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December 03, 2008  
Subject: Chrome
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Date: 9/2/2008 10:43:25 PM
From: "Doug" [Email Address Protection]

What issues should be considered when installing Google Chrome on a Vista
PC?
Doug


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Subject: Re: Chrome
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Date: 9/2/2008 10:47:17 PM
From: Paul Montgomery [Email Address Protection]

On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 06:43:25 +0100, "Doug"
<doug@FAKEpleasereplytogroup.com> wrote:

>What issues should be considered when installing Google Chrome on a Vista
>PC?

None. Don't be a wuss. Just go for it.

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Subject: Re: Chrome
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Date: 9/2/2008 10:50:33 PM
From: "Synapse Syndrome" [Email Address Protection]

"Paul Montgomery" <i.m.nonnymous@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>>What issues should be considered when installing Google Chrome on a Vista
>>PC?
>
> None. Don't be a wuss. Just go for it.


It's pretty weird that it gets installed in %appdata%, and therefore only
for the current user.

ss.



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Subject: Re: Chrome
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Date: 9/2/2008 10:58:34 PM
From: Paul Montgomery [Email Address Protection]

On Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:47:17 -0500, Paul Montgomery
<i.m.nonnymous@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 06:43:25 +0100, "Doug"
><doug@FAKEpleasereplytogroup.com> wrote:
>
>>What issues should be considered when installing Google Chrome on a Vista
>>PC?
>
>None. Don't be a wuss. Just go for it.

Wuss Method:

1. Create a restore point.

2. Run the Disk Cleanup service.

3.Create an incremental backup of your most recent full system backup
or create a new full system backup.

NOW go for it.

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Subject: Re: Chrome
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Date: 9/2/2008 11:18:27 PM
From: "Doug" [Email Address Protection]


"Paul Montgomery" <i.m.nonnymous@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
news:1o9sb45n1oradvs8lvmstmr7empbt7kj3i@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:47:17 -0500, Paul Montgomery
> <i.m.nonnymous@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 06:43:25 +0100, "Doug"
>><doug@FAKEpleasereplytogroup.com> wrote:
>>
>>>What issues should be considered when installing Google Chrome on a Vista
>>>PC?
>>
>>None. Don't be a wuss. Just go for it.
>
> Wuss Method:
>
> 1. Create a restore point.
>
> 2. Run the Disk Cleanup service.
>
> 3.Create an incremental backup of your most recent full system backup
> or create a new full system backup.
>
> NOW go for it.

Would you trust it for online banking?


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Subject: Re: Chrome
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Date: 9/2/2008 11:31:10 PM
From: Yulian Kuncheff [Email Address Protection]

Its a completely sound and secure browser. Just like Firefox or Internet
Explorer. They wouldn't release a browser publicly without working security.

Doug wrote:
>
> "Paul Montgomery" <i.m.nonnymous@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1o9sb45n1oradvs8lvmstmr7empbt7kj3i@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:47:17 -0500, Paul Montgomery
>> <i.m.nonnymous@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 06:43:25 +0100, "Doug"
>>> <doug@FAKEpleasereplytogroup.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What issues should be considered when installing Google Chrome on a
>>>> Vista
>>>> PC?
>>>
>>> None. Don't be a wuss. Just go for it.
>>
>> Wuss Method:
>>
>> 1. Create a restore point.
>>
>> 2. Run the Disk Cleanup service.
>>
>> 3.Create an incremental backup of your most recent full system backup
>> or create a new full system backup.
>>
>> NOW go for it.
>
> Would you trust it for online banking?

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Subject: Re: Chrome
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Date: 9/2/2008 11:40:11 PM
From: "Synapse Syndrome" [Email Address Protection]

"Yulian Kuncheff" <yulian@kuncheff.com> wrote in message
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> Its a completely sound and secure browser. Just like Firefox or Internet
> Explorer. They wouldn't release a browser publicly without working
> security.
>

Have you noticed how fast it is? I suspect that it is so fast as it uses
the Google cache as a proxy. While this does not bother me too much, if I
am correct, that could make some people concerned for their privacy.

ss.



