My computer has been running slow off and on for about a Month.
Over the weekend I downloaded and installed 2 programs Avast and StopZilla.
I always have CCleaner and McAfee on board, I use CCleaner on a regular bases.
My computer was slow as tar. Suddenly I then I thought about firefox maybe it was damaged somehow.
I just did an update this morning to Firefox 3.6 (WoW) what a difference running faster than ever both open browser or just off line.
I noticed it was still running even after I would shut down the browser. Of course I removed Avast and StopZilla when I was done as they didn't pick up anything; anyways.
I use Opera which is faster still but I accept is a minority browser so isn't 100% compatible with this site.
I don't bother with memory resident AV or any of that rubbish, it slows my computer down. I just use a restricted account and scan anything I'm not 99% sure about. I scan every two weeks or so and I've never had a virus in years, the last time it was my fault because I installed something I shouldn've.
If you were using Exploder before your favorites or saved stuff will be under bookmarks I don't think they will transfer from exploder or MSN. You have to create your own.
To view toolbars you go to view next to file and edit at the top of the browser it will be under view toolbars.
Thats the whole problem. The tool bars do not install so I have no way to adjust anything.
I have installed the whole program and reinstalled it but I cant get the tool bars to activate so I can adjust its layout and I cant figure out how to access them.
If you have some custom toolbars such as Yahoo or Google for IE, they won't work with Firefox, you need to get them for Firefox too.
I recommend installing a couple of extensions for Firefox Adblock Plus and Clippings, especially the latter which can be set-up so you have a list of symbols when you right click in a text box - see attached.
Firefox also has a built-in spell checker but you'll need to install the dictionary for your language.
If Firefox stays running in memory After you close the browser, then one of your add ons is most likely the cause. Try disabling them one at a time. An add on called Ghostery is notorius for this.
If your talking about the browser itself and not ETO then your going to want to go to tools at the top of the browser then your options at the bottom of the selections. You can create new add on's.
If Firefox stays running in memory After you close the browser, then one of your add ons is most likely the cause. Try disabling them one at a time. An add on called Ghostery is notorius for this.
That's not true, Firefox should be completely unloaded from memory when you close all the windows, unless you're using Firefox preloader.
I don't know whether the same can be said about IE, it used to be part of explorer.exe which is always in memory but I think this has changed since XP SP 2.
Here is what I have. I have the tabs for new pages thats it.
I get nothing useful on right clicking and there are simply no pull down tabs like what I see on the fire fox adds and what not.
IE8 has the top tool bars but they are not active in fire fox I want to know how I get them or turn them on if they are already there in fire fox.
Without my favorites folders or any common tool bar functions fire fox is useless to me.
I dumped it again shut off my computer and did a full restart then reinstalled from the website .
Now I have tool bars and everything else as well. Its even underlining my misspelled words too!
How do I change the font style? I don't care for this one.
If Firefox stays running in memory After you close the browser, then one of your add ons is most likely the cause. Try disabling them one at a time. An add on called Ghostery is notorius for this.
Its apparently beyond my comprehension and I have done fine without so far so guess it stays as is.
It took me over 3 months to figure out the spell check before and over 6 months of being here to figure out how to link a website in a post. Print screen can wait until next year for me to learn.
If I can't do it in under 5 clicks it typically wont get used anyway. The only reason I wanted the firefox browser was for a better and faster spell check system. I am happy with what I got.
No print screen here for me. That button has never worked or done anything on any computer I have ever owned. Its apparently beyond my comprehension and I have done fine without so far so guess it stays as is.
It takes exactly five clicks to take a screenshot.
My previous post contained a couple of typos, here's how to get the font selector window I pictured in my previous post but don't worry about that too much for now, concentrate on taking a screenshot.