Hello Lorraine, Monday, February 1, 2010, 7:56:50 PM, you wrote: LDV> Thanks to those who responded to my query regarding Firefox as my LDV> default browser. If Firefox works better than IE then you can say 'Yes' to making it the default browser. This will mean links to web pages will open in Firefox instead of trying IE and ending up failing. However the main reason for IE being so troublesome is that it tends to collect a whole load of junk inside it that clogs up the works. There is a free program called CCleaner ( www.ccleaner.com ) that can help get rid of all this rubbish and may help your PC run a whole lot better, as well as IE ! One thing to watch out for with CCleaner is that it is set to remove all cookies from IE / Firefox etc and that will mean any web site that 'remembers' you when you return will forget you and you'll need to do the log-in procedure all over again. This can be changed by un-ticking the 'Cookies' option for IE and Firefox - IE settings are on the front page of CCleaner when you open it but Firefox is on the 'Other Programs' tab. Another thing that PC's need on a regular basis is defragmenting the Hard Drive - not as difficult as that might sound, it just means a bit of housekeeping putting all the bits of files that should be together all in one place. Click on [ Start / All Programs / Applications / System Tools / Defrag ] to start the program then click on the button labeled [ Defragment ]. If you've never done this it may take quite a while and it's best to leave the PC alone whilst this is working. You can try to still use it but it will be slow and jerky so not worth the frustration <lol> Hope the above isn't too much to take in at one go but please ask for more explanation as required. These computers are machines and we are in charge - not them !! -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.10'Karmic'

Thanks to those who responded to my query regarding Firefox as my default browser. I am currently using MSN and IE. I still don't know what is the best course of action to take. I am 83 yrs old and learned most of what I can do through trial and error and watching my children and grandchildren using the commuter and then trying to remember what I saw. I srtill have a lot to learn. I love reading the problems and answers on this site. I also learn from it. I' m grateful to one and all. Lorraine

To make Chrome your default browser, with Chrome open, look for the wrench with down arrow beside it near right upper corner and click on the wrench, look for "options", click on it, then look for "basics" tab, click on it, then you will see where to set your default browser and also where to set Google as your default search engine if that is the other thing you are wanting to accomplish. Cora Can someone tell me how to make google chrome open automatically when I go to search , especially on Face book ....... I guess I am saying how do I make it my browser permanently ? I am sure this has been discussed before .. but I do not remember Thanks Gerri ......

Can someone tell me how to make google chrome open automatically when I go to search , especially on Face book ....... I guess I am saying how do I make it my browser permanently ? I am sure this has been discussed before .. but I do not remember Thanks Gerri ......

Lorraine I dont like choices where the pc is concerned because my choices are always the wrong ones. So I follow blindly Joan or someone that knows what they are doing loooooooool I really dont understand directions they go over my head and I am neaderthaul so anything new is scary. I have IE as my everything browser but thanks to Joan I am now in the 20th Century and found Firefox very nice and I have switched many things to it like Facebook and Mafia . One day maybe Ill be brave enough to go to the 21st. I finally figured it out after 3 people told me that default means the original way the set up should be. Ema Every time I try to log onto IE I have a hard time. It is very slow coming up or it doesn't come up at all. So I started logging on to Mozilla Firefox and it came up right away every single time. But every time I log in, a question arises asking if I want Firefox to be my default browser. I'm not exactly sure what it means by that and I don't know if I should say yes. I like the fact that it comes up and I don't have any trouble with M Firefox. I am currently using MSN as my homepage. There is a lot o terminology I don't understand and default is one. Any advice would be welcome. Lorraine

Lorraine- It's your choice--whichever you think works best for you. Joan In a message dated 1/29/2010 12:39:36 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, l_dellavilla@yahoo.com writes: Every time I try to log onto IE I have a hard time. It is very slow coming up or it doesn't come up at all. So I started logging on to Mozilla Firefox and it came up right away every single time. But every time I log in, a question arises asking if I want Firefox to be my default browser. I'm not exactly sure what it means by that and I don't know if I should say yes. I like the fact that it comes up and I don't have any trouble with M Firefox. I am currently using MSN as my homepage. There is a lot o terminology I don't understand and default is one. Any advice would be welcome. Lorraine