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Subject: Re: Chrome
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Date: 9/3/2008 3:45:27 AM
From: "Tom Lake" [Email Address Protection]

> Have you noticed how fast it is? I suspect that it is so fast as it uses
> the Google cache as a proxy. While this does not bother me too much, if I
> am correct, that could make some people concerned for their privacy.

You didn't read the Chrome comic book? It's supposed to be so fast because
it's
completely multi-threaded so the UI doesn't have to wait for anything.

Tom Lake


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Subject: Re: Chrome
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Date: 9/3/2008 8:41:58 AM
From: "leap frog vista" [Email Address Protection]

I have converted its arse into a portable browser..

I hate installing crap just to see what they are like. I run it from a
folder and can transfer it without installing it on other machines.

That's what I do with most apps, at least those that can be converted to
portable.



"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMsyndrome.me.uk> wrote in message
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> "Paul Montgomery" <i.m.nonnymous@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:f69sb4tsbhsqnsv2daksc94bltkihr4cfb@4ax.com...
>>
>>>What issues should be considered when installing Google Chrome on a Vista
>>>PC?
>>
>> None. Don't be a wuss. Just go for it.
>
>
> It's pretty weird that it gets installed in %appdata%, and therefore only
> for the current user.
>
> ss.
>

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Subject: Re: Chrome
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Date: 9/3/2008 8:56:03 AM
From: "Gazill Yanaire" [Email Address Protection]


"leap frog vista" <leapfrog@vizztal.com> wrote in message
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>I have converted its arse into a portable browser..
>
> I hate installing crap just to see what they are like. I run it from a
> folder and can transfer it without installing it on other machines.
>
> That's what I do with most apps, at least those that can be converted to
> portable.
>
>


You can't work most apps. Way over your head.

>
> "Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMsyndrome.me.uk> wrote in message
> news:OxKe9jYDJHA.1628@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> "Paul Montgomery" <i.m.nonnymous@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:f69sb4tsbhsqnsv2daksc94bltkihr4cfb@4ax.com...
>>>
>>>>What issues should be considered when installing Google Chrome on a
>>>>Vista
>>>>PC?
>>>
>>> None. Don't be a wuss. Just go for it.
>>
>>
>> It's pretty weird that it gets installed in %appdata%, and therefore only
>> for the current user.
>>
>> ss.
>>



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Subject: Re: Chrome
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Date: 9/3/2008 10:01:29 AM
From: "Doug" [Email Address Protection]


"Paul Montgomery" <i.m.nonnymous@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
news:1o9sb45n1oradvs8lvmstmr7empbt7kj3i@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:47:17 -0500, Paul Montgomery
> <i.m.nonnymous@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 06:43:25 +0100, "Doug"
>><doug@FAKEpleasereplytogroup.com> wrote:
>>
>>>What issues should be considered when installing Google Chrome on a Vista
>>>PC?
>>
>>None. Don't be a wuss. Just go for it.
>
> Wuss Method:
>
> 1. Create a restore point.
>
> 2. Run the Disk Cleanup service.
>
> 3.Create an incremental backup of your most recent full system backup
> or create a new full system backup.
>
> NOW go for it.

I have gone for it as advised by Paul and, yes, it does seem weird. My
desktop link points to:
C:\Users\Doug\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
whereas I would have expected something like:
C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\chrome.exe
And in fact there are no Chrome files that I can see in C:\Program Files,
yet Google Chrome is listed in the Uninstall List in the normal way.
That said, it is user friendly, very fast and my websites look completely
normal on it, by which I mean much the same as when using IE7 or the latest
versions of Firefox and Opera.
Doug


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Subject: Re: Chrome
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Date: 9/3/2008 10:02:41 AM
From: "Synapse Syndrome" [Email Address Protection]

"Tom Lake" <toml_12953@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:2FCA1AA8-329E-4BF9-9231-6C1A0620C828@microsoft.com...
>> Have you noticed how fast it is? I suspect that it is so fast as it uses
>> the Google cache as a proxy. While this does not bother me too much, if
>> I am correct, that could make some people concerned for their privacy.
>
> You didn't read the Chrome comic book? It's supposed to be so fast
> because it's
> completely multi-threaded so the UI doesn't have to wait for anything.


