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Re: A Xmas present from Bill Gates.

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Originally Posted by Purley (Post 7074663)

I have a warning about Chrome. I downloaded it, messed around a bit. Decided I couldn't be bothered to figure out how to get my favourites in those boxes at the top. Uninstalled it.

Then I discovered that none of the links in emails in Outlook Express worked as links. By googling the problem, I concluded that my file associations had been changed. Sure enough, the one that should have said ".....iexplore.exe" now said something about "Chrome". So even though I had gone into the control panel and uninstalled Chrome, it didn't fix this. I had to change everything back myself.

That kind of thing really bugs me and it will be a long time before I bother with Chrome again - if ever. I have heard from other people that they found lots of glitches.

I finally figured how to add bookmarks eventually, ande I don't use Outlook or Express. It was also suggested to me that I don't set Chrome as the default browser.

Re: A Xmas present from Bill Gates.

There's a patch out for it now. However you have to use internet explorer to get it (lol!). IE->Tools->Windows Update or go to this link...

http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/

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Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 7072631)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...ec/16/internet

Don't use IE says Microsoft.

Re: A Xmas present from Bill Gates.

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Originally Posted by Greenhill (Post 7077441)

There's a patch out for it now. However you have to use internet explorer to get it (lol!). IE->Tools->Windows Update or go to this link...

http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/

Thanks, but I haven't used IE in years. Or any MS product except in extremis.