I too avoid beta releases on all except one system which is just for tinkering. On the question of leaving installed betas on-board, I disagree. Unless there is no change reported in the change log, a beta should always be replaced by the final release. All too often users find themselves facing a plethora of beta releases followed by even more RCs (release candidates) before the final release. Take a minute to look at the release history for Firefox on the link below. A user always wants the best, safest, most secure, and most user friendly application available. The final release should always be a clean install rather than the beta overwritten. The use of REVO would be an excellent idea. Betas are not experimental. They are applications which are works in progress, and the users are the testers. DA Here is a link that might be useful: Firefox

bpgreen is correct it can cause total corruption of data or damage on the device as well as the pc, especially memory cards since they are more fragile. I would have Dell repair it if it is new, that is a faulty item, have you told them about this? Even though USB devices are Plug & PlayÂthat is, they're ready to go upon being plugged inÂyou shouldn't just unplug them. A USB port has current running through it, so the power jolt caused by unplugging a "hot" connection can corrupt data on a storage device, camera, or mp3 player. "The purpose of "Safely Remove Hardware" is simple: it's how you tell Windows that you're about to remove a device so that Windows can finish whatever it needs to do with it. In the case of disks, for example, Windows flushes all disk buffers, avoiding things like potential corruption. And that's the fear - if you remove something like a USB thumb drive without first telling Windows, it's possible to corrupt the contents of the drive. In practice that doesn't happen often, but it's possible." Safely Remove Hardware You just never know when it will happen, I have definitely seen it happen and it is not pretty, which is why I stress it so much. For things like Ipods it can make it no longer operable. So if it were my pc I would find out why it is not functioning properly. Here is how to create a desktop shortcut link for it you might try that and see if it works any better. Create a Safely Remove Hardware shortcut there is some very good info here for options on how to fix or work around the issues. How to solve Windows' inability to safely remove hardware? there is a little program you can purchase that is supposed to make it a simple one click solution, but I do not know anything about it. I guess you could try the 30 trial period and see if it works. USB Safely Remove So I would do as bpgreen does and shut down before removing it if I was not able to get the remove safely to operate.

Thankyou Ravencajun Quote: I would also suggest that you download it from the actual download site instead of your windows updates. I will provide the link, select your language and your version which is 7 sp1and 64bit. If you prefer you can also download it then go into safe mode and install, less things running so less to interfere. Unquote. I had downloaded IE 10 from MicroSoft's Official Update site. I saw it in their list of downloads for my system. It is not imperative that I have IE 10 right now, so I shall wait. Your suggestion for switching to the Safe Mode to sort out problems is a good one. My main concern was that I may have a bad copy of IE 10 (compressed download file) somewhere in my computer and I'd like to get rid of it, but I don't know its file name or where it may reside. Again, thanks for your reply.

I'm sorry for taking so long to get back to you, Raven. And may I second Lily's nickname for you?? I've been trying everything I can find online and what you have given me, to no avail. Hubby can usually figure these things out eventually, but he's particularly busy at work these days and fighting a virus as well, so I thought I'd try to do this "myself." :) We are getting Yahoo and Apple mail now, but I sure do like the layout and workings of Entourage much better. I'll keep trying!! Thank you, again.