But that would not account for its high speed on my ThinkPad with a
single-core Pentium M processor (ie. no HyperThreading either). It seems
very fast to download pages, not just render, or go back (History from local
cache).

I wish it came out earlier, in time to influence IE8 into being sleeker and
faster. I like the idea of having no titlebar or statusbar as well.
Mouseover links brings up a little tooltip in the statusbar area instead.
Nice to have some fresh thinking in this very important field.

ss.



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Subject: Re: Chrome
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Date: 9/3/2008 11:02:31 AM
From: fb [Email Address Protection]

Synapse Syndrome wrote:

> "Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message=20
> news:98D82EE1-D624-4327-A38A-EA6B50AB0227@microsoft.com...
>=20
>>Google is positioning Chrome, which is also open source, as a friend=20
>>rather
>>than foe to competing browsers and is encouraging other organisations t=
o
>>adopt elements of the browser that suit their own products.
>=20
>=20
> How altruistic of Google. That's the sort of attitude that people find=
=20
> endearing. As soon as Chrome supports Google's own Toobar (v5 beta)=20
> features, it will be my browser of choice, and I am sure it will influe=
nce=20
> Firefox 4 and IE9.
>=20
> ss.=20
>=20
>=20
Oh yeah...sure...Google=AE is a benevolent corporation, just like Disney=AE=
=20
is...hahaha...sure they are.

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Subject: Re: Chrome
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Date: 9/3/2008 1:30:06 PM
From: Frank [Email Address Protection]

Alias wrote:

> fb wrote:
>=20
>> Synapse Syndrome wrote:
>>
>>> "Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message=
=20
>>> news:98D82EE1-D624-4327-A38A-EA6B50AB0227@microsoft.com...
>>>
>>>> Google is positioning Chrome, which is also open source, as a friend=
=20
>>>> rather
>>>> than foe to competing browsers and is encouraging other=20
>>>> organisations to
>>>> adopt elements of the browser that suit their own products.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> How altruistic of Google. That's the sort of attitude that people=20
>>> find endearing. As soon as Chrome supports Google's own Toobar (v5=20
>>> beta) features, it will be my browser of choice, and I am sure it=20
>>> will influence Firefox 4 and IE9.
>>>
>>> ss.
>>>
>> Oh yeah...sure...Google=AE is a benevolent corporation, just like=20
>> Disney=AE is...hahaha...sure they are.
>=20
>=20
> Yet clueless recommends using Google almost daily. Go figure.
>=20
> Did you work for Dismal Land cleaning the streets or what?
>=20
> Alias

Figures you wouldn't understand my post.
Everyone act surprised!

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Subject: Re: Chrome
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Date: 9/3/2008 4:18:26 PM
From: "Synapse Syndrome" [Email Address Protection]

"Frank" <aliasis@sheep-fukkin.babba> wrote in message
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>
> Figures you wouldn't understand my post.

How ironic, when my sarcasm flew over your flattened neanderthal cranium.

ss.



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Subject: Re: Chrome
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Date: 9/3/2008 5:10:25 PM
From: fb [Email Address Protection]

Synapse Syndrome wrote:
> "Frank" <aliasis@sheep-fukkin.babba> wrote in message
> news:g9ms4e$536$2@aioe.org...
>
>>Figures you wouldn't understand my post.
>
>
> How ironic, when my sarcasm flew over your flattened neanderthal cranium.
>
> ss.
>
>

Figures you'd underestimate and not really know what Neanderthals
intelligence really was.
I guess ss=still stupid!...LOL!

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Subject: Re: Chrome
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Date: 9/3/2008 5:15:38 PM
From: "Synapse Syndrome" [Email Address Protection]

"fb" <frank@noscm.org> wrote in message
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>>
>>>Figures you wouldn't understand my post.
>>
>> How ironic, when my sarcasm flew over your flattened neanderthal cranium.
>
> Figures you'd underestimate and not really know what Neanderthals
> intelligence really was.

Aww, how sweet... Franky is sticking up for his family!

> I guess ss=still stupid!...LOL!

Lame as ever... zzzz...zzzzzzzz......

ss.



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