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Whenever I install a new program, vista always wants to use the original default program. E.g. I have installed firefox and every time firefox loads it asks me whether I want to make it the default program. I always choose yes. Then I close it. The start menu internet has not been changed from internet explorer. I then open firefox again and it asks me the same message. This is true for many applications.

It is the same with Utorrent. I work a lot from home and the only way I manage to get my work done is using a .torrent file to transfer my work to other clients. This always asks me whether i want to make it the default application but I didnt think vista had a default application to use torrents!

If you are not familiar with how Firefox add-ons work, here is a quick introduction. Firefox is a free browser that anyone can use. But unlike other browsers, Firefox allows third party developers to come up with useful applications. These applications can be installed on the browser, and they appear to be part of the browser. For this reason, they are also commonly referred to as Firefox extensions.

Every time I open Firefox in Vista it asks if I want to make it my default browser, and I say yes. It seems to me that Windows security won't let me change my default browser. I have Firefox set as the default browser for the start menu too. What do I have to do to make Firefox and not IE7 my default browser? thanks

Most browser implementors are quick to adopt emerging Internet technologies, but Microsoft can't or won't make Internet Explorer a modern web browser. Despite some positive steps in the right direction, Internet Explorer still lacks many important features. Its mediocrity has arguably hampered the evolution of the web and forced many site designers to depend on suboptimal proprietary solutions.

Next to chanting ‘developers, developers, developers’ once again at a Sydney developer conference, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has stated that he thought the idea of using open source application framework WebKit as the rendering engine for Internet Explorer (and its mobile sister) was “interesting” and that the company “may look at that.”