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CimminyCricket
04-11-2007, 03:18 AM
Ok, so I recently had to redo my computer cause I'm a dumb ass and deleted things I needed to run my computer.
I've redone it installed the pci so I can get to the internet. But IE won't load to a screen where I can browse the internet, it keeps telling me to subscribe to some bull:skull::skull::skull::skull: isp which I refuse, I already have one. So, IE wont let me get to firefox, which is where I want to be. So, I'm stuck using Netscape.
Netscape will let me get to firefox, but after I click on download, it takes me to the page to download, but doesn't show what I need to download, just words and links to other part sof the site. WTF, help me fix this.
Mirage
04-11-2007, 03:59 AM
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html?product=firefox-2.0.0.3&os=win&lang=en-US ?
8.3 seconds.
CimminyCricket
04-11-2007, 04:23 AM
wish I had known that was there -_-' I opened the link and it automatically asked me if I wanted to download it.

TY! Mirage, you're my new best friend....Sorta. Unless you want to be! ;c)
Mirage
04-11-2007, 04:58 AM
No thanks, but the position for 61st best friend is currently vacant.
CimminyCricket
04-11-2007, 01:00 PM
T_T That's good enough I suppose.
Rostum
04-11-2007, 01:41 PM
I don't quite understand how people manage to delete such important things that are required to actually make Windows work. But yeah, IE sucks, Firefox is good.
CimminyCricket
04-11-2007, 08:19 PM
I was deleting a bunch of emulators from my Windows file, and accidently selected a file that shouldn't have been selected.
Mirage
04-11-2007, 08:24 PM
Why did you store your emulators in your windows folder?
MecaKane
04-11-2007, 08:30 PM
He must play the games in windowed mode.
Tallulah
04-11-2007, 08:36 PM
I'm a recent Firefox convert (I tried to use it many times but got really uncomfortable and longed for IE), but despite that, I started using it when a friend started sending me links via MSN, and the Firefox window kept popping up, so I decided to give it a try. I really like it and would recommend it to anyone.

My IE keeps crashing for no apparent reason... :confused:
Roto13
04-11-2007, 08:37 PM
He must play the games in windowed mode.

Heh?
MecaKane
04-11-2007, 08:39 PM
Which is why he put them in his windows folder! >_>
Roto13
04-11-2007, 09:05 PM
Which is why he put them in his windows folder! >_>

Ha?
Mirage
04-11-2007, 09:26 PM
Which is why he put them in his windows folder! >_>

Sorry Kane, that just wasn't funny.
Odaisé Gaelach
04-11-2007, 09:59 PM
Which is why he put them in his windows folder! >_>

Jokes like that make Explorer cry... :cry:
Rostum
04-12-2007, 12:26 AM
Poor Kane, no one laughed. But I did, somewhere deep down inside! :(
rubah
04-12-2007, 12:28 AM
I laughed at it.

I thought it was supposed to be almost impossible to delete IE? That's why nerds bend over backwards trying to do it?

I must be behind on the times.
Rostum
04-12-2007, 12:32 AM
Why do they try to get rid of it? Can't they live with it being on their system and just using a different browser?

:confused:
Mirage
04-12-2007, 12:33 AM
I guess the hard thing is to get rid of it and still make XP work.
rubah
04-12-2007, 12:33 AM
They have a lot of rage built up.
CimminyCricket
04-12-2007, 03:35 AM
It wasn't IE that was deleted, it was windows files, and the emulators were in windows temp file and out side of the file as well. It was a big oopsies. Also, the reason IE wasn't working is because I redid my computer which made it think that I didn't have an ISP, and IE was trying to make me get one. I got around it though, by accepting an offer and then declining. It finally decided to let me on.
Mirage
04-12-2007, 03:54 AM
In the temp folder, you mean? Why on earth were they in there?
CimminyCricket
04-12-2007, 04:02 AM
I couldn't tell you, I had just downloaded them and I couldn't find them, so I downloaded them two more times before I did a file search and found them in the Windows folder and the TEMP folder.
rubah
04-13-2007, 01:05 AM
Internet Explorer was trying to make you sign up for an ISP?

Are you sure that wasn't MSN Explorer? That's kinda weird.
o_O
04-13-2007, 02:13 AM
When you install Windows, as soon as you open IE for the first time it will give you the "New Connection Wizard". It's not trying to make you sign up for an ISP, it's trying to set up a DUN connection for your computer.

You can try it out for yourself: start > run > "inetwiz". :p
ValiantKnight
04-13-2007, 04:43 PM
Lan > next > next > uncheck email > next > finish

:)
Mirage
04-13-2007, 04:56 PM
I suppose many inexperienced users don't understand that they're connected to the modem over a regular LAN.