Comments on: Tip of the day: Change your default browser http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=954 Helping PC users make sense of Microsoft software since 1991 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:54:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: pat http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=954&cpage=1#comment-154631 pat Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:15:59 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=954#comment-154631 i hope this works AOL said that their web browser was permanent i hope this works AOL said that their web browser was permanent

]]> By: Shannon http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=954&cpage=1#comment-2680 Shannon Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:49:36 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=954#comment-2680 I would have never even seen the set default function in the start menu without first reading your tip, thanx. I would have never even seen the set default function in the start menu without first reading your tip, thanx.

]]> By: Neil T. http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=954&cpage=1#comment-2428 Neil T. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=954#comment-2428 You might also want to point out that the Set Program Access & Defaults dialog only appears in Windows XP SP1 and greater. But then anyone who is still using the now unsupported RTM version of Windows XP is unlikely to be reading your blog - I imagine most of your readers would have the technically ability, and indeed sense to upgrade to SP1 or 2. The only other comment I'd make is that only in SP2, or SP1 with a particular update installed, will the change be fully reflected. If memory serves me correctly, MS released an update to this dialog after it was found that in some cases IE would still open instead of, say, Firefox. Even then, it still doesn't cover all bases as your follow-up posting on Wednesday demonstrates. You might also want to point out that the Set Program Access & Defaults dialog only appears in Windows XP SP1 and greater. But then anyone who is still using the now unsupported RTM version of Windows XP is unlikely to be reading your blog – I imagine most of your readers would have the technically ability, and indeed sense to upgrade to SP1 or 2.

The only other comment I’d make is that only in SP2, or SP1 with a particular update installed, will the change be fully reflected. If memory serves me correctly, MS released an update to this dialog after it was found that in some cases IE would still open instead of, say, Firefox. Even then, it still doesn’t cover all bases as your follow-up posting on Wednesday demonstrates.

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