Microsoft Reader

[zulu]

I have been given some *ebooks* by a friend.
Investigation revealed that I needed *Microsoft Reader* to open them (.lit)
OK, so I downloaded and instlled it...
I am apparently supposed to *Activate* it...

When I tried to, I got:

Your browser does not support activation

We're sorry, but the Activation process requires you to use one of the
following browsers:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 and higher
Netscape Navigator 4.08
Netscape Communicator 4.5x
Netscape Communicator 4.6x
Netscape Communicator 4.7x
Oh PANTS!"

I don't use or want any of these, I use FIREFOX, so there!

I thought MS were supposed to stop this sort of nonsense.

The software is useless for me anyway, as I can't persuade *TextAloud* to
read anything in there to me.

Is there anything else that will open .lit filrs?

 

[smlunatick]

I have been given some *ebooks* by a friend.
Investigation revealed that I needed *Microsoft Reader* to open them (.lit)
OK, so I downloaded and instlled it...
I am apparently supposed to *Activate* it...

When I tried to, I got:

Your browser does not support activation

We're sorry, but the Activation process requires you to use one of the
following browsers:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 and higher
Netscape Navigator 4.08
Netscape Communicator 4.5x
Netscape Communicator 4.6x
Netscape Communicator 4.7x
Oh PANTS!"

I don't use or want any of these, I use FIREFOX, so there!

I thought MS were supposed to stop this sort of nonsense.

The software is useless for me anyway, as I can't persuade *TextAloud* to
read anything in there to me.

Is there anything else that will open .lit filrs?

Could you not use Internet Explorer just to "activate" it? Internet
Explorer will never be completely removed from XP, since XP is "based"
on Internet Explorer.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

I have been given some *ebooks* by a friend.
Investigation revealed that I needed *Microsoft Reader* to open them
(.lit)
OK, so I downloaded and instlled it...
I am apparently supposed to *Activate* it...

When I tried to, I got:

Your browser does not support activation

We're sorry, but the Activation process requires you to use one of the
following browsers:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 and higher
Netscape Navigator 4.08
Netscape Communicator 4.5x
Netscape Communicator 4.6x
Netscape Communicator 4.7x
Oh PANTS!"

I don't use or want any of these, I use FIREFOX, so there!

You only need to use the other browser for a few minutes, and IE is already
installed for you. You can then revert to Firefox.

I'm not sure you can use Windows Update on XP without IE, come to think of
it.

I thought MS were supposed to stop this sort of nonsense.

Netscape was never a Microsoft product, so the fact that the product
supports activation with Netscape indicates that the problem is the result
of choices by Firefox developers, not Microsoft.

The software is useless for me anyway, as I can't persuade *TextAloud* to
read anything in there to me.

Is there anything else that will open .lit filrs?

You can convert them, which I learned by searching Google for about ten
seconds.

http://www.kyzer.me.uk/pack/convlit/
http://www.convertlit.com/download.php

HTH
-pk

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[zulu]

I have been given some *ebooks* by a friend.
Investigation revealed that I needed *Microsoft Reader* to open them
(.lit)
OK, so I downloaded and instlled it...
I am apparently supposed to *Activate* it...

When I tried to, I got:

Your browser does not support activation

We're sorry, but the Activation process requires you to use one of the
following browsers:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 and higher
Netscape Navigator 4.08
Netscape Communicator 4.5x
Netscape Communicator 4.6x
Netscape Communicator 4.7x
Oh PANTS!"

I don't use or want any of these, I use FIREFOX, so there!

I thought MS were supposed to stop this sort of nonsense.

The software is useless for me anyway, as I can't persuade *TextAloud* to
read anything in there to me.

Is there anything else that will open .lit filrs?

Could you not use Internet Explorer just to "activate" it? Internet
Explorer will never be completely removed from XP, since XP is "based"
on Internet Explorer.

I suppose I *could*, but I currently have it diabled (as it is impossible to
remove it.)
Any way, if Netscape is acceptable, why not Firefox?

 

[zulu]

You only need to use the other browser for a few minutes, and IE is
already installed for you. You can then revert to Firefox.

I'm not sure you can use Windows Update on XP without IE, come to think of
it.


