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Entry #26
My horrible experiences with Windows makes me hate it even more. Since my goal is to make my site cross-browser compatible, it makes sense to test it on other systems. Several days ago, I dug out my old Windows-based laptop, in order to test IE 7. But no, it wasn't that simple. In order to get IE 7, I had to install XP SP2. Thinking that this wouldn't take long, I went to Microsoft Update. But that wasn't the end of it. Microsoft Update made me install "Genuine Advantage," which is a piece of spyware that MS uses to make sure that your Windows is "valid"(As if there are people who waste their time downloading it off of Pirate Bay). My computer passed validation, so I moved on to the next step. I downloaded SP2(~200mb), and started installing it. Halfway through installation, it stopped, and exclaimed "access denied." I tried downloading SP2 from another source, thinking that the file was corrupt. After re-downloading, the same error occurred. Turns out I would have to re-install XP SP1 to be able to download SP2. My old computer still doesn't have SP2, nor does it have IE 7. The site works decently on IE 6, but I'm not too thrilled about having to rewrite all of my CSS to IE 6's f***ed up standards. So if you see any errors while using IE 6, don't even bother telling me. Just do the right thing and download Firefox or Safari. Continuing on the topic of Internet browsers, the site works perfectly on Linux, also. In fact, the site will work on any browser that supports the newer CSS standards.
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