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Can I just say...... - 3/24/2008 6:06:30 PM   
Griswold


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Status: offline 		Do not download IE8....it's a very bad move.

If you do, you can't regress to IE7...or any of your favorites.

If you try to access your favorites....it'll shut you down.

Poof.

Ironically...if you want to download IE7 (to wipe out IE8)....you'll need IE8 to do so (which of course....won't overwrite the current to get you back to the former....because it will always tell you..."Microsoft has detected a more current version....." and then a whole bunch of stuff about why you shouldn't go back to the former....without, naturally...an option to say "FUCK YOU.....I want THE FORMER!!!!!!").

Ergo....do not load IE8.

I'm buying a new laptop tomorrow.
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RE: Can I just say...... - 3/24/2008 6:08:51 PM   
stella41b


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quote:

ORIGINAL: Griswold

Do not download IE8....it's a very bad move.

If you do, you can't regress to IE7...or any of your favorites.

If you try to access your favorites....it'll shut you down.

Poof.

Ironically...if you want to download IE7 (to wipe out IE8)....you'll need IE8 to do so (which of course....won't overwrite the current to get you back to the former....because it will always tell you..."Microsoft has detected a more current version....." and then a whole bunch of stuff about why you shouldn't go back to the former....without, naturally...an option to say "FUCK YOU.....I want THE FORMER!!!!!!").

Ergo....do not load IE8.

I'm buying a new laptop tomorrow.


Why not just switch to Linux? It's a lot less hassle.

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RE: Can I just say...... - 3/24/2008 6:43:09 PM   
petdave


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Status: offline 		Huh, they're up to 8 now? i'm still on 6, and really only load that when i want to play games on MSN... i'm all about the FireFox 

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RE: Can I just say...... - 3/24/2008 6:51:46 PM   
faerytattoodgirl


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Status: offline 		i use firefox basically since it came out... IE SUCKS ASS



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RE: Can I just say...... - 3/24/2008 8:33:57 PM   
Celeste43


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Status: offline 		Found this. Apparently the problem is that vista claims IE8 isn't a program so it can't be removed easily.
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/03/07/how-to-uninstall-windows-internet-explorer-8-ie8-in-vista/

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RE: Can I just say...... - 3/24/2008 9:12:42 PM   
Termyn8or


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Status: offline 		Whenever it asks you if you want to download and install anything, there is a magic word in Windows, NO NO NO NO NO NO. Everything no.

You get SP1, whatever drivers you might need and once everything is working, you say no for evermore. Flashplayer, NO. Realplayer, NO. Everything NO !. It works now, I'll bother you when it does not. Until then do not bother me. A newer version of AOL is available, are you kidding me ? Every version ends in point zero because it is a beta.

Windows is not ready when you get it, you do need certain things, but I suggest you do it selectively. If you aren't going to use IE, DO NOT get any security updates for IE. You really do need SP1, but other than that, I wouldn't take Mediaplayer 10 if they paid me. And they can shove Vista, errr put it where it will not get sunburn. If Dlink still supported 98 that is what I would have. But they dragged me kicking and screaming into XP. Only thing I am grateful for is that I really do have the very best version of it. But there is still a thing or two I cannot get it to do, but that is for another post.

Got IE5.5 at work running in NT4 Workstation. It is fine.

Realistically most of what I do online could be done in DOS. Text based. That's why I do not worry about a virus or trojan. And I have no mailing lists. Any phone numbers or other important info on this PC is in a text file, and it is only there when I can't find a pen or pencil.

Now that my media is 90% backed up I should be OK.

I haven't played a computer game all year, and probably most of last year at least. The computer is nothing but a tool. I do not want entertainment except for my downloaded files.

I might make the move to Linux or Lindows soon. It will certainly be considered once XP is obsolete. And I will still run it until it does not run.

In Windows, the word NO is your best friend, except when it comes to SP1. Other than that you should need nothing.

T

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RE: Can I just say...... - 3/25/2008 3:42:34 AM   
pahunkboy


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Status: offline 		So T, service pack 2 is bad?

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RE: Can I just say...... - 3/25/2008 4:43:00 AM   
PlayfulOne


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Status: offline 		No PA, use the service pack, ignore the bablle from T

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RE: Can I just say...... - 3/25/2008 6:59:17 AM   
herJourney


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quote:

ORIGINAL: faerytattoodgirl

i use firefox basically since it came out... IE SUCKS ASS




Agreed


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RE: Can I just say...... - 3/25/2008 7:35:57 AM   
MusicalBoredom


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Status: offline 		Firefox!

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RE: Can I just say...... - 3/25/2008 7:56:34 AM   
Termyn8or


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Status: offline 		Playful, ignore my "babble" if you want, but I got an old piece of junk that runs the pants off most P4s.

I did not say you don't want SP2, what I said is that you need SP1. I have heard mixed things about SP2, some people have a problem with it, others don't. Thing is, do you NEED SP2 ?

I believe that was the topic, do not get IE 8, that is an upgrade, Gris says don't do it and I believe it. Just say no.

My attitude is, if it works don't fix it.

Advice is advice, you don't have to take it.

T

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