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    MS update mischief?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Dissatisfied, Oct 12, 2007.

  1. Dissatisfied

    Dissatisfied Notebook Consultant

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    A couple of days ago, all of a sudden the following happened:
    * Firefox was not anymore my default browser. I made it my default again.
    * After that, I opened IE (I still use occasionally) and a message popped up that IE was no longer the default browser (but I know for a fact that I had disabled that message years ago).
    * I also noticed that I have inexplicably lost many links from my Firefox bookmarks
    * Firefox Homepage had been lost.

    I easily fixed all that, but I wondered how it came to pass.
    I thought about it and the only even that came to my mind is that I had downloaded a lot of critical updates from MS update.
    Is that a reasonable (if infuriating) explanation? or something else is going on?

    I have FF2, IE6 and WinXP
     
    Dissatisfied, Oct 12, 2007
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  2. AlexMagik

    AlexMagik Notebook Consultant

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    i download the updates too, and my ie was the default browser. result:
    ie told me was not the default browser, if i want to set it.

    except for this, i have firefox too, and no changes there..
     
    AlexMagik, Oct 12, 2007
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  3. Qhs

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    Have you done a virus/adware/spyware scan just to double check?
     
    Qhs, Oct 12, 2007
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  4. Dissatisfied

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    yes, there is nothing
     
    Dissatisfied, Oct 13, 2007
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