Everything prior to this post was imported from my old blog. They’re unchanged except for some format and spelling touch-ups. We’re still moving in and remodeling so if you’ve visited the old site there’s nothing new to speak of. We’re hoping to have the grand opening in a week or so. Read the rest »
Firefox 2 Is Here!
Hot on the heels of the IE 7 release, Firefox 2 is being released Tuesday. Google news had a short article from MacWorld which had a link to the files on an FTP server. The files are time stamped this morning. I decide to go for it. My only real concern is for the add-ins I’m using. And of those, Google Browser Sync is the only one I don’t want to do without. I’ll start with my Windows box and see what happens. It’s not a big deal if there [...] Read the rest »
Caution to the Wind – Internet Explorer 7
Microsoft released Internet Explorer for Windows XP on October 18th. Time to venture forward on The OS Quest and install it. So, brewed a pot of coffee, added a little extra, and went for it. Read the rest »
Ramblings
Nothing big happening on The OS Quest this week. Did some researching and stuck my toe in some areas. So let’s recap and see if i can decide where to go next. Read the rest »
Firefox Plug-ins Added
On my newly installed Windows box… I Went to a couple of sites with Firefox today to force the installation of a couple of plug-ins. Installed the Java Runtime environment and Macromedia Flash Player. Both were added by clicking the icon for the missing plug-in. Firefox found and installed the necessary plug-ins. The JRE installed was J2SE Runtime Environment 5.o Update 6 from Sun. This also installed a applet in Control Panel. About shows the build to be 1.5.0_06-b05. The default settings (which I kept) are to check for updates [...] Read the rest »
Windows XP Install Log
I haven’t had a personal Windows machine in the house for several months, the final remnants having been removed in frustration on a patch Tuesday. Once of the required updates was the Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool. Microsoft had marked it high priority and required it before it would install any other security updates. The problem was, it was labeled “Beta”. Microsoft sends dozen of patches to my PC to fix software problems. But they were so concerned about piracy they felt it as more important to require me to [...] Read the rest »
