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hazelnut

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  1. A couple of things you could try.

     

    Go to control panel> network connections and make sure your old ISP is deleted there.

     

    In Outlook Express go to tools> accounts > mail tab, and make sure your new provider is the default and delete the old one if still there

  2. I agree, nice addition to IE7.

     

    I use opera so haven't really had the forum access problems some of you seem to have had with FF.

     

    It's true, once you start using "extra features" in a browser you really don't want to be without them. I love being able to highlight a word or phrase in opera, and then right-click>search with google. Saves so much time.

  3. Its funny with noobs who go and buy a new computer, just because of some software problem when all you need todo is reinstall the operating system.

     

    Reinstalling can be horrifying experience when you are a new computer user. Knowledge is low and panic can set in.

     

    That's when forums can be a helpful place :)

  4. After switching from CA (formely Etrust) to Avast, I must admit I am quite used to it now and have found it to be good on my system.

     

    I think that people's systems can determine how good an app works for them. So sometimes a really good app gets a bad write up simply because it doesn't gel with the users apps and specs.

  5. Perhaps homey, not a lot of people on the forum have vista and then are trying to have it run at startup. Also remember Vista is not yet at full release date.

     

    Questions are usually answered quite quickly on the forum, this one obviously doesn't apply to a lot of people.

     

    I presume this is the behaviour you are talking about >

     

    Windows Vista specific functionality

     

    Windows Defender in Windows Vista automatically blocks all startup items that require administrator privileges to run (this is considered a bad behaviour for a startup item). There is no known easy way to automatically unblock these items, the only suggestion given is to "contact the software vendor for an updated version" which is Vista compatible (does not require administrator privileges to run). This automatic blocking is related to the UAC (User Account Control) functionality in Windows Vista, and requires the user to manually run each of these startup items each time they log in. If there is no updated version of the startup item, the only currently known way to circumvene this behavior is to disable UAC altogether (since this is also a UAC related functionality, disabling Windows Defender while not disabling UAC will not solve the issue).

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