On 07/24/2008 12:21 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: > 2008/7/24 NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [snip] >> >> You have arrived at this page because you selected an item that is >> available only if you have a 2007 Microsoft Office suite or other 2007 >> Microsoft Office System program installed. >> Did you arrive here by mistake? >> You have not enabled an ActiveX control >> Your Active X control may be blocked >> Using a browser that is not ActiveX enabled >> >> Jeesh... That pretty much say's it all. >> > > What system are you using? I'm on Win XP Pro/SP2 using Firefox 2.0.0.16. I > do not have any version of MS Office installed but I do have Active X and > cookies enabled on a "warn me" basis and a tightly contolled "white list". I > got straight to the site you mentioned. > >
Figured it out... MS doesn't like it when you do not have javascript turned on. I like the bit about: >> One Moment Please... >> >> To help optimize how your Web pages are displayed, we are checking to >> see if a 2007 Microsoft Office program is installed. So if they can't sniff you they don't want you on their site. Reminds me of this: http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/141821.asp [An epic Bill Gates e-mail rant - actual email from Bill trying to download and install Movie Maker] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
