blarneystone
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Post by blarneystone on Oct 25, 2006 12:36:25 GMT -5
One other thing.... Okay 3 more...
You might want to the latest version of MS Media Player... I think it's v.10 now.
And.... Install Macromedia Flash player to run flash content
Install Apple Quick Time movie player for quick time movie content.
All are easily installed from the web.....
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spacegold
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Post by spacegold on Oct 25, 2006 13:36:38 GMT -5
As a final resort to reestablishing IE 6.0, take the machine to a computer shop and have them remove the update and re-run the Windows setup.
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blarneystone
spending too much on rocks
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Post by blarneystone on Oct 25, 2006 15:06:45 GMT -5
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Post by sandsman1 on Oct 25, 2006 17:21:01 GMT -5
yea just use System Restore and go back to the day before you loaded it and you will have the old version back
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spacegold
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Post by spacegold on Oct 25, 2006 19:47:13 GMT -5
I installed Quicktime on my computer once and couldn't get rid of it fast enough. It tried to take over all media functions that I had assigned to other programs and created all manner of conflicts. I am told by my computer guru that Flashplayer is a gateway for a variety of obtrusive animated advertising on the internet, without which I can do very nicely, and so it, too, will never be on my computer. Besides, I will never get over the two years of peaceful usage of my computer that Macromedia, and later Adobe, interfered with with their constant bombardment of popups that got around my popup stopper. I just don't want any content that relies on either of those two programs.
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blarneystone
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Post by blarneystone on Oct 26, 2006 10:35:36 GMT -5
Spacegold~
Yes, Quicktime will try to associate all media files with itself but that option is normally presented to the user and is easily configured to run only Quicktime movies with the player. All other media files can be left associated with MS media player. To make these movie players less intrusive, disable the auto startup option to prevent it from loading on startup.
During the installation of some applications available on the web (Adobe, Java, etc...) there is usually an option to install search toolbars (cleverly disguised spyware) and unless this option is unchecked then these spyware applications will install by default. These features are the more likely culprits of pop-ups and spyware, not the application (movie player) itself.
With a few tweaks of the internet security options, the firewall and native pop-up blocker even Windows can be made fairly secure. I use a program called SpyBot search and destroy which has a feature that let's me know any time a change is made to the Windows registry and I can allow the change or not.
I can sympathize with folks that have problems with pop-ups and spyware and what-not so I'm just offering suggestions to try and help..... I've worked as a support analyst for the last 10 years and manage my companies client architecture globally on a network with over 5,000 worstations.....
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spacegold
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Post by spacegold on Oct 26, 2006 13:24:28 GMT -5
In some ways I wish I had your understandings of the workings of computers. But I know what you had to go through to get there, and that road is not very appealing to me. The Quick time version that I downloaded offered me no options. It just moved in and started taking over. Everything from music to images. It was the worst parasite ever to be allowed into my computer. And it was a bugger to get rid of. Thank goodness Adobe has finally quit bombarding the internet with popup ads for Flashplayer. Apparently they are satisfied with the user base they established doing that. But they offended me so badly that their product will never be used here.
I use Spybot on both my computers, and find it useful for cutting down the spyware. And I have an adware blocker as well, but Macromedia's popups would get by everything, firewall and all. I never download emoticons or toolbars, not even from ebay or google. And I don't accept cookies unless absolutely necessary.
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RockyBlue
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Post by RockyBlue on Nov 4, 2006 18:39:49 GMT -5
The bad thing about IE is IE period,i used to use IE but i finally got tired of all the junk and switched ti Mozzila Firefox and it works great..Rocky
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