN. But zero offense also. I am not a "developer", what I do with these browsers can be done by anybody - no "compiling" skills whatsoever. I have done startup tests with these flags and they make no difference on my computers - other users have to perform their own tests on their computers. "One size does not fit all." I do suggest something quantitative, measureable, and repeatable - elliminate "placebo effect". I'm sure there are others, but I use PassMark AppTimer to "time" software startup.

I honestly have never had any YouTube crash issues - not in v11, not in v12, not in v13, not in v13.5. I do use v11 for 99% of my browsing needs. I think almost everybody here has "several" web browsers and has resigned the notion of using one browser for "everything". I "could" use v13 build 2206 for "everything" but I myself prefer not to because web browsing is not the only thing I use my computer for and I'd rather allocate RAM towards CAD software then to the web browser. When I do YouTube (which is RARE for me), I use v11 - are other users needing a more "modern" browser just for YouTube?

Please provide screencap'd proof. No "placebo effect" allowed. Here's what I use -- https://www.passmark.com/products/apptimer/

How's this for proof (sorry, only used mic for audio) -- https://www.dropbox.com/s/zcqtug229ck6f59/what-crashes-question-mark.mp4?dl=1

I "might" play around with v13.6, during days of complete boredom with nothing else to do I've found nothing but problem after problem with anything "newer" than v13 build 2206 (on XP!) Everything "newer" (in v13, v13.5, and v13.6) is all the same "core engine" with just a crapload of bloatware added left and right (I am merely speculating at this point regarding v13.6). All I've ever seen "improved" with newer builds is "where" the telemetry is stored (mangled in with profile settings where if you delete the telemetry, you also delete portions of your profile settings [extension-dependent]). I have very little optimism toward anything in the 13-branch "newer" than build 2206.

A musical number comprised entirely of 98 and XP sound files -- https://www.youtube.com/embed/dsU3B0W3TMs

Make sure you put them on a leash so they don't run into traffic.

I'm always tinkering with my style sheet for much more than just whitespace and I thought the same, what "purpose" did that whitespace serve?

Mozilla adds its own emoji font, a font that does not work as a system font, a font that does not work as a Chromium font. It's a Mozilla font and Mozilla is "hard-coded" to take advantage of that font. Don't know "how", per se. Mozilla adds its own emoji font, it all boils down to that.