I just discovered a fun glitch while I was trying to load MSN software onto my boyfriend's computer. Apparently McAfee Virus Scan recognizes the download from MSN as a virus, and won't load it until you disable your virus scanner. Naturally there's no message telling you this. You have to call the hotline. Sharon > 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 > ---- 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
