Lloyd- If you haven't received list mail check the list archives to be sure you are missing posts or nothing has been posted. Start here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ Type in the list name to access the list's archives. If you find that you haven't missed any posts which is likely--and that nothing has been posted -- feel free to start a relevant thread and ask a query. Joan In a message dated 11/17/2009 10:01:32 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, Lhite31@aol.com writes: Hello Lists, What has happen to the Rootsweb Lists? I have not received any mail from them since last weekend. Lloyd

Hello Lists, What has happen to the Rootsweb Lists? I have not received any mail from them since last weekend. Lloyd

In a message dated 10/28/2009 6:40:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, DULCICH6@aol.com writes: I'm not sure if these settings will work in 9.0 or 9.1.............. But it's worth a try. 1) Place your curser over the AOL icon in the sys-tray down by your clock and Right-click it. It should bring up a menu and one of the options is AOL 9.0 or 9.1. Sharon, When I get to the sign on settings for 9.0 the three options are: 1. enable fast start 2. Open AOL when I am connected to internet. 3. Automatically sign on with this screen name when I open AOL. The only one that was checked was the first one - enable fast start. Nancy

I'm not sure if these settings will work in 9.0 or 9.1.............. But it's worth a try. 1) Place your curser over the AOL icon in the sys-tray down by your clock and Right-click it. It should bring up a menu and one of the options is AOL 9.0 or 9.1. 2) hover your curser over that menu item and an additional menu will open. >From that one choose Start-Up Settings. 3) There should be a choice to 'Start AOL whenever I'm on the Internet.' (or similar wording). Remove check mark and be sure to hit the OK. Sharon ------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 10/28/2009 10:59:22 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, JYoung6180@aol.com writes: Somewhere there may be a setting about AOL not starting automatically but I'm not sure if that would work in this case. Maybe Sharon knows? Joan In a message dated 10/28/2009 1:45:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Nlpakkala@aol.com writes: Thanks Joan. Is there any way to stop this from happening?

Somewhere there may be a setting about AOL not starting automatically but I'm not sure if that would work in this case. Maybe Sharon knows? Joan In a message dated 10/28/2009 1:45:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Nlpakkala@aol.com writes: Thanks Joan. Is there any way to stop this from happening?

In a message dated 10/28/2009 1:37:28 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, JYoung6180@aol.com writes: AOL likes to wrap its tentacles around other programs. My guess is it might have something Thanks Joan. Is there any way to stop this from happening?

AOL likes to wrap its tentacles around other programs. My guess is it might have something to do with an added AOL search box or toolbar. I know AOL stuck a search box in the top Firefox toolbar for me. I'm usually logged onto AOL already and just stay there but that has nothing to do with my Firefox connection--but may have something to do with the search box or toolbar. Joan In a message dated 10/28/2009 1:23:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Nlpakkala@aol.com writes: Joan, Just reading Ema's last comment and it reminded me that I wanted to ask about this. Every so often when I am using Firefox or Skype (have not signed on to AOL) AOL will interrupt and sign on all by itself. It takes a minute but I eventually get it cancelled and occasionally it will do it again. Any ideas? Nancy

Joan, Just reading Ema's last comment and it reminded me that I wanted to ask about this. Every so often when I am using Firefox or Skype (have not signed on to AOL) AOL will interrupt and sign on all by itself. It takes a minute but I eventually get it cancelled and occasionally it will do it again. Any ideas? Nancy

Ema- Firefox won't be the browser that AOL uses as its integrated browser. And actually that is a PLUS--Firefox is opened as a stand-alone program just like you would open any other program on your computer. I know most of us use programs such as MS Word in a separate window open at the same time as AOL or our genealogy program and just toggle back and forth by clicking the program we want to bring to the front in our task bar. That's what you do with Firefox--you can actually be using the AOL browser at the same time you are using Firefox to be visiting different sites (or even the same site). The benefit is that using Firefox which is not connected to your AOL program is that it doesn't overstress AOL--AOL is less likely to crash. Joan In a message dated 10/28/2009 8:15:17 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Ema609@aol.com writes: Joan I use aol so how can I put firefox as the browser that aol uses Ema

Joan I use aol so how can I put firefox as the browser that aol uses Ema Mozilla Firefox is the preferred browser these days of about 50% of Internet users because it is much faster and slicker than IE. It doesn't seem to put as much stress on my computer either. You can download it and auto-install it free at the Mozilla Web site. I believe the latest version is 7.0.14 but there is also a 7.5 version that may be out of beta now. Firefox is more secure (and easier to use once you get the hang of it) than IE. Many people feel it is also a safer browser because IE has many exploits that permit malicious code to get to your computer--so many think Firefox is safer to use JOAN Is there a Charge later for the use of it ? Is It Really better than the other ?? Thanks Tom Tem

In a message dated 10/27/2009 11:27:45 A.M. Central Daylight Time, JYoung6180@aol.com writes: Tom- It is more secure and definitely better for some more intensive uses such as Facebook and its apps. Mozilla Firefox is completely free--no charge now or later. Joan In a message dated 10/27/2009 11:41:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Tjtemple@aol.com writes: JOAN Is there a Charge later for the use of it ? Is It Really better than the other ?? Thanks Tom Tem ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/AOLERS-ROOTSWEB ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AOLERS-ROOTSWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Thanks for your Help and advice. i will try to Load it Have a Great Day tom T.

