Posted on 07/14/2015 6:39:22 PM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea
I have a laptop with Windows 7 Pro installed and a couple years ago on one of the MS monthly downloads IE 11 was installed. It corrupted my laptop and I had to take it in to where I bought it - got it fixed for $100. I just downloaded the July updates and again did not download IE 11. Is it now safe to download and use?
When I had my problem they told me they had seen a number of similar problems with IE 11, and this was not uncommon with IE when the upgrades first come out.
Thoughts, please.
Use Firefox...IE still has too many holes
I thought FF was on the “banned” list for FR.
Along with Apple, Microsoft, and Google.
Self ping
Why do you want to?
I like IE 11 - it’s a good portal despite the naysayers comments ...
Our company is just now moving to IE 11.
So I'd say that it is a safe bet to move to IE 11 so long as you get the latest/greatest version.
No.
I’m using a free source I found : host@HRC.basement.chappaqua.com
Firefox is all I’ve used since about the time XP was released. IE still uses ActiveX, which was the reason I switched to Firefox, it allows webpages to install software without your knowledge or permission, ditto for emails. ActiveX is how the slugs of the Internet were able to start hitting people with viruses through emails. IE also has too many security issues in general. I won’t touch it.
I’m running a Windows 7 laptop, I went as far as to download Firefox on my sister’s machine and drop it on a USB drive to install it on this one, so IE has never been used on this machine at all. I usually keep it, but my copy was an older one so I got the newer version on her machine, using Firefox of course...
IE 11 is used where I am but a lot of times some internal sites have to be run in compatibility mode.
When and if that doesn’t work, Chrome saves the day.
NO! I downloaded 11 some time ago it bogged down my PC so bad it was unusable.
I now use Google Chrome and it works fine for me.
Your PC is screaming “Don’t 11 me bro!”
Seriously? You’re using Firefox and not Pale Moon?
https://www.comodo.com/home/browsers-toolbars/internet-products.php
Comodo makes a Mozilla-compatible (Ice Dragon) and a Chromium-compatible (Dragon) browser. Both are highly regarded for their privacy enhancements.
Something to keep in mind these days.
They mey be homo-supporting zealots, but they do write good software.
For what it’s worth, I’ve been using IE 11 since it came out, and find it faster and less glitchy than IE 10 was. The only problem for me is that Ad Muncher no longer works, and that’s a program I used for a long time and found very helpful.
LOL as I frequently say on here, if you are to adhere to all the FReeper mandated boycotts, you have to become Amish.
No guarantees, but it is much more stable now. I had so many issues with IE 11 that I had to unload it, run a restore point, and then waited a year before I tried again. So it seems OK, but I still use chrome for IE unfriendly sites.
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