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   TOM WALKER to ED VANCE   
   Re: Found New Hardware   
   10 Jun 15 06:26:00   
   
   EV> MH> It can be done using either a Management Card (which all mine   
   EV> MH> have), or probably through the serial port.   
      
   EV>At first I had a USB2 wire between the UPS and XP box to use the   
   EV>Tripp Lite PowerAlert software, but after having problems every time I   
   EV>clicked on the Help tab and it not working I unplugged the wire.   
      
   EV>When clicking on Help for the UPS, Firefox would open 2 tabs, the first   
   EV>tab never connected and the second tab went to www.files.com and seeing   
   EV>WOT gave that web site a bad rating added to my decision to not use the   
   EV>software.   
      
   EV>Tripp Lite Tech Support told me it needed Java enabled too.   
   EV>I wasn't using Java because I've read Oracle was having problems with   
   EV>it back then and had uninstalled Java on the XP box.   
      
   EV>I never looked to see if Java got fixed by them.   
      
   About 50% of the sites I visit will not fully work with Java.   
   Ad Block tells me if it is necessary for a particualrly site and I give   
   them temporary permission if i want to do soemthing on that site.   
   Some sites I fully trust and give them a blanket exception   
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