For those still using Internet Explorer

[b.c.molin]

I've been using Google Chrome since it first came out and find I rather like it.

One other thing I like about Chrome is that it seems to be pretty fast. I can't speak for how it compares to NetScape or Mozilla/Firefox but its certainly loading faster and pulling up better than IE ever did.

Been using Chrome since September 13 with the only issue being a misnaming of downloaded jpg file extensions into the file name, needing them to be renamed.

I'm on dialup and it really is much faster than Firefox. I find it helps on the HI sub forum when trying to download the Deal Of The Day photo's to see what catches your eye and shark it before anyone else. :thumbup:

 

[knarfeng]

Using the drop-down menus:
Tools - Options - Advanced - Update - Automatically Check for Updates To...

I'm still on Mozilla Firefox 2. Version 3 could be someplace different.

It's the same place on 3.05. Thanks. I'm good to go.

 

[SPXTrader]

Been using Chrome since September 13 with the only issue being a misnaming of downloaded jpg file extensions into the file name, needing them to be renamed.

I'm on dialup and it really is much faster than Firefox. I find it helps on the HI sub forum when trying to download the Deal Of The Day photo's to see what catches your eye and shark it before anyone else. :thumbup:

So far I'm impressed with Chrome. The programmers must be running non-stop, because I'm getting about 30 updates a day.

 

[audiopile]

Basically have been running Mozilla browsers for years. What i would recommend is running a dual boot Windows and some form of Linux . For me the Linux partition is what i use for the important stuff (business) -Firefox.T-bird,Open office - handles everything I need for my very small business - very boringly reliable.Still have windows for when I've got to have it.
To be fair to MS - IE's ubiquity makes it a worthwhile target for the malware folks. The anarchy of open source makes it some what less attractive to go after - probably not less vulnerable -just less economically rewarding.

 

[SPXTrader]

I've heard there's a site to burn a Linux CD that can be used to boot up an XP system if there's catastrophic failure. Has anyone else heard of this?

 

[spiralarchitect]

I've heard there's a site to burn a Linux CD that can be used to boot up an XP system if there's catastrophic failure. Has anyone else heard of this?

I would appreciate some info on this as well....I'll keep my peepers peeled for a reply.

 

[Bob W]

I've heard there's a site to burn a Linux CD that can be used to boot up an XP system if there's catastrophic failure. Has anyone else heard of this?

Like if XP won't boot from the hard drive and you need to get files off the computer before attempting to reinstall XP? Or if you want to delete files (a virus for example) without XP running?

Almost any Linux CD can do that. Look for the "LiveCD" Linux distros. Most of the large distros have a LiveCD version, and there are many smaller distros that are only distributed in LiveCD versions.

Mandriva would be an example of a major distro that offers a LiveCD, called MandrivaOne:
http://www.mandriva.com/

And DSL (DamnSmallLinux) is an example of a minor LiveCD-oriented distro.
http://damnsmalllinux.org/

There are dozens, maybe hundreds, of others.

 

[jerrinfla]

Like if XP won't boot from the hard drive and you need to get files off the computer before attempting to reinstall XP? Or if you want to delete files (a virus for example) without XP running?

Almost any Linux CD can do that. Look for the "LiveCD" Linux distros. Most of the large distros have a LiveCD version, and there are many smaller distros that are only distributed in LiveCD versions.

Mandriva would be an example of a major distro that offers a LiveCD, called MandrivaOne:
http://www.mandriva.com/

And DSL (DamnSmallLinux) is an example of a minor LiveCD-oriented distro.
http://damnsmalllinux.org/

There are dozens, maybe hundreds, of others.

Here's a central spot with all the distros listed, live or otherwise.
http://www.linux.org/dist/list.html
Question for you - a while back I used a live CD with Knoppix to recover my nephews school files & music after his XP install totally trashed out and would not even load in safe mode. It was trashed out bad enough that after I copied the files elsewhere I had to re-partition the hard drive before I could reinstall XP.
From using Knoppix previously, I noted that it would not write to the primary NTFS partition on the computer I tested it on. It did however, have no problem writing files from that hard drive to a network NTFS drive or an IDE hard drive formatted with fat 32 connected internally or externally via an IDE->usb 2.0 adapter. This test I did on my own pc booting from the Knoppix CD, and I could not copy so much as a text file to the NTFS drive. Worked well for copying my nephews 6 GB of personal data to an external fat 32 drive, but nothing could be delted from or written to the hard drive. Are Linux live CDs currently capable of writing data to local NTFS drives?