Microsoft, Opera, and PBW

AMF · #1 February 11th, 2004, 05:07 AM

Ok, I am official frustrated. Microsoft's latest patch has forced me back to using Internet Explorer (which really sucks) to get my PBW turns.

I made the mistake earlier tonight of downloading the latest Microsoft security patch. Since doing that I can no longer download and save ANY files from websites using Opera. IE, strangely enough, works fine (that is, it works as crappy as it always did)

For example, I tried repeatedly, using all possible permutations, to get my PBW turns. The files start downloading, and then Opera crashes.

Does anyone have any suggestions what might be wrong that I can try to solve here?

I use Win XP (home) and the latest Opera.

thanks,

Alarik

Fyron · #2 February 11th, 2004, 05:16 AM

Have you tried reinstalling Opera?

Cipher7071 · #3 February 12th, 2004, 05:42 AM

Yes, reinstall Opera. So long as you haven't actually switched operating systems, that will probably take care of it.

Paul1980au · #4 February 12th, 2004, 06:02 AM

Its a problem - have you tried mozilla ? or netscape more compatible with microsoft - im assuming the open source community will be right on it though.
The patch fixed a database transfer tool that allows data transmission between desparate operating systems.

AMF · #5 February 12th, 2004, 06:59 AM

Thanks all, I haven't tried it yet, but I will. I'll letcha all know how it goes...

alarik

Quote:

Originally posted by Cipher7071:
Yes, reinstall Opera. So long as you haven't actually switched operating systems, that will probably take care of it.

Atrocities · #6 February 12th, 2004, 07:06 AM

I had to switch to Netscape after the Last MS patch for win2k. So I feel your pain. MS is about useless in helping to solve the problems there "patches" cause.

About useless is wrong, they are utterly useless. After about a month MS finally acknowledged that their patch had issues, and those issues would screw up many "non" microsft web browsers and on rare occations even IE would be effected. Well I was a rare instance, and had to go to Mozilla which I could not get to work either. Only netscape worked, and I have never looked back.

tesco samoa · #7 February 12th, 2004, 01:33 PM

bah browsers are for the week.

telnet to pbw and do your turns with the command line

I am using opera right now. Great browser..

I hope the reinstall does the trick..

if not try firebird

Grandpa Kim · #8 February 13th, 2004, 06:01 AM

Has anyone tried to sue MS for these kinds of malicious practices/incompetences. If MS was a hospital, they would be in jail for 2000 years!

Fyron · #9 February 13th, 2004, 06:16 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by tesco samoa:
if not try firebird

Can't do that anymore! It is now Mozilla Firefox!

(curses 8 smilie limit)

AMF · #10 February 14th, 2004, 08:00 PM

Thanks all for the advice. I tried FireFox, it's nice, very similar to OPera, but I really didn't like the way it dealt with a few things, especially downloads and tabs (if it could be set to automatically open new bookmarks into *seperate* tabs, then I might have stuck with it, but I usually cycle through 20-30 bookmarks regularly, and having to "right-clik to open into seperate tabbed window" was too much of a pain).

And, Opera really does have a better layout I think.

So, in the end, I purged Opera, reinstalled it, and I can once again easily download turns from PBW! woo hoo!

thanks again,

Alarik