FireFox update - problems since

Discussion in 'Trucking Electronics, Gadgets and Software Forum' started by Lilbit, Sep 10, 2008.

  1. dancnoone

    dancnoone "Village Idiot"

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    Do none of you guys/gals download and save programs now days?

    Do you simply click "update and install" ? Why?

    PS, I have an older version of FireFox saved to disc...if anyone wants to remove the new, and roll back :)
     
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  3. Lilbit

    Lilbit Road Train Member

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    If it gets to be too much of a problem, I can always go back to a restore point, which will take it back to the previous version. So far, it still hasn't been too bad since the clean up.
     
  4. WiseOne

    WiseOne Inactive contact bullhaulerswife

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    Agreed, I am working on problems now... NOT this site... it IS the browsers. Sigh, it NEVER, ever ends....
     
  5. Lilbit

    Lilbit Road Train Member

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    Technology - it's a beautiful thing when it works right, when it doesn't, you just want to throw it out the window, preferably from at least a 2nd story window!
     
  6. rookietrucker

    rookietrucker Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Its even more fun when you have to track down a intermittent network issue.
     
  7. wahwah70

    wahwah70 Medium Load Member

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    Are you running XP or vista? I just bought a new laptop a couple of days ago that had vista in it,and fire fox did not work at all so i downloaded opera and that worked fine(i love the tabs).. But after a few days i got sick of vista and uninstalled it and loaded XP then reinstalled Firefox and holly molly it worked fine.
    Anybody try google chrome yet?
     
  8. dancnoone

    dancnoone "Village Idiot"

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    Released one day...hacked the next..press release about flaw...6 days after they were owned. ;)

    yup, it gets high marks from me.:biggrin_25512:
     
  9. squirrellsgnwild

    squirrellsgnwild Medium Load Member

    I think you mean throw vista from a second story window?
     
  10. dancnoone

    dancnoone "Village Idiot"

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    Personally, I'm enjoying the hell out of Vista. For several reasons,

    #1 I have too many idiot friends and family who know little to nothing about OS and PC's. And I'm the first person they call. Vista makes my job so much easier :D

    Generally, I can have their system corrected and stable within 5-10 minutes, over the phone :D

    #2 With enough horsepower (ram) Vista has a sleek look. I've got 4 gig

    #3 Vista can be "owned" with the proper tweaks. Performance can be boosted as much as 30% with a few clicks. Especially nice for those who don't have enough ram.

    Performance enhancements can be gotten here: http://www.blackviper.com/WinVista/supertweaks.htm

    Choose the ones you want, or leave them functioning. There's a more indepth (#9) tweak section, for those that are comfortable tweaking their system. And BV knows his stuff. So stability issues have already been addressed.
     
  11. Lilbit

    Lilbit Road Train Member

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    My kids laptop has vista and 2 gb of ram, and he has no problems with the upgrade. I'll be upgrading the ram on my desktop in a month or so. Until then, I'll use internet explorer.
     
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