[Blue Zee]

Hi Ben,

Glad you changed opinion and even included a detailed explanation of how to set it up.

I have been using it for years in many systems and it did help me now and then.
I agree the interface doesn't look pretty, but it does the job and the price is right.
Users should note this is an OE backup tool not an email backup tool.

Zee

[GoJoAGoGo]

Hi Ben:

I'm not sure if you're familiar with this computer tips and hints site but I find that it has some good tips for all Windows systems.

http://www.pchell.com/

[ekim68]

Ok, just got past my 8th year with ME and it's doing fine...I think it was vastly underestimated...I'm gonna drive it until it quits....

[aarhus2004]

Courtesy blues_harp28.



Here

Cheers,

Ben.

[aarhus2004]

Hello WinMe users,

Get your Java Update #15. (see my signature below)

Ben.

[aarhus2004]

Hello WinMe users,

I decided to ignore these messages. So I worked around them - shifting them out of my way and snapping screen shots along the way. First time I have ever ignored the imperious complaints of Internet Explorer. Glad I did so. Of course I will eventually have to close it just to get rid of these foolishnesses. But as far as I am concerned IE is doing its job - I mean its working just fine.

There is, it seems no end to this new world. Oh, and don't bother to send the one with that option cos there is no one out there with the remotest interest - it was programmed years ago to go straight into a garbage bin somewhere.

Cheers,

Ben.

[aarhus2004]

Hello WinMe users,

If you visit the BBC News web-site you will have noticed (if you live in North America) that it is a site in transition.

My experience of the transition has involved me in communication with the BBC, with the anger of some MVP's (here and elsewhere) and much experimentation in overcoming the annoyances associated with my using this particular and very large site. I append some links in this regard.

Users of Mozilla Firefox (with AdBlock Plus and Lists) will have less trouble. But my interest is in I.E.6 when used in conjunction with the MVP's Hosts file.

I have found (after proving it to my satisfaction) that three settings must be changed to make the web-site display to my satisfaction and to eliminate (perhaps restrain is better) the activity of the the pernicious Doubleclick spyware. Here they are:

1. In the MVP's Hosts file (C:\Windows) use Edit | Find doubleclick.
Against this entry 127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net #[MVPS.Criteria] place an # and remember to restore the 'Read Only' properties to the Hosts file when exiting.

2. In Internet Options | Security | Privacy tab | Websites edit and add the following: .doubleclick and .atdmt(and following the domain naming protocols adding www to both, and .net and .com each respectively) and click Block.

3. In Internet Options | Advanced | look for and check this entry "Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed".

***********

The Mozilla Firefox Preloader.

I thought this an excellent addition. I still think it useful, however I cannot recommend WinMe users allow it to load on start-up nor leave it active in the Quick Launch toolbar. That is when you intend using I.E. Use it when switching to Firefox and unload it on finishing. I have every reason to believe it has been responsible for incomplete updates to Firefox and the deletion, on C:, of the Delindex.bat file.

Those links I mentioned above:

http://forums.techguy.org/5673507-post11.html
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...&lang=en&cr=US
The final post in the above thread was a capitulation on my part since I was dealing with a very 'hot' MVP and one for whom I have had enormous respect - I think we both age
http://forums.techguy.org/5752297-post1.html

Best wishes.

Ben.

P.S. Java update 15 still applies!

[ekim68]

Cool...Firefox 2.0.0.14 loaded up just fine on my ME machine...

http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/f.../releasenotes/

[aarhus2004]

Originally Posted by ekim68

Cool...Firefox 2.0.0.14 loaded up just fine on my ME machine...

http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/f.../releasenotes/

And on mine too, Mike, thanks for the heads-up.

Since I have Options set to automatic update I wonder why it didn't happen when I opened Firefox. Any ideas?

Cheers,

Ben.

[Blue Zee]

Originally Posted by aarhus2004

...Since I have Options set to automatic update I wonder why it didn't happen when I opened Firefox. Any ideas?...

These probably explain it:
http://wiki.mozilla.org/Software_Upd...ng_For_Updates
and
http://kb.mozillazine.org/App.update.interval

These settings can be changed typing

about:config

on the FF address bar and pressing Enter.

You can then use the Filter to narrow down your search.

I'm guessing that the interval between update checks didn't reach the recheck point.

Zee

[aarhus2004]

Thanks for the links, Zee.

I feel slightly challenged upon a study. But I see relevant entries for the updates, and believe if I want them to be recorded more quickly all I have to do is change at least one value. Next, though, is to ascertain what the numbers shown refer to: e.g., app.update.interval 86400 app.update.timer 600000 and which app is the relevant one for instant recording of changes I have made by downloading ahead of the machine's auto-updating.

Something along those lines, Zee, is causing me some scratching of my old bald pate.

Cheers.

Ben.

[Blue Zee]

I never felt the need to change those values, but if you want FF to check twice daily, change 86400 (24 hours) to 43200 (12 hours).

Of course this doesn't mean it will be more efficient.

IMO that depends much more on the availability of the patch on the update server.

Info on app.update.timer:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/App.update.timer

Zee

[aarhus2004]

Originally Posted by Blue Zee

I never felt the need to change those values, but if you want FF to check twice daily, change 86400 (24 hours) to 43200 (12 hours).

Of course this doesn't mean it will be more efficient.

IMO that depends much more on the availability of the patch on the update server.

Info on app.update.timer:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/App.update.timer

Zee

Appreciate that link, Zee, my question really was provoked by my making the update but not finding it confirmed in the log of updates. It was, however, listed under the Help | About data.

I shall leave those settings alone.

Minor matters. I am absorbed by detail as I age!

Thanks, Zee.

Ben.

[anglin_fool]

Any good free firewalls that update to ME OS's. My ZoneLabs stopped updating a long time ago.

Thanks!

[Blue Zee]

Originally Posted by anglin_fool

Any good free firewalls that update to ME OS's. My ZoneLabs stopped updating a long time ago.

Thanks!

If it works (and it does!) why do you feel the need to update?