[pianotech] G Mail!Q

paul bruesch paul at bruesch.net
Sun Nov 4 06:09:02 MST 2012


I googled <remove internet explorer> and found some hits from MS support.
Of course the procedure depends heavily on version of Windows, as well as
version of IE, so I recommend you google that same phrase and select the
combination that applies to you.

Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN

On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 6:56 AM, Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft <
alliedpianocraft at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I'm a Mac user, but I still have my cleaned up Windows computer. When you
> install Foxfire or Google Chrome, can IE be remove or does it still need to
> reside on your computer for Windows updates etc.
>
> *Al -*
> *High Point, NC*
>
>
>
> On Nov 4, 2012, at 12:13 AM, paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net> wrote:
>
> Maybe you need a new computer guru, Joe.
>
> I've been running Firefox since about v0.7 I think it was... possibly
> earlier. It's not 100% trouble-free, true, but close enough for jazz. It
> was a real trailblazer with innovative ideas like tabs, grouping of tabs,
> and - get this - standards compliance!!!!!! Imagine that!!!  Of late I've
> been using Google Chrome as my main browser, but only because I
> inadvertently bought into a study that said it was "best"... then I later
> learned that it was a Google-sponsored study. It has quirks, and it has
> nice features too. Overall I still like Firefox better, I think, except
> Chrome does have its silent self-update. I've never had any issues with
> images in any version of Firefox (or Chrome, or Opera, or Safari, or IE, or
> SeaMonkey.... that's all that I have installed on my current computer...
> there are others I used to run on other computers without problems with
> images.) I've been known to have problems with my OWN image, sure, but
> that's a totally different ball of wax museums.
>
> I haven't used IE regularly for, well, since Firefox v0.7.  I'm serious
> about you maybe needing a new computer guru. Too many of them have their
> one way of thinking about computers and could not care less about your
> needs/wants/abilities. My ex has a guy who installed a bandit copy of XP
> Pro (this was a few years back) and then shut off autoupdates so MS
> wouldn't pester her/disable her about having a bandit copy of the OS on her
> machine (which had come with XP Home installed/licensed/activated.)  What a
> jerk!
>
> Paul Bruesch
> Stillwater, MN
>
> On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Joseph Garrett <joegarrett at earthlink.net>wrote:
>>
>>
>> Del et al,
>> I've been using Firefox for quite a while. It has some major flaws! It
>> doesn't recognize a lot of different formats of  photos, etc. It really
>> gets to be a royal pain and downright frustrating! Grrrrr! Have fun with
>> that one.
>> \Next trip to the 'puter guhru I'm asking for something else! (not all
>> that
>> enamored with Express either!)
>> Joe
>>
>>
>> Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
>> Captain of the Tool Police
>> Squares R I
>>
>>
>
>
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