Netscape was never a Microsoft product, so the fact that the product
supports activation with Netscape indicates that the problem is the result
of choices by Firefox developers, not Microsoft.


You can convert them, which I learned by searching Google for about ten
seconds.

http://www.kyzer.me.uk/pack/convlit/
http://www.convertlit.com/download.php

It didn't _occur_ to me to convert is why...! )

Thannks for the link

 

[smlunatick]

Could you not use Internet Explorer just to "activate" it?  Internet
Explorer will never be completely removed from XP, since XP is "based"
on Internet Explorer.

I suppose I *could*, but I currently have it diabled (as it is impossible to
remove it.)
Any way, if Netscape is acceptable, why not Firefox?

Netscape was the better browser before. Microsoft's first few
versions of IE were not that usable. Then Netscape became the "lame"
browser, which AOL has now "killed." FireFox is a completely
different browser.

 

[VanguardLH]

I have been given some *ebooks* by a friend.

"ebook" is a distribution channel for a "book", not a specific
encoding scheme that have only one author that dictates what it is.
If you can't read those ebooks using whatever viewer that is
supposedly needed for them then you will have to get ebooks that use a
different encoding required by whoever decide to use a different
scheme. Some sites even demand that you use their proprietary reader
because it has additional mechanisms to protect the copyrighted
material, track you usage of the ebook (like it expires after so many
days or so many times of being read), etc. Just saying you have an
"ebook" does not isolate the required reader software to just one
particular author and their reader program.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebook

Investigation revealed that I needed *Microsoft Reader* to open them
(.lit)
OK, so I downloaded and instlled it...
I am apparently supposed to *Activate* it...

When I tried to, I got:

Your browser does not support activation

We're sorry, but the Activation process requires you to use one of
the following browsers:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 and higher
Netscape Navigator 4.08
Netscape Communicator 4.5x
Netscape Communicator 4.6x
Netscape Communicator 4.7x
Oh PANTS!"

I don't use or want any of these, I use FIREFOX, so there!

Very true. So there! You don't get to use the HTML-enabled
application because it relies on the libraries provided with Internet
Explorer to render the contents of the eBooks. So there! Suffer all
you want with your "best" choice in a web browser. Apparently you
chose to uninstall IE. Enjoy. There are plenty of HTAs (HTML
Applications) that rely on IE's libraries to present their GUI.
Norton Internet Security used to be one of them, and McAfee, too,
although I suspect they might not anymore (I don't use them anymore).

I thought MS were supposed to stop this sort of nonsense.

It is THEIR reader. They can choose to use whatever API and
supporting libraries they want, just like Firefox chooses to use
whatever system APIs, supporting DLLs, and other files that it wants.
So there! Waaaaaaa.... Some apps are coded in C, Delphi, Perl,
Python, Ruby, and other languages that have their own support fileset.
If you don't want to ever use IE then don't get HTAs that require it.

The software is useless for me anyway, as I can't persuade
*TextAloud* to read anything in there to me.

If you want books-on-tape, why are you bothering to download a VISUAL
viewer to read the ebooks?

Is there anything else that will open .lit filrs?

http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?&query=microsoft+reader+activation+browser

 

[zulu]

Could you not use Internet Explorer just to "activate" it? Internet
Explorer will never be completely removed from XP, since XP is "based"
on Internet Explorer.

I suppose I *could*, but I currently have it diabled (as it is impossible
to
remove it.)
Any way, if Netscape is acceptable, why not Firefox?

Netscape was the better browser before. Microsoft's first few
versions of IE were not that usable. Then Netscape became the "lame"
browser, which AOL has now "killed." FireFox is a completely
different browser.

Firefox knocks spots off IE.
I've twice in the past few weeks tried reverting to IE, (when I have _had_
to) but it is inferior in so ways to Firefox, which gets better all the
time.

 

[HeyBub]

Could you not use Internet Explorer just to "activate" it? Internet
Explorer will never be completely removed from XP, since XP is "based"
on Internet Explorer.

I suppose I *could*, but I currently have it diabled (as it is
impossible to remove it.)
Any way, if Netscape is acceptable, why not Firefox?

