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IE 10 for W7

Discussion in 'Windows OS' started by learninmypc, Feb 26, 2013.

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  1. cliffordcooley TechSpot Paladin Posts: 2,304   +291

    Even though Opera is my main browser, I still set IE10 to open with a New Blank Tab. MSN is so bloated with crap, I'd grow irritated real quick waiting on the page to load. To me that would equate to stopping at a service station to fuel up every time I left the house, just to use the vehicle.

    Speed Dial is the single most element of Opera that turned me to using Opera as my main browser. Since then I have grown accustomed to the integrated spell-checker, which I noticed is also available in IE10. If only IE10 had a Speed Dial option, I could see myself returning to IE as my main browser. The frequently used links tab, is just not the same thing.
  2. learninmypc TechSpot Guru Posts: 3,009   +100

    No. My home page is still http://www.kirotv.com/ & search engine www.google.com is still the same.
  3. Jay Pfoutz Malware Helper Posts: 4,286   +49

    IE10 for Windows 7 shocked me...I expected so much more and got so much less. :(

    Problem is, they make the product page look so attractive. The only perk is better security, maybe? :confused:
  4. learninmypc TechSpot Guru Posts: 3,009   +100

    Better security is the only reason I upgraded it, I don't use IE. I only use FF,SeaMonkey & Opera.
  5. Jay Pfoutz Malware Helper Posts: 4,286   +49

    Yeah, I'm Firefox mainly...sometimes Chrome.

    Firefox, mainly because I have like 4000 bookmarks.
  6. learninmypc TechSpot Guru Posts: 3,009   +100

    I will never have google chrome on my pc's because google tracks the user.
    I too have a ton of bookmarkls, not 4000, but alot :)
     
  7. captaincranky TechSpot Addict Posts: 8,777   +278

    Dude, you have to go through them from time to time. Half of them have probably been pulled due to DMCA complaints....ROFLMAO....

    (Of course I'm not speaking from personal experience, and it's rude of you to ask). Still..LOL.
  8. Jay Pfoutz Malware Helper Posts: 4,286   +49

    A lot of the latest ones I've added are articles. Instead of having ten thousand magazines in my house, I have 4000 bookmarks...would that be fine? :D
  9. captaincranky TechSpot Addict Posts: 8,777   +278

    I expect that magazines, and bookmarks of magazines share a common characteristic, a person usually never bothers to read old magazines, but they're too good to throw away.

    Bookmarks granted, do not require the guest bedroom to house them.

    I expect it depends on who you're expecting to visit, as to whether that's a virtue or a vice...;)
  10. Jay Pfoutz Malware Helper Posts: 4,286   +49

    I suppose that's why some people just clip articles from magazines and throw them in a folder. Then, toss the magazine. :p

    Maybe it's time to spend one Saturday surfing through all my bookmarks, and begin pruning.
  11. circusboy01 TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 666

    I tried to download IE 10 today because KK told me that people might be able to hack my computer if I was using IE8 The download went along just fine until the very end When a message popped up saying ( this is paraphrasing) You can't have IE10 because you don't have Windows sp3. I guess I only have SP 1. So I just upgraded to IE9. I'm like you Learning.I seldom if ever use it.
    Why don't I have Sp3 I thought the upgrades ( or what ever you call them were automatic
    Oops sorry Learning I didn't start out to hijack your thread. Honest ;0)
  12. learninmypc TechSpot Guru Posts: 3,009   +100

    If in fact you're using W7, you don't get SP3 to the best of my knowledge. Now if you're talking about XP,yes, you need SP3 but then you can't have IE 10 on XP.
    You aren't hijacking my thread,as far as I'm concerned.
  13. captaincranky TechSpot Addict Posts: 8,777   +278

    OK, well first, there is no "Service Pack 3" for either Vista or Windows 7, so you must be running Windows XP.

    Just right click on "My Computer", then click on "Properties", and the basic computer information will pop up, and include the version of Windows that is running on your computer.

    To the best of my knowledge, you can reach the "Service Pack" level of an install through cumulative update or direct download. More correctly, I believe that if your computer has been updated regularly, "Service Pack 3", will be a much smaller download, than it would be without regular updating.

    First, "upgrade" is a completely different term from "update".

    If you decided to go from "XP Home Edition, to "XP Professional" version, that would be an "upgrade".

    Just fixes applied to your existing OS would be considered, "updates".

    As I said, "Service pack 3" may have to be installed, but the download will be much smaller if you've been applying regular updates, than if you heven't.

    I don't know if they've changed the rules regarding IE-10 on XP. But just to be sure, were you downloading the browser DIRECTLY from a Microsoft Download page?
  14. learninmypc TechSpot Guru Posts: 3,009   +100

    For those that don't know, KK is Kim Komando
  15. captaincranky TechSpot Addict Posts: 8,777   +278

    Well, anything can be hacked eventually. And who knew there would eventually be a bleach blonde computer "Oprah", instilling fear, paranoid, and FUD, into the minds of the uninformed.

    Frankly, I'd turn down the sound and just check out her a**.....
  16. learninmypc TechSpot Guru Posts: 3,009   +100

    Thankfully Kim Komando is by far better looking & smarter than oprah. I don't care for oprah at all.jmho
  17. circusboy01 TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 666

    What do you mean. "If, in fact you're using W7'? You know darn good and well I'm using W7.Or, At least you should. We have been in contact with each other through e-mails, and Teamviewer for how many years now?:D
    O.k. Back to the matter at hand, I thought it said sp3. I must have read it wrong. I'm going back to that same source, and try to download IE10 again. Then I will post back here and tell you what it really said.
  18. circusboy01 TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 666


    No I am not running XP. I am running W7 and have been for, I guess about 2 years now. Obviously what happened is I read it wrong, and only thought it said SP-3 Small print and I don't always get along. Going to go back to the site and see what it really said..

    I could not remember what site I used to try to download IE10 yesterday.. So We will never know what the message was, instead of SP3 I did download IE10 though.
    Concerning your comments about KK. I tend to agree with you. She has sent me to a lot of sites that had the red WOT warning. I wonder. Does she check out the sites before she suggests them to us. Or is she paid to recommend them?
  19. learninmypc TechSpot Guru Posts: 3,009   +100

    That may be true, but since others in here have no idea what OS you're talking about, I ask.
  20. learninmypc TechSpot Guru Posts: 3,009   +100

    From Kim's website "Notice: We give websites a "heads-up" before mentioning them in our Cool Sites of the Day. Still, my newsletters generate so much traffic that websites sometimes become unavailable. If you are unable to access today's Cool Site now, please try later. It is a working site.".
    I too have seen a few red wot circles. Thankfully I didn't need that item.