Google Chrome Needs More Desktop Testing
Google Chrome is barely a day into beta, so I don’t expect it to be perfect. I do, however, expect it to run. I’m sure Chrome runs Web apps like lightning, with its process isolation and V8 JavaScript engine. Google seems to have forgotten, however, that while Chrome runs Web apps, it still runs on [...]Google Chrome Needs More Desktop Testing
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You’re probably the only one on the entire planet to have that much difficulty installing a straightforward-install app like Chrome.
It’s outrightly misleading to leave a statement like “I’ve wasted a whole morning just trying to get the thing to work” without caveat or qualification. It gives the impression that Chrome is a bad product, which it is not.
Dude.
When you see blue text that is underlined, it’s a hyperlink.
Time to get a MAC if that POS you’re working on can’t handle a standard installer. (Better to blame your PC than admit to pilot error, right?)
When you see an alternative to Microsoft’s Internet Destroyer, take it.
Hi,
I’m using windows xp sp2. I installed google chrome this morning. It worked great. Then I decided to upgrade to sp3 and chrome stopped working. It simply wouldn’t run. I rolled back to sp2 and it started working again. Not sure what the issue is, but I’m guessing there’s a conflict with sp3.
I’ve been following Chrome discussions and there are a lot of installation problems that comes with it. Mike here is not alone, so I do not think it is right to say:
Kev, who replied just above me, also reported the same thing. Although I do not know how to revert back to SP2 that fast
(How did you do that Kev?)
Anyway, I am using SP3 but never had problems. My anti-virus is NOD32. I’ve read in other discussions that Chrome is having issues with certain Anti-Virus and related applications, and yes conflicts.
I tried Chrome. It conflicts with my Shop Safe virtual credit card number generating software. If ShopSafe.exe is running, Chrome doesn’t. I’ve read that Citi Bank has a similar program that also conflicts with Chrome. I’ve also found that ShopSafe.exe disrupts the Chrome install and uninstall.
One thing that I don’t see mentioned is that Chrome doesn’t install into the Program Files folder. It installs into the user’s Documents and Settings folder. Of course, this means no out of the box global install for all PC users. I’m not sure if this will fly in a business setting.