Thanks for the input Lila, I am definitely staying with IE7 for now. Regards Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lila Garner" <lilagarner@hotmail.com> To: <computers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 10:50 AM Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Internet Explorer 8. Any good? IE8 is not compatible with Ancestry's Enhanced Image Viewer. Since I find EIV a big improvement over their regular image viewer, I removed IE8 and went back to 7. Ancestry's gurus didn't tell me if they are going to work on making it compatible. Lila > From: judith.bn@bigpond.com > To: computers@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 23:22:57 +0930 > Subject: [COMPUTERS] Internet Explorer 8. Any good? > > Hi Listers, > > Microsoft update wants to install Internet Explorer 8. > I seem to recall listers having problems with it, something > about pages freezing and download problems? Has > anyone used it and is it any good please? Also does > it work okay with Scotlands People and Ancestry? > I'm currently using I.E 7 which is okay most of the time! > > Regards > Judith > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I use firefox. When checking different sites, does having multiple tabs open in the browser, slow the PC down? -- Thanks, Donna

Thanks. You have all been a great help! Mildred in WI

You are correct... Firefox 3.5 has different TABS options than Firefox 3.0... This is the way I have my settings under Options >> Tabs... just a suggestion for you... CHECK the following options... Open new windows in a new tab instead Warn me when closing multiple tabs Warn me when opening multiple tabs might slow down Firefox UNCHECK the following options... Always show the tab bar When I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately Regards, Kevin. On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Mildred <mmallek@charter.net> wrote: > > I just installed Firefox this week and it is version 3.5 > > Mildred in WI > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- -------- K. Ross kr5927@gmail.com

I just installed Firefox this week and it is version 3.5 Mildred in WI

I've enjoyed IE8 so far. I have no problems with ancestry images. Any page I 'did' have problems with were solved by choosing the tool tab, and selecting "compatability view". I really didn't like IE7, 8 seems faster to me for browsing and I'm on dialup.(yeah us dinosaurs are still out here. LOL) Sharon

My PC is back from a re-build and I did not even notice it has IE8 on board!! It works fine with everything for me even the Ancestry's Enhanced Image add on is working fine. I like the "Delete" section which now allows you to preserve your regular data, and then deleting the rest. Best Wishes, Chris. -----Original Message----- From: Andy Hatchett [mailto:aghatchett3rd@yahoo.com] Sent: 08 July 2009 02:47 To: computers@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Internet Explorer 8. Any good? Ancestry's gurus are in the middle of rectifying a major update to their online member trees that didn't go anywhere near as smoothly as they though it would and are likely to be too busy with that for much of anything else for the foreseeable future --- On Tue, 7/7/09, Lila Garner <lilagarner@hotmail.com> wrote: > From: Lila Garner <lilagarner@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Internet Explorer 8. Any good? > To: computers@rootsweb.com > Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 8:20 PM > > IE8 is not compatible with Ancestry's Enhanced Image > Viewer. Since I find EIV a big improvement over their > regular image viewer, I removed IE8 and went back to 7. > > > > Ancestry's gurus didn't tell me if they are going to work > on making it compatible. > > > > Lila > > > From: judith.bn@bigpond.com > > To: computers@rootsweb.com > > Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 23:22:57 +0930 > > Subject: [COMPUTERS] Internet Explorer 8. Any good? > > > > Hi Listers, > > > > Microsoft update wants to install Internet Explorer > 8. > > I seem to recall listers having problems with it, > something > > about pages freezing and download problems? Has > > anyone used it and is it any good please? Also does > > it work okay with Scotlands People and Ancestry? > > I'm currently using I.E 7 which is okay most of the > time! > > > > Regards > > Judith > > > > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP > when replying. > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when > replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >

Hi Andy, Yes that was one of my concerns too, thanks for your input. Another lister gave me a link to download a small program from Microsoft which prevents IE8 from automatically downloading which I am now using. I can opt to manually download it in the future if need be, but for now I would rather stay with IE7. Regards Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Hatchett" <aghatchett3rd@yahoo.com> To: <computers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 2:21 AM Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Internet Explorer 8. Any good? > > Ancestry seems to have problems with IE8. > I tried it and uninstalled it after about 2 hours! > > --- On Tue, 7/7/09, Judith <judith.bn@bigpond.com> wrote: > >> From: Judith <judith.bn@bigpond.com> >> Subject: [COMPUTERS] Internet Explorer 8. Any good? >> To: computers@rootsweb.com >> Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 8:52 AM >> Hi Listers, >> >> Microsoft update wants to install Internet Explorer 8. >> I seem to recall listers having problems with it, >> something >> about pages freezing and download problems? Has >> anyone used it and is it any good please? Also does >> it work okay with Scotlands People and Ancestry? >> I'm currently using I.E 7 which is okay most of the >> time! >> >> Regards >> Judith >> >> >> >> :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >> Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when >> replying. >> >> :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the >> subject and the body of the message >> > > > > > > >

