>=> >>>> I love that the website keeps asking me to install the MSXML
>=> >>>> ActiveX control from Microsoft!
>=> >>>>
>=> >>>  Really? It didn't do that for me. What browser did you use?
>=> >>>
>=> >> IE7, of course! 8-)
>=> >
>=> >    'Nuff said.
...
>=>
>=> Now why do you suppose IE7 would want you to download that
>=> control for that website if non-IE folks can view it just
>=> fine??!?!???
...
>Maybe it's because the web page, testing for which browser you are using, 
>is setup to make trouble for you if you are using IE.
>
>I am by no means a Microsoft sycophant but I thought this web site is a 
>bit overboard on Vista bashing.  I have no doubt that Vista will have 
>enough problems without having to resort to this kind of activity.
>
>OTOH, maybe Microsoft is behind this web site and wants to make trouble 
>for itself so it can demonstrate its monopoly-averse 
>vulnerabilities.  Like project Northwood.

There is another possibility. Perhaps the website/host is trying to protect 
itself from systems that are most likely to be compromised. Using Interet 
Explorer is a pretty sure sign you don't care about security <g>.

-Charlie 



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