Any computer ppl out there?

[Osceola16]

I have been getting this message sometimes when i close the internet. Anybody got an idea what the hell it means, and how to fix it?

[tedness]

i'd occasionally get that when using the laptop. it's no big deal really. could mean you closed it while IE was trying to process something. but nothing serious.

[Patrick]

Yeah he hit the point pretty good.

only microsoft products :lol:

[tedness]

micro$oft....hmmm...
hate them, but until at least 2k10, it'll be the top guys. then maybe linux will prevail.

[Jasonzo6]

You update your windows software lately?

http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/

[Snow]

Try this:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=321CD7A2-6A57-4C57-A8BD-DBF62EDA9671&displaylang=en

[RoyalFlush10]

dump IE ..... get firefox. It's free!

GET FIREFOX! (http://www.getfirefox.com)

[Jasonzo6]

dump IE ..... get firefox. It's free!

GET FIREFOX! (http://www.getfirefox.com)

Business Must Be Cautious With Firefox

Opinion by Michael Gartenberg

JANUARY 24, 2005 (COMPUTERWORLD) - There has been a lot of buzz in the past few months over the arrival of Firefox, the open-source browser published by The Mozilla Foundation, and how Microsoft's Internet Explorer is starting to lose some of its share of the browser market to this new competitor. Out of the ashes of Netscape, Mozilla has built a solid browser that supports features such as tabbed views, Google for native searches and direct support for RSS feeds. But business users need to think twice about making the switch from Internet Explorer, since Firefox lacks the ability to run Microsoft ActiveX code.

This article generated the most reader mail that we've seen in a while. Here's some of what readers had to say.

When Microsoft integrated Internet Explorer tightly with its operating systems and allowed the browser to execute Windows code, it created a double-edged sword. On one hand, a new class of richer Web-based applications could be created, allowing for a far more interactive Web experience. Unfortunately, opportunities for hackers to exploit this feature and execute malicious code on users' machines have been abundant. The result has been a security nightmare for IT organizations, which must deal with an endless series of patches and fixes from Microsoft to preserve their online safety.

Firefox was released into a browser market that hadn't been very active or innovative since Netscape's decline. Lacking strong competition, Internet Explorer was no longer a strategic product for Microsoft, and few resources were devoted to it, other than those needed to fix bugs and security holes. This left the market open for the Mozilla team to create its user-friendly and secure browser.

The reception that Firefox has received from consumers and the press might tempt business users to switch browsers, but there are some good reasons not to. Many mission-critical applications have been built on Internet Explorer, and most organizations don't have the budget or resources to recode them. In addition, PCs' application loads need to be properly tested to ensure that nothing breaks with the addition of a different browser. In the near term, many business users will be better served by keeping Internet Explorer and installing security updates as they're released. If they aren't dependent on Internet Explorer technology, however, some end users could use Firefox for their daily Web surfing while reserving Internet Explorer use for sites that require it.

Despite the factors that should keep many business users from adopting Firefox at the expense of Internet Explorer, I believe this new browser is going to be a force for positive change in the industry. There's no doubt that Firefox resonates with end users. Microsoft's lack of ambition in driving browser development forward, combined with the multitude of security issues associated with Internet Explorer, fostered an environment where Firefox could flourish.

Although the 21st century browser wars don't have nearly as much at stake as the Netscape/IE skirmish -- that sort of intensity is reserved today for things like desktop search, where there's money to be made -- a more competitive browser market could be developing.

If Microsoft is spurred by Firefox's success to put more resources into Internet Explorer, it would help create a better experience for both businesses and consumers. That might even happen before Longhorn ships.

Michael Gartenberg is vice president and research director for the Personal Technology & Access and Custom Research groups at Jupiter Research in New York. Contact him at mgartenberg2@optonline.net. His weblog and RSS feed are at http://weblogs.jupiterresearch.com/analysts/gartenberg.

[SloNLo_350]

I'll keep that in mind next time I think about changing my multinational fortune 500 company with 20,000 emplyees over to Firefox... :wtf:

[RoyalFlush10]

since Firefox lacks the ability to run Microsoft ActiveX code.

With every upgrade Firefox is quicky making up these bugs and will soon beable to support all the "plug-ins" that IE uses and more!

For the every day private "end-user" Mozilla's Firefox is an ideal solution. Try it and see! THere are some plug in issues but many of them are quickly resolved. Besides its free and if you are like most people you still have IE available to you for those sites that just won't work in Firefox.

The biggest problem that I have noted so far with Firefox is that it can not support the plug in for Adobe Acrobat (not the Reader the actuall pdf creating program) but its plug ins for Adobe Acrobat Reader work just fine. This is still not enough to convince me to switch back to IE.

Another program out there for internet browers is Opera.

[Slush]

<3 firefox

[Jasonzo6]

The more peeps that use it, the more hackers will write code for it. I remember when the same cheers were being said for Netscape....

[RoyalFlush10]

yeah thats a given... lets just hope mozilla can keep one step ahead of them... if not I guess it would then be time to move on to another browser.... damn those h4x0rs

[Osceola16]

You update your windows software lately?

http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
yeah...i got it set so it updates automatically...

if it aint nuttin serious, fuck it! :mrgreen:

[pendrgn]

Firefox lacks the ability to run Microsoft ActiveX code?!?!?!

who cares, name one thing you use it for...

anyway, rumor has it microsoft failed to make that tak eover the market... so there is no reason to have it... active X lets me have my web page fuck with your computer... lol...