Thread: New Laptop - Software Issues

Nice choice Garry,,
I think its reasonable to upgrade OS's every so often,, XP was released when?

I think the Mozilla software is pretty good,,
Though Mrs Pedro now swears by the Chrome browser.

Mozilla are pretty quick to fix things.

Thanks Pedro.

Looks like I might have fixed the password issue - like most people I use Google as my search engine and I have found that I need to log in to google to get the password save function to work in Firefox - not sure why but it seems to have fixed it.

Now to why spelling is not working in firefox.

Cheers

Garry

Originally Posted by garrycol

Thanks Pedro.

Looks like I might have fixed the password issue - like most people I use Google as my search engine and I have found that I need to log in to google to get the password save function to work in Firefox - not sure why but it seems to have fixed it.

Now to why spelling is not working in firefox.

Cheers

Garry

Updating from an older version of Firefox can mean the spelling plugin from the older version will not work. You may need to check for an update of the plugin. I got a new one for the current version.

Ok thanks - how do you know you need plugins? When I ticked the spelling box in firefox it did not say it needed a plugin to work.

Cheers

Garry

You can get an Australian English plugin from here

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...an-dictionary/

Works well with the latest version of Mozilla SeaMonkey, Don't know about the latest version of Firefox.

Originally Posted by garrycol

Looks like I might have fixed the password issue - like most people I use Google as my search engine and I have found that I need to log in to google to get the password save function to work in Firefox - not sure why but it seems to have fixed it.

Spoke too soon - passwords still not saving at all - Firefox as far as setup is concerned is crap - if you tick a box it should all happen, without further knowledge should not be required.

PS - I had delete history selected which it does but also deletes passwords - finally found the box that allows history to be deleted but leaves the passwords.

Now - where do I find where Bookmarks are stored for Firefox so I can copy them over to the new system?

Also - emails - is there a Win 7 email system that will enable me to read my old Outlook Express emails.

Garry

Garry,

Try Opera browser for both emails and internet stuff.

It does everything you want to, is free, stable, and I have never had any drama's with it.

At work we still use XP. It's almost as bullet proof as NT4.
Vista was not even considered.
They are trialling a few Windows 7 machines and there have been / are quite a few as yet unsolvable issues.
I recently upgraded a friends machine to Windows 7 (he wanted it against my advice). "XP was running too slow" he said. The computer is now running slower than it was with XP.
I was surprised to learn Windows no longer has Outlook Express (not packaged with Vista as well I'm told). It is a Microsoft marketing descision as they want people to use "The Cloud".
He ended up wanting to install Outlook (at $180) as that is what he used at work.
We also had to replace a number of hardware items as Windows 7 drivers are not available.
What do I use?
For my internet browsing computer I use Fedora. I am forever finding newer, simpler ways to do things I need to do. My Windows machines are now rarely used.
What do I recommend?
Apple computers with their o/s or Ubuntu.
A few work colleagues over the years have wanted to get old work laptops that were thrown out working. These laptops didn't come with an o/s. I'm surprised at how quickly these computer nongs picked up how to use this software. After a week they were setting up and using software I didn't know how to use.