"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in
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On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:18:03 GMT, "Mario"
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Is it a good Idea to have multiple browsers in my machine.
Vista, ...


That's a version of Windows, not a browser.


... IE7, Firefox?


It is nether a good idea to have multiple browsers, nor a bad
idea.
You can have as many as you want.

Personally, I want only one--the one I think is best--but
there's no
downside to having more.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since
2003
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I use Internet Explorer 8.0 for most purposes. However, some
pages do not display properly in IE8 - and for those pages, I use
Opera or Mozilla Firefox. These three browsers co-exist happily
on my computer.

There is one proviso. You need to retain Internet Explorer on a
Win XP machine - because the Windows Update / Microsoft Update
options do not function with non-Microsoft browsers. If you try
to use Opera or Firefox Mozilla to access Microsoft Update, you
will receive the following response:

'Thank you for your interest in obtaining updates from our site.
'
'To use this site, you must be running Microsoft Internet
'Explorer 5 or later.
'
'To upgrade to the latest version of the browser, go to the
'Internet Explorer Downloads website.
'
'If you prefer to use a different web browser, you can obtain
'updates from the Microsoft Download Center or you can stay up to
'date with the latest critical and security updates by using
'Automatic Updates. To turn on Automatic Updates: ...