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From: Ed on 27 Jul 2010 11:09
On 27/07/10 15:17, 98 Guy wrote:
> Ed wrote:
>
>> Me, I just login at www.hotmail.com and get no messages to update
>> my bog standard Firefox 2.0.0.20 browser.
>
> Are you sure that you're logging into "hotmail" ?
>
> When I go to www.hotmail.com, I always get redirected to:
>
> http://login.live.com/login.srf?(...)
>
> Are you sure that you're not also being redirected to
> something.live.com?


Yes, I am redirected as you say. But still no problems with prompt to
upgrade my browser.

From: Eddie on 28 Jul 2010 08:02

> > I too am running Firefox 2.0.0.20 ( without any tweaks or script/ad
> > blockers) but I never get any warnings to upgrade my browser when I
> > login to Hotmail.
>
> Interesting.
>
> With my user-agent set to Firefox/3.0.0.20, I also got the message about
> having an unsupported browser when logging into "Windows Live" a few
> minutes ago.
>
> I changed my user-agent to say "Firefox/3.6.8" (the most current
> version) and tried again, and this time it worked - no message about
> having an old browser.
>
> So I changed it back to "Firefox/3.0.0.20" - and it still worked. So
> I'm not sure what's going on.
>
> Anyone that can't log into Windows Live (I don't think you can actually
> log into "Hotmail" any more) because of an "Outdated Browser" error, and
> if you're using Firefox 2.x, then try changing your user-agent string to
> "Firefox/3.6.8" and try again.
----------------------------------

I am using FF 1.5.0.12, according to about:config. (I thought I was up
around 1.8.)
Reason I use outdated FF is because my download manager doesnt support 2 or
higher.(star)

Thing is too, I've never had a problem surfing using this version; if
anything, I am lucky in that I dont have to see a lot of crappy
advertising.. yippee.!

Ed


From: 98 Guy on 28 Jul 2010 08:38
Eddie wrote:

> I am using FF 1.5.0.12, according to about:config. (I thought I was
> up around 1.8.)
> Reason I use outdated FF is because my download manager doesnt
> support 2 or higher.(star)

Why do you need a separate download manager?

Firefox 2.0.0.20 has it's own download manager.

> Thing is too, I've never had a problem surfing using this version;
> if anything, I am lucky in that I dont have to see a lot of crappy
> advertising..

If you download this hosts file, then you would see little to no
advertizing:

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip

Download the hosts.zip file into your C:\WINDOWS directory and unzip
it. Answer yes to over-write your existing hosts file (this is assuming
you've made no custom entries in your existing file).

I notice that the MVP's have removed the line on the hosts.htm page
describing where the hosts file is normally located on win-9x/ME
systems. They must be running short on space on their server.
From: glee on 28 Jul 2010 09:23
"98 Guy" <98(a)Guy.com> wrote in message news:4C5024BA.5F6316ED(a)Guy.com...
> snip
> I notice that the MVP's have removed the line on the hosts.htm page
> describing where the hosts file is normally located on win-9x/ME
> systems. They must be running short on space on their server.

"the MVP's"? That site is the product of one person, who is solely
responsible for the content. It's not connected to any other MVPs...it
is hosted on the mvps.org server, which was set up by someone else to
make space available to any who needed it. Being on the mvps.org server
doesn't mean it is a MVP group website any more than being hosted by
GoDaddy makes a web site there a product of GoDaddy.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
A+
http://dts-l.net/


From: Ed on 28 Jul 2010 09:52
On 28/07/10 13:02, Eddie wrote:
>>> I too am running Firefox 2.0.0.20 ( without any tweaks or script/ad
>>> blockers) but I never get any warnings to upgrade my browser when I
>>> login to Hotmail.
>> Interesting.
>>
>> With my user-agent set to Firefox/3.0.0.20, I also got the message about
>> having an unsupported browser when logging into "Windows Live" a few
>> minutes ago.
>>
>> I changed my user-agent to say "Firefox/3.6.8" (the most current
>> version) and tried again, and this time it worked - no message about
>> having an old browser.
>>
>> So I changed it back to "Firefox/3.0.0.20" - and it still worked. So
>> I'm not sure what's going on.
>>
>> Anyone that can't log into Windows Live (I don't think you can actually
>> log into "Hotmail" any more) because of an "Outdated Browser" error, and
>> if you're using Firefox 2.x, then try changing your user-agent string to
>> "Firefox/3.6.8" and try again.
> ----------------------------------
>
> I am using FF 1.5.0.12, according to about:config. (I thought I was up
> around 1.8.)
> Reason I use outdated FF is because my download manager doesnt support 2 or
> higher.(star)
>
> Thing is too, I've never had a problem surfing using this version; if
> anything, I am lucky in that I dont have to see a lot of crappy
> advertising.. yippee.!
>
> Ed
>
>

Why not try updating to Firefox 2.0.0.20 ?

you shouldn't have any problems with that.

Ed 2 Ed


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