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woodsprite

(11,910 posts)

12. Week! This sounds like a nightmare for work.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #9)

Fri Jul 3, 2020, 11:22 AM

Jul 2020

I’m a lightweight web developer (a designer/QA
tester really, forcibly migrated into coding with Java, JavaScript, Eclipse, and Python, to free up programmers for “real programming”).

We have to be able to support Edge, but our users mainly use Firefox, Chrome, and Safari. And Our connection to work are constantly checked to make sure we have the latest updates.

Thanks for the “heads up”. Not looking forward to restarting my machine

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With Edge, Microsoft's forced Windows updates just sank to a new low [View all] douglas9 Jul 2020 OP

Squatter's rights Ponietz Jul 2020 #1

It is a terrible browser, I was able to uninstall it. It wanted to overtake everything causing me katmondoo Jul 2020 #2

sounds like m$ is up to its old tricks again. AllaN01Bear Jul 2020 #5

I use duckduckgo. Much better than anything by Microsoft. They Squinch Jul 2020 #3

I just bought a new laptop and it is blocking me from downloading Chrome Siwsan Jul 2020 #4

So delete the S program. stopbush Jul 2020 #7

Thanks! Siwsan Jul 2020 #10

I deleted the S program pretty early on when my son bought me an ASIS laptop stopbush Jul 2020 #11

The new Edge is much better than the old Edge. ManiacJoe Jul 2020 #17

Oh great. MuseRider Jul 2020 #6

Same thing happened to me the other day. Didn't ask for it, don't want it. Was not aware it could in2herbs Jul 2020 #8

When I purchased a new laptop recently, Baitball Blogger Jul 2020 #9

Week! This sounds like a nightmare for work. woodsprite Jul 2020 #12

Right. I threw it in trash and have been using chrome as usual with no interference from Edge. LizBeth Jul 2020 #13

It showed up as an update a week or so ago.. 2naSalit Jul 2020 #14

The Verge ItsjustMe Jul 2020 #15

Last couple weeks or so, when I pull up Bing for a search, lastlib Jul 2020 #16