"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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My point was this, Mr Whoosh: If you spend enough time in newsgroups
where IE and Firefox are discussed, you'll find both of the rabid
followings blaming the other browser when a site doesn't work. But, they
get very quiet (and stupid) when a site exhibits the exact same defects
on both browsers.


I understand.

When PCs were first becoming commonplace (pre i286 days through the
introduction of the first Pentium) I was hooked. Everytime a new
processor came out or more RAM became available I had to have it. Same
with operating systems and software. I must have gone through 12
computers or major upgrades in six years.

Now, the computers have far more capability than I have of using them. To
me they've become a tool rather than a hobby. Right now I am using a HP
Pavilion zd8000 that I've had for a year or more and it does everything I
need. And, crazy as it seems, so does Windows XP, Internet Explorer and
OE. I don't have any need to experiment with new operating systems or
browsers. Windows XP rarely "locks up" but if it does it corrects without
having to re-boot. I've only had one weird experience (think I got a worm
or something) that was easily cured by simply restoring the configuration
back to an earlier date. And what is really strange ... I don't use any
anti-virus.. I disabled Norton the day I got the computer based on the
many problems my wife constantly had with her computer that were a result
of using Norton. The only firewall I have is that provided by my ISP and
whatever Microsoft has in it's software.

Works fine, lasts a long time.

Eisboch


Norton what? The big fat do-everything suite? I use just their AV program.
Never a problem. As far as a firewall, the one provided with Windows does
not detect nasties attempting to contact the outside world from within your
machine. Neither does the one provided by your ISP.