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Why do you even have IE? I deleted the iexplore.exe at the first chance I got... Plus your FF got to be broken, TE works really well with FF and Adblock plus.
because i need to be able to test on different browser. Like it or not, IE still has an important market share!
Mind you, i'm on FF 18, maybe that's why it doesnt work...
Mind you, i'm on FF 18, maybe that's why it doesnt work...
...it's not like most people actually *chose* IE. Most don't realise there are choices, any more than with OSes.
My FF 17.0.1 just told me I'm completely up-to-date.
Are you using the Beta?
Are you using the Beta?
I notice they have beta 3 for version 18 now. Every once and a while either FF or my version of Chrome(Dragon) refuses to update and I have to download the new final release version(not candidate) from File Hippo's update checker - it has never let me down so far. I wonder what is wrong with the update channel at Mozilla? Just thinking out loud - sorry! 
Just sayin'
And that relates to the whole X-platform issue.
Comment sent from FF.
And that relates to the whole X-platform issue.
Comment sent from FF.
IE, with properly kept updates and maintence, as with any of the browsers or O.S.'s is still the best functioning browser; reguardless, of how old the hardware technology. As a repair tech I have seen and used most browsers (not including win 8 or IE10 yet
according to the w3c statistics... google chrome leads the pack with a 1.2% margin over Internet Explorer.. not to mention it's faster, thread safe, and it's API is 100% more extensible the explorer. I won't even get into security.
On the web development side it's javascript console is fantastic.
On the web development side it's javascript console is fantastic.
The Navy installs IE7 and Netscape Navigator, and you cannot update it or install different browsers. (And I had TR and ZDNet issues with IE7)
"You makes do with whats you got."
"You makes do with whats you got."
I run into that now and then as well. It is definitely irritating. Typically one of my privacy add-ons is the culprit. Try disabling AdBlock, Ghostery, etc, and see which one, if any, lets it start working. When you figure out which one, either whitelist the site, give up on posting comments there, or use a different browser.
However, I think the reason may have been the use of NoScript. If I temporarily accept all scripts, I can now send. It may also have been a clagged up Windows 7/64. Now upgraded to 8 and all connections working better.
While here - it seems strange to me that Jack thinks that some businesses can't afford MS Office. How much does an OEM Office cost compared to a $50,000 per year salary? Half of f all! It might be true in the developing world, but in most of those countries they get fake versions.
While here - it seems strange to me that Jack thinks that some businesses can't afford MS Office. How much does an OEM Office cost compared to a $50,000 per year salary? Half of f all! It might be true in the developing world, but in most of those countries they get fake versions.
the best dag nabbed browser I've used bar none! Opens and loads pages like a FLASH! I'm finally seeing web work the way it was supposed to be.
I like Comodo's EULA better than Google's and it has some security enhancements as well.
I like Comodo's EULA better than Google's and it has some security enhancements as well.
If Office was the only thing that needed to be purchased; but at that cost (as well as the constant upgrades) to all of the other overhead costs, and that cost can make a great dent in your profit margin, (if any). And if you are an individual entrepeneur, add that cost to house payment, car payment, food for self and family, medical care and medical insurance for self and family, then bonding, hardware and upgrades, software (such as Visual Studio, SQL Server, Oracle, (although developer's licenses on these are much cheaper than production they add up,) ink/toner, pens, paper, envelopes, stamps, ISP, telephone, well you can see where this is going. Why pay for something every three years that only has a negative impact on your productivity. (Most common complaint about Office beginning with Office 2007; "I don't know how to do all the stuff I've been doing just fine for 10 years." In my case it took me three years to find the help button. And then I found it was useless if you did not have an internet connection.)
Firefox 17.0.1 on Linux and was easy and works well.
Sometimes the broken tech is in the mental programs of the person. Or maybe it is Windows the brokenone where it is installed the Firefox, or maybe ...
Sometimes the broken tech is in the mental programs of the person. Or maybe it is Windows the brokenone where it is installed the Firefox, or maybe ...
