Re: WinXP is Tweaked to Make it Difficult to Download Mozilla

Flatfoot wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 07:31:36 +0000, Rickles <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
> 
>>On 07/01/2005 05:44 Rick or Sharon wrote::
>>
>>
>>>First see my post on 12/30/04 about this subject.  There I talked
>>>about trying to download Mozilla on a new computer and the Mozilla
>>>website kept hanging, making it impossible to download the program.
>>>
>>>Meanwhile, I turned to my other computer, with Mozilla already
>>>installed, and was able to download the program in about two seconds.
>>>The new computer still wouldn't work on the Mozilla site although it
>>>worked fine on every other site that I tried.
>>>
>>>I thought that was suspicious.  
>>>
>>>Today I rebuilt my old computer and reinstalled the OS from scratch
>>>and updated it to XP SP1 and also the latest security updates.  Then I
>>>tried to download Mozilla.  Again it was the same thing.  The fresh XP
>>>install with updates works fine on every website except Mozilla.org.  
>>>
>>>Again, while the newly set up computer was hanging on the Mozilla site
>>>I turned to the other computer and very quickly downloaded Mozilla and
>>>burned it to a disc, put it in the other computer and installed it.  
>>>
>>>It took about 12 more minutes to finally download Mozilla with
>>>Internet Explorer.  
>>>
>>>Don't give me any comments about "paranoid conspiracy theories."
>>>Anybody can try this:  Fresh install of Windows XP, Windows Updates,
>>>and see how it is almost impossible to download Mozilla.
>>>
>>>Microsoft is up to its dirty tricks again.  Those of you who think
>>>this is a "conspiracy theory" are simply ignorant of Microsoft's
>>>history of dishonest and deceitful tactics aimed at discouraging the
>>>use of competing products.
>>
>>I have, within the last 2 weeks, performed a clean install of WinXP Pro, 
>> slipstreamed up to SP2, on a new PC I've built.  There are no delays 
>>or apparent hangups with downloads from Mozilla.org, or any other site 
>>for that matter.
>>
>>While I detest Microsoft for their heavy-handedness at the best of 
>>times, I don't agree with your interpretation of the sequence of events 
>>here.  Conspiracy theory??  No.  Possible default setting with your 
>>hardware/software on this install??  Quite likely.  It happens to all of 
>>us, at one time or another.
> 
> 
> It was just so weird that I had the same exact problem with two new
> installs, and IE only had problems on the Mozilla site while a
> different computer on the same network already running Mozilla could
> navigate the site and get the download quickly.
> 
> I don't know how a default setting could affect only one web site.
> That's what made me suspicious.  Maybe I AM paranoid.

Maybe Mozilla.org is out to get you.  Grin.