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@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ A remote source can be specified from which spice2x can fetch patches. The URL t
 
 If you need to debug mysterious failures, launch with `spice.exe -cfg` in the command line and check the log messages for error codes from the winhttp library.
 
+If you're using vanilla Windows 7 image without any Windows updates, you'll most likely [need to enable TLS 1.1/1.2](https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/issues/241) to import patches over HTTPS.
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 ### Help! My patches aren't being applied
 
 Launch `spicecfg.exe`. Open the patches tab. Make sure that the datecode and modules path are identical to what you see in `log.txt` when you launch the game. If these are mismatched, then patches won't be applied.