need help installing HP desktop counter

[justcarol67]

Mary wrote:
> This is embarrassing but true. When I try to download the book &
movie counter from Mugglenet.com, I end up with a .CDF file on my
desktop. When I  click on it, all I get is the xml code. 
>  
> <?xml  version="1.0" ?>  
<snip code>
 
> It doesn't matter whether I download it with Internet Explorer or
Firefox.  I suspect it is some security setting somewhere but I can't
figure out where.  Any ideas?  
>  
> Thanks!
>  
> ---Mary, who is tired of juggling different operating systems,
computers, and versions of MS Office

Carol responds:
No need to be embarrassed! I had similar problems and finally
succeeded in installing the thing after also installing Yahoo! widget
engine, but that caused problems with my preferred browser, Netscape
7.2. (I've tried IE, Firefox, and Netscape 8.0-8.3 and still prefer
Netscape 7.2. I also like licorice. And Snape. Tastes and preferences
are unaccountable, right?) The countdown thingie was also so large
that it obscured most of my wallpaper and icons, so I ended up
deleting it, uninstalling the widget engine, and restoring Windows to
its previous state. Thank goodness, my computer is back to normal
(knock on wood).

Not worth it, IMHO. However, I'm a Netscape and prejudiced against
anything connected with Microsoft, so it's hard to be wholly objective
here. Too bad I have no choice but to use Windows XP and Microsoft
Word! (BTW, Microsoft Word 2002+ is *not* an improvement over Word 97
and 2000, and the developers should be forced to edit a 500-page
document using the new version of change tracking to see just how bad
it really is. I uninstalled 2002 and bought a new copy of Word 2000
from eBay because I couldn't stand the stupid bubbles in the margins
for comments and deletions. If it works, don't fix it!)

Carol, with apologies for the anti-Microsoft tirade, but there are
days when I feel like Microsoft's thrall