GA_Boater
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Re: Which version of FireFox should I try?
No Boom. That add-on is a fake out to make MS think it's talking to IE. You can't load Windows updates through any browser except IE. For Win updates set XP up to check for and down load updates automatically. When updates are found it downloads. After it downloads when I turn the PC off at night it does the update before shutting down.
On the icons problems. Don't worry about it. I'll tell you how to fix that in a sec. What happened with your IE icon? It only got changed to a FF icon because you made FF the default. IE is still there. A default browser is the browser that is opened when you go to the internet or the browser that opens when you click on a link in an email for example. And you can run FF and IE at the same time. Some web sites are optimized for IE and another browser like FF might work funky. Most sites work with anything, like iboats. Some sites do not work with IE at all, rare but it happens.
To get an IE icon so you can run IE:
Click Start, then All Programs, find Internet Explorer and right click. click Pin to Start Menu. Now when you click Start IE will be in the list of programs. Click it and away you go. Another thing you can do is the steps to Pin, except click Create Shortcut. This will put an IE icon on the desktop. Wanna get a little fancy? Mouse over the IE icon shortcut you just created on the desktop, hold the left mouse button and drag it to the right of Start on the toolbar, release the mouse button and you have an icon for IE you can click anytime to start IE.
You aren't a compu-tard. You're comfortable with using IE for exactly what it is - a tool and nothing more. Some times the developers lose sight of the fact that all users aren't 10 year olds that can program a VCR or download an app for an iPhone or are at the skill or experience level that they are. When that happens the tools becomes specialized and harder to use. Windows made it easy for non-nerds to use PCs, but sometimes you do need a little nerdiness to figure out some things. Or ask for help. Perfectly OK!
Does this all mean that Win7 users, using FF, will not get notified of Windows updates without the add-on?
I made a mistake when I downloaded FF, for my XP machine, in telling FF to be my default browser. Now all my IE icons were converted to FF and I can't access IE at all!
No Boom. That add-on is a fake out to make MS think it's talking to IE. You can't load Windows updates through any browser except IE. For Win updates set XP up to check for and down load updates automatically. When updates are found it downloads. After it downloads when I turn the PC off at night it does the update before shutting down.
On the icons problems. Don't worry about it. I'll tell you how to fix that in a sec. What happened with your IE icon? It only got changed to a FF icon because you made FF the default. IE is still there. A default browser is the browser that is opened when you go to the internet or the browser that opens when you click on a link in an email for example. And you can run FF and IE at the same time. Some web sites are optimized for IE and another browser like FF might work funky. Most sites work with anything, like iboats. Some sites do not work with IE at all, rare but it happens.
To get an IE icon so you can run IE:
Click Start, then All Programs, find Internet Explorer and right click. click Pin to Start Menu. Now when you click Start IE will be in the list of programs. Click it and away you go. Another thing you can do is the steps to Pin, except click Create Shortcut. This will put an IE icon on the desktop. Wanna get a little fancy? Mouse over the IE icon shortcut you just created on the desktop, hold the left mouse button and drag it to the right of Start on the toolbar, release the mouse button and you have an icon for IE you can click anytime to start IE.
You aren't a compu-tard. You're comfortable with using IE for exactly what it is - a tool and nothing more. Some times the developers lose sight of the fact that all users aren't 10 year olds that can program a VCR or download an app for an iPhone or are at the skill or experience level that they are. When that happens the tools becomes specialized and harder to use. Windows made it easy for non-nerds to use PCs, but sometimes you do need a little nerdiness to figure out some things. Or ask for help. Perfectly OK!