Hello login123 - I've been using Tor for Windows for a good 8-9 months now, and I have noticed a difference starting with the 3.5.x series of releases (Current release is 3.6.1). There probably have been changes to the software itself that contribute to this, but that's probably not the sole reason. I believe that in light of the recent NSA revelations, more and more people are volunteering to run relays within the Tor network, and that more than anything else would speed up the flow of internet traffic through the network.
Yes, seems quite a lot faster. I didn't use the latest TBB version for a while as it's delivered as an .exe, when it is nothing of the sort.
Talking of Sandboxie and TOR, have you noticed that Windows still creates prefetch entries for TOR, or whatever you run under Sandboxie, in the real prefetch folder? Sort of gives the game away.
Yes, seems quite a lot faster. I didn't use the latest TBB version for a while as it's delivered as an .exe, when it is nothing of the sort.
Talking of Sandboxie and TOR, have you noticed that Windows still creates prefetch entries for TOR, or whatever you run under Sandboxie, in the real prefetch folder? Sort of gives the game away.
Didn't know that. Thanks. Will check it out later. Don't have the latest version, they change it a lot.
Winapp, it is a lot faster than I remember it, even though my connection is slower nowadays.
The time to get it started in sandboxie was maybe 1 minute, maybe a bit more.
Now that it is running, the actual page loading is a tiny bit slower than normal. Not much.
There is a feature now that I don’t remember from before. You can click on the little onion and select “New Identity” from the dropdown list. That gives you a different set of relays, and your IP address changes. Sometimes that gives you a faster relay.
What I did was rename the TOR launcher exe to "browser.exe" and started it sandboxed.
Just now checking the prefetch folder. Do not find a .pf for Firefox, TOR, or the TOR installer file. There is also no .pf file for “browser.exe”. There are .pfs for the sandboxie processes.
Maybe I am doing something wrong, just not finding the .pfs.
Would be a lousy spook, I suppose.
Edit:
Something wrong with this version of TOR. It keeps signing me out from here, runs slow & klunky.
Earlier glowing recommendation was for version 3.6.0. This is 3.6.1.
Maybe the problem is firefox, maybe womething else, but this version of TOR is not very working well.
Something wrong with this version of TOR. It keeps signing me out from here, runs slow & klunky. Earlier glowing recommendation was for version 3.6.0. This is 3.6.1. Maybe the problem is firefox, maybe womething else, but this version of TOR is not very working well.
The time to get it started in sandboxie was maybe 1 minute, maybe a bit more.
Now that it is running, the actual page loading is a tiny bit slower than normal. Not much.
There is a feature now that I don't remember from before. You can click on the little onion and select "New Identity" from the dropdown list. That gives you a different set of relays, and your IP address changes. Sometimes that gives you a faster relay.
A quick startup of TOR under SB shows tor.exe, firefox.exe and start tor browser.exe in Win prefetch folder. The previous version of TOR also left some Vidalia stuff, so there are fewer entries now.
Pretty sure XP isn't that old . cockroaches and alligators still have food sources, thus not extinct, whilst XP compatible software is disappearing at a faster and faster rate, don't think it has the same chance as they do, sorry. If it's any consolation neither do humans.
If we adjust for software age (which I calculate to be approx 12x normal aging, not unlike a more quickly aging dog), I estimate Windows XP to be almost 150 years old!