Report from the lowtech corner of the universe...
Well, the interim "results"...
I copped the Norton dwnload removal tool, did the download; went
back in and found some frag files of Symatec/Norton and tossed those
too.
Last weekend we were out of town, so I shut off the 'puter while we were
gone. On new startup this past week, I found that many features of IE6
were not working, glitching, etc. For example,
-my GMail (native on their site as opposed to my OutlookExpress which it flows through),
would not let me access/use their non-HMTL version, which is the handy one to dump old
messages in bulk.
-Any link that requires Macromedia Flash Player will not work even though I
"have Flash Player" installed, have used it for years, etc. The FP site will
not download an update for me.
-Yahoo Games, used by the CEO, will not work as usual.
-The ActiveX alert never shows, so I can't dodge around it to enable
certain sites/usages to perform.
-Many sites come up looking "clear" with not the normal background and I
can't do any site prefs, fixes, etc.
-A couple of subscription sites: WSJ, Morning Star, et al, will not access via
my usual Faves/Bookmark, so I waddle through the log in, which does not
recognize...neither the geek wizards at the WSJ or M Star could help me get "through";
they were amazed and stumped, even after having me diddle several settings and do the
usual workaround attempts.
-Can't access the "Search" function in my Docs; I get the "dog", but no
window to type in search parameters.
-Can't access the Organize Bookmarks and Favorites: I get some weird
window with the usual folders, etc.
And, on and on and on...
-My son-in-law, who ran his own successful IT biz for 15 years, spent hours on the phone with
me this week, took over my computer several times and still couldn't "fix" the glitches. He suspects
IE6 in combo with "something" that occured post Norton dump and full restart.
I'm not sold on IE7 in lieu of IE6, so I just downloaded Opera to run in tandem and parallel to IE6
and give it a try as browser for awhile.
That's the low tech version of my situ...we shall see.
Thanks for reading.
BR,mD