Tom- It is more secure and definitely better for some more intensive uses such as Facebook and its apps. Mozilla Firefox is completely free--no charge now or later. Joan In a message dated 10/27/2009 11:41:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Tjtemple@aol.com writes: JOAN Is there a Charge later for the use of it ? Is It Really better than the other ?? Thanks Tom Tem

In a message dated 10/24/2009 10:57:17 A.M. Central Daylight Time, JYoung6180@aol.com writes: Mozilla Firefox is the preferred browser these days of about 50% of Internet users because it is much faster and slicker than IE. It doesn't seem to put as much stress on my computer either. You can download it and auto-install it free at the Mozilla Web site. I believe the latest version is 7.0.14 but there is also a 7.5 version that may be out of beta now. Firefox is more secure (and easier to use once you get the hang of it) than IE. Many people feel it is also a safer browser because IE has many exploits that permit malicious code to get to your computer--so many think Firefox is safer to use JOAN Is there a Charge later for the use of it ? Is It Really better than the other ?? Thanks Tom Tem

I too would like to know where some of my mail went I thought it was something I did I am glad you asked this question I thought AOL mail was kept in aol Ema Hi - Hope someone can help - again. Recently, I discovered to my dismay, that I can no longer access all my old mail through "search mail" or any other way I can find. Before I would click on the "Search Mail" tab, and would get a message that it would take a minute to get all my emails. Now it is blank and when I search I get nothing!!! Help!! I can still get my saved to aol folders. My old and sent folders contain less than a month!! I run the free AOL 9.1 revision 4334 5006 on windows xp. Thanks for any suggestions!! terri

Did it cause problems with AOL or what? Joan In a message dated 10/25/2009 9:21:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Wkrelease@aol.com writes: Re: zone alarm. I was having problems with my computer, which is windows pro 2000, & the tech said that it was zone alarm that was causing the problem. Since he deleted it, problems are gone. My husband has zone alarm on his computer, windows XP, & its doesn't cause him any problems. Could be the difference in computers. -------------- No, it caused problems when I tried to download programs & use the programs I already had. And it seemed to slow the computer. Bev Carlson, Brooklyn Park, MN, United States of America "The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals". author unk. This message has been scanned by the most recent version of Avast Anti-Virus software before it was emailed.

Hi - Hope someone can help - again. Recently, I discovered to my dismay, that I can no longer access all my old mail through "search mail" or any other way I can find. Before I would click on the "Search Mail" tab, and would get a message that it would take a minute to get all my emails. Now it is blank and when I search I get nothing!!! Help!! I can still get my saved to aol folders. My old and sent folders contain less than a month!! I run the free AOL 9.1 revision 4334 5006 on windows xp. Thanks for any suggestions!! terri

Bev- Did it cause problems with AOL or what? Joan In a message dated 10/25/2009 9:21:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Wkrelease@aol.com writes: Re: zone alarm. I was having problems with my computer, which is windows pro 2000, & the tech said that it was zone alarm that was causing the problem. Since he deleted it, problems are gone. My husband has zone alarm on his computer, windows XP, & its doesn't cause him any problems. Could be the difference in computers.

Re: zone alarm. I was having problems with my computer, which is windows pro 2000, & the tech said that it was zone alarm that was causing the problem. Since he deleted it, problems are gone. My husband has zone alarm on his computer, windows XP, & its doesn't cause him any problems. Could be the difference in computers. Bev Carlson, Brooklyn Park, MN, United States of America "The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals". author unk. This message has been scanned by the most recent version of Avast Anti-Virus software before it was emailed.

Re: slow response downloading sites on AOL. Response to above question: Have you performed the usual "Disk Cleanup"? If so, you might try running CCleaner. Yes, I run CCleaner & perform 'disk cleanup' regularly. I also do a scan check on a regular basis. Bev Carlson of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, United States of America "Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so love the people who treat you right, FORGET about the ones who don't. And believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it." auth. unk. This message has been scanned by the most recent version of Avast Anti-Vir us software before it was emailed.

I have everything checked and let it delete all. The worst thing that happens is I have to put my user name in again on a particular site like Ancestry or my bank. There are other cleanup things I use as well so that my computer can stay in reasonable shape. I have no patience for waiting and waiting and waiting. Also, Disk Cleanup is a Windows application - it would not do anything to harm your computer. After cleanup, do the Windows application of disk defragmentation which may take quite awhile. Disk defrag moves chunks of info around so that they are with other like chunks. This also speeds up your computer. If you haven't used either of these processes before, they are going to take awhile. Ruth In a message dated 10/24/2009 10:07:54 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, Roulx@aol.com writes: If I run this and it comes up with a window and has several things checked, will I be losing anything important if I continue? I think that is the reason I have so much junk on my computer....I am always afraid to discard anything unless it is just old email. Patricia In a message dated 10/24/2009 12:00:30 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, aolers-rootsweb-request@rootsweb.com writes: Have you performed the usual "Disk Cleanup ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/AOLERS-ROOTSWEB ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AOLERS-ROOTSWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message