Switch from IE to Firefox to solve problem

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03-10-2008, 07:54 AM
3RunHomer

Switch from IE to Firefox to solve problem

For a long time I could log-in but couldn't post. I was using the Internet Explorer browser with the Vista OS.

I finally switched to using the Firefox browser and the problem went away. Board works perfectly well now. (Other websites work better too.)

I'm posting this so others who might have the same problem can see that there's a simple solution available.
03-10-2008, 11:39 AM
RickD

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Go Firefox!!!!!
03-10-2008, 01:00 PM
robinhoodnik

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Opera works far better for this as well. IE is just a bag of busted parts IMO.
03-10-2008, 01:03 PM
boomboom

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Originally Posted by 3RunHomer

For a long time I could log-in but couldn't post. I was using the Internet Explorer browser with the Vista OS.

I finally switched to using the Firefox browser and the problem went away. Board works perfectly well now. (Other websites work better too.)

I'm posting this so others who might have the same problem can see that there's a simple solution available.

Which version of IE do you have, it looks like you have a cookie problem. I currently use IE7, but for many, many years here, I used FireFox, but that dang browser doesn't work sometimes for ESPN Insider....errr, ahhh!

I had many problems using IE6, but since the upgrade to IE7, it is one of the better browsers out there... I do not like opera, and firefox I haven't used but love the bookmarks RSS reader layout...it is always open at the top...and it just dropps down...(in Fire Fox)
03-10-2008, 01:26 PM
Wassit3

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I like IE7 on the vista platform, it is better than IE7 on xp
03-11-2008, 07:58 PM
mnstonecold

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this is why I don't use vista and hate it. firefox had problems but they v'e been worked out.
03-11-2008, 08:24 PM
beerchaser

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IE is teh suck, only use it when I have to, at work mostly. Vista is teh double suck.
03-11-2008, 09:07 PM
ohms_law

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yea, I think I'm sticking with XP. I'm going to be getting a new comp, and figured that would be a good reason to upgrade. Vista doesn't seem like an upgrade though... which is really a first for me.
03-11-2008, 11:19 PM
Wassit3

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Originally Posted by ohms_law

yea, I think I'm sticking with XP. I'm going to be getting a new comp, and figured that would be a good reason to upgrade. Vista doesn't seem like an upgrade though... which is really a first for me.

well I have had Vista premium for a week or so and I find it easy to use so far, I haven't had much in the way of trouble, it runs fast on my machine, I got a laptop with it on it already, so far it plays all of my legacy games. The only problem I have run into Ohms_Law told me the answer to.
03-12-2008, 12:42 AM
ohms_law

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Well, I haven't even used Vista yet, but at least I still know enough to be able to fix it...
lol
03-12-2008, 12:52 AM
Wassit3

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I have read several reviews that say wait for windows 7 in 2009, it wil have all of the features of vista but run faster and have all of the features vista was supposed to have but left off in order to get it out on time.

http://www.news.com/2100-1016_3-6197943.html

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...-wish-for.html
03-12-2008, 11:08 AM
robinhoodnik

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Know what? I think it'd be easier (and a LOT cheaper) if we just went back to an abacus for our computing and paper and dice for our gaming. :(
03-12-2008, 11:52 AM
beerchaser

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Originally Posted by Wassit3

I have read several reviews that say wait for windows 7 in 2009, it wil have all of the features of vista but run faster and have all of the features vista was supposed to have but left off in order to get it out on time.

http://www.news.com/2100-1016_3-6197943.html

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...-wish-for.html

Bah. That news.com article is dated July 2007 and says the next Windows release will be out "within three years", which would likely mean 2010 at the earliest, and more likely 2012. It also says that Vista SP1 was due to release "before the end of the year" and we're still waiting for that in mid-March.

Microsoft will not release another OS until they have sucked all the money they can out of the XP-to-Vista upgrade cycle. Bank on it.
03-12-2008, 11:55 AM
Rongar

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Originally Posted by robinhoodnik

... paper and dice for our gaming. :(

But, Robin, that would mean that we'd all have to play and chat with each other, face to face...:eek:
03-12-2008, 01:42 PM
Wassit3

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Originally Posted by robinhoodnik

Know what? I think it'd be easier (and a LOT cheaper) if we just went back to an abacus for our computing and paper and dice for our gaming. :(

yeah but kids today wouldn't know how to use an abacus and their exercise challenged arms might be too weak to roll dice:p
03-12-2008, 09:02 PM
boomboom

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Originally Posted by beerchaser

Microsoft will not release another OS until they have sucked all the money they can out of the XP-to-Vista upgrade cycle. Bank on it.

Based off of past versions, Vista-next upgrade will happen sooner than later.... For example, Windows ME was quickly replaced by Windows XP.

And for that matter, windows XP is a good OS. Very stable, and is a reason why the transitition to Windows Vista hasn't been as strong.
03-13-2008, 10:12 AM
beerchaser

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Windows ME was basically just another version of Windows 98 with a couple features added to it. It doesn't really count as a new OS. Win ME was a piece of **** too, I should know. I had a laptop that had ME and I was always fighting that thing.
03-13-2008, 10:45 AM
Wassit3

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Originally Posted by boomboom

Based off of past versions, Vista-next upgrade will happen sooner than later.... For example, Windows ME was quickly replaced by Windows XP.

And for that matter, windows XP is a good OS. Very stable, and is a reason why the transitition to Windows Vista hasn't been as strong.

I agree with your assesment of XP, people genrally if they are happy do not want to change, i do not think, from my limited experience of Vista, that it is awful, just different and not any better so why switch if one doesn't have to? I only did because it came on the laptop I purchased last week, on my own I would not have. So far I have been pleasantly surprised/pleased at how easy it has been for me to use.
03-17-2008, 10:27 PM
AndrewOsborn

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I plan on sticking with XP as long as it takes for Microsoft to come out with a decent OS.
03-18-2008, 08:34 AM
Wassit3

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Originally Posted by AndrewOsborn

I plan on sticking with XP as long as it takes for Microsoft to come out with a decent OS.

you may die of old age first then lol:p