Mozilla Problems with Service Pack 2

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Michael Forsythe

Found on Mozazillazine Forum (Mozilla 1.x Support)and reposted here as a
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Posted: Aug Thu 26th 2004 9:55pm by Donbru919
Problems With Service Pack 2
I installed the latest Microsoft Service Pack 2 at which time my Mozilla
stopped working. I first added Mozilla to the allowed sites in the
Firewall and when that didn't work I then turned off the Microsoft fire
wall. Still no success. HELP! please. Smile Thank you.
 
Michael Forsythe said:
Found on Mozazillazine Forum (Mozilla 1.x Support)and reposted here as a
heads-up to Mozilla users.

Posted: Aug Thu 26th 2004 9:55pm by Donbru919
Problems With Service Pack 2
I installed the latest Microsoft Service Pack 2 at which time my Mozilla
stopped working. I first added Mozilla to the allowed sites in the
Firewall and when that didn't work I then turned off the Microsoft fire
wall. Still no success. HELP! please. Smile Thank you.
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try uninstalling
then reinstalling Mozilla
 
Michael Forsythe quoted:
(clipped)
"I installed the latest Microsoft Service Pack 2 at which time my Mozilla
stopped working."
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Gee, what a surprise. 80)>

Makes me wonder how it affects a dual boot system running Linux too.
 
Michael Forsythe quoted:

Gee, what a surprise. 80)>

Makes me wonder how it affects a dual boot system running Linux too.
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It doesn't :) Working perfectly fine here.

Firefox kept on ticking with no problems as well.
In fact, I have noticed no difference whatsover, other than having to
turn off the warning about no firewall and such.

tim
 
It doesn't :) Working perfectly fine here.

Firefox kept on ticking with no problems as well.
In fact, I have noticed no difference whatsover, other than having to
turn off the warning about no firewall and such.

tim
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Tim,
Thanks for getting back with that. Nice to know. Means more people
will try Linux.
 
John said:
Michael Forsythe quoted:



Gee, what a surprise. 80)>

Makes me wonder how it affects a dual boot system running Linux too.
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I just installed Windows XP SP2 and have viewed several websites using
it. I have not had any problems yet. But yet may be the key word.
 
Not sure if you can really help me with this but it does have a little
to do with freeware. I have been wanting to install Linux on one of my
computers and leave Windows XP on it as well. I have not done this
already for 2 reasons.

1) I am afaird that I will mess up and loose all of the data on my hard
drive.

2) I don't know where I can get a free relizable version of Linux

So I was wondering does anyone now of a trusted website that will give
me instructions on how to create dual boot with Windows XP and Linux.
Also a site where I can get a free versino of Linux. Would you recomend
doing this or would it be better to order a cheap computer off of Ebay
and install just Linux on it. Advise and recomnedation would be helpful.
Thank You in advance for any help you can provide.
 
Shane wrote in
I have been wanting to install Linux on one of my
computers and leave Windows XP on it as well.
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Hi Shane,
Go to www.damnsmalllinux.com then download a copy of the latest version
of DSL (0.80) this is a liveCD that will run from a RAMdisk. You can
also search the DSL forum for how to go about setting up your computer
to dual boot DSL and XP. The beauty of DSL is that you can run it on
RAM and save your settings and files to your hard drive without having
to do much more than creating a folder for those files.
You can also go to distrowatch (google is your friend) to see a *huge*
number of distros available for download.
Additionally, google for your dual booting question, you'd be amazed at
the amount of information that is available out there in cyberspace.
 
Hi Shane,
Go to www.damnsmalllinux.com then download a copy of the latest version
of DSL (0.80) this is a liveCD that will run from a RAMdisk. You can
also search the DSL forum for how to go about setting up your computer
to dual boot DSL and XP. The beauty of DSL is that you can run it on
RAM and save your settings and files to your hard drive without having
to do much more than creating a folder for those files.
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www.damnsmalllinux.org is the correct url
 
Shane said:
Not sure if you can really help me with this but it does have a little
to do with freeware. I have been wanting to install Linux on one of my
computers and leave Windows XP on it as well. I have not done this
already for 2 reasons.

