diff --git a/src/net.c b/src/net.c
index 38eae5fe..48daea7f 100644
--- a/src/net.c
+++ b/src/net.c
@@ -232,13 +232,15 @@ static HINTERNET GetInternetSession(BOOL bRetry)
 	int i;
 	char agent[64];
 	BOOL r;
-	DWORD dwFlags;
+	DWORD dwFlags, dwTimeout = NET_SESSION_TIMEOUT;
 	HINTERNET hSession = NULL;
 
 	PF_TYPE_DECL(WINAPI, BOOL, InternetGetConnectedState, (LPDWORD, DWORD));
 	PF_TYPE_DECL(WINAPI, HINTERNET, InternetOpenA, (LPCSTR, DWORD, LPCSTR, LPCSTR, DWORD));
+	PF_TYPE_DECL(WINAPI, BOOL, InternetSetOptionA, (HINTERNET, DWORD, LPVOID, DWORD));
 	PF_INIT_OR_OUT(InternetGetConnectedState, WinInet);
 	PF_INIT_OR_OUT(InternetOpenA, WinInet);
+	PF_INIT_OR_OUT(InternetSetOptionA, WinInet);
 
 	for (i = 0; i <= WRITE_RETRIES; i++) {
 		r = pfInternetGetConnectedState(&dwFlags, 0);
@@ -256,6 +258,10 @@ static HINTERNET GetInternetSession(BOOL bRetry)
 		rufus_version[0], rufus_version[1], rufus_version[2],
 		nWindowsVersion >> 4, nWindowsVersion & 0x0F, is_x64() ? "; WOW64" : "");
 	hSession = pfInternetOpenA(agent, INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PRECONFIG, NULL, NULL, 0);
+	// Set the timeouts
+	pfInternetSetOptionA(hSession, INTERNET_OPTION_CONNECT_TIMEOUT, (LPVOID)&dwTimeout, sizeof(dwTimeout));
+	pfInternetSetOptionA(hSession, INTERNET_OPTION_SEND_TIMEOUT, (LPVOID)&dwTimeout, sizeof(dwTimeout));
+	pfInternetSetOptionA(hSession, INTERNET_OPTION_RECEIVE_TIMEOUT, (LPVOID)&dwTimeout, sizeof(dwTimeout));
 
 out:
 	return hSession;
@@ -896,7 +902,7 @@ static DWORD WINAPI DownloadISOThread(LPVOID param)
 		uprintf("Could not create pipe '%s': %s", pipe, WindowsErrorString);
 	}
 
-	static_sprintf(cmdline, "%s -NonInteractive -NoProfile –ExecutionPolicy Bypass "
+	static_sprintf(cmdline, "%s -NonInteractive -Sta -NoProfile –ExecutionPolicy Bypass "
 		"-File %s -PipeName %s -LocData \"%s\" -Icon %s -AppTitle \"%s\"",
 		powershell_path, script_path, &pipe[9], locale_str, icon_path, lmprintf(MSG_143));
 	// Signal our Windows alerts hook that it should close the IE cookie prompts from Fido
@@ -1110,7 +1116,7 @@ const char* ResolveRedirect(const char* url)
 
 	hRequest = pfHttpOpenRequestA(hConnection, "GET", UrlParts.lpszUrlPath, NULL, NULL, accept_types,
 		INTERNET_FLAG_IGNORE_REDIRECT_TO_HTTP | INTERNET_FLAG_IGNORE_REDIRECT_TO_HTTPS | INTERNET_FLAG_NO_AUTO_REDIRECT |
-		INTERNET_FLAG_NO_COOKIES | INTERNET_FLAG_NO_UI | INTERNET_FLAG_NO_CACHE_WRITE | INTERNET_FLAG_HYPERLINK |
+		INTERNET_FLAG_NO_COOKIES | INTERNET_FLAG_NO_UI | INTERNET_FLAG_HYPERLINK |
 		((UrlParts.nScheme == INTERNET_SCHEME_HTTPS) ? INTERNET_FLAG_SECURE : 0), (DWORD_PTR)NULL);
 	if (hRequest == NULL)
 		goto out;
@@ -1132,5 +1138,12 @@ const char* ResolveRedirect(const char* url)
 	}
 
 out:
+	if (hRequest)
+		pfInternetCloseHandle(hRequest);
+	if (hConnection)
+		pfInternetCloseHandle(hConnection);
+	if (hSession)
+		pfInternetCloseHandle(hSession);
+
 	return r ? ret_url : url;
 }
diff --git a/src/rufus.c b/src/rufus.c
index 1e0cf62b..af574497 100755
--- a/src/rufus.c
+++ b/src/rufus.c
@@ -3153,7 +3153,7 @@ relaunch:
 
 	// Set the hook to automatically close Windows' "You need to format the disk in drive..." prompt
 	if (!SetAlertPromptHook())
-		uprintf("Warning: Could not set 'Format Disk' prompt auto-close");
+		uprintf("Warning: Could not set alert prompts hook");
 
 	ShowWindow(hDlg, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
 	UpdateWindow(hDlg);
diff --git a/src/rufus.h b/src/rufus.h
index 88348b0f..e73ba962 100644
--- a/src/rufus.h
+++ b/src/rufus.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 #define WRITE_RETRIES               4
 #define WRITE_TIMEOUT               5000		// How long we should wait between write retries (in ms)
 #define SEARCH_PROCESS_TIMEOUT      10000		// How long we should search for conflicting processes before giving up (in ms)
+#define NET_SESSION_TIMEOUT         3500		// How long we should wait to connect, send or receive internet data
 #define MARQUEE_TIMER_REFRESH       10			// Time between progress bar marquee refreshes, in ms
 #define FS_DEFAULT                  FS_FAT32
 #define SINGLE_CLUSTERSIZE_DEFAULT  0x00000100
diff --git a/src/rufus.rc b/src/rufus.rc
index 1f29be16..d48dd5c6 100644
--- a/src/rufus.rc
+++ b/src/rufus.rc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ LANGUAGE LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
 IDD_DIALOG DIALOGEX 12, 12, 232, 326
 STYLE DS_SETFONT | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_CENTER | WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
 EXSTYLE WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES
-CAPTION "Rufus 3.5.1452"
+CAPTION "Rufus 3.5.1453"
 FONT 9, "Segoe UI Symbol", 400, 0, 0x0
 BEGIN
     LTEXT           "Drive Properties",IDS_DRIVE_PROPERTIES_TXT,8,6,53,12,NOT WS_GROUP
@@ -394,8 +394,8 @@ END
 //
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION 3,5,1452,0
- PRODUCTVERSION 3,5,1452,0
+ FILEVERSION 3,5,1453,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION 3,5,1453,0
  FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
 #ifdef _DEBUG
  FILEFLAGS 0x1L
@@ -413,13 +413,13 @@ BEGIN
             VALUE "Comments", "https://akeo.ie"
             VALUE "CompanyName", "Akeo Consulting"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", "3.5.1452"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "3.5.1453"
             VALUE "InternalName", "Rufus"
             VALUE "LegalCopyright", "© 2011-2019 Pete Batard (GPL v3)"
             VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "rufus-3.5.exe"
             VALUE "ProductName", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", "3.5.1452"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "3.5.1453"
         END
     END
     BLOCK "VarFileInfo"