tcoffeep
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I generally try to avoid downloading at all from any sort of browser. When it's a "big" download, I find a torrent, as it's usually faster, and whatnot.
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@Forte :
I've had many problems with Firefox and downloading from specific sites. Check if the file downloaded is the same size as it is supposed to be. It generally happens, I find, when downloading from heavily-used networks (so many times that I've downloaded from Ubuntu servers only to get it to break at 455 MB or something similar, and force me to re-download with cross-fingers. I can't be sure what causes it, though.
I'm going to ponder awhile over any fixes one can do for it. (although, I've heard using DownThemAll and similar programs help a bit, although I've had them do this to me as well. CleanUp!'s download site generally did it, and the program is under a MB!!! It's annoying, but Firefox isn't the only one to do it. I've had it happen with Netscape, IE 6 through 7, -haven't tried 8b1 yet-, and Firefox 2. Perhaps it's browser-caused, or perhaps it's server-side rather than client.)
[edit] : added a little more information. nothing was deleted from my original post
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Got no clue tbh..
but
IS IT NORMAL TO POST IN ALL CAPS?!
I rest my case:<
No reason to be disrespectful, he explained why in his post.
Glen, something that might help you see what you type is the magnifier. I believe that most versions of Windows sold these days come with it. It really does help.
Anyways, I find that, pending on file sizes, it changes intermittently. For example, when I run Defraggler, it can take 10 minutes for the majority of my files, but, then it comes across some of the WoW files, and it takes the program from 10% to 100% in 40 minutes on bad days.
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This latest release candidate, while an improvement in appearance and the ability to defrag free space, still sucks when it comes to defragging my FAT32 laptop. In fact, now it says 99% defragmented when over half the hard drive has yet to be defragmented. Large files still seem to crap out your program. This is the same 70GB laptop drive with 27.7GB free.
With all that space to show Status and Properties, I still wonder why you keep the keep the Drive Map Legend hidden away in the menu, but whatever.
Why not switch the FAT32 format to an NTFS? My laptop came as FAT32, was completely horrible for defragging, and when I switched to NTFS it suddenly worked wonders.
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IE just had an update last week. Came out with the rest of Microsoft's fixes on Patch Tuesday.
Ahhh... Security upgrade. I don't really look at them. >.>
Anywho; like I said, I haven't had any problems with Java, since the upgrade. 10/06/2008, right?
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I have Vista Home Premium SP!, IE7. After that last IE update, Java no longer works on IE7, even though it says it is installed. Any ideas?
I just did a update check, and found no updates. I've not found an IE update in quite some time. Perhaps, it's a virus? Malware? I don't know what to say. I, too, have Vista Home Premium SP1, and use Java everyday. Do you have the latest build of Java? If not, it's on Filehippo.com.
Do you think, perhaps, you can show a pic of what it says or does when it "doesn't work"?
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Not really. IE Tab disaplays the page inside FF using the IE engine. You were actually looking at the page with IE inside FF.
All in all, it works for me. I use IE7 occasionally, so why not let it run on my FF as well? It saves -me- the hassle of loading two seperate browsers -wink-
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One of those sites that only works in IE.
In Opera set Opera to identify or mask as IE and see what happens. Go to the site and right click and select "site preferences" than on the "network" tab you will see an option to change how Opera identifies it's self. Set it to identify or mask as IE and than reload the page or just leave the page and try to enter it again.
I don't use Opera no more. I just wasn't comfortable with it. Anywho, Mobiusgames.net did end up working with IEtab. Strange.
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I use fire fox 3 on XP and my mother uses it on vista and we've never had any problems. It may be because my mother is a very a novice user, but if it get pasts kaspersky antivirus and the plethora of add-ons she's trawled over the years, I don't see why it shouldn't work for everyone.
None of the new features are really all that useful, and firefox didn't hog resources before (it supposedly takes up less now); I would have much preferred for them to spend their time working on a new GUI tat isn't just splicing the back/forward buttons together and dwarfing the other icons.
Just because you or your mother haven't come across any problems, doesn't mean anyone else might. I, for example, use minimal add-ons, keeping to what I need, and deleting what I don't. (Although, I go on monthly add-on sprees, to see if I 'click' with any.) I actually had my first crash since beta installation, but that was due to some add-ons that weren't fully compatible yet.
And, if your mother installs large number of add-ons, it does nothing more than build up in memory. It's not viruses we're concerned about, it's user-friendliness and general overall clean running. Another note, Firefox is well-known to be a resource-hog. Install Firefox 2, and install the general add-ons, (not sure which, although there are quite a few lists that would give you an idea.), open up 15 tabs. I believe one test had the memory-usage at somewhere near 220-ish, which was just under IE7 with the same number of tabs open. Nonetheless, for alot of people, that can be alot of RAM that would be better spent elsewhere.
GUI's are GUI's. You can customize it. They give you a basic one. You can choose to install new themes, which can do wonders for it, or you can play with Chrome yourself. They're not concerned with GUI's compared to being concerned about speed and functionality.
