-=PCTechTalk=- Re: IE 8 causes big problems on some PCs

  • From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:41:11 -0400

Understood and acknowledged on all levels, Ed.      lol

And the malware writers aren't just getting better at their craft.  They're 
getting better exponentially.  It's going to take a major shift in computer 
design (quantum computing, anyone?) to shake these fleas off, at least for a 
while.

Peace,
Gman

http://www.thevenusproject.com/index.php

"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EddieB" <fasteddieb216@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:35 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: IE 8 causes big problems on some PCs


> Yeah, I wish I knew that a couple of weeks ago.  I spent well over a week
> trying to track down what software on my system was not compatible with 
> IE8.
> I could not track down the culprit, but it worked fine when reinstalling
> WinXP without any other software.  I'm thinking that either there were
> multiple conflicts or I worked too late on too many nights, so I skipped
> something that I thought I checked.  I probably should give up when I only
> have one eye open.  I bet you can understand that G.  ;)
>
> Unfortunately now I'm looking for a conflict with the fairly recent Office
> 2007 SP2.  This troubleshooting is going a bit better, as I have it 
> narrowed
> down to within 5 programs now.
>
> Ya know, I used to laugh at how often Microsoft comes out with
> patches/fixes, but I'm starting to miss the level of reliability of when
> wild Bill was still in charge.  I'm not saying I liked what the 
> reliability
> was, but I think it was better than now.  Hmm, that sounds more of a 
> downer
> than I meant.  I do understand that programming gets more difficult every
> year by trying to keep compatibility with more hardware and more software.
> Also the malware writers get better.  :<
>
> Ed 

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