Because Firefox has been known to give your cat warts.

There have even been a few reports of Firefox users being attacked by
weasels.

 

[smlunatick]

Netscape was the better browser before.  Microsoft's first few
versions of IE were not that usable.  Then Netscape became the "lame"
browser, which AOL has now "killed."  FireFox is a completely
different browser.

Firefox knocks spots off IE.
I've twice in the past few weeks tried reverting to IE, (when I have _had_
to) but it is inferior in so ways to Firefox, which gets better all the
time.

FireFox is now beginning to become a target of hacker and malware. IE
7 is not "that" bad, when working correctly.

 

[Bill Sharpe]

I have been given some *ebooks* by a friend.
Investigation revealed that I needed *Microsoft Reader* to open them (.lit)
OK, so I downloaded and instlled it...
I am apparently supposed to *Activate* it...

When I tried to, I got:

Your browser does not support activation

We're sorry, but the Activation process requires you to use one of the
following browsers:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 and higher
Netscape Navigator 4.08
Netscape Communicator 4.5x
Netscape Communicator 4.6x
Netscape Communicator 4.7x
Oh PANTS!"

I don't use or want any of these, I use FIREFOX, so there!

I thought MS were supposed to stop this sort of nonsense.

The software is useless for me anyway, as I can't persuade *TextAloud* to
read anything in there to me.

Is there anything else that will open .lit filrs?

Look at the ieview extension for Firefox at http://ieview.mozdev.org/

Bill

 

[zulu]

in message news:[email protected]...

If you want books-on-tape, why are you bothering to download a VISUAL
viewer to read the ebooks?

I was given some ebooks, some of which are not obtainable as audio books.

http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?&query=microsoft+reader+activation+browser

Too many hoops to jump through for a VIP
The MS Reader interface is pretty horrible too, IMHO.
.....I gave up on it.
Thanks anyway!

 

[zulu]

Look at the ieview extension for Firefox at http://ieview.mozdev.org/

Bill

Ok Bill, thanks for that

 

[AJR]

Interesting comments - regarding"... I don't use or want any of these, I use
FIREFOX, so there! I thought MS were supposed to stop this sort of
nonsense...." - please explain why Microaoft should correct a defect in
Firefox.?

 

[mae]

|
| | > I have been given some *ebooks* by a friend.
| > Investigation revealed that I needed *Microsoft Reader* to open them
| > (.lit)
| > OK, so I downloaded and instlled it...
| > I am apparently supposed to *Activate* it...
| >
| > When I tried to, I got:
| >
| > Your browser does not support activation
| >
| > We're sorry, but the Activation process requires you to use one of the
| > following browsers:
| >
| > Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 and higher
| > Netscape Navigator 4.08
| > Netscape Communicator 4.5x
| > Netscape Communicator 4.6x
| > Netscape Communicator 4.7x
| > Oh PANTS!"
| >
| > I don't use or want any of these, I use FIREFOX, so there!
| >
| > I thought MS were supposed to stop this sort of nonsense.
| >
| > The software is useless for me anyway, as I can't persuade *TextAloud* to
| > read anything in there to me.
| >
| > Is there anything else that will open .lit filrs?
| >
| > --
| > ¦zulu¦
|
| Could you not use Internet Explorer just to "activate" it? Internet
| Explorer will never be completely removed from XP, since XP is "based"
| on Internet Explorer.
|
| I suppose I *could*, but I currently have it diabled (as it is impossible to
| remove it.)
| Any way, if Netscape is acceptable, why not Firefox?
|
| --
| ¦zulu¦
|
Could be because there was no Firefox when the Reader was released.
I had it installed about '99.
So Firefox would have to choose to support it.

mae

 

[Mazie]

Netscape was the better browser before. Microsoft's first few
versions of IE were not that usable. Then Netscape became the "lame"
browser, which AOL has now "killed." FireFox is a completely
different browser.

Firefox knocks spots off IE.
I've twice in the past few weeks tried reverting to IE, (when I have _had_
to) but it is inferior in so ways to Firefox, which gets better all the
time.

You may want to check out the "IE Tab Add-on"
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419
or even User Agent Switcher
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59


Mazie