Thanks Nivard and best wishes to you as well. Does one need any Adobe program at all? I guess this is a question that I can Google and find the answer myself. Appreciate your help. Yvonne Nivard Ovington wrote concerning Foxit vs. Adobe: > Yes, I have been using it a while now in place of Acrobat > > <snip>

Ok, thanks. I just happened to notice that both IE7pro and IE8 are listed in my add/remove so wasn't sure if I should remove 7. ----- Original Message ----- From: David C Abernathy NO, IE 8 should just install of the top of it. You can only uninstall IE7 if you upgraded to IE 7. Then when you uninstall IE7 you would have IE6. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers

Me too. Should IE7pro be uninstalled? ----- Original Message ----- From: LNiemannG@navix.net Well...I don't know the answer to your first question. In my ignorance, I guess I thought 8 would override 7.

Hi Lila, Did you upgrade to IE8 or are you running it along with IE7 ? Can you say what website you cannot access? Regards, Kevin. On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 12:20 PM, <LNiemannG@navix.net> wrote: > > It wiped out Ancestry.com's enhanced viewer, and a Website I could find > before I downloaded and installed it will no longer load. Not a happy camper > after the first day. Lila > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jack" <jj123yes@cox.net> > To: "Computers" <Computers-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 9:59 AM > Subject: [COMPUTERS] (no subject) > > > > Before I download IE Ver. 8 I would like to know the pros & Cons. Has > > anyone > > here tried it yet? I have Ver.7 and am please with it so I was wondering > > if > > there is enough changes to warrant the new ver.. > > > > > > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > If it's not immediately apparent, be sure to mention how your query > > relates to family research. > > > > Please don't post promotions of commercial products or services, and avoid > > mentioning prices. > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > If it's not immediately apparent, be sure to mention how your query relates to family research. > > Please don't post promotions of commercial products or services, and avoid mentioning prices. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- K. Ross kr5927@gmail.com

Well...I don't know the answer to your first question. In my ignorance, I guess I thought 8 would override 7. I accessed this Website before the download: http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofhenryfu00aldr and now I get to the page, but nothing but the headers load. I went back to Google, searching "william h. bestor" and found this: Full text of "History of Henry and Fulton counties, Ohio : with ... William H. Bestor, Cornelius Carder, Peter Doiibenmycr, Dudley T. Fields, Henry Gear- hart, James Garretson, ^Alexander Henry, Jasper L. Jones, ... www.archive.org/stream/historyofhenryfu00aldr/historyofhenryfu00aldr_djvu.txt - Similar pages Clicking on the above takes me to the site which takes a little while to load. On the left is a "view the book" option, and before IE8 it just popped up, with a search blank, and I could find William using the search blank provided. I may be able to view it in PDF and that may even be more satisfactory, but it was so easy the day before yesterday. Lila ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Ross" <kr5927@gmail.com> To: <computers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] (no subject) > Hi Lila, > > Did you upgrade to IE8 or are you running it along with IE7 ? Can you > say what website you cannot access? > > Regards, > Kevin. > > > On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 12:20 PM, <LNiemannG@navix.net> wrote: >> >> It wiped out Ancestry.com's enhanced viewer, and a Website I could find >> before I downloaded and installed it will no longer load. Not a happy >> camper >> after the first day. Lila >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jack" <jj123yes@cox.net> >> To: "Computers" <Computers-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 9:59 AM >> Subject: [COMPUTERS] (no subject) >> >> >> > Before I download IE Ver. 8 I would like to know the pros & Cons. Has >> > anyone >> > here tried it yet? I have Ver.7 and am please with it so I was >> > wondering >> > if >> > there is enough changes to warrant the new ver.. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> > >> > If it's not immediately apparent, be sure to mention how your query >> > relates to family research. >> > >> > Please don't post promotions of commercial products or services, and >> > avoid >> > mentioning prices. >> > >> > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> >> >> >> >> :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >> If it's not immediately apparent, be sure to mention how your query >> relates to family research. >> >> Please don't post promotions of commercial products or services, and >> avoid mentioning prices. >> >> :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > K. Ross > kr5927@gmail.com > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > If it's not immediately apparent, be sure to mention how your query > relates to family research. > > Please don't post promotions of commercial products or services, and avoid > mentioning prices. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I hear a lot of Pros & Cons about IE8.  It sounds like it is just as good as any IE Browser ever was (!!!). I use Firefox myself.  I am a web designer and I design around Firefox as it is THE most standards compliant browser out there, which means that, from an end user standpoint, you will have the most success viewing web pages as they were meant to be seen and, therefore, you will have a more satisfying experience on the Internet.  Just wondering if you have tried Firefox or are you required to use IE ?  I would use Firefox or Opera before IE.  IE is only useful when doing anything specific to Microsoft, such as Microsoft Updates... Regards, Kevin. On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Jack <jj123yes@cox.net> wrote: > > Before I download IE Ver. 8 I would like to know the pros & Cons. Has anyone > here tried it yet? I have Ver.7 and am please with it so I was wondering if > there is enough changes to warrant the new ver.. > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > If it's not immediately apparent, be sure to mention how your query relates to family research. > > Please don't post promotions of commercial products or services, and avoid mentioning prices. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- K. Ross kr5927@gmail.com