FF wants to know if you want to make it your preferred browser, the one you'll use most often. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lorraine Della Villa Every time I try to log onto IE I have a hard time. It is very slow coming up or it doesn't come up at all. So I started logging on to Mozilla Firefox and it came up right away every single time. But every time I log in, a question arises asking if I want Firefox to be my default browser. I'm not exactly sure what it means by that and I don't know if I should say yes. I like the fact that it comes up and I don't have any trouble with M Firefox. I am currently using MSN as my homepage. There is a lot o terminology I don't understand and default is one. Any advice would be welcome. Lorraine

Every time I try to log onto IE I have a hard time. It is very slow coming up or it doesn't come up at all. So I started logging on to Mozilla Firefox and it came up right away every single time. But every time I log in, a question arises asking if I want Firefox to be my default browser. I'm not exactly sure what it means by that and I don't know if I should say yes. I like the fact that it comes up and I don't have any trouble with M Firefox. I am currently using MSN as my homepage. There is a lot o terminology I don't understand and default is one. Any advice would be welcome. Lorraine

Barry, I am back with two questions: 1. how do I create a new folder in the root of the Thunderbird program? So far, I have tried creating two folders and the message pops up "sub-folder of RANA"; 2. Yes, I would like to remove the Local Folders from our Thunderbird page. I searched again the tutorial and could not find the answer. Please provide instructions? Again, I thank you for your time and help. Rana > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SENIOR-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Barry <barry@yobunny.co.uk> wrote: > Hello RickandRana, > Barry, thank you! You have provided a large amount of information that I will need to absorb, but most certainly, you have, as always, answered my questions. I am appreciative of your time, help and patience. Rana > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SENIOR-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello RickandRana, Sunday, January 24, 2010, 7:11:11 PM, you wrote: R> 1. Where is best place for use of folders in Thunderbird email? R> Within account or in local folders? Depends on whether there's more than one user. The idea of 'Local Folders' is to have a common area which can be shared between all users if they use different login profiles. For a single user there's not a lot of use for the local folders but some use them as a sort of archive store to keep the account Inbox as empty as possible - which all e-mail clients much prefer. R> 2. If a folder is created anywhere in Thunderbird, can its contents R> be easily retrieved? Email messages themselves are not as easily R> retrieved (for us, anyway) as are .pst files. Mail for each folder has it's own file that is stored in the profile folder on the hard drive. There are programs that can extract mail from these folders but if you have a copy of the whole profile folder you can install a fresh copy of Thunderbird ( on the same PC or another one ) and copy the contents to transfer the whole thing, e-mail and accounts all in one go. In this respect it's similar to the PST file of Outlook except it's a collection of separate files so damage to one doesn't wreck the whole thing. A damaged PST file can render the whole thing unreadable !! R> 3. What is meaning of local folders? Explained above methinks <lol> BTW - there is a way to remove the local folders if you feel they are just too confusing. One other point when creating new folders to store mail in to keep the Inbox as empty as possible you need to make them in the root of the account not as a sub-folder in Inbox ... i.e. Account ... Inbox ... New Folder Name ... Outbox ... Sent Items NOT Account ... Inbox ...... New Folder Name ... Outbox ... Sent Items The second method does not keep the Inbox empty as the new folder is stored inside it ! -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.10'Karmic'

I do not understand the meaning in Thunderbird email of "local folders"; however, when reading Thunderbird tutorial, it seems to me use of local folders is preferred to creation of folder under account name. Have I misinterpreted what I read? My questions: 1. Where is best place for use of folders in Thunderbird email? Within account or in local folders? 2. If a folder is created anywhere in Thunderbird, can its contents be easily retrieved? Email messages themselves are not as easily retrieved (for us, anyway) as are .pst files. 3. What is meaning of local folders? Windows XPpro, SP3, Mozilla Firefox TIA Rana

