Release v1.0.3 / 5.55.3 (pre-release)

[DavidXanatos]

This build introduced a new major feature, system call hooking for Win32k system calls, it is used only for a hand full of calls currently, and is currently not working for 32 bit applications running on a 64 bit host, that limitation is being worked on.

This feature resolves the Hardware Acceleration issues with Chromium based browsers, it can be enabled like this:

If you have issues with an update installation, just uninstall the previous version keeping the sandboxie.ini and reinstall the new build.

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Changelog

Added

• added mechanism to hook Win32k system calls on Windows 10 and later, this should resolve the issue with Chromium HW acceleration
  -- Note: this mechanism does not, yet, work for 32 bit applications running under WoW64
  -- to enable it, add "EnableWin32kHooks=y" to the global ini section, this feature is highly experimental (!)
  -- the hooks will be automatically applied to Chromium GPU processes
  -- to force Win32k hooks for all processes in a selected box, add "AlwaysUseWin32kHooks=program.exe,y" #1261 #1395

Fixed

• fixed bug in GetVersionExW making "OverrideOsBuild=..." not working #605 #1426
• fixed issue with some UTF-8 characters when used in the ini file
• fixed isolation issue with Virtual Network Editor #1102

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