Has IE-11 Issue Been Resolved?

Hytec Jul 22, 2015

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  1. Hytec

    Hytec TrainBoard Member

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    I logged in with IE-11 to see if the Login Status issue had been resolved.

    Surprisingly I was able to Reply in the Cattle Car without re-logging.

    Now I'm creating this thread to confirm...?

    EDIT...Yes, Yes, it appears to have been resolved. Thank you, whomever. :D

    (Though I'm not going to uninstall Firefox just in case. o_O)
     
  2. bremner

    bremner Staff Member

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    From a technical standpoint, IE is an issue all to itself, and each version has different issues.
     
  3. Hytec

    Hytec TrainBoard Member

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    I agree. Though I wonder if whatever Charlie did to resolve my Cattle Car issue may have also resolved this issue....?
     
  4. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Let us know if the log-in keeps on working properly.
     
  5. ScaleCraft

    ScaleCraft TrainBoard Member

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    I keep both IE and FF on my taskbar. Primarily due to monitoring webmail...they don't allow me to have two different webmail accounts open on same browser.
    IE has it's issues....really? MS can't get it right? Don't tell me!
    On the other box, I have IE6, and intend to keep it, as personally I consider it the best, least issue prone IE there was/is.
    Just to show you how bad IE got to be (and MS knew it), they had available IE10 and IE11 blockers, so it would not download. I have them both, direct from MS, on this computer.
    Dave
     
  6. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    What Hank is talking about here is a log-in retention issue.
     
  7. ScaleCraft

    ScaleCraft TrainBoard Member

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    I know. I responded to the title of his thread:
    "Has IE-11 Issue Been Resolved?"
    And then he said:
    "(Though I'm not going to uninstall Firefox just in case. o_O)"
    To both I responded, adding in for Bremner's posting:
    "From a technical standpoint, IE is an issue all to itself, and each version has different issues."
     
  8. YoHo

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    Actually, I'd argue IE 11 is a better browser than current FF or Chrome, but it isn't being targeted by software. Of course, starting next week, Windows 10 will have the edge browser instead of IE. I can tell you right now from earl testing that it is awesome. We shall see why the board thinks of it.
     
  9. ScaleCraft

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    Which is why I use FF12.0 on one box, 25.0 on the other, and about to revert it to 12.0. Less modern glitz.
     
  10. bremner

    bremner Staff Member

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    And less secure
     
  11. ScaleCraft

    ScaleCraft TrainBoard Member

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    So?
    Everything I have is "less secure"....and that is primarily based upon MS's desire to get everyone to buy into their latest...and all others follow suit.
    That's why I have my system imaged, so I can re-format if there is an issue.
    Heck, my 1950 Ford is "less secure", but I ain't buying into the latest automotive hogwash.
    My 1911 is "less secure" as they never had firing pin block plates.
    All the latest and greatest technology, if you get into that cycle, will become "less secure".
    Old US Highways are "less secure", but a whole lot more fun to travel on than Interstates.
    See what MS has decided on "more secure" in 10. See if you like a MS account and logging on through MS.
    I tried FF36 or so once.....and I do NOT like bells and whistles.
    Someday, just for grins, I might just load 95 onto an old box.
    How many bad guys are there out there spending time writing bad stuff for 95 anymore?
    Dave
     
  12. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    Nobody seems to be trying to hack into my old computer. ;)
    [​IMG]
     
  13. BoxcabE50

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    A lot! It is still a large percentage of users, and thus is not being ignored. They know a lot of folks are still using XP and even some W98ers. Those programs are weaker and full of holes, so the hackers are deliberately looking for just such weaknesses to attack. To steal information, to zombie your machine, etc. They also know that anti-virus and anti-malware companies are more focused on up to date systems, and are letting the older OS protection work fade away.
     
  14. FriscoCharlie

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    Because no one wants to see pictures like this:

    arcade-1920s.jpg
     
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  15. bremner

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    You might as well not even lock the door on your house. I remember that Windows 95 took 3 minutes to hack manually in 1996.

    Windows was still easy to hack in 2000, before XP. The only good thing about XP is the uaer interface, today it is an easy target
     
  16. ScaleCraft

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    Oh, I know 95 was full of holes. Record to hack was 12 minutes. I know absolutely no one who uses 95 connected to the algore. Several use it to drive specific items, like printers, CAD machines, that the software they have is specific to certain OS.
    Is it possible? Yes, Do I have a top-notch (paid) AV? Yes. Do I run Process Explorer and look for things running? Yes.
    My first real computer was similar to this:
    http://www.tags-21.info/equipment/Sperry_SINS/MK-3_SINS.jpg
     
  17. r_i_straw

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    The first computer I ever really messed with at all was in college. We had one of these Data General Nova computers that we installed A to D and D to A converters on for experiments. Had a paper tape reader for boot strap startups and octal programing toggle switches on the front for instructions. The core memory was actually little ferrite "donuts" in a matrix of wires. Ahh, the good old days.
    [​IMG]
     
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  18. ScaleCraft

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    Yup. 4K core stack on the SINS, with a drum memory as main. Output device was a modified IBM Selectric. Had to input at the pushbuttons (numerical only) at the fold-down shelf on the computer.
    Tally Tape Reader to boot up.

    One of the reason I have two boxes feeding one monitor is IF there is a problem, I just shift from 32-bit XP to a 64-bit XP and keep going while I look into any issues.

    I still use Outlook Express. Haven't found anything I like as much as that...until I found OE Classic, which is now on the 8 machine.
     
  19. BoxcabE50

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    I remember stuff of similar appearance, when I got my first computer experiences, military. But back then there was no Internet or hacking.

    You folks keep talking about this stuff and I'm going to start hunting for an Osborne. Loved mine and regret ever selling it.
     
  20. ScaleCraft

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    One of the issues with forcing folks to do what the big folks want us to us the warning notices websites throw up when you visit them. Couple would not even let you in.
    I loaded Default User Agent onto FF, I can select what I want my computer to tell those websites, and it all stopped.
    They would have verbiage that your OS or browser would not work...yet, once you're in, it works just fine.
    It's all about personal freedoms, and I won't give up without a fight.
    As far as MS is concerned, they can take a long walk off a short pier...as long as Google is ankle chained to them.
    When old google maps started locking my computer up after less than 5 minutes, filling IE temp files with garbage, where it had not UNTIL MS announced XP was dead...when I loaded Default User Agent, it instantly stopped.
    What does that tell me?
    Google is in cahoots with MS to force us into their new world order by making XP slow and unresponsive.
    Go ahead, follow the carrot blindly...don't whimper...and readily accept the ideology that putting an ID chip in your hand or forehead is a good idea.
    They tell you the cloud is a wonderful thing...yeah, so the gummint can access all your files maybe without a warrant (NSA phone records?) or even with, without notifying you.
    ALL of my files are here, they want to see them, they bring a warrant signed by a judge.
    Nothing even remotely questionable, but I won't give in.
    Not until they pry my XP from my cold, dead fingers?
    HAH!
     
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