It wiped out Ancestry.com's enhanced viewer, and a Website I could find before I downloaded and installed it will no longer load. Not a happy camper after the first day. Lila ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack" <jj123yes@cox.net> To: "Computers" <Computers-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 9:59 AM Subject: [COMPUTERS] (no subject) > Before I download IE Ver. 8 I would like to know the pros & Cons. Has > anyone > here tried it yet? I have Ver.7 and am please with it so I was wondering > if > there is enough changes to warrant the new ver.. > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > If it's not immediately apparent, be sure to mention how your query > relates to family research. > > Please don't post promotions of commercial products or services, and avoid > mentioning prices. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

From the BBC: > > A web tool that "could be as important as Google", according to some > experts, has been shown off to the public. > > Wolfram Alpha is the brainchild of British-born physicist Stephen Wolfram. > > The free program aims to answer questions directly, rather than > display web pages in response to a query like a search engine. > > The "computational knowledge engine", as the technology is known, will > be available to the public from the middle of May this year. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8026331.stm for the rest of the story.

From the BBC: > A release candidate of Windows 7, the next major release of the > world's most popular operating system, goes public in trial form in > the next week. > > Microsoft is hoping it can avoid the negative press that surrounded > the launch of Vista, the last major Windows release, almost three > years ago. > > Windows 7 has been designed to be compatible with Vista so users do > not have to invest in new hardware. > > A commercial release of Windows 7 is expected in the next nine months. > > A test version of Windows 7 will be available to developers from > Thursday, while the public can try it out from 5 May. Read the rest at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8026736.stm

NO, IE 8 should just install of the top of it. You can only uninstall IE7 if you upgraded to IE 7. Then when you uninstall IE7 you would have IE6. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == -----Original Message----- From: computers-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:computers-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of miseria Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 10:05 AM To: computers@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] (no subject) Me too. Should IE7pro be uninstalled? ----- Original Message ----- From: LNiemannG@navix.net Well...I don't know the answer to your first question. In my ignorance, I guess I thought 8 would override 7. :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: If it's not immediately apparent, be sure to mention how your query relates to family research. Please don't post promotions of commercial products or services, and avoid mentioning prices. :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Before I download IE Ver. 8 I would like to know the pros & Cons. Has anyone here tried it yet? I have Ver.7 and am please with it so I was wondering if there is enough changes to warrant the new ver..

Yes, I have installed it on a couple of machines and have been using it with Windows 7. Since you are using IE 7 you will not see a lot differences, but for the security improvements, it will be worth it. For more information see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288472.aspx http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/software/2009-03-22-Microsoft-Internet -Explorer8_N.htm Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == -----Original Message----- From: computers-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:computers-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jack Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 7:59 AM To: Computers Subject: [COMPUTERS] (no subject) Before I download IE Ver. 8 I would like to know the pros & Cons. Has anyone here tried it yet? I have Ver.7 and am please with it so I was wondering if there is enough changes to warrant the new ver.. :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: If it's not immediately apparent, be sure to mention how your query relates to family research. Please don't post promotions of commercial products or services, and avoid mentioning prices. :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Kevin, Thank you for the help. I will check it out. I am still not sure how I ended up with this program. I run XP and from what I read Windows Live Mail is a Vista program. I recently installed Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student but I don't recall selecting any Live Mail program, but I guess it could have installed by default. Judith -------------------------------------------------- From: "Kevin Ross" <kr5927@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 11:01 PM To: <computers@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Turning off Windows Live Mail? > Hi Judith, > > I found this on the Microsoft web site... > > How to remove and reinstall Windows Live Services > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938275 > > > Hope this helps. > > > Regards, > Kevin. > > > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 3:04 AM, Judith <judith.bn@bigpond.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Listers, >> >> Is it possible to turn off Windows Live Mail? >> How do I do that and does it cause any problems if >> I do? >> My OS is Windows XP with full updates and I run >> O.E.6. I recently upgrade to Microsoft Office 2007 >> Home and Student and this seems to have occurred >> since then. >> It seems to have less features than O.E.6. too. I am on >> a large number of mailing lists and having the >> splash screen come up prior to opening every email >> is sooo annoying! >> >> Regards >> Judith >> >> >> >> :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >> If it's not immediately apparent, be sure to mention how your query >> relates to family research. >> >> Please don't post promotions of commercial products or services, and >> avoid mentioning prices. >> >> :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > K. Ross > kr5927@gmail.com > > >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith" <judith.bn@bigpond.com> To: <computers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 5:09 AM Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Turning off Windows Live Mail? > Hi Kevin, > > Thank you for the help. I will check it out. I am still not sure how I > ended > up with this > program. I run XP and from what I read Windows Live Mail is a > Vista program. Windows Live is a suite that isn't tied to any specific operating system. It IS possible you installed it by default, many programs get on systems that way. ALWAYS use 'custom' when installing things, so you KNOW what's included, like crappy toolbars!

