Internet Explorer 8

[GrahamH]

Not as simple as that, Graham.  I think we already established that it's only Vista + IE8 that has the problem ? 

Not quite Nick. If it does have anything to do with Vista then it is confined to the interaction of Vista with IE8 as opposed to other browsers.

The CDs have always behaved as expected on the machine in question until three weeks ago when IE8 was first installed by Windows Update. They still work as expected with other browsers when IE8 is installed and they work as expected with IE when IE8 is uninstalled and IE7 is reinstated.

If the cause were a change to the Vista OS resulting from the installation of IE8 then it would be logical to expect that the change would affect Opera and other browsers.

As the problem only occurs when IE8 is the default browser then it has to be something to do with IE8.

Graham

[GOODDOG]

#in regards to av programmes. i have just done "a google " Search and it gave the best 7 of these.
                                               price                grade
no i :     Shield De Luxe 2009   $19.99               A
no 2:     Webroot 6.0               $39.99               B+   
no 3 :    Bit Defender              $24.99               B+
no 4 :    C A 2009                    $49.99               B
NO 5 :   MCAFEE 2009            $39.99                B
NO 6 : NORTON 2009              $39.99               B           
no 7 :  EsetNod 32 3.0           $39.99               C+

   i just thought some people would may want to know these ratings. am really enjoying reading the replies.  i realize how little i know of computing. but i know enough for my requirements and if i run into bother there is always rootchat to help me. hope you do get the better of  "microsoft " graham. at least they now know people are  not prepared to just sit back and say nothing.

                                                            michael



 
   

[ignz]

I don't know, I go away for a few weeks' holiday and come back to (amongst other things) this mega-thread covering at least 3 of my favourite PC-related hot topics: security, browsers and Linux !

There have been a number of comments in here which are pertinent to other threads around problems caused by poorly protected PCs.

There are evidently a number of folk on this board who have some very good knowledge and maybe a separate thread could be used to reach a consensus on what would be a sensible approach for those less-technical to avoid some of these problems in the first place? If no-one bites the bullet I'll kick off that thread tomorrow (it's 1.30am here so I'm not at my best  )

Oh and for whoever wanted some good things said about Windows 7, I'll say that having tried to find fault ...er I mean test... both the public Beta and RC1 over the last few months, it looks like Microsoft may have got themselves the OS that Vista should have been - stable, efficient, secure and useable.

IG

[mothball]

Hurrah, I can't wait

[GrahamH]

(snip)Oh and for whoever wanted some good things said about Windows 7, I'll say that having tried to find fault ...er I mean test... both the public Beta and RC1 over the last few months, it looks like Microsoft may have got themselves the OS that Vista should have been - stable, efficient, secure and useable.

IG

Nope, you got it right the first time, "find fault" 

As I said previously, in order to test something you have to know the value(s) of the input(s) to whatever is being tested so that you know what the expected result is. With so-called "beta testing" there is no way that the input values are known - so it is just a matter of random fault finding 

Having said that, I sincerely hope that you are right about Windows 7 

Graham

[tomkin]

 Hi Gooddog,

  

#in regards to av programmes. i have just done "a google " Search and it gave the best 7 of these

  Can you tell us who it is that says these are the best?

  I can't believe that Nod 32 is worse than the others that you have quoted.

  I haven't checked for a while but I was lead to believe that it was probably

   one of the best. This was from people who do very extensive testing.

     Tomkin

   ( In fact I was so impressed by it's results compared to all the others, that

     I nearly bought it. Then I thought...., am I happy with all my freebies and the

     answer was yes. so I didn't bother.)

[tomkin]

 Anyway if you want something to read

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/protect_your_pc_from_guys_like_this

    Tomkin,

   P.S. there are 5 pages to wade through.

[Thrifty1]

I too am having a problem with IE8 and Ancestry.co.uk.  I can access everything that I need with no problem but when I try and print a record I get a message 'an error occurred during this operation'. I contacted Ancestry's help and they say the problem is because I am using IE8! The problem is that they can't or won't offer suggestions on how to print records.
I've tried saving the record to a file on my hard drive but when I do so I can't find the file anywhere.
Interestingly, FindmyPast doesn't have this problem, I can download and print what I like.
This is, for me, a major frustration and annoyance as I am not getting what I  paid for.

The question is: is anyone else having similar problems and found a fix?
I have Vista and IE8 as my OS.

[mothball]

I telephoned Ancestry and they said IE8 will not work properly on their site.

Some say it's Ancestry's fault as they knew well in advance about IE8, some blame IE8 for having a few 'issues'.

They told me to use Firefox which I did.

Like my earlier post, I uninstalled IE8 and instead of going back to IE7 I found out I actually prefer Firefox as it's much simpler to use (for me anyhow).

No amount of tweeking will make IE8 work properly on Ancestry - apparently.   

Tiring isn't it

Steven