
Furthermore, many websites that promise the offline installer actually serve "stub installers." A stub installer is a tiny file (usually under 1MB) that, when run, connects to the internet to download the rest of the browser. On Windows XP, these stub installers often fail because the underlying security protocols (like TLS 1.2) required to talk to Google’s servers are missing or outdated in the OS.
There is a massive difference here.
Furthermore, many websites that promise the offline installer actually serve "stub installers." A stub installer is a tiny file (usually under 1MB) that, when run, connects to the internet to download the rest of the browser. On Windows XP, these stub installers often fail because the underlying security protocols (like TLS 1.2) required to talk to Google’s servers are missing or outdated in the OS.
There is a massive difference here.