Hi Kevin, Thank you for the help and the links. I've decided to go with the `if it's not broken, dont fix it' approach and have downloaded the IE8 blocker, which now that I've rebooted, does seem to be working. According to the Microsoft site I can manually download IE8 at any time if I decide I want to use it, so that seems the best of both worlds. For now IE7 works fine and I also have Firefox installed although I dont use it much. Regards Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Ross" <kr5927@gmail.com> To: <computers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 11:38 PM Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Internet Explorer 8. Any good? > Hi Judith, > > Well, I have heard positive and negative comments on IE8. My opinion > is that you should stick with what you are using now (IE6, IE7 ?) if > you are satisfied with your browsing experience or simply use > Firefox... this is my choice, speaking from a Web Design point of > view, as Firefox is much more supportive of Web Design Standards, > which means, to you as a user, that Web Pages will look better and act > as the designer intended. > > That said, Microsoft has put out a detailed procedure on how to > uninstall IE8 and revert back to IE6 or IE7... but you never quite > know if you are getting back to EXACTLY what you started with, if you > know what I mean !!! So, you could install it and, if you don't like > what you see, remove it and reinstall IE6 or IE7. > > How do I uninstall or remove Internet Explorer 8? > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700 > > > Final Point... if you want to stay the way you are and just stop the > annoying request to update to IE8, you can follow these > instructions... again, from Microsoft ! > > > Toolkit to Disable Automatic Delivery of Internet Explorer 8 > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=21687628-5806-4ba6-9e4e-8e224ec6dd8c&displaylang=en > > > I hope this helps ! > > > Regards, > Kevin. > > > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Judith<judith.bn@bigpond.com> wrote: >> Hi Listers, >> >> Microsoft update wants to install Internet Explorer 8. >> I seem to recall listers having problems with it, something >> about pages freezing and download problems? Has >> anyone used it and is it any good please? Also does >> it work okay with Scotlands People and Ancestry? >> I'm currently using I.E 7 which is okay most of the time! >> >> Regards >> Judith >> >> >> >> :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >> Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. >> >> :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > -- > -------- > K. Ross > kr5927@gmail.com > > >

IE8 is not compatible with Ancestry's Enhanced Image Viewer. Since I find EIV a big improvement over their regular image viewer, I removed IE8 and went back to 7. Ancestry's gurus didn't tell me if they are going to work on making it compatible. Lila > From: judith.bn@bigpond.com > To: computers@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 23:22:57 +0930 > Subject: [COMPUTERS] Internet Explorer 8. Any good? > > Hi Listers, > > Microsoft update wants to install Internet Explorer 8. > I seem to recall listers having problems with it, something > about pages freezing and download problems? Has > anyone used it and is it any good please? Also does > it work okay with Scotlands People and Ancestry? > I'm currently using I.E 7 which is okay most of the time! > > Regards > Judith > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Listers, Microsoft update wants to install Internet Explorer 8. I seem to recall listers having problems with it, something about pages freezing and download problems? Has anyone used it and is it any good please? Also does it work okay with Scotlands People and Ancestry? I'm currently using I.E 7 which is okay most of the time! Regards Judith

I would UNCHECK the option to always show the tab bar... it is not necessary to be there when you have only one page (tab) open. I would also leave UNCHECKED the option "When I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately" Regards, Kevin. On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Mildred<mmallek@charter.net> wrote: > When I went to Tools - Options and hit "Tabs" there was no choice for me. > The top line says "Open new windows in a new tab instead"  Does yours say > that?  "Warn me when closing multiple tabs" is checked, as well as a warning > about Firefox slowing down, and the one about always showing the tab bar. > > The only one that isn't checked is "When I open a link in a new tab, switch > to it immediately"  Should I check this?  There are five choices in the tabs > in Options. > > Mildred in Wisconsin > > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- -------- K. Ross kr5927@gmail.com

Hi Mildred, May I ask what version of Mozilla Firefox you are using ? To see this, follow Menu Path...   Help >> About Mozilla Firefox Thanks. Regards, Kevin. On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Mildred <mmallek@charter.net> wrote: > > When I went to Tools - Options and hit "Tabs" there was no choice for me. > The top line says "Open new windows in a new tab instead"  Does yours say > that?  "Warn me when closing multiple tabs" is checked, as well as a warning > about Firefox slowing down, and the one about always showing the tab bar. > > The only one that isn't checked is "When I open a link in a new tab, switch > to it immediately"  Should I check this?  There are five choices in the tabs > in Options. > > Mildred in Wisconsin > > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- -------- K. Ross kr5927@gmail.com

