You can install and run Firefox 2 on a computer running Vista. I think
it actually runs better on Vista than on XP.

William

pippin wrote:[color=blue]
> any pre-install advice as I yet to upgrade my XP computers to IE7?
> I was looking forward to a tabbed IE but after using IE in Vista the
> prospect of the new release for XP didn't have me downloading ASAP.
>
> I did install FF2 & the release candidates for this browser - love it but
> miss it in Vista :( I have just made a full backup of one of my XP computers
> before any decision to install IE7 don't want this on an auto as I would
> prefer to know when I am going to install. Read various posts about install
> problems - presume the less running in the background the more chance of a
> successful install?
>
> I will still use FF as my main browser but know the odd time I have to run IE.
>
>
> "William" wrote:
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>> I have had NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS installing and running Internet Explorer 7
>> on any computer. No crashes, no problems with the tabs, no problems with any
>> other application, no need to customize the browser (I like the clean simple
>> look much better than the junky cluttered look of Avant or Maxthon). And
>> computers are not new to me, I have been in the Computer industry for 25
>> years.
>>
>> William
>>
>> "progressive realization" <-> wrote in message
>> news:uCQJgJc%23GHA.3480@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>> Dont ask me.. read all the posts in this newsgroups and see what people
>>> are saying.
>>> If you have no problems then one or more or all of the following things
>>> have happened:
>>>
>>> 1) You are extreamly lucky (it did not crash, the tabs worked, it did not
>>> wreak other software)
>>> 2) You are not a power user. In other words you dont want or need to
>>> customize the browser,
>>> or you use it for simple browsing.
>>> 3) Your computer has been formated or windows installed recently and you
>>> have a limited number of programs installed.
>>> 4) You have bad taste
>>> 5) You are not a "seasoned" computer user and the problems are invisible
>>> to you.
>>> 6) You are Bill Gates, a MVP or you work for Microsoft.
>>>
>>> Sorry...
>>>
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