Anyways, it's about bed-time for me...
G'nite!
[edit] : and just because I need to have my bedtime smoke, I'll add that, in general, those who are 'skilled' or have a 'general' grasp on computers are generally less likely to screw things up. I've found that novice users don't know what to look out for, and are very ignorant to the ways of the internet. I remember when I was a kid, I downloaded (if I may borrow the word) a plethora of viruses because I was... well... a kid. I didn't know that what I had downloaded were viruses! Now, however, I know what to look out for, I know what to trust. A 'really novice' user wouldn't know that, and end up, say, walking straight into a rickroll, as my friend is keen on saying.
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In the process of d/l'ing both. Will edit this post in regards to my experience with them.
[edit] : Gah. The Avira site went from english... until I clicked a hyperlink to the free edition, and went into what I can only assume is German? ( I do not have a very handy grasp on languages other than french and english, and I can't even speak french
) RUN WITH AVAST! (now deleted) :
I liked the skin. I liked the feel. I didn't like it not letting me delete it's start-up entry. >.> That was it's only fault, I found.
RUN WITH AVIRA :
So far, my only complaint is the ad that popped up while I was updating. Beyond that, I ain't seeing nothing wrong with it. It's been running for something like 10 minutes and is already at 9.5%, which is generally fast.
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[edit] : Just came across this news
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08...08&from=rss
[original post] : Here's what my setup looks like right now :
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I find Opera's startup slow if I use a filter list to block ads. As for NoScript-like functionality in Opera, I find it rather a hassle. Does v9.5 have the ability to temporarily allow scripts in sites when you click on them, like how NoScript does it?
Also, some sites I visit look terrible in Opera, for example Mobius Games. I don't what it will appear on others' screens.
P.S.
Did you edit the classic.jar/classic.manifest in the chrome folder of Firefox so it will use the Strata theme for Vista? Because that's what I did to mine.
I checked it out (mobiusgames) It looked all messed up with FF3, but was actually cleaner with IE7. -skims through source- Ok. For some reason, it seems that FF3 doesn't like to use all CSS functions. Could explain why it is so in Opera as well? Oh well. heh.
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Sometimes when you are thinking of how to choose between 2 programs as you are tcoffeep, it can help to try each one for a few days.
I use avira, and have tried avast but it didn't get on with something on my setup.
So sometimes by trying both, the choice can be made for you.
I just like to get personal opinions of them. Some might 'look' nice or 'run smoothly', but, unless I purposely infect my computer, there is no way to tell if they are accurate or not. If you understand what I mean.
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What are you hoping a re-download will do?
Yes those are the two I have installed on my machines and I also have AVG 7.5 on another machine. Do not like AVG 8 at all.
You miss getting shot at and mugged
Someone deleted the uninstall entry for AVG 8, so I need to reinstall in order to kick it swiftly...
... and I've never seen so much violence in Northern Ontario (drunks generally, as there are at least 7 bars within 5 miles around my house.). I was never shot at or mugged.
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no i will never install Windows Media Player 11 i do not like it i stick with Windows Media Player 10 also X Codec Pack version 2.2.0 build 514 that can be found here http://www.xcodecpack.net/ and also i install XP Codec Pack 2.3.8 that can be found here http://www.xpcodecpack.com/download , now as to the sites on Firefox 3.0 when viewing websites they get saved in the bar thing if you click on the pont down thing you will see them same as always in any FireFox or Internet explore or any web Browser but when you close Firefox 3.0 and run your CCleaner then open Firefox 3.0 and click the thing on the top you see all the sites still you viset it that needs to be fixed when they release a new CCleaner Build
I'm not going to respond to the first half. 'nuff said.
Secondly, I can't seem to find this problem you're having. I've been using Firefox 3 since beta 5, and haven't seen anything resembling what you're saying. CCleaner cleans it up, just as it does IE7, and just as it does Opera 9.5...besides, I also have it set so that everytime I close Firefox, it automatically deletes my browsing history, download history, saved forms, blah, blah, you all know the rest.
At the same time, I do not allow it to retain any form of history, and I only allow cookies to last for as long as my session lasts.
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...Did anyone else accidentally download baby 0.1?
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Bitdefender does not have real time protection. It is a on demand scanner.
AVG 8 is a resource hog and slows down the machine very noticeably. I dumped that.
Avast is not bad. I don't like it's interface but I am getting used to it.
Avira AntiVir is free and very good. Very low resource usage and high detection rates. No e mail scanning though.
I see your from Ontario to.
1 ) Real-time scanning isn't too much of a problem, because generally all I do is play MUDs. When I do have need of scans, it's when I traverse across hyperlinks I've not been before, or when I download something, to give it a test-run.
2 ) Aye. I'm in the process of re-downloading AVG 8 because of the resource-hogginess, plus the forced Firefox add-on, which, by ironic circumstances, isn't compatible with Firefox 3.
