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14 hours ago, msfntor said:

On this webrtc test page: https://test.webrtc.org/

 

- in 360Chrome 12 12247 r 7 build - have chinese text in the yellow popup for some seconds at the top of the page, then it disappears by itself,

and I've blocked connection to 74.125.247.128 - owned by Google...

... then no test results (all are with red stop mark).

 

- in 12 1592 M (precedent) build - and today's new 360EE 12 1592 M without any extensions - have little test.webrtc.org popup window, which "wants to use your microphone", but if I click on Block or stop mark, another little window says: "360Chrome has encountered a problem and must close...".

 

Thanks.

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On 9/22/2021 at 1:00 AM, Humming Owl said:

Could you try this out in v9 as well?

I tested 360Chrome 9.5.0.138 on SP2, I tested your first release of 360Chrome 9.5.0.138, and your latest update of 360Chrome 9.5.0.138 from 25.09.21.

In your first release I did the same changes as in v11 (edited only chrome.dll and chrome_child.dll), and in your latest update I didn't change anything, the results are same with both.


When I open google.com and youtube.com it shows:

The link to the site is not private

The security certificate used by the visited website: Error or failure (NET::ERR_CERT_INVALID) 
There may be a security risk and it is recommended that the cause is identified before accessing.

The URL you visited is: https://google.com/

Don't block this site anymore     Ignore the warning and continue accessing


I pressed "Ignore..."
Loads youtube.com but all video images are blank
When I try to open a video, it opens the video comments but the video can't start; so not good for YouTube on SP2.

Works OK on   https://msfn.org/board/forum/34-windows-xp/

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21 hours ago, msfntor said:

- in 12 1592 M (precedent) build - and today's new 360EE 12 1592 M without any extensions - have little test.webrtc.org popup window, which "wants to use your microphone", but if I click on Block or stop mark, another little window says: "360Chrome has encountered a problem and must close...".

Thanks for reporting! in the next update will be fixed.

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2 hours ago, we3fan said:

I tested 360Chrome 9.5.0.138 on SP2, I tested your first release of 360Chrome 9.5.0.138, and your latest update of 360Chrome 9.5.0.138 from 25.09.21.

In your first release I did the same changes as in v11 (edited only chrome.dll and chrome_child.dll), and in your latest update I didn't change anything, the results are same with both.


When I open google.com and youtube.com it shows:

The link to the site is not private

The security certificate used by the visited website: Error or failure (NET::ERR_CERT_INVALID) 
There may be a security risk and it is recommended that the cause is identified before accessing.

The URL you visited is: https://google.com/

Don't block this site anymore     Ignore the warning and continue accessing


I pressed "Ignore..."
Loads youtube.com but all video images are blank
When I try to open a video, it opens the video comments but the video can't start; so not good for YouTube on SP2.

Works OK on   https://msfn.org/board/forum/34-windows-xp/

Have you tried updating the certificates with the tools of the first post? If that does not work then you could try this comment --> https://msfn.org/board/topic/182304-extreme-explorer-360-chromium-78-86-general-discussion/?do=findComment&comment=1204370

 

Cheers.

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@ArcticFoxie, with faked user-agent - some websites can't access the page content... so you did well to remove it from 360Loader.ini of your builds. For test this, is good to have red warnig of old browser (so you don't have faked user-agent for 93 version of Chrome...) here in etsy.com: https://www.etsy.com/

 

I downloaded the version 11 (Updated 25/09/21) build by @Humming Owl (in my Windows XP SP2) - no problems!  All my 6 extensions downloaded, no major difference with version 12 or 13...maybe a bit faster (11 M: Page loaded in 554 ms, 12 M: in 585 ms, 13 M: in 647 ms (as my best results in this Raymond Hill tiles test: http://raymondhill.net/ublock/tiles1.html ).