1) I am afaird that I will mess up and loose all of the data on my hard
drive.
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Always back up critical data to CD or DVD first before doing something
like this.
2) I don't know where I can get a free reliable version of Linux
So I was wondering does anyone now of a trusted website that will give
me instructions on how to create dual boot with Windows XP and Linux.
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Here's a good place to start, although they use Mandrakelinux as an
example and push a commercial partitioning program (you don't need it
with SuSE):

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6603_7-5141497.html
Also a site where I can get a free versino of Linux.
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You want SuSE Linux. Go to their site and download an ISO, then burn
that to CD. Then you can use the CD to install SuSE and during the
installation, it will resize the existing Windows partion and create
new ones for SuSE Linux:

http://www.suse.com/us/private/products/suse_linux/pers/index.html

(look in the lower right hand corner for "Get your free SUSE LINUX
Personal now!" for the ISO.)
Would you recomend
doing this or would it be better to order a cheap computer off of Ebay
and install just Linux on it. Advise and recomnedation would be helpful.
Thank You in advance for any help you can provide.
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That has to be your call. I've heard several people in the
alt.os.linux.suse group remark on how painless the SuSE Personal
installation process is. In fact, I'm about to do it myself if I can
ever tear myself away from curing all the virii and trojans my friends
keep getting on their computers. 80)>
 
Not sure if you can really help me with this but it does have a little
to do with freeware. I have been wanting to install Linux on one of my
computers and leave Windows XP on it as well.
Click to expand...
So I was wondering does anyone now of a trusted website that will give
me instructions on how to create dual boot with Windows XP and Linux.
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The easiest way to do this is to use Linspire... practically bullet
proof www.linspire.com. I've got it on two machines now

For a while there was a free distributrion ( that's how I started),
but if you do have to pay, it is a very small amount for a very clean
install
 
Not sure if you can really help me with this but it does have a little
to do with freeware. I have been wanting to install Linux on one of my
computers and leave Windows XP on it as well. I have not done this
already for 2 reasons.

1) I am afaird that I will mess up and loose all of the data on my hard
drive.

2) I don't know where I can get a free relizable version of Linux

So I was wondering does anyone now of a trusted website that will give
me instructions on how to create dual boot with Windows XP and Linux.
Also a site where I can get a free versino of Linux. Would you recomend
doing this or would it be better to order a cheap computer off of Ebay
and install just Linux on it. Advise and recomnedation would be helpful.
Thank You in advance for any help you can provide.
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from my own personal experience, i have never had trouble dual booting
linux with xp already on the system. however, i've pretty much found
linux itself to be nothing but a waste of time...
 
Shane wrote in alt.comp.freeware
Not sure if you can really help me with this but it does have a little
to do with freeware. I have been wanting to install Linux on one of my
computers and leave Windows XP on it as well. I have not done this
already for 2 reasons.

1) I am afaird that I will mess up and loose all of the data on my hard
drive.

2) I don't know where I can get a free relizable version of Linux

So I was wondering does anyone now of a trusted website that will give
me instructions on how to create dual boot with Windows XP and Linux.
Also a site where I can get a free versino of Linux. Would you recomend
doing this or would it be better to order a cheap computer off of Ebay
and install just Linux on it. Advise and recomnedation would be helpful.
Thank You in advance for any help you can provide.
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If you are on a broad band connection then almost any linux site
will give you what you want. I am currently running XP and Mandrake
linux, although I bought a magazine with a cd for Mandrake 9.2.
The install was easy, only slightly more complicated than XP. And it
partitioned the drive and I can dual boot with no problem. One big
advantage to having the CD is that when I had to reinstall XP (reasons
other than SP2) I was able to do so, and then used the CD to reinstall
Lilo (for dual booting).

--
Dick #1349
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
~Benjamin Franklin

Home Page: dickcr.iwarp.com
email: (e-mail address removed)
 
Always back up critical data to CD or DVD first before doing something
like this.
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EXCELLENT advice! too often ignored, unfortunately.
You want SuSE Linux.
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Maybe, but I doubt it. IMHO, Mepis Linux would be a better choice. Mepis
is a live CD version. That is, you can run it from the CD, without
installing it to your hard drive, to see how well it plays with your
hardware and such. If you like it, you can install it to the hard drive
for better performance and to retain any data you create or download.

http://www.mepis.org/

Again, IMHO, the installation to hard disk is an order of magnitude easier
than with SuSE. Mepis' hardware recognition is probably the best out
there, the instalation the quickest, and the general performance is
excellent. It comes with quite a collection of good software, and
installing new software is fairly easy since it's Debian based and can use
most .deb packages, as Red Hat and Mandrake can use .rpm packages.

