I just bought a new Sony Vaio laptop. I downloaded Mozilla Thunderbird, as I use it on my desktop and have had no problems. It seems to work fine on the laptop, except that I can't open Internet links. I can on the Sony desk top, but not the laptop. There are often links in messages relating to genealogy rootsweb lists, etc. Is the problem my server/Internet provider, the computer, or the Thunderbird application? Is there a setting somewhere I need to change? Any ideas? I did re-install Thunderbird; that didn't help. The two computers are on a wireless network. Mary

My first guess would be your firewall settings. You gave no indication of what happens when you click on a link. Is it just like clicking on something that is not a link? Or, do you see nothing change or flash on the screen when you click? Alfred D. Eller http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adelr/index.htm ======================================= Mary Fowler wrote: > I just bought a new Sony Vaio laptop. I downloaded Mozilla Thunderbird, > as I use it on my desktop and have had no problems. It seems to work > fine on the laptop, except that I can't open Internet links. I can on > the Sony desk top, but not the laptop. There are often links in > messages relating to genealogy rootsweb lists, etc. Is the problem my > server/Internet provider, the computer, or the Thunderbird application? > Is there a setting somewhere I need to change? Any ideas? I did > re-install Thunderbird; that didn't help. The two computers are on a > wireless network. > Mary >

Nothing happens when I click, except a dotted box appears around the link. I checked the firewall settings, I use Zone alarm, the free version. Both computers are set exactly the same. Is the Windows firewall okay to use now? At first, I heard it was lousy. Now I hear it's improved. Should I try that? I like to avoid using MS products when I have an alternative.

Probably that is because on the laptop you somehow have not got IE set as your default browser. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Fowler" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 1:52 PM Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Using Mozilla Thunderbird >I just bought a new Sony Vaio laptop. I downloaded Mozilla Thunderbird, > as I use it on my desktop and have had no problems. It seems to work > fine on the laptop, except that I can't open Internet links. I can on > the Sony desk top, but not the laptop. There are often links in > messages relating to genealogy rootsweb lists, etc. Is the problem my > server/Internet provider, the computer, or the Thunderbird application? > Is there a setting somewhere I need to change? Any ideas? I did > re-install Thunderbird; that didn't help. The two computers are on a > wireless network. > Mary > -------------------------------------- > Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006