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 --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------