Do you have NoScript installed? That add-on is guaranteed to prevent you from rating comments OR commenting yourself, as there are several domains (5) in use on this site, and java script is running.
forces you to sit wrong and use your arms wrong to use it on a touch screen on the desktop. Take away the touch screen and you lose the entire incentive to use it at all.
ALL the apps running in the Metro interface are DAMN SLOW to start, and they crash constantly (and don't blame the hardware for failures in their drivers, this is plain wrong because apps running on the desktop do not crash, even the most complex ones with lots of graphic features).
Metro is horribly bogous ! You can't say it "works very well", this is plain wrong !
Metro is horribly bogous ! You can't say it "works very well", this is plain wrong !
Why do so many people in this forum pick on Windows ME? I've used all Windows platforms from version 3.0 through Windows 7, and ME wasn't as bad as you said it was. It depended on how much you loaded onto the system, how much memory you had, your swap file, etc. I have an old Windows ME PC that I bought in September 2000 that still runs like a champ today (Dell Dimension 4100) that has 512 MB of memory, a clean install (February 2008,) and, from the time I push the power button, I am able to use my desktop in 15 seconds flat. I kept the installation clean by limiting what I install, don't connect to the Internet (obviously,) defrag, and do basic PC maintenance. It's great for running a quick Excel spreadsheet using good old Office 2000, or a document. Shutdown time is FIVE (5) seconds!
I cannot tell you how many times I sit here thinking... why on Earth is this computer not printing, why on Earth is this printer breaking again, why is it printing every page except the last one so I have to unplug it from power so it can reset its memory?!?!? Printing is older than I am but is still such a broken technology, at least in the work place.
It seems like over the past few years printers have gotten worse. They don't seem to last as long (remember the Laserjet 4/4+ series workhorse?)
I thought USB connections were supposed to "improve" printing? At least with parallel ports it didn't lose connection to the pc for no apparent reason. Yes the cables were thick but they did seem to be more reliable. I'm also tired of installing printer driver updates when it was working fine for a few months and then all of a sudden decides to stop printing/print odd characters/etc.
I thought USB connections were supposed to "improve" printing? At least with parallel ports it didn't lose connection to the pc for no apparent reason. Yes the cables were thick but they did seem to be more reliable. I'm also tired of installing printer driver updates when it was working fine for a few months and then all of a sudden decides to stop printing/print odd characters/etc.
wrong time and the operating system not recognising it again. I have no issues with USB connected printer on Linux, and I've been using it since fifteen years.
Ernest, my (very old) WinXP box often loses either the All-in-one printer or the WiFi (admittedly the latter is more common) when I have too many hard drives plugged in copying too many files. I suspect it's either a memory issue or a USB power issue. It's never bothered me enough to find out which.
The fact that the box came with eight USB ports one of which is shared by four memory card reading drives would lead me to believe it's more than likely a power issue.
I know, I should buy a better box. I'm working on it.
[Edited to correct the spelling of Mr. Deadly's name. Sorry.]
The fact that the box came with eight USB ports one of which is shared by four memory card reading drives would lead me to believe it's more than likely a power issue.
I know, I should buy a better box. I'm working on it.
[Edited to correct the spelling of Mr. Deadly's name. Sorry.]
previous owner claimed the USB no longer worked and had been going faulty for several months as it kept turning off on him after a few hours. I loaded Zorin OS Linux on it and have been using it for five weeks with the USB working perfectly all along. After two weeks I replaced the PS2 keyboard and mouse (yes, it's that old) with USB ones, never an issue.
The printer I have is an old Minolta colour laser which originally hooked up to Windows with a USB cable. Since then I've hooked it up to six different variants of Linux after I couldn't get Win XP drivers for it. Yes, it's that old too.
I suspect a lot of the issues with USB devices are not the hardware, but poor quality USB controls in the software or the the device drivers. I often have people telling me a certain USB device is now faulty, but it works perfectly when I hook it up to one of my Linux systems, regardless of the hardware age.
Mind you, if your Windows OS has controllers for earlier levels of USB I'd not be surprised to find it's having trouble working with later levels of USB devices or even recognising them.
