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I really like konqueror as file browser. So I’ve changed the start view to “file managment”, which is more useful for me due to using firefox as my default browser. Also that worked fine, the “intab” view feature of konqueror was annoying. I had to switch back to my prefered “detailed list view” every time, after opening kpdf, gwenview etc. within konqueror. Here is my solution to fix it:
Go to the “configure konqueror” menu, and select “file assocations”. Browse to “inode” and click on “directory”, where you switch to the “embedding” tab. Just move your prefered view to the top.

Sometimes you need this Microsoft os called Windows, e.g. for updating your nokia mobile firmware. I’ve been happy to see, that the firmware for my E51 was updated some days ago. I tried to use the NSU (Nokia Software Updater) but the connection failed again and again. I even turned off my firewall in XP but nothing happend.
Searching for the given error message did not lead to a result (german message and english support board), but I’ve found the english error message, something with “NOL” - and there was the hint: NSU uses IE’s proxy settings to connect to the update server. This sucks and is not documented anywhere! I’ve changed my IE proxy settings for using IE at my uas only - and using firefox for “real” work.