I have still not found an answer as to why upgrading to Internet Explorer v5.5 and its associated Outlook Express will not interact properly with my Panasonic KX-P1124 dot-matrix printer. Or, how to rectify this annoyance. As if that isn't bad enough, I've just discovered another irritating problem after the alleged "upgrade". While reading email in the allegedly "upgraded" OE (I'm only using it because I still have problems with other mail programs operating properly on this computer) and clicking on a link within the email, IE automaticaly starts up to go to the webpage of the clicked-upon link. I have Opera v4.02 set as my default browser yet OE forces me to utilize their inbred-cousin, IE. I have searched the help files and selectable options in both IE and OE but neither present an option (unless I just haven't found it yet) to select an alternate default browser except for the button which resets all defaults to the way MS would like you to have them. After the upgrade and when I first noticed this situation, I checked my Opera settings and sure enough, the alleged IE "upgrade" deselected the Opera defaults. After re-selecting Opera as the default for handling browser tasks, IE still starts when clicking on a link in an OE email message. I should wise up and properly repair, upgrade hardware, and/or reformat the harddrive of this somewhat corrupted old computer instead of dealing with all these Microsoft annoyances and aggravations. How MS can keep getting away with all of this megalomaniacal crap with their lousy products is simply amazing. On that note, is anyone on this mailing list running Linux? If so, how do you like it? It is my intent to, at the least, reformat this harddrive and install Linux to see how it works. I get more fed up with MS crap after each of these annoying events and should have switched to a viable alternative long ago. I've never operated either a Linux or Mac system but I'm closer to switching my horse in mid-stream because this MS horse ain't gettin' the job done. Bill ---- post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] url: http://theMezz.com/informant forum: http://theMezz.com/bbs subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] notDigest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
