Death of Windows

Dorsetmike

Member
@ Teddy, yep, IE is needed by MS Office and surprisingly some parts of Control Panel, I tried deleting IE completely, manage with Open Office instead of MS Office, but loss of bits of Control Panel are a bit of a pain, what's more deleting IE still leaves bits of it lying around, so when you try and admit defeat and re install it you can't because of the bits you can't get rid of, the same sort of thing applies with Acrobat reader, it's impossible to delete all of it, and the bits left stop you re installing.

The only way out is the "third world virus" otherwise known as Format C: I'm just waiting for a couple of free days to do that and the re-installing that follows!
 

Dorsetmike

Member
Further to the above, I did contemplate Ubuntu Linux, but quite a few of the applications I rely on don't have a Linux version, also there is no Linux driver for my colour laser so I can't win! :cry: :( :banghead: :nut:
 

teddy

Duckmeister
Unfortunately I have to use IE at work as one of the most important pieces of software I use was designed specifically to work with it. There is no way out.

teddy
 

JHC

Chief assistant to the assistant chief
I had no probs with windows XP, but Vista [on my desk top] can be a sod at times, it is eventually coming right but just as likely to throw a wobbly at any time, my desk top is a Dell and that has a very useful feature feature [Dell restore] I have used it twice to clean up, it scrubs every thing that you have added and restores the computer to the condition it was in when new, so long as you back up [ on a separate HD] you are safe, but you still finish up with IE, it will be interesting to see what the new IE is like.
teddy, I have firefox installed and the present version does seem to be a lot easier to live with. but I am so used to IE :grin:
 

JHC

Chief assistant to the assistant chief
Talking of computers when did your addiction start

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And is it really bad????

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teddy

Duckmeister
reminds me of my youngest daughter. A facebook freak. I can't understand these people who spend all their time on forums. :D:D

teddy
 

JHC

Chief assistant to the assistant chief
I agree teddy what are they about eh? I say what are they about?
 

Montefalco

New member
I know someone who took two laptops and a playstation3 with him for a three-day trip. Talk about computer-addictions! :rolleyes::rolleyes:
 

Dorsetmike

Member
Colin, that reminds me of the step son's room, except for the lack of more used plates with congealed remains thereon and 2 litre ice cream tubs half consumed and left to melt, not many crisp(chip) bags either.
 

teddy

Duckmeister
With my youngesr daughter it is clothes. She is clean but the quantity of clothes she owns is boggling.

teddy
 

JHC

Chief assistant to the assistant chief
Good to see you again Marg do you find W7 much better than Vista did the upgrade cost much?
 

marval

New member
Good to be back Colin, we find Windows 7 much better than Vista. I am not sure how much the upgrade cost, my husband sorted it all.


Margaret
 
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