Geoff said:
David,
Thanks much for goign to that effort to uncover the codes. I ran the tool
this a.m. in my pajamas and had to get to work so I have not done those
searches. Your legwork will save me lots of time tonight when I get home.
But I had a good LOL at this response from Dell Tech Support, where I opened
an incident this morning after posting to the MS group:
Mmmmmmm........ :-(
"I would suggest you to download and install Firefox (one of the best and
the most reliable browser available in market) on this computer. I have given
below the link from where you will be able to download Firefox, free of cost.
Of course it's *free*. So are IE and Netscape... and all the other malware
plug-ins, tool-bars. and browser hi-jackers installed courtesy of ISPs.
Something tells me you were talking to someone in India who's in 'level one'
tech support, and isn't exactly sitting along side those who pay his/her salary
and owe their very existence to Microsoft.
I really am surprised at the Dell rep.... they have a *great* deal of money
invested in Microsoft products, and this essentially represents absolutely
ZERO effort to try and remedy your real issues.... it's nothing more than
an effort to turn your attention away from the issue and leave the corrupt
problem in place by hiding it, when FF could have cause it.
The steps to download and install
Firefox are given below:
1. Open the link given below in a new Window.
http://www.download.com/3000-2356_4-10744221.html
2. Click Download Now.
3. Click Save.
4. Save the Firefox file on the desktop.
5. After the file is saved, close all the windows.
6. Double click Firefox file, saved on the desktop.
7. Follow the on-screen instructions to install Firefox. While launching
Firefox, it will ask for your permission to import the Internet Options
(settings) from Internet Explorer. We do not want Firefox browser to use
Internet Explorer settings. We want it to use its own settings. Please check
the option which to ensure that it uses its own settings.
8. Check the computer with Firefox."
Grrrooaaaaannnnnnnnn.................. :-\ Oh well. It's a good browser,
it just (like all other invasions of the MS OS) doesn't always play nicely.
Isn't this hilarious? Especially the editorial comment <<one of the best
and the most reliable browser available in market>> I wonder if Bill G.
knows that Dell tech reps are making these suggestions!
Yes... more than hilarious. I don't know of a single PC that has installed
a third party (to MS) browser that didn't encounter problems when once
again trying to use Internet Explorer. That's my experience -- it doesn't
have to be yours and many people will tell me that I'm crazy -- but my
experience tells me there are always issues when you start altering the
OS or the Microsoft IE.
Obviously though.. if you like it, you need to tweak it and never use IE again.
Personally, I'd go back to IE6 by uninstall both of these monsters along with
any and all toolbars and plugs. Then I would manually go the MS Windows
Update, select "custom," and permanently hide the IE7 download. But again,
that's just me.
If you're permanently on VISTA, you _can't_ remove IE7, but you can dump
all the toolbars and 3rd party plug-ins. IE7 on a new VISTA machine also
*forces* you to leave at least one search bar preference, and I can't remember
if that search bar can be turned off or removed from the IE tools palette.
I'll search the links you recommended tonight and let you know how I fare.
Here goes the old my-time-is-valuable-down-the-rathole exercise.
If your "Microsoft Internet Explorer" has been hi-jacked by Yahoo! or another
ISP or search engine and altered the title bar to reflect such, you may still
have issues... even without Mozilla.
Essentially Geoff, here's what we're saddled with... people think they're
going to suddenly become free of viruses or at least be less susceptible
to them if they don't use a Microsoft browser. It's like a bad wive's tale.
--
David B. Morgan (MAMS)
Morgan Audio Media Service
http://www.m-a-m-s DOT com
Dallas, Texas (214) 662-9901
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