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Maybe a good idea , but that just would be too easy . It connects to plenty of US owned/located IPs too . Chinese folks use US companies for their dirty spying , no one cares , it's just business , lol . Look at my list , just scroll back.

No kidding ? I shall lose my sleep over this .

Somehow it just stopped asking for updates , the issue resolved , thanks again !

@Tonny52 is absolutely right , nothing can be done , except returning that nasty thing back to the store. And for those who gives examples "with 8.1 preinstalled" , jusk think how old that laptop is . It's totally irrelevant . I can confirm , my friend bought Dell (not with Windows 8.1 in 2013) , but recently , and the ugly "feature" is there , had to return it.

@legacyfan we hope you shall stay this time .

Welcome , enjoy your stay !

I totally understand , the advice was based on "Disappointing from a financial point of view". I'm not saying I'm an ancient guru with hundreds of years of experience , but I worked with lots of computers parts since 90's , even though I do not like asian manufactured stuff in general , Samsung is one ot the best these days , honestly . Why ? Too few to choose from . We do not have European manufactured stuff anymore . In the end , they all place orders at OEM plants and then just label the parts. Of course , you may try your luck with Corsair again .

Excuse me dear ArcticFoxie , I shall say in advance : I'm not trying to mock you or anything like that , but what problems with the beautiful English language are you talking about ? Perhaps you need to change your system locale from russian (lol) . Sorry , couldn't stand the temptation to joke about your system language . I really do hope you are not a hidden russian , though . I will take some time and describe what I've done to check. 1st - my system's locale is EN-GB . Not French , lol (this joke is for British/Americans only , others may not understand , sorry in advance , love to French folks). 2nd - downloaded your favourite version from your link . 3rd - Unpacked Portable from CMD (it inpacked the portable version with everything in English). P.S. Yes , gurgle is still with "ru" , but it can be fixed with hexing. I changed it to gurgle.ca ( why ? It somewhat reminds me of @win32 and his marvellous work , weird ? Maybe , don't care.) ..... or maybe I was just laizy to extend the length because gurgle.co.uk or "com" will not fit , obviously . My advice - change your system locale to proper British English (and reboot , but you know this already) before unpacking. Also , I do use a LOT of flags , like "disable translate" and I do not see any russian language at all. And , of couse , I deleted "error" and "new tab" .zip.

Works for me on chromium 86 . Ditch Firefrox ?

Someone knows why 9th of May ? Why not the 8th ? Or any other date ? I noticed right away , just waited for someone to notice too.

Great Britain (that's what they taught us to call it during my school days) is a good country , indeed , let's hope it stays that way during these dark times . Though electronics is somewhat more expensive. Glad to be of help. BTW , these still can be overclocked in the BIOS , I even suggest to buy DDR3 1333 CL9 or DDR3 1066 CL7 and then change the settings in the bios , no need to add any additional voltage , just play with the settings . For example DDR3 1333 CL9 can work at 1600MHZ , but you shall need to up the timings , change to CL10 (if chips are ok , they won't require more voltage).

@WalksInSilence , you're welcome . I do not know which country you're in , but I think it's not a problem to buy 4 used modules (Samsung or Hynix , even Elpida with Elpida chips is fine) for cheap . Just make sure the chips are "SEC" , marked with SEC (made by Samsung) , or Hynix. Samsung 16 GB (4x4GB) DDR3-1600 PC3-12800U , for example in Germany is about 45-57 Euro with VAT for 4pcs, should be minus 19% (if shipped to the States) , plus delivery. Better look for CL9 or CL10 , quite easy to find and it will be cheaper than those from "famous" brands. You don't need any cooling on the modules with 1.5v, BTW . I couldn't find a CL9 module picture , these ones are CL11 , but it should give you an idea how they look like . https://computerstoreberlin.de/media/image/product/288228/lg/samsung-16-gb-4x4gb-ddr3-1600-pc3-12800u-m378b5273ch0-ck0-312023.jpg https://computerstoreberlin.de/Samsung-16-GB-4x4GB-DDR3-1600-PC3-12800-M378B5273DH0-CK0-311679 Note SEC on the chips.

http://www.oldversion.com/windows/download/comodo-internet-security-5-5-195786

@WalksInSilence , 1.65v is a terrible RAM (no wonder , because it is Corsair). Gotta be some awful chips so they need that high voltage . I run Crucial DDR3 1600 with timings 7 (yes , CL7! ) and 1.35 voltage. Even some generic RAM from Samsung should run with 1.5v and CL9. 1.5v and CL9 is kinda default for 1600MHZ RAM.