It is far from perfect, and I still have to dual boot with Windows, but of
those I've tried so far, Mandrake, Suse, Knoppix, Slax, Morphix, and a few
more specialized distros, Mepis is the best. YMMV.

Andy
 
Andy Axnot said:
IMHO, Mepis Linux would be a better choice. Mepis
is a live CD version. That is, you can run it from the CD, without
installing it to your hard drive, to see how well it plays with your
hardware and such. If you like it, you can install it to the hard
drive for better performance and to retain any data you create or
download.

http://www.mepis.org/

Again, IMHO, the installation to hard disk is an order of magnitude
easier than with SuSE. Mepis' hardware recognition is probably the
best out there, the instalation the quickest, and the general
performance is
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What Mepis release is the one to use for this?

The 2003 two CD release, or the "SimplyMepis-2004-01" single CD from 2004-08-26?
 
What Mepis release is the one to use for this?

The 2003 two CD release, or the "SimplyMepis-2004-01" single CD from
2004-08-26?
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They are both live CDs, and both generally good.

Simply Mepis is, of course, the newer release. It is supposed to be a
one-CD release for desktop use and does not have software such as Apache
web server stuff. It is also more Debian compliant than was the 2003.10
release.

There will be another version, Mepis Pro, released later. This will be
more full-blown.

I suggest Simply Mepis.

Andy
 
Andy Axnot said:
Simply Mepis is, of course, the newer release. It is supposed to be a
one-CD release for desktop use and does not have software such as Apache
web server stuff. It is also more Debian compliant than was the 2003.10
release.
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Good, I have no need for the web server and such stuff, so this is the one I will try.

Thanks.
 
Not sure if you can really help me with this but it does have a little to do with freeware. I have been wanting to install Linux on one of my computers and leave Windows XP on it as well. I have not done this already for 2 reasons.
1) I am afaird that I will mess up and loose all of the data on my hard drive.

2) I don't know where I can get a free relizable version of Linux

So I was wondering does anyone now of a trusted website that will give me instructions on how to create dual boot with Windows XP and Linux. Also a site where I can get a free versino of Linux. Would you recomend doing this or would it be better to order a cheap computer off of Ebay and install just Linux on it. Advise and recomnedation would be helpful.
Thank You in advance for any help you can provide.
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Your best bet is to buy Mandrake Linux in a box at a software
store. That will eliminate the problems you might encounter trying
to download and burn a copy (not too much of a chore, but it does
take some fiddling to learn how to do it). Why Mandrake? Because
it is the best Linux version for a beginner (Linspire is somewhat
braindead).

When you install Mandrake, its boot loader LILO will automatically
set up a dual boot for your computer, giving you the option of
which OS you want to boot to each time you start your computer. It
works very well.

After you screw up Linux so much that it won't boot anymore (as
you probably will), just boot your computer from a Windows98
startup floppy, go to your C drive, and enter the DOS command
"fdisk /mbr" (without the quotation marks). This will restore your
Windows XP boot loader, and your computer will once again boot
directly into Windows XP. Then you can erase Linux and forget the
whole shuddersome experience with open source operating systems.

I know, I know, Linux is great. But most people who try it end up
going back to Windows.
 
Your best bet is to buy Mandrake Linux in a box at a software store.
That will eliminate the problems you might encounter trying to download
and burn a copy (not too much of a chore, but it does take some fiddling
to learn how to do it). Why Mandrake? Because it is the best Linux
version for a beginner (Linspire is somewhat braindead).

When you install Mandrake, its boot loader LILO will automatically set
up a dual boot for your computer, giving you the option of which OS you
want to boot to each time you start your computer. It works very well.

After you screw up Linux so much that it won't boot anymore (as you
probably will), just boot your computer from a Windows98 startup floppy,
go to your C drive, and enter the DOS command "fdisk /mbr" (without the
quotation marks). This will restore your Windows XP boot loader, and
your computer will once again boot directly into Windows XP. Then you
can erase Linux and forget the whole shuddersome experience with open
source operating systems.
shuddersome?

I know, I know, Linux is great. But most people who try it end up going
back to Windows.
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wusses. :-)

Well, as a fellow wus who now dual boots let me agree with you that Linux
is not 100% ready for prime time, *for most of us.*

It is for some, and it gets better all the time. If the OP takes your
advice, and winds up screwing up his Linux partitions, I hope he will just
reinstall and give it another try. It may take a few tries to get it
right. (In my case, about 25 tries and counting :-)

It's not for everybody.

Andy
 
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