# I can't believe Microsoft did this!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-microsoft-did-this/365219>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 19, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-microsoft-did-this/365219 "2006-07-19T19:34:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-microsoft-did-this/365219/1 "2006-07-19T19:34:07Z")

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Today I looked at my taskbar and saw the Microsoft Defender logo with a little exclamation point. When I clicked on it, it told me that there was a newer version available for download. OK, I’ll download the new version.

This is where it gets bizarre! There was an instruction page for the download, complete with screen shots showing how to respond when the browser prompts appear, etc. **The screen shots were from Firefox!** I’m assuming that the web page discovered I was using Firefox and displayed the appropriate page, which is always a nice touch, but from Microsoft? :eek: 😕 :eek: 😕

I thought MS would be so self-centric that they would refuse to acknowledge even the existence of other browsers besides IE.

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**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-microsoft-did-this/365219/2 "2006-07-19T19:39:23Z")

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Microsoft have improved a lot lately.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-microsoft-did-this/365219/3 "2006-07-19T19:41:47Z")

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It’s in their best interests to be the one you turn to to update non-Microsoft applications.

It’s also in their best interests to provide you with an update process that works.

I hear they’re still working on that second one… so, how’d it go?

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**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-microsoft-did-this/365219/4 "2006-07-19T19:42:12Z")

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Damn, I came here looking for a rant. 😛

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**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-microsoft-did-this/365219/5 "2006-07-19T19:43:10Z")

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> [@Ethilrist](#):
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> I hear they’re still working on that second one… so, how’d it go?

The installation went OK, but the icon still hasn’t disappeared from the taskbar.