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->2. Installation</H1
+>2. Installation</A
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><DIV
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><H3
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><A
NAME="WHICHBROWSERS"
-></A
->2.1. Which browsers are supported by Privoxy?</H3
+>2.1. Which browsers are supported by Privoxy?</A
+></H3
><P
> Any browser that can be configured to use a proxy, which
should be virtually all browsers, including
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>Internet
Explorer</SPAN
->, and <SPAN
+>, <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Opera</SPAN
+>, and
+ <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Safari</SPAN
> among others.
Direct browser support is not an absolute requirement since
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><A
NAME="WHICHOS"
-></A
->2.2. Which operating systems are supported?</H3
+>2.2. Which operating systems are supported?</A
+></H3
><P
> At present, <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> is known to run on
- Windows(95, 98, ME, 2000, XP), Linux (RedHat, SuSE, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo,
- Slackware and others), Mac OSX, OS/2, AmigaOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD,
- Solaris, and various other flavors of Unix.</P
+ Windows(95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista), GNU/Linux (RedHat, SuSE, Debian,
+ Fedora, Gentoo, Slackware and others), Mac OSX, OS/2, AmigaOS, FreeBSD,
+ NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and various other flavors of Unix.</P
><P
> But any operating system that runs TCP/IP, can conceivably take advantage of
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><A
NAME="EMAIL-CLIENT"
-></A
->2.3. Can I use Privoxy with my email client?</H3
+>2.3. Can I use Privoxy with my email client?</A
+></H3
><P
> As long as there is some way to set a HTTP proxy for the client, then yes,
any application can be used, whether it is strictly speaking a
><H3
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><A
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-></A
->2.4. Can I install
- Privoxy over Junkbuster?</H3
-><P
-> We recommend you un-install <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Junkbuster</SPAN
->
- first to minimize conflicts and confusion. You may want to
- save your old configuration files for future reference. The configuration
- files and syntax have substantially changed, so you will need to manually
- port your old patterns. See the <A
-HREF="../user-manual/upgradersnote.html"
-TARGET="_top"
->note
- to upgraders</A
-> and <A
-HREF="../user-manual/installation.html"
-TARGET="_top"
->installation
- chapter</A
-> in the <A
-HREF="../user-manual/index.html"
-TARGET="_top"
->User Manual</A
->
- for details.
- </P
-><P
-> Note: Some installers may automatically un-install
- <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Junkbuster</SPAN
->, if present!
- </P
-></DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="SECT2"
-><H3
-CLASS="SECT2"
-><A
NAME="FIRSTSTEP"
-></A
->2.5. I just installed Privoxy. Is there anything
-special I have to do now?</H3
+>2.4. I just installed Privoxy. Is there anything
+special I have to do now?</A
+></H3
><P
> All browsers must be told to use <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
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><A
NAME="LOCALHOST"
-></A
->2.6. What is the proxy address of Privoxy?</H3
+>2.5. What is the proxy address of Privoxy?</A
+></H3
><P
> If you set up the <SPAN
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><A
NAME="NOTHING"
-></A
->2.7. I just installed Privoxy, and nothing is happening.
-All the ads are there. What's wrong?</H3
+>2.6. I just installed Privoxy, and nothing is happening.
+All the ads are there. What's wrong?</A
+></H3
><P
> Did you configure your browser to use <SPAN
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><A
NAME="NOTUSED"
-></A
->2.8. I get a <SPAN
+>2.7. I get a <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"Privoxy is not being used"</SPAN
> dummy page although
-Privoxy is running and being used.</H3
+Privoxy is running and being used.</A
+></H3
><P
> First, make sure that Privoxy is <SPAN
CLASS="emphasis"
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