Sneaky, sleazy Windows machinations on updates

On Sat, 30 Mar 2019 18:22:30 -0700 (PDT), RichA
wrote:

So, you find out the "Edge" browser is always operating, even though it isn't being used by the user of the computer. You go in, and shut it down for good. That is, until the next Windows update at which point the auto-on function re-activates and "Edge" is up and running again. How many other browsers just turn themselves on, unbidden by a user?

I was all set up on Edge only to be told by the
Tax Dept not to use it!
So I had to change to Chrome!
Chrome is not bad, though.

On 3/31/2019 8:18 PM, Peter Jason wrote:
On Sat, 30 Mar 2019 18:22:30 -0700 (PDT), RichA
wrote:

So, you find out the "Edge" browser is always operating, even though it isn't being used by the user of the computer. You go in, and shut it down for good. That is, until the next Windows update at which point the auto-on function re-activates and "Edge" is up and running again. How many other browsers just turn themselves on, unbidden by a user?

I was all set up on Edge only to be told by the
Tax Dept not to use it!
So I had to change to Chrome!
Chrome is not bad, though.

I was given the same advice from our State's tax department, though I
was using FireFox. I told them that it is not my problem that they can't
write a website that is browser-independent. It turned out that the
problems I was experiencing were due to someone on their end entering
bogus information about my business.

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In article , Neil
wrote:


I was all set up on Edge only to be told by the
Tax Dept not to use it!
So I had to change to Chrome!
Chrome is not bad, though.

I was given the same advice from our State's tax department, though I
was using FireFox. I told them that it is not my problem that they can't
write a website that is browser-independent.

if the web site won't work with your choice of browser, it is *your*
problem and you will need to find a browser that does work.

not paying your taxes because their web site isn't fully standards
compliant isn't going to fly.

It turned out that the
problems I was experiencing were due to someone on their end entering
bogus information about my business.

government incompetence and corruption is a separate issue.

On 4/1/2019 8:54 AM, nospam wrote:
In article , Neil
wrote:


I was all set up on Edge only to be told by the
Tax Dept not to use it!
So I had to change to Chrome!
Chrome is not bad, though.

I was given the same advice from our State's tax department, though I
was using FireFox. I told them that it is not my problem that they can't
write a website that is browser-independent.

if the web site won't work with your choice of browser, it is *your*
problem and you will need to find a browser that does work.

I'm not cow-towing to any incompetence. YMMV.

not paying your taxes because their web site isn't fully standards
compliant isn't going to fly.

You can play your hand any way you want, I'll do the same.

It turned out that the
problems I was experiencing were due to someone on their end entering
bogus information about my business.

government incompetence and corruption is a separate issue.

Not in this case.

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best regards,

Neil

In article , Neil
wrote:

I was all set up on Edge only to be told by the
Tax Dept not to use it!
So I had to change to Chrome!
Chrome is not bad, though.

I was given the same advice from our State's tax department, though I
was using FireFox. I told them that it is not my problem that they can't
write a website that is browser-independent.

if the web site won't work with your choice of browser, it is *your*
problem and you will need to find a browser that does work.

I'm not cow-towing to any incompetence. YMMV.

it may not be incompetence. it's possible that they are using a feature
in chrome that other browsers do not offer. chrome has become a
platform.

if that's not the case, then other browsers will more than likely work,
even if they say it won't.

but if for some reason you can't find a browser that works, you'll have
to fall back to old-school paper, along with the delays, costs and
risks associated with it. you're only making your life more difficult
than it needs to be by doing so.

not paying your taxes because their web site isn't fully standards
compliant isn't going to fly.

You can play your hand any way you want, I'll do the same.

this isn't about what you or i or anyone else chooses to do.

people are responsible for paying taxes, and 'i can't pay because your
web site is broken' is *not* going to fly.

It turned out that the
problems I was experiencing were due to someone on their end entering
bogus information about my business.

government incompetence and corruption is a separate issue.

Not in this case.

in *every* case.

governments are incompetent and corrupt. there is no escaping that.

On Mon, 1 Apr 2019 05:49:09 -0400, Neil
wrote:

On 3/31/2019 8:18 PM, Peter Jason wrote:
On Sat, 30 Mar 2019 18:22:30 -0700 (PDT), RichA
wrote:

So, you find out the "Edge" browser is always operating, even though it isn't being used by the user of the computer. You go in, and shut it down for good. That is, until the next Windows update at which point the auto-on function re-activates and "Edge" is up and running again. How many other browsers just turn themselves on, unbidden by a user?

I was all set up on Edge only to be told by the
Tax Dept not to use it!
So I had to change to Chrome!
Chrome is not bad, though.

I was given the same advice from our State's tax department, though I
was using FireFox. I told them that it is not my problem that they can't
write a website that is browser-independent. It turned out that the
problems I was experiencing were due to someone on their end entering
bogus information about my business.

Chrome is working fine, but I do keep a copy of
IE11 installed for some old apps.

Peter Jason wrote:
On Mon, 1 Apr 2019 05:49:09 -0400, Neil
wrote:

On 3/31/2019 8:18 PM, Peter Jason wrote:
On Sat, 30 Mar 2019 18:22:30 -0700 (PDT), RichA
wrote:

So, you find out the "Edge" browser is always operating, even though it isn't being used by the user of the computer. You go in, and shut it down for good. That is, until the next Windows update at which point the auto-on function re-activates and "Edge" is up and running again. How many other browsers just turn themselves on, unbidden by a user?

I was all set up on Edge only to be told by the
Tax Dept not to use it!
So I had to change to Chrome!
Chrome is not bad, though.

I was given the same advice from our State's tax department, though I
was using FireFox. I told them that it is not my problem that they can't
write a website that is browser-independent. It turned out that the
problems I was experiencing were due to someone on their end entering
bogus information about my business.

Chrome is working fine, but I do keep a copy of
IE11 installed for some old apps.

Same for Safari in Macs. It is a good idea to have various web browsers.
It's dumb. Remember the old days when IE was the one most supported?
Look at it now. Companies need to support all the common web browsers:
Chrome, Firefox, IE, etc.

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In article , Ant
wrote:

Chrome is working fine, but I do keep a copy of
IE11 installed for some old apps.

Same for Safari in Macs. It is a good idea to have various web browsers.
It's dumb. Remember the old days when IE was the one most supported?

only because microsoft locked people into it.

Look at it now. Companies need to support all the common web browsers:
Chrome, Firefox, IE, etc.

most do, but not all browsers have the same features or work correctly.