On test.webrtc.org this same popup to make choice...if click block or stop button, have another (360Chrome this one) popup, which says: problem - and must close. Hopefully @Humming Owl's fix will come soon, in the next version...

 

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4 hours ago, we3fan said:

I tested 360Chrome 9.5.0.138 on SP2, I tested your first release of 360Chrome 9.5.0.138, and your latest update of 360Chrome 9.5.0.138 from 25.09.21.

In your first release I did the same changes as in v11 (edited only chrome.dll and chrome_child.dll), and in your latest update I didn't change anything, the results are same with both.


When I open google.com and youtube.com it shows:

The link to the site is not private

The security certificate used by the visited website: Error or failure (NET::ERR_CERT_INVALID) 
There may be a security risk and it is recommended that the cause is identified before accessing.

The URL you visited is: https://google.com/

Don't block this site anymore     Ignore the warning and continue accessing


I pressed "Ignore..."
Loads youtube.com but all video images are blank
When I try to open a video, it opens the video comments but the video can't start; so not good for YouTube on SP2.

Works OK on   https://msfn.org/board/forum/34-windows-xp/

"I pressed "Ignore..." "

Better - unnotch in Settings/Advanced: "Interceptate certificate risk". No more problem: "the link to the site is not private" warning.

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About TIME/CLOCK online websites:

In 360EE_11.0.2251.0_XP-SP2_M (but this same problem in latest version 12 and 13 builds of @ArcticFoxie and @Humming Owl) (but one build has good time: 360Loader 12.0.1247_reb 5 )

https://time-and-calendar.com/

This one missing 1 hour to be exact with my Paris time...why?...

Another websites have my exact time, ex.:

https://heure-exacte.net/

 

 

 

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On 7/12/2021 at 9:58 PM, Humming Owl said:

Hello to all,

Since late 2020 I have been searching for a relatively new browser that could run on Windows XP because I have an old but very nice laptop that I want being functional. In my quest I found the Firefox based browsers (K-meleon, Mypal, etc.) but they were a little heavier for my laptop. I then searched if there was a Chromium based browser and I found out the thread below and started testing the 360 Extreme Explorer (the Russian Repack version).

https://msfn.org/board/topic/182304-extreme-explorer-360-chromium-78-86-general-discussion/

Other interest links:

http://retrobrowsers.com/windowsxp

https://msfn.org/board/topic/182794-updated-browser-list-for-windows-xp/

http://forum.ru-board.com/topic.cgi?forum=5&topic=50704

The main issue was the connections that the browser made with servers in China. I thought that I could bypass that issue by using a firewall with a lot of rules, but I changed my mind later because that was not a proper way to fix this problem. Then I discovered from some websites and users in this platform (thanks for that) that those connections could be erased through modifications in the browser files.

I tested this discovery a little, and got really good results. In order to deal with the original source, I downloaded the browser directly from the chinese page and started modifying the corresponding files. I do not know exactly what the RuRepackers did to their version of the browser and I really do not want to get involved in knowing it.

The RuRepackers made some of the changes to the browser through the "User Data" folder. That folder appears only when the browser is executed once. I did not wanted to follow that approach because if you lose or delete the folder for whatever reason, the browser will launch with the default settings like if it were downloaded directly from the original chinese page. Through some files (being "chrome.dll" one of the most important) I managed editing those default settings and made them work to not depend on a single run of the browser to be able to modify it.

 

All the changes I followed comply with the following conditions:

1) Remove every chinese unwanted connection.

2) Delete unnecessary files.

3) Translate and correct text to English.

If 1) is not satisfied, a modified version of this browser should not be posted (security is first). In my experience, after all the changes related to 1) were made, I did not find chinese connections when using the browser. Please tell me if you find any.

However 2) and 3) may not be totally achieved due to the large number of files related with this browser. A partial achievement of 2) and 3) may be enough for the browser to work properly. I could add more conditions to the list above but only if the corresponding modifications can be made in the original files that come with the browser installer.

