Digsy Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 A while ago I posted up that I wanted to upgrade to IE7 but I couldn't because my Windows Genuine Advantage thingy wasn't working anymore. If you go to Yahoo.co.uk and look in the bottom left there is a link to "get IE7 now". This takes you to a download page where you can apparently get IE7 with a load of Yahoo! add-on bollocks, but seemingly without having to get it from the Microsoft site. I'm at work so I can't try it at the moment. Has anyone got IE7 this way? Linky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 You might as well light a bonfire and stick the pc in it than add any yahoo bollocks to a PC. Its crap, it really is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted May 10, 2007 Author Share Posted May 10, 2007 Well, as far as I can see the only changes are: 2 home pages: Yahoo! & Yahoo! News Yahoo! Search as your default Yahoo! Toolbar Nothing too sinister there, hopefully. I would like IE7 but I was just wondering whether I would fall foul of the dreaded WGA at some point during the install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Yahoo! Toolbar. Enough said. Try it at your own pearl! Can i ask, why you want IE7? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Get firefox if you cannot get IE 7 without addons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted May 10, 2007 Author Share Posted May 10, 2007 I have Firefox already. The main reason I want IE7 is because it has a feature that magnifies web pages, which is useful for me because I run my PC through a plasma screen 12 feet away. That's fine when what I'm looking at is nice and big, but when some doughnut web developer with his nose 2" away from a 20" monitor uses 2pt greay text on a white background it can get a bit hard on the eyes I've been told you can get a plugin for FF that does pretty much the same thing, so maybe I'll try that out first. So why all the anti-Yahoo toolbar hate? I've avoided installing it in the past, but only because I don't need it for anything. What does it actually do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Its a bit of a sytem hog, buggy and contains spyware. Has been like it for years. Do the FF add on, or im sure that same add on exists via 3rd party for IE6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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