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ENOUGH !!! We all know your view on this, we are all attempting to create a version for ourselves with all of the telemetry removed. Let us all strive for that end-in-mind and cease with "added commentary" PLEASE !!! NONE of us have denied that telemetry exists, be it Chinese or Russian. Onward and upward, my friend

In options.zip, I have made changes to five files inside of it -- appstore.js options.html options.js options_page.css privacy_security.js

I wonder if that connection is skin-related? Here is the list of files that I have changed, I could reverse-engineer my changes but it would take time -- root folder -> Chrome -> 360Loader.ini -- should have no effect as far as telemetry goes root folder -> Chrome -> Application -> 360chrome.exe -- no effect, removed Chinese from file -> properties root folder -> Chrome -> Application -> 13.0.2206.0 -> chrome.dll and options.zip and resources.pak root folder -> Chrome -> Application -> 13.0.2206.0 -> Locales -> en-US.pak root folder -> Chrome -> Application -> 13.0.2206.0 -> skin -> en_skin.srx and skin.srx root folder -> Chrome -> User Data -> Default -> Bookmarks and Favicons and Preferences and Web Data -- these just revert to a default state when profile is rebuilt and to prevent fetching of favicons when default bookmarks are restored root folder -> Chrome -> User Data -> skin -> geekkoedlankmgbjiogodoaibieloiep.srx -- this is just my default WIN-XP skin and by copying this to new profile I don't have to visit skin-select page then do my WIN-XP changes over again

That's not one of my hosts file entries and build 2206's bookmark manager is not connecting to that IP/address. I don't know for certain if one of my other tweaks/customizations disabled that connection or if build 2206 just doesn't attempt that connection. I would kind of have to rebuild my tweaks/customizations from the ground up to isolate. Seems I should have taken better notes along the way but at that time this thread was kinda dead and too many users abandoned 360Chrome too hastily.

I stopped updating at build 2206. I've spent a lot of time with how there are "lookup strings" as far as how the language "locales" (ie, "en-US.pak") work and several of these "lookup strings" stopped working after build 2206 (unless 2250 fixed them, I have not checked). I'd have to review my modifications to recall where they are at and how they were fixed, there were several typos that once you see them, you can't not see them. I know one of them was in the Speedup / Optimize Memory tool info dialog boxes. There are also several typos like uplaod instead of upload but I don't recall when those show up. Once those "lookup strings" did not function as they did in previous releases, I stopped updating. It is on my to-do list to benchmark/compare build 2206 with the beta versions that @Dixel uses but I have not done that as of yet. edit -- for purposes of my archive, was there any version 13 builds between build 2220 and build 2250?

Did you remove the Russian Language setting in the Preferences file? <excerpt> C) Changes made to the file "Preferences" (in Chrome/User Data/Default) - I searched for the "accept_languages" entry and then modified the line "accept_languages": "ru-RU,ru,en-US,en" and replaced by "accept_languages": "en-US,en". This action allows to display websites in English and not in Russian. </excerpt>

Perhaps something in your Options -> Advanced settings?

I don't think @Dixel is referring to me on that one. There were several conspiracy theory discussions in the 360Chrome thread(s) but I have moved on and accepted that @Dixel and I simply had a case of misunderstanding and I have moved beyond it. I haven't seen the need to dig up any sort of "history" as far as on my end. I think I have a relatively good history here of being "helpful" and staying "out of the fray". Long Live MSFN... Long Live Win XP...

Thanks for the links. I have not seen the traffic cited but nor have I dedicated hours/days/weeks to try to catch a needle in a haystack. Regardless, the fewer number of services running on my computer the better - so again, many thanks.

That is my experience as well. I just block the settings page connections via my HOSTS file. I have not removed those HOSTS file entries to see if the latest fixes submitted by @Humming Owl prevents those connections or not.

I technically only download from https://lrepacks.net/repaki-programm-dlya-interneta/182-360-extreme-explorer-amp-portable.html But they only keep the link to the most recent. So unless I upload my own copies downloaded from above link, then I don't know of any better place to find the "betas". @Dixel - when you refer to your preference for one of the early betas, which build number by chance?

