Re: attacked by Winamp Update notice

  • From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:21:20 -0700

Sounds like good advice, but although I used to be able to get into 
preferences, I can't figure out the keystrokes to get into it anymore.
prefer3en
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alvin" <alvin.nkw@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: attacked by Winamp Update notice



unchecked the check for update on startup of winamp in the general
preferences.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: attacked by Winamp Update notice


> P.S.
>
> Brandon,
>
> Would it be practical of me to save this email with its link? Or should I
> just remember to go to filehipo  next time this happens? How about file
> rhinoceros? Or file zebra? Sorry. I've always found this name amusing.
> happesn?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Brandon B" <serrebi101@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 9:42 PM
> Subject: Re: attacked by Winamp Update notice
>
>
> Yeah, that's there update message.
> Unfortunetly I can't make heads or tails of it, although I usually am
> updated before they push those out. As a rule of thumb, you can grab the
> latest version of winamp from here pretty easily.
> http://www.filehippo.com/download_winamp/
> Brandon
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "JFW List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 9:13 PM
> Subject: attacked by Winamp Update notice
>
>
>> I'm using what until yesterday was the most current version of Winamp, I
>> think. Then today I clicked on an .mp3 file to listen to it. Winamp
>> launched
>> and its window appeared onscreen (I'm partial and could see that). But
>> what
>> Jaws announced wasn't the title of the track I was playing, but the words
>> Winamp Update. And although I was sure the Jaws focus was on the Winamp
>> function, I couldn't use any keyboard commands to pause or stop the play.
>>
>> Now, I have a pretty logical suspicion that the way this is supposed to
>> work
>> is that it wouldn't get in the way of someone with normal vision using a
>> mouse. They could ignore it if they wanted, or they could click on some
>> control to accept the download and installation of the upgrade. Easy as
>> pie.
>> but I can't find any controls or links or anything, even scouting around
>> with the Jaws cursor.
>>
>> Now, I think there are a lot of Winamp fans and users on this list, and I
>> have to guess that everyone has been through this kind of thing and knows
>> how to either just stop these events or, if so inclined, to take up the
>> invitation and permit the upgrade to be done right from there. Or maybe
>> not,
>> but still by a simple operation.
>>
>> Can anyone explain what to do? Thanks.
>>
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