The intention that I have with this browser is to provide a secure, well translated and without bloatware browser based on a relatively new version of Chromium that anyone can use to keep using their older OS (Windows XP), without having security worries and with the capacity of navigating through the web without much difficulty. 

The above conditions are based on a Chromium based browser called "Ungoogled Chromium" 84.0.4147.125 (Official Build) (32 bits) on Windows 7 SP1 x86. Most of the removed 360EE files do not appear in the Ungoogled Chromium browser and some translation work was based on this browser as well.

 

Link to Ungoogled Chromium downloads (there are several pages that provide builds of this browser, this is from which I downloaded the version I use):

https://ungoogled-software.github.io/ungoogled-chromium-binaries/

I also deleted everything related to the 360 account (it is not possible to login) since I do not think anyone want to use it.

 

Compatibility:

This browser works on Windows XP SP3 and Windows 7 SP1 as far as I could test (the SSE2 instruction set is required). If there are problems in the execution of this browser on other OSes, I do not think it is possible to modify the files in order to make it work.

 

Performance:

The older versions of this browser run better on older and low resources computers. With v9 and v11 you can use the web pretty decently. However with v12 and v13, it starts behaving more slowly.

 

Extensions recommended:

- uBlock Origin --> https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=es

- I don't care about cookies --> https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/i-dont-care-about-cookies/fihnjjcciajhdojfnbdddfaoknhalnja

- Hotspot Shield Free VPN Proxy - Unlimited VPN --> https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hotspot-shield-free-vpn-p/nlbejmccbhkncgokjcmghpfloaajcffj

- Enhancer for YouTube --> https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/enhancer-for-youtube/ponfpcnoihfmfllpaingbgckeeldkhle

- Ruffle | Flash Player Emulator (does not work on v9) (to install it it is better to unpack the ZIP file yourself and then load it as unpacked) --> https://ruffle.rs/

- Dark Reader --> https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dark-reader/eimadpbcbfnmbkopoojfekhnkhdbieeh

- uMatrix --> https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/umatrix/ogfcmafjalglgifnmanfmnieipoejdcf

- NoScript --> https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/noscript/doojmbjmlfjjnbmnoijecmcbfeoakpjm

- ViewTube (with this extension you can play YouTube videos using Windows Media Player or VLC) --> https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/viewtube/hfkkgpcjliaiakfgljddganibplpohgn

- Privacy Redirect --> https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-redirect/pmcmeagblkinmogikoikkdjiligflglb

(If you want to add more, be aware that the more extensions you have, more resources the browser will use)

 

Note: to download and keep extension files you can use the following page --> https://www.crxextract.com/

 

Programs used:

- 7zip ---> https://www.7-zip.org/

- HxD Hex Editor ---> https://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/

- TCPLogView ---> https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/tcp_log_view.html

- Resource Hacker ---> http://angusj.com/resourcehacker/

- Chrome PAK Customizer ---> https://github.com/myfreeer/chrome-pak-customizer

- grepWin (Windows 7) ---> https://tools.stefankueng.com/grepWin.html

- Diff Checker ---> https://www.diffchecker.com/diff

- Online Unicode Tools ---> https://onlineunicodetools.com/convert-code-points-to-unicode

- Deepl Translator ---> https://www.deepl.com/translator

- Google Translate ---> https://translate.google.com/

- WinMerge ---> https://winmerge.org/

- LiveTcpUdpWatch ---> https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/live_tcp_udp_watch.html

- Wireshark ---> https://www.wireshark.org/

- DNSQuerySniffer ---> https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/dns_query_sniffer.html

- GIMP (Linux) ---> https://www.gimp.org/

- Handwritten Chinese input ---> https://www.qhanzi.com/

 

Webpages that provide information about IP addresses:

- Ip-info.org ---> https://ip-info.org/en/

- Ipinfo.io ---> https://ipinfo.io/

- IP Checker ---> https://ipinfo.info/html/ip_checker.php

 