US-CERT Current Activity Adobe Reader JavaScript Function Vulnerability Original release date: April 28, 2009 at 12:34 pm Last revised: April 28, 2009 at 12:34 pm US-CERT is aware of public reports of a vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader. Reports indicate that this vulnerability is due to an error in the 'getAnnots()' JavaScript function. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Adobe has indicated via a blog entry that they are aware of the reports and are investigating the issue. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to disable JavaScript in Adobe Reader to help mitigate the risk. To disable JavaScript in Adobe Reader, open the General Preferences dialog box. From the Edit-Preferences-JavaScript menu, un-check Enable Acrobat JavaScript. US-CERT will provide additional information as it becomes available. Relevant Url(s): <http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/04/potential_adobe_reader_issue.html> ==== This entry is available at http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.html#adobe_reader_javascript_function_vulnerability Produced 2009 by US-CERT, a government organization. Note: Posted according to copyright permissions of US-CERT (United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team) Purpose of Posting -- To help others keep their genealogy computers healthy.

US-CERT Current Activity Swine Flu Phishing Attacks and Email Scams Original release date: April 27, 2009 at 3:04 pm Last revised: April 27, 2009 at 3:04 pm US-CERT is aware of public reports of email scams circulating related to the Swine Flu. The attacks arrive via an unsolicited email message typically containing a subject line related to the Swine Flu. These email messages may contain a link or an attachment. If users click on this link or open the attachment, they may be directed to a phishing website or exposed to malicious code. US-CERT encourages users to take the following measures to protect themselves: * Do not follow unsolicited web links or attachments in email messages. * Maintain up-to-date antivirus software. * Refer to the Recognizing and Avoiding Email Scams (pdf) document for more information on avoiding email scams. * Refer to the Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks document for more information on social engineering attacks. US-CERT will provide additional details as they become available. Relevant Url(s): <http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST04-014.html> <http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2009/04/27/swine-flue-spam/> <http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/emailscams_0905.pdf> ==== This entry is available at http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.html#swine_flu_phishing_attacks_and Produced 2009 by US-CERT, a government organization. Note: Posted according to copyright permissions of US-CERT (United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team) Purpose of Posting -- To help others keep their genealogy computers healthy.

Hi Listers, Is it possible to turn off Windows Live Mail? How do I do that and does it cause any problems if I do? My OS is Windows XP with full updates and I run O.E.6. I recently upgrade to Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student and this seems to have occurred since then. It seems to have less features than O.E.6. too. I am on a large number of mailing lists and having the splash screen come up prior to opening every email is sooo annoying! Regards Judith

One of my banks is touting the free Rapport security software from Trusteer. See <http://consumers.trusteer.com/learn>. Anyone ever heard of this or used it? Thanks, Lynne

Hi Judith, I found this on the Microsoft web site... How to remove and reinstall Windows Live Services http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938275 Hope this helps. Regards, Kevin. On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 3:04 AM, Judith <judith.bn@bigpond.com> wrote: > > Hi Listers, > > Is it possible to turn off Windows Live Mail? > How do I do that and does it cause any problems if > I do? > My OS is Windows XP with full updates and I run > O.E.6.   I recently upgrade to Microsoft Office 2007 > Home and Student and this seems to have occurred > since then. > It seems to have less features than O.E.6. too. I am on > a large number of mailing lists and having the > splash screen come up prior to opening every email > is sooo annoying! > > Regards > Judith > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > If it's not immediately apparent, be sure to mention how your query relates to family research. > > Please don't post promotions of commercial products or services, and avoid mentioning prices. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- K. Ross kr5927@gmail.com

Hi Yvonne Yes, I have been using it a while now in place of Acrobat Its quicker and easier Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) > Hi There, > > I do lots of downloading of old books for genealogy research. When I > download from Google will Foxit reader perform the same functions as > Adobe? > > I am sure you can tell that I am not very savvy concerning this topic. > > Appreciate your help. > > Yvonne