3 ) So, now, down the count... Your suggestion is either : ( a ) Avast or ( b ) Avira AntiVir?
4 ) Aye. Northern Ontario, unfortunately. I miss my Toronto
[edit] : just had to fix my brackets... forced smilies and whatnot
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A big bug with CCleaner v2.08.588 with Mozilla Firefox 3.0 please read
well as for me im staying with Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14 for the time being tell they fix with Mozilla Firefox 3.0 if you click to watch a video with a pop up in its own box you have nothing but problams on viewing it take for a exaple i found on wwe.com if you try watching a video they wont load and Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14 it works fine . but puting that a side also what i found out that needs to be fixed in CCleaner with Mozilla Firefox 3.0 sites you view you know how they get saved in the address bar where you would type in a site with CCleaner v2.08.588 it dose not clean them up they just stay in the menu bar part there
Is it, by any chance, this link, bookmarked? The new style that they have is that they bring your bookmarks into your typing, as a way to avoid having to fully type everything. I can't remember what I did, (it could be an add-on), but I have it so it doesn't do it anymore. And, in a sec, I'll check to see if I come across problems on wwe.com. Edit this in a sec.
[edit] : I'm not coming across any problems. Can you specify a video that might be buggy for you?
[edit-edit] : Ohhh, wait. Did you do a new install of the Windows Media Player 11 Plug-in? If you didn't, it won't work. I'll find the link later.
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I've been doing some window-"shopping", and am stuck between choosing one of the following anti-virus programs.
-Bitdefender 10 Free (only thing I'm not sure of is whether it's vista-compatible)
-Avast! Home Edition
-AVG 8.0 (the only one I truly have experience with)
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If anyone has any better ones, please point them out?
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Would you please explain just how the IE Tab works? I have it but not quite sure what to do with it. Can I get windows update through it?
Thanks
Well, for me, no. Vista doesn't use the website to update no more
I just installed it for the fact that some people claimed it wouldn't install for them. I've just been too lazy to uninstall. I actually use User Agent Switcher to go on sites that have the 'IE-or-GTFO' kind of layout (or any site that, you know... has a layout that tells you 'no-way-you-have-x-browser-we-want-y-browser'.
[edit] : but, from the website : http://ietab.mozdev.org/ the first thing I notice is the first line : Believe it or not, we really ran Windows Update from Mozilla/Firefox.. So... I guess you can
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I am truly baffled! Firefox has been my rock for some time now, but after trying FF3 I'm as wary as I ever was with IE.
I'm a bit late on the uptake, but I installed FF3 on my work mc today - instantly disappointed cos it reported 80% of my extensions failed to work
Anyway, I thought maybe it'll take a while for the developers to update them - the main concern was my fav - IETab didn't work (no updates avail. etc.) - a lot of my work sites need IE to work properly, so I thought - bin it - re-install FF2; did so and it all crashed ...! Again, and again - only FF safe mode worked ...
Somehow, I recovered FF2 (numerous reboots etc.) and was able to resume work (with FF2) and forgot about it until I got home.
I had sent the link to download FF3 to my home address (before all the hoo-ha), and for some reason (morbid curiosity perhaps?) I installed FF3 and it only complained about 10% of my extensions.....WTF?? I know I have some different extensions at work & home (such as at home I like the Dilbert add-in [can't have that at work!], etc.), but most are common such as IETab (which did not complain - in fact it updated..!)
What is going on?? My home mc is Vista (32 bit), my work mc is XP - why the difference??? I'm writing this now in FF3 (may sound even weirder but it is physically different looking [and not just Vista diifs.] from FF3 on my work mc)
All my fav. extensions work sweet on Vista, but not on XP - huh?? Why?
I can understand the other way round - what happened to FF3?
I dunno what went wrong with you. Currently, I use the following add-ons :
Adblock Plus
Adblock FilterSet.G Updater
Basics
Download Statusbar
Feed Sidebar
Firebug 1.2.0b3
FireGestures
Flashblock
ForecastFox
Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer
Nightly Tester Tools (currently disabled. its only there when I decide to test those supposedly 'incompatible')
Open IT Online
User Agent Switcher
IETab
Skins - Aquatint Black Gloss, Past Modern.
I've not had any problems so far. Generally, what most people seem to come across, (ie - crashes, slowness, etc) I've not found. I've had nothing but smooth sailing since beta 5. It's odd.
freeware games site
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What sort of games?
There are hundreds of free games out there, but many parents may not approve of them.
Abandonia has a good lot, Link Here, and so does Abandonia Reloaded, Link Here. However, many of these games are very old, and you may need to download DOSbox or another DOS emulator, as XP/Vista doesn't seem to run DOS games like they should be able to, but choose not to.
Hrm. A few shooters come to mind, but, again, most of the games I play are either very old (ie - DOS games, NES games, etc.) or, when it comes to the internet, MUDs (Achaea, Aetolia, and the like)