Screenshot of the browser:

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(360 Extreme Explorer, Ver: 13.0.2250.0, "Chrome" Theme)

 

Modified Version download links:

v9 --> (Updated 25/09/21)

Version: 9.5.0.138
Based on Chromium: 63.0.3239.132

v11 --> (Updated 25/09/21)

Version: 11.0.2251.0
Based on Chromium: 69.0.3497.100

v12 --> (Updated 25/09/21)

Version: 12.0.1592.0
Based on Chromium: 78.0.3904.108

v13 --> (Updated 25/09/21)

Version: 13.0.2250.0
Based on Chromium: 86.0.4240.198

 

Folder with all versions --> https://www.mediafire.com/folder/4hmg81px4kk9m/25-09-21

 

See: https://retrosystemsrevival.blogspot.com/2019/05/360-extreme-chrome-browser.html

Note: The changes I made are so many that maybe some little errors related to translation and/or the building of the modification notes can be present so please tell me if you find any. Also, if you want to propose something else, please be aware that I do not have a lot of free time and that at any moment, I could be gone for a while for whatever reasons (I do not intend to be rude with this comment, feel free to speak yourself). If anyone wants to help, it will be truly appreciated.

 

Themes: 

You can change the theme for v11, v12 and v13, and only to the "Classic", "Chrome" and "Dark" themes. The steps involve the file "Preferences" in the User Data/Default path. Open it with a text editor and search for the "jisu9" entry and modify the original line you will see,

to --> "id": "jisu9" --> Classic theme

to --> "id": "jisu9_chrome" --> Chrome theme

to --> "id": "jisu9_dark" --> Dark theme

 

Chromium's startup connections clarification:

There are some connections that 360EE makes at startup that can be seen by programs such as Wireshark or LiveTcpUdpWatch, those connections are internal and are related to normal behavior in all Chromium-based browsers. Such connections have a meaning behind them: a bug fix, a connection check, a scan that the browser does for a service it provides, etc. 

At the first startup, all connections occur including the MSFN connections (welcome page). At the second start, the MSFN connections do not occur and only the following connections occur: 

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(Wireshark in Windows 7 - The screenshot was made with https://screenshot.net/)

As you can see, the connections are divided into 2 different types: A and B. The first one is related to an internal connection possibly related to a Chromecast service local scan. Ungoogled Chromium also has this behavior.

See: https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium/issues/436

        https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium/issues/884

        https://ungoogled-software.github.io/ungoogled-chromium-wiki/user-resources#disable-media-router

        https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/623472/chrome-sending-data-over-port-239255255250/

       https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/43299/why-is-vivaldi-connecting-to-239-255-255-250-port-1900-udp-ssdp-and-requires-it 

The section B connections are related to the 18942 issue fix. They can be disabled by using the "--disable-background-networking" flag in a shortcut.

See: https://www.codevat.com/articles/chromium-background-connections/

        https://mikewest.org/2012/02/chrome-connects-to-three-random-domains-at-startup/

 

Certificate issues:

In order to get an encrypted connection with a website, the browser needs valid and updated certificates. Due to the actual conditions of Windows XP, the certificates need to be manually updated, if not, you will get certificate errors with 360EE (and with any Chromium-based browser) that you can "avoid" by unchecking the "Interceptate certificate risk" option in the "Settings > Advanced > HTTPS/SSL" path (this will avoid the "Certificate Error" page but the connection will not be encrypted).

Below, there are some tools that help in the process of updating the certificates manually (thanks to @heinoganda, @blackwingcat and @i430VX)

https://msfn.org/board/topic/175170-root-certificates-and-revoked-certificates-for-windows-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1110568

https://retrosystemsrevival.blogspot.com/2021/03/certificate-updates-for-windows.html

http://i430vx.net/files/wsusstuff/

See: https://answerstoall.com/technology/what-are-digital-certificates-in-web-browsers/

 

Browser time discrepancies:

If you note a discrepancy between the time of the computer and the time that the browser has, it is very likely to be related to a time zone change that was incorporated later by the region/country you locate in.

