the hitchhiker's guide to the BGU computer labs

Do you use the BGU computer labs? Do you want to use web technologies which were developed since 2004?

The computers come with an archaic version of Microsoft Internet Explorer which does not run Facebook or Youtube. If you want to run a contemporary browser from one of these computers here is a quick guide.


(1) install a browser on your flash drive (of these Opera is the most fast and stable)
Portable Firefox
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Opera 10
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Portable Chrome

(2) Manually add Adobe Flash Player to the folder: plug ins:

Here is a summary of a tutorial I found at varesano.net
You will need Adobe Flash Player but you don't have admin access - so you can install Flash manually in a few easy steps.
a. Download the .xpi archive of the flash player plug in (right click 'save link as')
b. Rename the file from  .xpi to .zip
c. Unarchive it
d. Move two files over into the "plugins" folder of firefox or opera or chrome
these files are flashplayer.xpt     and    NPSWF32.dll
e. Restart your browser and enjoy!