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Title: My 5 year old laptop was basically toes up... browser information
Post by: Intercooler on February 25 2018 12:00:12 PM MST
    It still worked, but a few of the keys didn't function and it was showing it's age. I picked up a new one and wonder what's the best browser to use for safety and surfing these days?

By default this one uses Microsoft and they sent me something for Edge. I know nothing about that and used Chrome on the old one. Thanks for the education!
Title: Re: My 5 year old laptop was basically toes up... browser information
Post by: PCFlorida on February 25 2018 03:03:40 PM MST
I'm quite fond of Chrome, though Firefox is coming on strong. Though I am a MS partner, I believe in Chrome.
Title: Re: My 5 year old laptop was basically toes up... browser information
Post by: Intercooler on February 25 2018 03:14:21 PM MST
It's been so long... do I have to download it? It might be here and I just have to do the swap.
Title: Re: My 5 year old laptop was basically toes up... browser information
Post by: The_Shadow on February 25 2018 04:34:50 PM MST
Since I built my new machine and using Windows 10 pro, I have been using the Microsoft edge browser, however the coping of picture address is a no go!  I still switch to Chrome for some things especially when I need to copy an address link of a picture!

I'm also using Windows Defender and Avast for protection...
Title: Re: My 5 year old laptop was basically toes up... browser information
Post by: PCFlorida on February 25 2018 08:25:39 PM MST
Quote from: Intercooler on February 25 2018 03:14:21 PM MST
It's been so long... do I have to download it? It might be here and I just have to do the swap.
You will have to download it from Google.
Title: Re: My 5 year old laptop was basically toes up... browser information
Post by: sqlbullet on February 26 2018 09:46:06 AM MST
Chrome or Firefox.

I manage a team of software devs and we build lots of web.  All my devs use firefox for the great debug tools.  I personally prefer Chrome, but I spend less time actually debugging web pages than they do.

Using software from your operating system provider is just a line I don't cross. There was a paper written at MIT many years back about this, which I can't locate with my google-foo at the moment.
Title: Re: My 5 year old laptop was basically toes up... browser information
Post by: DocGlock on February 26 2018 01:36:47 PM MST
Quote from: The_Shadow on February 25 2018 04:34:50 PM MST

I'm also using Windows Defender and Avast for protection...

Don't know if you will care about this or not, but, on one of my systems running Windows 10 pro, I am using Windows Defender for the time being.  On Windows startup, I have it running the following from a batch file to make sure that it has the most current definitions possible (without me having to worry about it):

"C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\"MpCmdRun.exe -signatureupdate

(the quotes are needed because of the spaces in the directory names)
Title: Re: My 5 year old laptop was basically toes up... browser information
Post by: pacapcop on February 26 2018 07:26:36 PM MST
Kinda like a car battery.  Lucky to get five.
Title: Re: My 5 year old laptop was basically toes up... browser information
Post by: The_Shadow on February 26 2018 08:31:41 PM MST
Jesse, was you battery dead?  They don't like to bootup if the battery is bad!  New batteries may make it good, but dust and stuff can kill the fans and cooling on them.  I use air compressor often to blow out dirt and dust, hair if you have pets can be drastic.
Title: Re: My 5 year old laptop was basically toes up... browser information
Post by: Intercooler on February 27 2018 02:22:35 AM MST
It's still running fine. It was more of the bad keys issues. I had two dead ones and one other one that worked when it wanted to!
Title: Re: My 5 year old laptop was basically toes up... browser information
Post by: Patriot on March 01 2018 06:47:07 AM MST
I only use Firefox. I put it on everything, even my cell phone.
Title: Re: My 5 year old laptop was basically toes up... browser information
Post by: Intercooler on March 08 2018 03:13:38 AM MST
I think I might need to switch this one over to Chrome. For some reason Tanfoglio in the lower left corner shows as a black X. If I post a picture link, it also shows as a black X. Any ideas?

Title: Re: My 5 year old laptop was basically toes up... browser information
Post by: sqlbullet on March 08 2018 07:26:03 AM MST
screenshot or URL to the exact webpage?
Title: Re: My 5 year old laptop was basically toes up... browser information
Post by: Intercooler on March 08 2018 05:03:17 PM MST
Let's see if any of this works

(https://www.facebook.com/153451588058891/photos/rpp.153451588058891/1839340006136699/?type=3&theater)
Title: Re: My 5 year old laptop was basically toes up... browser information
Post by: Intercooler on April 15 2018 07:15:28 AM MDT
Just got the new one back from being repaired. It had the HD go toes up in less than a month!


I think I will spend the $50.00 to get a new keyboard put in the old one. I paid to have a back-up!
Title: Re: My 5 year old laptop was basically toes up... browser information
Post by: The_Shadow on April 15 2018 08:54:28 AM MDT
Good luck with the keyboard change out, $50 isn't bad to replace it in a laptop. 8)