You can check in this page if the time registered by the browser is synchronized with the time of the current time zone you have selected in your OS settings (in the "Time and date" configuration). If the time difference you get is exactly the same as the one provided by this page, you can (it is not strictly necessary) change to a different time zone that can let both clocks to be synchronized and consequently solve the time difference.

There are some discussions on other sites about time zones not being displayed by the OS (because of some other problems or because of the problem I have already told) and some people suggest modifying the registry to be able to edit the time zone options.

See: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-performance/winxp-time-zones-only-usa-time-zone-is-arizona-i/1a61dc57-d746-4211-8bea-c42417d5a2a7

        https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/eastern-standard-time-zone/2b3e4ef7-5173-4c79-a9b1-563920d52b6b

 

More Chromium settings:

For those who want to dig into all the options and settings a Chromium-based browser provides, here are a few links that you may find very interesting to read:

- Run Chromium with flags --> http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/run-chromium-with-flags

- List of Chromium Command Line Switches --> https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/

- How to Access Hidden Chrome Features and Settings Using the Chrome:// Pages --> https://www.howtogeek.com/104631/find-hidden-features-on-chromes-internal-chrome-pages/

 

Original download links (do not install directly on your computer, unzip with 7zip) (if someone wants to test or make its own modifications):

v9  --> https://down.360safe.com/cse/360cse_9.5.0.138.exe

v11 --> https://down.360safe.com/cse/360cse_11.0.2251.0.exe

v12 --> https://down.360safe.com/cse/360cse_12.0.1592.0.exe

v13 --> https://down.360safe.com/cse/360cse_13.0.2250.0.exe

 

Some stuff I remember that I left behind (could not find the source of the problem and they are not a big issue):

v9 

- If you put the mouse over a tab that is reproducing audio, chinese text will appear (indication that the tab is playing audio) (could not find the source).

- Adfilter option button on the browser preferences can not be removed since some modifications break the browser preferences page (this happens to all versions).

v11

- Cannot modify the "chrome_elf.dll" file (specifically "crash.browser.360.cn" and "pvstat.qihoo.com" entries) (happens on v11, v12 and v13).

v13

- Developer tools are displayed in chinese. How to change to english manually --> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ho5IKFkXwlAZ77y87MX_zgp7CAMgAV_e/view?usp=sharing

 

Thanks to all the following for the information I could gather for the modification of this browser:

@Windows 2000, @VistaLover, @Sampei.Nihira@win32@DragonSC7601@redapple0204@blackwingcat, @404notfound@Cixert@thebuildone@ArcticFoxie@Dixel, The Russian Repackers, @dmiranda@we3fan@athlonxpuser and @Greyfox77

 

I really hope this can help someone.

 

Cheers.

- Humming Owl

This browser is excellent, better than any mozilla based browser for 2000EX, XP or Vista x86. Youtube and other pages that work terribly in mozilla regardless of the hardware, here they work fast and fluid.

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2 hours ago, msfntor said:

...(but this same problem in latest version 12 and 13 builds of @ArcticFoxie and @Humming Owl) (but one build has good time: 360Loader 12.0.1247_reb 5 )

https://time-and-calendar.com/

This one missing 1 hour to be exact with my Paris time...why?..

I'm having the same issue with https://time-and-calendar.com

With @ArcticFoxie 12.0.1247_reb 5 - Missing 1 hour for some reason?

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On 9/16/2021 at 10:39 PM, ArcticFoxie said:

...Do Not Track is about as foolproof as putting a sign on your front lawn that says “Please, don’t look into my house” while all of your blinds remain open and you dance naked in your living room.

Oh.. My.. Gawd *blush* *blush* *blush* !!!