From what I've seen regarding next release is just GUI and Store changes. No "real" changes under the hood, just the way it "looks" and the Store (which I axe anyway).

I was unable to get all three monitors to work when I tried Win 8 on my secondary computer.

Definitely high. My i7-4770 runs 40c +/- 2 at idle.

I see no "lack of care" but if there were, that would be a GIGANTIC PLUS in my book.

True dat. The rest of the story was more about how dad has been bitten time and time again on rental properties and how "my generation" has done much better staying AWAY from real estate "as an investment". A place to LIVE, of course, but not as an "investment".

True, but I also think inflation is irrelevant. What I mean by that is that most people only think of money "linearly". So an "investment" is only an "investment" if the sale-price exceeds the cost basis. The cost basis is the price paid plus deposits added along the way (ie, the home improvement costs). $40k in 1983 is $86k in 2009, so according to inflation he did "profit" even though his sale-price did not exceed his cost basis. But I do think that most people think sale-price relative to price-paid. That was, in reality, the only thing dad was thinking when he compared $110k sale-price to $40k price-paid (excluding deposits added along the way)

Dad wasn't amused, but the rest of us were Dad was standing around the grill during a cookout and somehow the topic of the house we all grew up in came up. Dad kinda started to boast, said something to the effect of "Best investment I ever made, bought it for $40k, sold it for $110k." Without thinking, I said "You lost money." He was like, "You didn't hear me, I bought it for $40k and sold it for $110k." "I heard you, you lost money." The cookout turned into an add-up-the-numbers reminiscing of the house we grew up in. Dad had it built next door to the house we were in at the time then sold that first house. So his 30yr mortgage from 1983 was only $40k after selling the first house and paying off a couple cars. He retired in 2007 but the house did not sell until 2009 (a land-contract sale fell through and he had to relist it for sale). Sold it in 2009 and he was under that 30yr mortgage that entire time, two second mortgage home equity lines of credit for home improvements throughout that duration. He was still convinced he made a profit of $110k minus $40k of $70k. I kept telling him he lost money but he still would not believe. So we grabbed pen and paper... 25yrs into a 30yr mortgage at 8% = $62.5k in mortgage interest vinyl siding home improvement = $8k new roof = $6k added central air and new furnace = $7k added pool and deck = $4k He would have had to sell for $127.5k just to "break even". Us kids found it funnier than Dad did

My company laptop came with LTSB 2015 and was then upgraded to LTSB 2016. I would recommend 2016 over 2015. I know that the company IT department opted to remain on 2016 when 2019 was tested, but I do not really know why they opted out of 2019. If you take the time to learn NTLite and WinReducer Ex 100, my experience is that you can get the regular version to be almost identical to the LTSB version. There may be some networking differences that only an IT Professional would even notice, but it seems to be the best route for Win 10 on a home computer.

I've never had any luck with "hardware acceleration" in the past (on ANY browser, on ANY operating system), so I disable out-of-habit nowadays.

Thanks, much clearer now.

For one, I have no idea why you seem to be wanting to start a fight with me. This seems EXTREMELY out-of-the-blue on this end. WHO CARES if I accent with CAPS on occasion - "get over it", it's got NOTHING to do with YOU, it's just the way that I communicate, it might be your EGO that made it "about you". For two, I was SIMPLY pointing out that I saw no TRAFFIC with WebClient running. BUT that I was THANKING you for providing me with one LESS service running on my machine. So, in closing, THANKS AGAIN for that one LESS service ps - I reported your "inciteful" posts to the Moderator. If it was not intended as "inciteful" then I will apologize in advance. If it was intended as "inciteful", then I stand by my submission to the Moderator.

For those interested in trying the beta releases, I've found a Dropbox that contains thirteen beta releases (these are the X-Pen repack versions). Page that contains the Dropbox = http://effect8.ru/soft/browsers/360-extreme-explorer-portable.html The actual Dropbox itself = https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1br0hs9ft84gf0v/AADEnsCRUFogCCHFSX8SBkHZa

Those Level 3 Communications could be your own ISP's DNS ??? Or your bookmarks fetching a favicon ???

Your claim for wasted traffic seems FALSE. But it DECREASES my service-count by one so I guess that's enough for me to disable it.