Date : Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:25:39 +1030
From : station240@... (paul aslin)
Subject: bbcdocs website problem
That's why I stopped using IE, it just wouldn't work at all on certain websites.
Really wierd as http is a proper standard, not the Microsoft respect standards.
Anyway, the level of security is entirely dependant on how many microsoft
programs are used/active. Disabling things like remote desktop and using
something other than IE makes everything less likely to get owned.
From: devries.bob@...
To: bbc-micro@...
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:27:36 +1000
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] bbcdocs website problem
Out of interest/desperation?, I tried to download
the same file from here: http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/bbc/doc/Welcome.pdf and
I successfully downloaded it. Go figure!
----- Original Message -----
From:
paul
aslin
To: bbc-micro@...
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:56
AM
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] bbcdocs website
problem
I recommend "PDF-XChange Viewer", free from http://www.tracker-software.com/product/downloads
Unlike
the Adobe PDF viewer this one doesn't lockup, crash and get owned by viruses.
Use the save button in the program to save a copy of the file to your hard
drive.
> From: devries.bob@...
> To: bbc-micro@...;
afra@...
>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:46:07 +1000
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] bbcdocs
website problem
>
> Hi Phill,
> I followed your directions,
and found the Welcome.pdf file, but I still
> can't download it
:(
>
> I know WinXP and IE6 are not the greatest, but I absolutely
loathe Windows
> 7, and since I'm running on fairly old hardware, I at
least have a stable
> arrangement.
>
> Regards, Bob
Devries
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Phill
Harvey-Smith
> To: bbc-micro@...
>
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 9:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] bbcdocs
website problem
>
>
> Bob Devries wrote:
>> Hi
all,
>
> Hi Bob,
>
>> I seem to be having a problem
grabbing files from the BBC DOCS
>> (www.bbcdocs.com) website. I click on a link
and it starts to load the
> (PDF)
>> file, but then stops, and
finally errors out.
>>
>> As an example, the BBC Welcome
booklet file gets to 11kB, and finally
> errors
>> out. I'm
using IE6 and Acrobat reader 9 on WinXP Pro SP2.
>
> You do of
course realise that IE6 and XP SP2 are ancient and very
> vulnarable
?
>
>> Oddly enough, the thumbnail link shows as:
>>
File:////D:/Beeb/bbcdocs.com/filebase/essentials/Welcome.pdf
>>
It does, however, show the thumbnail correctly.
>>
>> The
file's link is:
> http://www.bbcdocs.com/filebase/essentials/Welcome.pdf
>
>
Humm 404 error here with Firefox 3.5.11, and XP SP3, so looks like
that
> file is linked wrongly / missing....
>
> However I
was able to download the BBC user guide and Advanced user
> guide
without problems.
>
> Humm there's deffo something odd going on, I
took the liink to the
> advanced user guide and pasted it into firefox,
and removed the filename
> :-
>
> http://www.bbcdocs.com/filebase/essentials/
>
>
I then clicked onto the atom directory and then on parent directory
>
(from the atom one), and came back up somewhere else with many more
>
files.....guess someone's got their links in a twist :(
>
> The
Welcome.pdf is there and I was able to successfully download
it.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Phill.
>
> --
>
Phill Harvey-Smith, Programmer, Hardware hacker, and general eccentric
!
>
> "You can twist perceptions, but reality won't budge" --
Rush.
>
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