I do (indeed) have THAT very sign in front of my (double wide) trailer ... along with an old couch and dryer outside and a beware of vicious dog sign and a scary mask on door.

Do you think they've seen me in "action"?? My word, is my face red. I mean, "good grief" , I dance around with the hair brush and sing to Cyndi Lauper in spandex. Trust me, its NOT a pretty sight and I feel for anybody that witnessed it as they will need therapy for years to recover. :buehehe:

ok, back to regularly scheduled programming - leave it to me to mess things up.

Thus far, having good very luck with your latest v12 build. And, oh, I will leave "Do Not Track" unchecked :)

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4 hours ago, msfntor said:

This one missing 1 hour to be exact with my Paris time...why?...

Does it have to do with the "Browser time discrepancies" section of the first post?

2 hours ago, WinFX said:

Youtube and other pages that work terribly in mozilla regardless of the hardware, here they work fast and fluid.

Nice to hear that. If you find any problems feel free to report.

Cheers.

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1 hour ago, XPerceniol said:

...sing to Cyndi Lauper in spandex...

But I thought Cyndi Lauper always wore spandex?  Or was that Madonna?  :buehehe:

I'll show myself out.  :D

Great to see how attentive the authors of these versions are to any issues. :thumbup  I don't think I've seen attention like this outside of paid enterprise-level support. :cheerleader:

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11 hours ago, Humming Owl said:
16 hours ago, msfntor said:

This one missing 1 hour to be exact with my Paris time...why?...

Does it have to do with the "Browser time discrepancies" section of the first post?

Checked one link, but:

I get the message "Your request has been blocked..." when I want to access the Microsoft website: https://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/windows_date_change_time.mspx?mfr=true

I do not use a Proxy or a VPN. I don't have a Microsoft account: "Proxy server not detected" says this online check tool: https://whatismyipaddress.com/proxy-check

Tor Relay IP Address: No. VPN IP Address: Not detected. Proxy IP Address: None detected - says deviceinfo.me: https://www.deviceinfo.me/ 

Too from deviceinfo.me: Date & Time: (edit: on Firefox fork: Basilisk Moebius):

System (Live): Mon, Sep 27, 2021, 12:11:20  (UTC+02:00 GMT+2) (DST: Yes)

Local (Live): Mon, Sep 27, 2021, 12:11:20  (UTC+02:00 CEST) (DST: Yes)

Local Time Zone: Europe/Paris

 

No similar error message appears while accessing some other sites, recently (but I have seen this in the past). This appears in Chrome builds and Firefox forks.
My ISP is using proxy, maybe? - "Success! No Proxy Detected!" says test from http://whatismyip.network/detect-isp-proxy-tool/ ...

"Success! No Proxy Detected!" - then why this Microsoft message, did you also get this weird Microsoft message from this page, please?...

 

Edit:

I've found now, that deviceinfo.me in 360Chrome builds report that:

Date & Time:

System (Live): Mon, Sep 27, 2021, 13:09:16  (UTC+01:00 GMT+1) (DST: No)

Local (Live): Mon, Sep 27, 2021, 14:09:16  (UTC+02:00 CEST) (DST: Yes)

Local Time Zone: Europe/Paris

-so my SYSTEM time doesn't see DST (Daylight Saving Time) for my zone (by 360Chrome builds)?..why

Indeed, in my Time zone tab of time Properties window, I've notched: GMT+01:00 for Paris (Windows choice line)! NOT good!

So I change now for GMT+02:00 another zone line ... but the result is that my horloge in the tray is 1 hour in advance! so I went back to GMT+01:00 for Paris, no luck this time...

Under the Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation

- and time zones key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones

which value I have to change, and for which one? If anyone knows the answer, it would be very welcome!

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Just now, msfntor said:

I get the message "Your request has been blocked..." when I want to access the Microsoft website

I get exactly the same from France ! Do they have something against France ?

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