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That question about IP ranges was already answered (by me) , just scroll back . Yes , version 5 is good. You have to block under firewall/network policy/blocked zones and press "add" IP range.

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@XPerceniol , hi , I'm sorry for the delayed reply , I had busy days . It's the simpliest way , as far as I know . Other tools suggested here didn't work for me at all . I'm not saying they are bad . They just didn't work for me , maybe because I do not use updates , I dunno. Is the second part for me too ? I don't remember you asked me , maybe I missed something . BTW , tried playing with time-travel again , all is fine , I do not have any SHA-2 updates installed at all , but I'm on Vista , so it can be different from XP , though my Vista is actually older than XP SP3. If Dave will count the last sentence as OT , please delete.

@WalksInSilence , do not buy Corsair (any items from Corsair) under any circumstances . It failed you already . It failed me a gazillion of times . You can leave the working modues as they are and just buy another matched pair to fit into other slots. Kingston isn't any better , avoid . I's suggest bying Samsung or Hynix made in Korea . Or something from Crucial, like Crucial Ballistix. G.Skill RipJaws are somewhat OK too . Try to choose low latency though.

Just use a bit of special grease compound (usually green coloured is the best) . Do not forget to clean the surface from the old with 70% Alchol .

Though I DO really like that you avoid updates at all costs ( that's our man , please go on ! ) , I think your current connection problems are due to the time mismatch between you and the server , hence the error . For the future , just buy a cheap notebook with win 7/8/10 , let it update the certificates and simply export the registry entries , or use someone elses' , someone you don't care about , lol .

It is quite unpredictable . Usually it pops up right at the start of the programme. I do not have this line at all . I only have "UpdateCheckingPeriod" with only one digit available, so it seems they don't want me to disable it completely , only to change the period . This is with 7.3.1 , yes , as I told earlier I made a frankensteined version with the main .exe being 7.3.1 . I searched all lines with the word "update" , opened in Hex , nothing even remotely similar.

Thank you for the worries . Actually , I tried this one , so my CPU is in the inf file already , it installs OK , but the "device cannot start" message after reboot . I suspect it has something to do with Optimus, because I have a second GPU in this laptop (Nvidia) . Is your notebook equipped with a second card ?

We can't be certain what caused this . I said it could be {at least} 2 reasons. ESD or spikes. Your PSU (sorry) is not a real 500W PSU . 360W on 12V rails combined is only a 400W PSU. Cooler Master lies , as usual . Actually they all lie , at least most of them . Corsair is on my top liers' list , Cooler Master is on the second . Look here : https://computerstoreberlin.de/media/image/product/197749/lg/fsp-fortron---source-atx-400pnf-atx-netzteil-400-watt-301919.jpg This one is a true 400W PSU , and it has 348W on 12V rails and 180W on 5v rails. So again , see how Cooler Master lies . They don't have their own manufacturing lines and they order some cheap OEM units. To be fair , there was ONE somewhat good unit GX 650W (only the model from 2011) But yet again , it was not made by the Cooler Master itself , they ordered it from an OEM manufacturer , just a bit better manufacturer . https://www.techpowerup.com/review/cooler-master-gx650w-bronze/3.html My favourite PSU is FSP600-80GLN 600W - no failures for many years from several units I own/owned in various PCs under load. It works very well in different countries : 100/240v . About expensive brands , I've had mixed results with them over the course of my "computer years". I hate everything from EVGA and Seasonic , yes . Sorry if someone's disagree . No need to argue , I will not change my opinion.

This is really strange because I trust this experienced user @UCyborg . He just helped me with Riva Tuner on Vista . What is their framework level ?