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Title: Windows Update
Post by: preacher on 31 December 2003, 01:46
I tried to update my Mandrake 9.1 PC today using windows update. For some reason it didn't work.

(http://kansascity.cjb.net/wupdate.jpg)
Title: Windows Update
Post by: M51DPS on 31 December 2003, 01:54
Hmm, maybe you should call windows tech support.
Title: Windows Update
Post by: TheQuirk on 31 December 2003, 02:22
You just closed it too soon. It was busy downloading an entire CD image of WinXP.
Title: Windows Update
Post by: Laukev7 on 31 December 2003, 02:38
Why would you want to downgrade your computer?
Title: Windows Update
Post by: Kintaro on 31 December 2003, 06:04
Someone should write Windows Update Support for Linux.
Title: Windows Update
Post by: WMD on 31 December 2003, 11:42
lol, you got that far on LINUX?  :eek:

I put in Windows Update in Mozilla on XP, and got this right away:

(http://www.p0stwh0restores.com/uploads/dognoodle99/winupdate-mozilla-xp.png)

Yet somehow you got to the "check for software" screen...how odd...
Title: Windows Update
Post by: TheQuirk on 31 December 2003, 13:12
quote:
Originally posted by Laukev7:
Why would you want to downgrade your computer?


Somebody is feeling very witty today, I'm sure.
Title: Windows Update
Post by: M51DPS on 31 December 2003, 22:47
WMD, did you make Mozilla identify itself as IE?
Title: Windows Update
Post by: preacher on 1 January 2004, 02:51
quote:
Originally posted by WMD:
lol, you got that far on LINUX?    :eek:  

I put in Windows Update in Mozilla on XP, and got this right away:

Yet somehow you got to the "check for software" screen...how odd...


Forgot to mention I changed my user agent on Konqueror to Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

[ December 31, 2003: Message edited by: ThePreacher ]

Title: Windows Update
Post by: Laukev7 on 1 January 2004, 21:54
quote:
Originally posted by TheQuirk: I Just Want Attention:


Somebody is feeling very witty today, I'm sure.


Somebody is feeling very sarcastic today, I'm sure.
Title: Windows Update
Post by: Kintaro on 1 January 2004, 11:03
quote:
Originally posted by Laukev7:


Somebody is feeling very sarcastic today, I'm sure.


Somebody is feeling very hungover today, I'm sure.
(it being new years)

[ January 01, 2004: Message edited by: X11: Troll Erudition ]

Title: Windows Update
Post by: TheQuirk on 1 January 2004, 11:30
quote:
Originally posted by X11: Troll Erudition:


Somebody is feeling very hungover today, I'm sure.
(it being new years)

[ January 01, 2004: Message edited by: X11: Troll Erudition ]


HAVE YOU GOT ANY HILARIOUS STORIES TO TELL US ABOUT YOUR ADVENTURES AS A DRUNK MAN?
Title: Windows Update
Post by: Kintaro on 1 January 2004, 14:11
quote:
Originally posted by TheQuirk: I Just Want Attention:


HAVE YOU GOT ANY HILARIOUS STORIES TO TELL US ABOUT YOUR ADVENTURES AS A DRUNK MAN?


Hrm, I did go streaking, with 2 guys and 2 girls, one of them is a model.
Title: Windows Update
Post by: Refalm on 1 January 2004, 22:29
quote:
ThePreacher: (http://kansascity.cjb.net/wupdate.jpg)


It looks like Everaldo's theme that he never released for KDE, but fucked up   :eek:  

Anyway, this is the theme I'm using for KDE:

AA Flava (http://kdelook.org/content/show.php?content=8526). Now I've got to figure out how to change the GTK colours.

[ January 01, 2004: Message edited by: Refalm ]

Title: Windows Update
Post by: WMD on 3 January 2004, 05:47
quote:
Originally posted by M51DPS:
WMD, did you make Mozilla identify itself as IE?


No...DOH!!

How do you set that?  I looked through "about:config" and found no such setting...  :confused:
Title: Windows Update
Post by: preacher on 6 January 2004, 12:00
quote:
Originally posted by WMD:


No...DOH!!

How do you set that?  I looked through "about:config" and found no such setting...   :confused:  


Preferences Toolbar for mozilla.

http://prefbar.mozdev.org/ (http://prefbar.mozdev.org/)
Title: Windows Update
Post by: WMD on 7 January 2004, 01:33
^ KTHANX!  :D