Funk...downloaded Firefox today and all I could get was cannot find site you are looking for, even mozilla.org gave me the same msg. I uninstalled then downloaded and reinstalled but got same result. I even let it become default browser but made no difference. Seached Help but was useless.
Any ideas why it won't work for me? It imported all my bookmarks but none worked!
I contend that yours is a simpleistic answer to a serious problem. Active X Controls which you contend are a problem can be disabled, but then the functionally they provide is also removed. Other browser are no better nor any worst than IE, just different. IE get dinged the most because it is the biggest target and for no other reason. If you really want to limit your exposure run a SPARC/Solaris workstation, that will make you a very small target. Most common products, i.e AdAware, Spybot, Spysweeper and NAV have no problems running together. I currently just run Norton AV and the new Microsoft Anti Spyware product in the background, together they use 55 MBytes of space and have used less than one minute of CPU time in the last 24 hours, that is not a significent amount of resources. Norton Systemworks Premier is actually a repackaging of many of their product, NAV, GoBack, Ghost, Utilities, etc. While each my be good in their own right, the only one really needed for protection is AntiVirus, which can be purchased for a greatg deal less the one hundred dollars.
I am confused about what your problem is.
-You managed to download firefox
-You managed to set it as your default
-and now your problem is that unable to find a site of some sort?
In reply to other person (sorry by the time I finished writing the above, I forgot the other name),
I am sure there are several ways to deal with spyware and exposure, etc. I am not simply attacking IE because it is the most popular. I have no statistical evidence to back this comment up, but I think most people who use the internet do not need activex-based browser. Furthermore, many people have problems with spyware. Thus, firefox I think is without question the easiest and best solution.
My point about Norton is not needed to prevent spyware, but I feel you might as well go the extra step and keep your computer safe and running smoothly. Norton Systemworks Premier comes with:
1. Norton Antivirus: Best antivirus you can get. Hands down.
2. Norton Utilities: Useful for performance issues (not the best, but there)
3. Norton Goback: This is excellent. Your comp somehow does mess up, run this and your back to your old setup.
4. Norton Ghost: You can "ghost" your drive to something else "a backup drive" or even DVD.
5. Two other nonNorton programs that are alright.
Points 1, 3, 4 make this package ideal though. And if you have a current virue software, you get $30 bucks from the $100. $70, for this much protection and peace of mind I find is a small price to pay.
This was a suggestion and not by anyway the perfect or only answer. Want to clarify that.
billw020104
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January 6th, 2005 20:00
Funk...downloaded Firefox today and all I could get was cannot find site you are looking for, even mozilla.org gave me the same msg. I uninstalled then downloaded and reinstalled but got same result. I even let it become default browser but made no difference. Seached Help but was useless.
Any ideas why it won't work for me? It imported all my bookmarks but none worked!
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Funkanotical
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January 6th, 2005 22:00
I am confused about what your problem is.
-You managed to download firefox
-You managed to set it as your default
-and now your problem is that unable to find a site of some sort?
In reply to other person (sorry by the time I finished writing the above, I forgot the other name),
I am sure there are several ways to deal with spyware and exposure, etc. I am not simply attacking IE because it is the most popular. I have no statistical evidence to back this comment up, but I think most people who use the internet do not need activex-based browser. Furthermore, many people have problems with spyware. Thus, firefox I think is without question the easiest and best solution.
My point about Norton is not needed to prevent spyware, but I feel you might as well go the extra step and keep your computer safe and running smoothly. Norton Systemworks Premier comes with:
1. Norton Antivirus: Best antivirus you can get. Hands down.
2. Norton Utilities: Useful for performance issues (not the best, but there)
3. Norton Goback: This is excellent. Your comp somehow does mess up, run this and your back to your old setup.
4. Norton Ghost: You can "ghost" your drive to something else "a backup drive" or even DVD.
5. Two other nonNorton programs that are alright.
Points 1, 3, 4 make this package ideal though. And if you have a current virue software, you get $30 bucks from the $100. $70, for this much protection and peace of mind I find is a small price to pay.
This was a suggestion and not by anyway the perfect or only answer. Want to clarify that.