-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Firefox vs IE
- From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:12:41 -0600
Well then, since my Febe backup is in My Documents on my Windows XP C drive
I probably need to copy it to my Exterior hard drive F.
I have had the exterior drive for quite a while but I have been afraid to
use it! So it sits there empty and just keeps humming along. What is the
easiest way to copy the Febe folder over to the F Drive? I know this is
pretty elementary stuff for most of you but I have never done it. Maybe I
am a wimp. :-)
Sandi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 2:27 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Firefox vs IE
> Hi Sandi,
> IE and Firefox take two different approaches to rendering multimedia.
> IE relies heavily on ActiveX, which has always been and will likely
> forever
> be an easy target for malware writers to gain entry into your system.
> Firefox and most other 'alternative' browsers completely ignore ActiveX
> and
> instead rely solely on individual plug-ins, many of which can be modified
> through the use of extensions. This means that multimedia tools such as
> QT
> need to release their rendering systems as both ActiveX for IE and as a
> plug-in for most other browsers. Apparently, the site you were using
> needs
> to use an ActiveX control to display certain items. Regardless of whether
> you're using QT or the QT Alternative, IE will still need that before it
> can
> 'talk'.
>
> FEBE deserves an article all to itself. For now, I'll just say that
> it's a great extension that allows you to back up your present profile in
> two very important ways. In order to use it, you must first tell it where
> you'd like to store your backups. Apparently, you did that at some point
> after getting it installed. Then, you should tell it whether you want a
> complete backup or a selective one. Complete will combine all aspects of
> your profile into a backup stored within a single proprietary file ending
> with a .fbu extension. This one file contains a backup of all the
> extensions, bookmarks, passwords, cookies, preferences, etc. that were
> present at the moment the backup was created. A selective backup can
> selectively make a copy of any or all of these items, but they will be
> stored in their OWN individual formats. That means you'll end up with an
> HTML file containing your bookmarks, a bunch of .xpi files (one for each
> installed extension), a cookies.txt file, etc.. If you you update Firefox
> from 2.x to 3.x, you'll need to also update FEBE to a version that
> supports
> Firefox 3.x's new method of storing certain items (.json instead of .html
> for your bookmarks, for instance). Regardlless of which method you use
> for
> making these backups, FEBE can easily restore your carefully constructed
> Firefox experience quickly, whether it's on the same system or on a
> completely different computer. The trick is to store your backups
> somewhere
> other than the OS drive.
>
> Have fun, ask questions and learn. It's the only way to grow. :)
>
> Peace,
> Gman
> http://www.bornagainamerican.org
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
>
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