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As a mini update to my post above, I managed to try out Internet Explorer 8.0 this morning, before leaving for work, to see if it was still OK.

Well, lo and behold, IE8.0 remains unaffected and it can still play YouTube videos, while Opera 10.10 still works as a browser but YouTube videos are now inoperative and Firefox 3.6 will not open.

All thanks to MS's latest (Patch Tuesday) security update.


UK Bob

PS. I wonder if this a deliberate act by MS to get people to only use it's IE8.0 browser?

Blackhorse 70V

Just seen your post, like you I do not use MS's automatic updates, I have been caught out in the past by their device driver and WMP updates, also when I lost the use of MS Fax (came free with XP).

However, I have never had any problems, until now, with security updates, which are suppose to block security holes and not interfere with non-MS apps (or am I being too naive in this belief).

Anyway, as I still use Opera 10.10 (I checked this morning) I will update to 10.50 to see if this cures my non-playing YouTube video problem. In the meantime, I will wait to see of Firefox pushes out a “fix” for this new problem.



UK Bob

PS. I use Firefox because it has more safety features than any other browser but it's memory usage is quite heavy.

PPS. A work colleague recommended Google's Chrome which, he said, has a built in sandbox.

PPS. If all else fails then "System Restore" it is.