The printer I have is an old Minolta colour laser which originally hooked up to Windows with a USB cable. Since then I've hooked it up to six different variants of Linux after I couldn't get Win XP drivers for it. Yes, it's that old too.
I suspect a lot of the issues with USB devices are not the hardware, but poor quality USB controls in the software or the the device drivers. I often have people telling me a certain USB device is now faulty, but it works perfectly when I hook it up to one of my Linux systems, regardless of the hardware age.
Mind you, if your Windows OS has controllers for earlier levels of USB I'd not be surprised to find it's having trouble working with later levels of USB devices or even recognising them.
I stuck with Windows because my employer liked it for reasons best known to themselves. I have loaded and used *nices on this and other boxen but only to play with and to learn from. Now I'm retired I could use any OS I like, even one of the weird ones, but I just can't summon up the will to bother fiddling with my present box any more. I might, someday, buy a better one.
And you're right, and it is a good suggestion, the drivers and controller-ware might be updateable. I might even think about that.
Thank you.
And you're right, and it is a good suggestion, the drivers and controller-ware might be updateable. I might even think about that.
Thank you.
That would explain why it happens [mostly] when running more than one copying/moving operation of many small and huge files. Keeping track of all the housekeeping junk Windows uses in the background can't be easy.
Yet another excuse for an upgrade. Thank you.
Yet another excuse for an upgrade. Thank you.
That happens not to be the case. I've had plenety of instances when the USB connection gets lost and the plug has to be removed and re-inserted.
and it will often have problems detecting some devices if they're just unplugged and re-plugged in without going through the full removal process.
Laser cheapie printer. I have it USB to a print server in my wifi gateway device; and I never have any problems with it. As for all these All-in-one printers, I was amazed they got them to work at all. HP has really gone down hill though! I don't think they know how to write a driver anymore.
I just installed one o a new Windows 7 64bit laptop last week.
Now if I could just summon up the initiative to find the documentation so I can change the device language settings from German back to English
Now if I could just summon up the initiative to find the documentation so I can change the device language settings from German back to English
printing can be fixed - it just takes money. People think "good" printing should be free because Windows and UNIX include "printing" at no charge
and yes, I do work for a company that sells print management solutions
and yes, I do work for a company that sells print management solutions
Not even on the subject of network printing or print management, if I have a device connected to my PC and properly installed it should work. And every disc should have a "Drivers Only" install option instaed of multiple programs which must be installed in order to get the drivers installed just so I can print a document.
My NEC Sprinwriter NEVER failed me. Neither did my Teletype. I wish I had them both back. 
Ric
Ric 
Office compatibility is an issue because of competition, and the fact that different offerings want to give new features and capabilities, that don't necessarily breed interoperability. Also your comments on Windows 8 lack any actual logic aside from regurgitating generally non-insightful cynicism that is rampant on the topic already. Your solution to single sign-on is to give up?
Please don't ever bother to submit an application to me.
Please don't ever bother to submit an application to me.
Microsoft has chosen for YEARS to make their file formats proprietary (even after claiming that they were open). Microsoft's changing the interface every couple of years is just insane. Our office still uses Word Perfect because every file all the way back to Word Perfect 5 can be opened and edited by any version of Word Perfect (Currently 15). The interface hasn't changed that much either, though features are routinely added.
As for Windows 8, I have yet to find a single person that likes it (in person). The fact that you are required to get a Windows Live account to do anything tells it all. The interface is clearly designed for a small touch screen not a large multi monitor setup with Multitasking users.
Microsoft instead of embracing what PC's have to offer over tablets is driving people to tablets. And why not, if you are going to be stuck with a tablet interface on a computer save the bucks and use a tablet for everything.
With your attitude who would want to submit an application to you?
As for Windows 8, I have yet to find a single person that likes it (in person). The fact that you are required to get a Windows Live account to do anything tells it all. The interface is clearly designed for a small touch screen not a large multi monitor setup with Multitasking users.
Microsoft instead of embracing what PC's have to offer over tablets is driving people to tablets. And why not, if you are going to be stuck with a tablet interface on a computer save the bucks and use a tablet for everything.
