Dave-H

A good thought thanks, but I tried generating an new empty DataStore.edb and just got the same error message I'm afraid. Some research indicated that the error I'm getting is because my system time does not match the time on the server, and I wondered if this was because I'm not in the States, but I then saw that others in Europe have had this working, so it can't be that!

I went back to the version of CA.crt which came with ProxHTTPSProxy, and MS Update then didn't work at all, "unable to display page" (Error number: 0x80072F7D). After restoring the newer version it loads and scans again, but then I'm getting the supposed clock setting error again.

My install of ProxHTTPSProxy came from @heinoganda's original package. I've checked it, and it does include a CA.crt file, which is valid from 01/10/15 to 30/09/25. I must have subsequently updated it. I can try going back to the original version and see what happens.

Yes, that is puzzling. Are people who have this working using the http:// URL or the https:// URL? Looking at the screen grabs, it appears to be generally the http version. I realised I actually have only https links set to use ProxHTTPSProxy, not http links, so I changed that to use it for all URLs, but it didn't make any difference, I'm still getting the supposed clock setting error.

This thread is now locked. These types of arguments will never be resolved, and MSFN isn't the place for them, even in this section.

IIRC I must have updated the certificate using the details in cacert Update.txt. The one you have appears to be the default CA.crt supplied with the program. I don't see how installing an older certificate would make Windows Update suddenly work, surely it would need a newer certificate if anything. As I use ProxHTTPSProxy for some important things, like keeping the certificate error popups away on my ancient Eudora e-mail client, which uses the IE engine to display messages, I don't want to risk messing it up by installing an old certificate.

I certainly didn't do anything knowingly to generate my own certificate. My certificate was issued in June 2021, yours in October 2015, so I'm a bit loathe to now install an apparently older certificate.

That looks like the same version of ProxHTTPSProxy that I've already got, and its certificate is installed of course, or it won't work! Is there a more recent one, that one looks like it's good until 2031!

My glasses are blue!

I have all the updates mentioned already installed, up to date root certificates, and the necessary entries in the Internet Options applet and in the ProxHTTPSProxy config.ini. I'm still just getting error 0x80072F8F, saying my machine's clock probably isn't right. It is, needless to say! "Your computer's date and time appear to be out of sync with an update certificate" So what am I missing? A certificate presumably, but which one?

Understood, I hope someone else who does have an account will be able to confirm whether they are seeing the same issue or not.

Unfortunately it seems to be difficult, if not impossible, to see Instagram comments without logging in.

Bad practice I know, but I'm permanently logged in to Instagram!

It just says "inherit;" on all the font parameters.

I've now noticed that in 360Chrome 13.5, all the emojis on Instagram just appear as rectangles. Everywhere else they seem to be OK. Anyone any idea why?

OK, just an update on where I am with this now. @George Kingis still working on his installation package, so I've now gone back to working with my original installation of XP. I've now got most things working, including Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, the mouse and touchpad are OK, and the USB system all works. I'm still having to use just the basic Microsoft graphics driver, but I'm pretty sure I'll have to just live with that, as I did on my last netbook. I still have no sound, and the sound hardware is not being recognised at all. On every boot I'm still getting 13 errors recorded in the event log about missing IRQs for hardware devices. These are - IRQARB: ACPI BIOS does not contain an IRQ for the device in PCI slot 0, function 0. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance. IRQARB: ACPI BIOS does not contain an IRQ for the device in PCI slot 0, function 0. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance. IRQARB: ACPI BIOS does not contain an IRQ for the device in PCI slot 2, function 0. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance. IRQARB: ACPI BIOS does not contain an IRQ for the device in PCI slot 19, function 0. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance. IRQARB: ACPI BIOS does not contain an IRQ for the device in PCI slot 19, function 0. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance. IRQARB: ACPI BIOS does not contain an IRQ for the device in PCI slot 20, function 0. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance. IRQARB: ACPI BIOS does not contain an IRQ for the device in PCI slot 20, function 0. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance. IRQARB: ACPI BIOS does not contain an IRQ for the device in PCI slot 26, function 0. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance. IRQARB: ACPI BIOS does not contain an IRQ for the device in PCI slot 27, function 0. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance. IRQARB: ACPI BIOS does not contain an IRQ for the device in PCI slot 27, function 0. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance. IRQARB: ACPI BIOS does not contain an IRQ for the device in PCI slot 28, function 0. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance. IRQARB: ACPI BIOS does not contain an IRQ for the device in PCI slot 28, function 0. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance. IRQARB: ACPI BIOS does not contain an IRQ for the device in PCI slot 31, function 3. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance. As you can see, most of them are duplicated, I don't know why. That's not the order they are recorded in, I've sorted them by slot number. Until this is resolved, if it can be, I suspect what I have now is the best I can do. The only option I guess is a modified BIOS, which @Dietmarhas mentioned, and I'm willing to try that, but only if it doesn't mess up dual booting with Windows 10. I also need to be confident that I can roll back to the previous BIOS if things go wrong, and I don't just end up with a permanently bricked machine! The other main issue, which may or may not be connected to the missing IRQs, is that the machine will not work properly in Multiprocessor ACPI mode. I can switch it to that, but if I do a lot of the USB devices stop working. Why this should be I don't know, but I guess it's a resources problem of some sort. I'm happy to have got as far as I have done, with all of your help. This machine is obviously very XP unfriendly! It would be nice to have the sound working at least though. Cheers, Dave.

FWIW, I think if a PowerPoint presentation has sound when it's played through headphones, it would be extremely unlikely not to produce sound through speakers as well. As for why your speakers aren't working, it could just be a hardware failure of course. Put your ear right to the speakers when you boot up. Is there any sound at all during the boot process, even a short faint click or pop? If not, it could well be hardware.

What a shame that the new version is x64 only. Absolutely the right decision not to go to the trouble of updating it though, the demand for a 64 bit version of 360Chrome on XP would be very low indeed!

Thanks. Just getting the supposed clock setting error now.

Sorry been away for a while. To answer the earlier questions, yes I do use ProxHTTPSProxy. I also use heinoganda's root certificates updater. I do indeed have Chrome Frame installed in IE8, but it was of course disabled when I did the tests.

Everything is as it should be. I checked for root certificate updates only a couple of days ago. The page doesn't tell you what the asterisks mean!

Here you go. My system is fully POSReady updated and has TLS 1.2 enabled (I think!)

Just to feed back that repack #6 of version 13.5 is working fine with my existing profile. At least no immediate problems noticed.

FWIW I'm getting error 0x80072F7D, not 0x80072EFF.

Yes, I can add extensions with a button on the Web Store pages, so definitely not "un-Googled"! I will try putting the updated version into a temporary folder and transfer my existing profile to it, and see if it works. If not, no big deal if I have to start from scratch again, although I have saved a lot of (non-critical!) passwords and that sort of thing, which I would rather not have to do all over again!