Sooo, anyone got the guts to try I.E 7??

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ditto. plus firefox plugins are the shit when you're on dialup
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obsidian wrote:My brother, like me, uses Firefox (waits for rep to hammer me with Opera propaganda) but he decided to upgrade his IE for the hell of it. Apparently, that was a really bad idea.

10 minutes after upgrading, he's been getting all sorts of spyware popping up on his computer. Pop up blocker doesn't work. His interface is all cluttered with useless shopping guides and something like 3 search bars. I don't think he can even uninstall it.
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+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
obsidian wrote:My brother, like me, uses Firefox (waits for rep to hammer me with Opera propaganda) but he decided to upgrade his IE for the hell of it. Apparently, that was a really bad idea.

10 minutes after upgrading, he's been getting all sorts of spyware popping up on his computer. Pop up blocker doesn't work. His interface is all cluttered with useless shopping guides and something like 3 search bars. I don't think he can even uninstall it.
b.s.
True, I'd say we're dealing with an idiot, not a Microsoft victim.
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Dave wrote:
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
obsidian wrote:My brother, like me, uses Firefox (waits for rep to hammer me with Opera propaganda) but he decided to upgrade his IE for the hell of it. Apparently, that was a really bad idea.

10 minutes after upgrading, he's been getting all sorts of spyware popping up on his computer. Pop up blocker doesn't work. His interface is all cluttered with useless shopping guides and something like 3 search bars. I don't think he can even uninstall it.
b.s.
True, I'd say we're dealing with an idiot, not a Microsoft victim.
i was trying to be nice =o
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so any ideas on how to install this on an extralegal version of windows?
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I don't have SP2
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dnoyc wrote:so any ideas on how to install this on an extralegal version of windows?
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I just stole an unused dell cd from work and installed xp on my dell server. instant windows
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Dave wrote:I just stole an unused dell cd from work and installed xp on my dell server. instant windows
WHY I NEVER :o (!)
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+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
Dave wrote:I just stole an unused dell cd from work and installed xp on my dell server. instant windows
WHY I NEVER :o (!)
hey, it's licensed \o/
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+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
dnoyc wrote:so any ideas on how to install this on an extralegal version of windows?
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i got like 5 of those disks under my bed, none of them used. next idea please.
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Post by Dave »

Jesus H. Christ.. this thing fucking sucks. I got mine legally, btw
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Transient wrote: <Eurakarte> NONSENSICAL STATEMENT INVOLVING PLANKTON
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Dave wrote:Jesus H. Christ.. this thing fucking sucks. I got mine legally, btw
yeah that's the word on the street. maybe it's a good thing i can't get it
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dnoyc wrote:
Dave wrote:Jesus H. Christ.. this thing fucking sucks. I got mine legally, btw
yeah that's the word on the street. maybe it's a good thing i can't get it
and I'm a microsoft/apple whore. fuck open source.
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i tend to agree. fuck open source. it's only good if that's all you can afford.
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