With your attitude who would want to submit an application to you?
Owned by Corel. The latest Office Suite sells for a couple of hundred dollars USA.
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great things with video software too - I think they will be a contender again( I hope - because MS needs the competition)
I think the writer must be having a bad day. For example I find Gnome 3 not bad at all, and easier to deal with than the current state of Win 8, but that one will certainly be improved too.
I agree that solid-state drives are better, but until they become more byte-price competitive, I will stick with mechanical ones.
All technologies can be improved, and will eventually be replaced by something better or cheaper. What's new?
I agree that solid-state drives are better, but until they become more byte-price competitive, I will stick with mechanical ones.
All technologies can be improved, and will eventually be replaced by something better or cheaper. What's new?
So far as I know, the magnetic domains in HD's are permanent, or as near as makes no difference. Once stored, data resides there forever. SSD's, as I understand it, decay. The charges used to store bits die away and the bits are lost. Data on SSD's is temporary.
Or am I out of date with the current state of the art?
I know the mechanics of HD's don't last forever if they are used, but the data doesn't decay if they are taken offline. Is that right?
Or am I out of date with the current state of the art?
I know the mechanics of HD's don't last forever if they are used, but the data doesn't decay if they are taken offline. Is that right?
I don't know but with hard drives that are going bad, they make noise. That is my only fear about SSDs, along with their cost.
PATA Drives seem to last. I had some WD 30gb and 40gb that can still run.
PATA Drives seem to last. I had some WD 30gb and 40gb that can still run.
I have some pre-2000 13GB drives [physically huge and power-hungry] which I think have dead files on them. They haven't been accessed for at least five years, probably longer. I'm off to see if they still work.
More later...
[Edit later] : Well, *that* was a great success, he says with bitter sarcasm. It seems I don't have a computer old enough to install the drivers for the drives. The company that made them has told Microsoft that updated drivers are unlikely.
Even the wife's MacBook doesn't recognise the drive.
They worked fine with WinME but XP and W7 dislike ancient machinery.
I suppose I *could* play more, fiddle with compatibility modes, even boot a WinME VM, but the effort far exceeds the reward.
Maybe when I get the new machine?
More later...
[Edit later] : Well, *that* was a great success, he says with bitter sarcasm. It seems I don't have a computer old enough to install the drivers for the drives. The company that made them has told Microsoft that updated drivers are unlikely.
Even the wife's MacBook doesn't recognise the drive.
They worked fine with WinME but XP and W7 dislike ancient machinery.
I suppose I *could* play more, fiddle with compatibility modes, even boot a WinME VM, but the effort far exceeds the reward.
Maybe when I get the new machine?
If critical tracks go bad on the platter, you can end up losing everything - sometimes without warning.
Over time, HDD drivers will fail (mechanically) and all of you data can be lost. Sure there are dis recovery services but that are very expensive and notoriously unreliable at recovering mission-critical data. Typical MTBF (mean time between failure) for HDD is about 50,000 hours or (divided by 8,766 hours per year) 5.7 years or 24/7 operation. HDDs are mechanical devices and often enough, after several years of 24/7 operation, a perfectly functional HDD will fail from simply being powered down and then powered back up again. It's a crap shoot.
On the other hand, an SSD drive has a MTBF of around 250,000 hours - or 28.52 years!
There is no IT technology invented 28 years ago that has recoverable data on it - not because the data is bad but because there or no interfaces which will work with it today!
The reality is that no matter what storage technology you use, you need to back-up mission-critical data and you should not expect your PC or any of its components to remain reliable much beyond five years. Over longer periods of time, your important data needs to be move to newer technology if you want to keep it forever accessible.
On the other hand, an SSD drive has a MTBF of around 250,000 hours - or 28.52 years!
There is no IT technology invented 28 years ago that has recoverable data on it - not because the data is bad but because there or no interfaces which will work with it today!
The reality is that no matter what storage technology you use, you need to back-up mission-critical data and you should not expect your PC or any of its components to remain reliable much beyond five years. Over longer periods of time, your important data needs to be move to newer technology if you want to keep it forever accessible.
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