I Explorer 8 problems..

AuroraB · 06:00 PM

I have an old Acer Travelmate 800 which I use at my coffee table, mainly for reading fora and E-mail. After one of these dreadful automatic updates , the thing had installed IE-8! The critics say it's sluggish - maybe so - it's not all that bad for these purposes, and the E-mail service at work only works properly with Explorer..... Rolling back to 7 didn't work either!!
After the update, the little nav pad ( game-pad) stopped working, but ONLY in IE-8! Works OK with other programs!!!!
I slowly come to hate Billy even more!

- even if I used to work as a PC instructor in the 80s and 90s.....
All these fixes and several updates a week is just to much!
Anyone knows the fix for this problem???

ratza · 4th March 2010, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by AuroraB

Anyone knows the fix for this problem???

Absolutely. Download Opera or Firefox

event horizon · 4th March 2010, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by AuroraB

Anyone knows the fix for this problem???

The above or select your PC to inform you of new updates but not to download them or install them. That way you have a choice

I'm still on XP service pack 2 as i heard lots of problems with SP3...

Yes i'd recommend Firefox 3

AuroraB · 06:14 PM

Next problem... the remote mail service at work only functions properly with Explorer

event horizon · 4th March 2010, 06:32 PM

It's not a problem

Use explorer for mail & Firefox for browsing, i have both installed on this PC but hardly ever use IE... I'll not be updating to IE8 either, damn i'm antiquated

AuroraB · 4th March 2010, 07:03 PM

I know !

Can't give in to a *u*******n* box, though, can I ??

jleaman · 4th March 2010, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ratza

Absolutely. Download Opera or Firefox

Chrome is also good,

If he is also doing email, why not format that beast and install ubuntu, its pretty easy to install and keep going. Safe from viruses and spyware and free.

J'

ratza · 5th March 2010, 06:41 AM

AuroraB, Opera has an option to identify itself as IE. Maybe that will solve your problem.

P.S. I also don't care about viruses, as a linux user.

4th March 2010, 05:57 PM	#1
AuroraB diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Norway, -north of the moral circle..	I Explorer 8 problems.. I have an old Acer Travelmate 800 which I use at my coffee table, mainly for reading fora and E-mail. After one of these dreadful automatic updates , the thing had installed IE-8! The critics say it's sluggish - maybe so - it's not all that bad for these purposes, and the E-mail service at work only works properly with Explorer..... Rolling back to 7 didn't work either!! After the update, the little nav pad ( game-pad) stopped working, but ONLY in IE-8! Works OK with other programs!!!! I slowly come to hate Billy even more! - even if I used to work as a PC instructor in the 80s and 90s..... All these fixes and several updates a week is just to much! Anyone knows the fix for this problem??? __________________ While the Lie leapt from Bagdad to Constantinopel, the Truth was still looking for it's sandals! Last edited by AuroraB; 4th March 2010 at 06:00 PM.

4th March 2010, 06:11 PM	#4
AuroraB diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Norway, -north of the moral circle..	Next problem... the remote mail service at work only functions properly with Explorer __________________ While the Lie leapt from Bagdad to Constantinopel, the Truth was still looking for it's sandals! Last edited by AuroraB; 4th March 2010 at 06:14 PM.

4th March 2010, 06:32 PM	#5
event horizon diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: East Midlands, England	It's not a problem Use explorer for mail & Firefox for browsing, i have both installed on this PC but hardly ever use IE... I'll not be updating to IE8 either, damn i'm antiquated __________________ "Never let your morals prevent you from doing what is right!" Salvor Hardin

4th March 2010, 07:03 PM	#6
AuroraB diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Norway, -north of the moral circle..	I know ! Can't give in to a u*****n box, though, can I ?? __________________ While the Lie leapt from Bagdad to Constantinopel, the Truth was still looking for it's sandals!

5th March 2010, 06:41 AM	#8
ratza diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sibiu, Romania	AuroraB, Opera has an option to identify itself as IE. Maybe that will solve your problem. P.S. I also don't care about viruses, as a linux user. __________________ Any solution is a compromise.


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