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Latest download doesn't work in XP x64. Previous version/download does not work in XP x64 either, I likely only tried in XP x86 the first time around.

Doesn't really matter so don't get worked up over it. "Chinese" is an ADJECTIVE here in the States. "Hongkongers" is NOT. So it really all boils down to "vernacular".

The original MiniBrowser I tried was an 83.4 MB download and now the download is 73.8 MB so I will have to try this browser again and compare to 360Chrome. The last time I tried it, I preferred my inoculated 360Chrome but the story may change this time around.

I was never able to find a "homepage" for it. @user57 originally posted the links and I copied them over to this thread -> https://msfn.org/board/topic/182304-extreme-explorer-360-chromium-78-86-general-discussion/?do=findComment&comment=1198952

You could also try something called "Odyssey Client". Google for it, it's not free but has a 30-day trial to at least see if it will get you connected. I did not search for alternatives but they may exist.

Upon further reading on my end, WPA and WPA2 is very difficult on 98/98SE. I could probably get it to work if it were my equipment. But guiding this process online is going to be far too time-consuming given the complexity level of the articles found via a Google-search on the topic. The "easiest" I could find is this -> https://cloakedthargoid.wordpress.com/win9x-wpa2/ But you already bought the AR5004G. If I were you, I would return the AR5004G and get an adapter based on Ralink RT61 chipset and follow the link posted above. That's probably about the best I can get you. WPA and WPA2 is very difficult on 98/98SE and the learning curve is too steep for a forum back-and-forth.

Win98? Or Win98SE? Wi-fi on 98 is very iffy. Wi-fi on 98SE "might" be possible.

Also, what computer/laptop is this on? You may have already mentioned but I'm not about to read through 8 pages of this thread and the many circles I've already seen it take.

Okay, the network card is Atheros AR5004G. What is the make and model number of your ROUTER? ps - so far, so good... the AR5004G is B and G only... the 2200BG is also B and G only...

I see that you had to block 6 scripts and 1 object so that could be the only reason it loaded in NM28 when Sp52 failed.

Please stick with ONE card. What your "previous card" was able to do on W2k has nothing to do with a different card on W98. You are running this thread IN CIRCLES when you do that and only turns other people away in trying to offer assistance. Having said that... Just because W98 installs hardware and driver and everything looks good in Device Manager, that does not mean that hardware is even capable of communicating with your router. I can install an AM/FM radio in my car and the car's electrical system will see that radio and it will power up and everything, that doesn't mean it will pull in SiriusXM satellite radio or enable communications with OnStar.

Posting a DNS log while running 360Chrome is more tell-tale than posting code that may or may not even reside in a called subroutine.

And dance around on stage like they are having some kind of seizure and throw rocks at a vehicle claiming the windows won't break but then the window breaks in front of a live audience trying to learn the dance moves of the seizure they just witnessed.

Thanks. It was fun making also, I've never liked software that "targets XP" but doesn't even use Luna buttons. It was also my first use of "alpha blending" to get the tabs to overlay.

The Liebao portable link seems to be dead. Also, there is a browser called "MiniBrowser" that works in XP - it was mentioned in the 360Chrome thread, if I recall, not positive.

I'm late to the thread so apologies if you have already tried this -- go into your router's wi-fi config and verify you have it in the correct mode (a, b, g, n, b/g only, mixed).

When you browse the theme/skin page, the .srx will be downloaded to root dir -> Chrome -> User Data -> skin When you select a different theme/skin, the first .srx will be deleted and the new .srx will go into that folder. So once you have the .srx that you want, copy it from that folder and you'll never need to visit that .cn page ever again. Here is my XP skin files -> https://www.dropbox.com/s/83mdky3jup73l59/WinXPskin.zip?dl=0 There are three files inside the .zip. en_skin.srx and skin.srx goes into root dir -> Chrome -> Application -> 13.0.2206.0 (ie, build number) -> skin geekkoedlankmgbjiogodoaibieloiep.srx goes into root dir -> Chrome -> User Data -> skin If these files are in-place before you ever load 360Chrome, they will load by default. Otherwise you'd have to make a change in the registry.

Yes, but you have to either have the .srx already downloaded from that .cn page or have created your own .srx. The .srx of most skins (not all, some only have registry changes that effect a different .srx [one of 8 that reside in root dir -> Chrome -> Application -> build # -> skin]) resides at root dir -> Chrome -> User Data -> skin But you also have to modify root dir -> Chrome -> User Data -> Registry -> 360chrome_1.reg to point to that .srx via the "skinpath" under [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\360chrome\default\ui_persist_value]

My XP x64 has two ".NET Runtime Optimization Service" services listed in Computer Management -> Services. I have them BOTH DISABLED.

If you can isolate to mscorsvw, here is a good read as to what it is doing -- https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/wondering-why-mscorsvw-exe-has-high-cpu-usage-you-can-speed-it-up/

Not in my experience. There's SEVERAL services that run in the background that are "required" but only show up in Task Manager as "svchost". You may have more services running than you need.

After a few reads on mscorsvw, your configuration has the operating system "optimizing your machine to launch apps faster". I would seek out that configuration setting and disable it. "Optimizations" going on behind your back is never a good thing, IMO. I'll add that once it took me three days to figure out why an online radio station would have choppy audio. The culprit there turned out to be the disk drive "defragmenting" itself behind my back - I no longer allow disk drives to "defragment" behind my back.

Next time you see it at 100%, see if mscorsvw is running - if so, you have a .net process updating or even "optimizing itself", axe it and see if svchost's percentage drops. As a rule of thumb, I axe anything called "updater".

I'd also look at what "services" you have running. I seem to recall that a small handful of services show up as "svchost.exe".

That is generally a required process. But you could have something "piggybacking" that process (I don't recall the correct term). Show a screencap of your Task Manager's "Processes" tab and I bet there is something else running that looks "suspicious".