I am just now trying Irfanview and don't know much about it yet. When you say Picasa "organizes" all images on your computer and then you select the ones you want and email them to yourself. Picasa Automaatically resizes them for you as they are sent does this mean if I download Picasa every picture I have will be "organized" by that program or do I have a choice in when each picture is put in the picasa program, Sounds dumb I know but I have downloaded things before and then couldn't find things I was searching for everything till I finally uninstalled the program. Bobbie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick Hillenbrand" <nygenes@gmail.com> To: <computers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 10:04 AM Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Resizing photos I use both irfanview and an old version of photoshop but they both require some work that is time consuming. A better way that I have found is to install Google's Picasa which organizes all images on your computer, and then just select the ones you want and email them to yourself. Picasa automatically resizes them for you as they are being sent. Then all you have to do is ftp or upload the email version to your website. On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 10:40 AM, <Joenoro@wmconnect.com> wrote: > In a message dated 6/13/2009 4:04:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > kr5927@gmail.com writes: > > > > For quick work on a lot of photos, I use a program called Irfanview, > > which allows you to make a selection of photos and resize them in a > > batch process > > Thanks, Kevin-- > > I, too, use Irfanview and it seems to work. The image on my computer is a > different size each time I resize it. But when I FTP it to the site, it > turns into a monster! Perhaps I need to reinstall Irfan? > > Thanks, again. > > Joe > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi again Please forgive me if I try to teach grandma to suck eggs but looking at your task bar, is there a < in a blue ring ? to the left of the task bar? If so click that and other icons should be displayed The task bar can only show so many icons and shows the newest first, hover the mouse cursor over the bar when expanded and right click the icon As I said, I apologise if its stating the obvious If another computer does not want to download the item in question it does make you wonder if its sound Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > This is another thing which has happened since I downloaded the Avira > anti-virus and Malwarebytes programs. Most icons have disappeared from > the > task-bar. Only Avira, Spybot S&D, and the clock show. The Avira icon > does not > have an option to close it down. > >> >> Another option would be to get someone you know had downloaded it to send >> it >> to you >> >> > I had a friend try to download it and he says he cannot open it, either. > But the sender says she can, either by clicking on a link or pasting it > into the browser. > > Thanks for you thoughts, Nivard. I appreciate your time and effort.

When I went to Tools - Options and hit "Tabs" there was no choice for me. The top line says "Open new windows in a new tab instead" Does yours say that? "Warn me when closing multiple tabs" is checked, as well as a warning about Firefox slowing down, and the one about always showing the tab bar. The only one that isn't checked is "When I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately" Should I check this? There are five choices in the tabs in Options. Mildred in Wisconsin

I've tried that but it doesn't work. I've sent it to someone on the List and she is going to convert it for me. Thanks Peter > > CSV is 'comma separated values', and you open it with Excel or another > compatible spreadsheet. >

Ancestry's gurus are in the middle of rectifying a major update to their online member trees that didn't go anywhere near as smoothly as they though it would and are likely to be too busy with that for much of anything else for the foreseeable future --- On Tue, 7/7/09, Lila Garner <lilagarner@hotmail.com> wrote: > From: Lila Garner <lilagarner@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Internet Explorer 8. Any good? > To: computers@rootsweb.com > Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 8:20 PM > > IE8 is not compatible with Ancestry's Enhanced Image > Viewer. Since I find EIV a big improvement over their > regular image viewer, I removed IE8 and went back to 7. > > > > Ancestry's gurus didn't tell me if they are going to work > on making it compatible. > > > > Lila > > > From: judith.bn@bigpond.com > > To: computers@rootsweb.com > > Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 23:22:57 +0930 > > Subject: [COMPUTERS] Internet Explorer 8. Any good? > > > > Hi Listers, > > > > Microsoft update wants to install Internet Explorer > 8. > > I seem to recall listers having problems with it, > something > > about pages freezing and download problems? Has > > anyone used it and is it any good please? Also does > > it work okay with Scotlands People and Ancestry? > > I'm currently using I.E 7 which is okay most of the > time! > > > > Regards > > Judith > > > > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP > when replying. > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when > replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >

Hi Bobbie Use it just like you would a floppy disc Open the flash drive in Explorer or whatever, highlight the item you don't want (or all of them) and either use the delete button or right click and delete Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Sorry, hit the wrong thing. Sent to early. > > My question is about flash drives. If you have a flash drive full with > things you don't need anymore, can you empty them, or erase them and reuse > them, if so how do you do this? I have a full flash drive but no longer > want the information on it and would like to be able to reuse it with new > info. Thanks in advance > > Bobbie

Avira has a community support board. You should browse the board and post your issue if you don't see it there. http://www.free-av.com/en/community/index.html You could try uninstalling Malwarebytes to see if the problem goes away. For that matter, you could uninstall Avira and try a different virus program. I use Avast and have had no problems. Vanessa At 03:55 PM 7/7/2009, you wrote: >In a message dated 7/7/2009 5:39:44 AM Pacific Daylight Time, >ovington1@sky.com writes: > > > > If you are happy to turn off your protection, usually a right click on > > the > > icon in your task tray will give an option to close it down > > >This is another thing which has happened since I downloaded the Avira >anti-virus and Malwarebytes programs. Most icons have disappeared from the >task-bar. Only Avira, Spybot S&D, and the clock show. The Avira >icon does not >have an option to close it down. > > > > > Another option would be to get someone you know had downloaded it to send > > it > > to you > > > > > I had a friend try to download it and he says he cannot open it, either. >But the sender says she can, either by clicking on a link or pasting it >into the browser. > >Thanks for you thoughts, Nivard. I appreciate your time and effort. > > > > >:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > >Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. > >:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message