Second release of 49.0.2623.113
- No new patches or behavior changes, just more Compiler optimizations, and defaulting to MSVS 2015 (after more testing and seeing that it is fine).
/O2 and /arch:SSE2 enabled across the board. Testing SSE3 and SSE2 shows no discernable difference in performance, and almost the same file size, so I'm gonna go ahead and just keep compiling with SSE2 since many XP machines (Pentium 4, Athlon XP, Opteron 1st Gen, etc.) lack SSE3 instructions. I cannot go all the way back to SSE (i.e. SSE1) without major breakage (and performance regressions), so sorry for ya'll folks with Pentium II or Pentium III CPUs.
For help, here is Chromium 34, the last to support these processors > https://storage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html?prefix=Win/253756/ However, for machines older than Pentium 4, might I recommend Windows 2000 + Update Rollup 1.2 + K-Melon 2K?
- Also note that to prevent certificate/HTTP/TLS errors like this, you should update the root certificates either with:
Roots Updater - From BlackWingCat, archived in my XP Stuffz repo (which also has other useful/hard to find updates and programs!) > https://github.com/Alex313031/Windows-XP-Stuffz/tree/main/ROOTS_UPDATER & https://github.com/Alex313031/Windows-XP-Stuffz
Or https://github.com/JohnTHaller/RootCertificateUpdatesForLegacyWindows/releases
Or a really good option is https://legacyupdate.net/ which can also be used to get Windows updates for old Windows versions.
Both the windows update server, and certificates server no longer work for 2000 - Vista, hence the need for installing certificates & updates through third party means. All three of these tools are open source.
- Bonus: tsdm_win_setup.exe is a nice little indie game by Simogo AB, which is XP compatible.