Thanks a lot for your detailed instructions Barry unfortunately I was unable to find the popup in question, May I send you a pdf file with all details off list. Regards Arthur 2010/1/22 Barry <barry@yobunny.co.uk> > Hello Old, > > Friday, January 22, 2010, 12:28:27 AM, you wrote: > > OT> After allowing my 10 year old granddaughter use my Pc for a day I am > getting > OT> an annoying pop up when I boot the pc. (see under) > > OT> *Error loading D:\program~1\frostw~1\openca~1\ocsetu~\1.dll the > specified > OT> module > OT> could not be found.* > > OT> I have physically checked the folder in question that does not exist > > Looks like something was installed then removed but left an entry > behind in MSCONFIG so have a look in there - go to [ Start / Run ] and > type MSCONFIG into the box and hit 'Enter' then go to the 'Startup' > tab and look for a line that references 1.dll ... untick the box at > the beginning of the line and close MSCONFIG. It will tell you that > you need to re-boot so do this and on startup you'll get a message > that startup configuration has changed ( it has, you did it !! ) and > on the message is a box to tick to not warn you again. > > That should get the pop-up sorted !! > > As for System Restore - if it's not working then you need to get it > fixed and the way to do that is turn it off then back on again. Do > this through [ Start / Control Panel / System / System Restore ] and > tick the box to 'Disable System Restore'. You'll get a message that > this will delete all current restore points, not a problem as they > aren't working anyway !! Then re-boot and repeat but removing the tick > to enable System Restore again. > > -- > Best regards, > Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk > MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.10'Karmic' > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SENIOR-NEWBIE > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SENIOR-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello Old, Friday, January 22, 2010, 12:28:27 AM, you wrote: OT> After allowing my 10 year old granddaughter use my Pc for a day I am getting OT> an annoying pop up when I boot the pc. (see under) OT> *Error loading D:\program~1\frostw~1\openca~1\ocsetu~\1.dll the specified OT> module OT> could not be found.* OT> I have physically checked the folder in question that does not exist Looks like something was installed then removed but left an entry behind in MSCONFIG so have a look in there - go to [ Start / Run ] and type MSCONFIG into the box and hit 'Enter' then go to the 'Startup' tab and look for a line that references 1.dll ... untick the box at the beginning of the line and close MSCONFIG. It will tell you that you need to re-boot so do this and on startup you'll get a message that startup configuration has changed ( it has, you did it !! ) and on the message is a box to tick to not warn you again. That should get the pop-up sorted !! As for System Restore - if it's not working then you need to get it fixed and the way to do that is turn it off then back on again. Do this through [ Start / Control Panel / System / System Restore ] and tick the box to 'Disable System Restore'. You'll get a message that this will delete all current restore points, not a problem as they aren't working anyway !! Then re-boot and repeat but removing the tick to enable System Restore again. -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.10'Karmic'

Thank you Joan. I have a dual boot windows Me (For those old family history programs) on C:\ drive and windows XP on my main D:\ drive, I have another 80gig drive on E:\ drive then I have my DVD drive Regards Arthur 2010/1/22 <jyoung6180@aol.com> > Arthur- > > Which drive is your D drive? It is a hard drive on your computer or is it > your DVD or some other drive? > > Joan > > > In a message dated 1/21/2010 7:28:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > oldtyke.fh@gmail.com writes: > > G'Day all. > After allowing my 10 year old granddaughter use my Pc for a day I am > getting > an annoying pop up when I boot the pc. (see under) > > *Error loading D:\program~1\frostw~1\openca~1\ocsetu~\1.dll the specified > module > could not be found.* > > I have physically checked the folder in question that does not exist, I > found the program > and uninstalled it to no avail. I then went to system restore but that > was > switched off ??? > > I ran malwarebytes my AVG, spybot, etc > > I googled it and other then it suggesting it could be a Trojan it gives > no > indication how > to get rid of this pest (Can someone help please) > Regards Arthur > South Australia > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SENIOR-NEWBIE > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SENIOR-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

G'Day all. After allowing my 10 year old granddaughter use my Pc for a day I am getting an annoying pop up when I boot the pc. (see under) *Error loading D:\program~1\frostw~1\openca~1\ocsetu~\1.dll the specified module could not be found.* I have physically checked the folder in question that does not exist, I found the program and uninstalled it to no avail. I then went to system restore but that was switched off ??? I ran malwarebytes my AVG, spybot, etc I googled it and other then it suggesting it could be a Trojan it gives no indication how to get rid of this pest (Can someone help please) Regards Arthur South Australia

Arthur- Which drive is your D drive? It is a hard drive on your computer or is it your DVD or some other drive? Joan In a message dated 1/21/2010 7:28:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, oldtyke.fh@gmail.com writes: G'Day all. After allowing my 10 year old granddaughter use my Pc for a day I am getting an annoying pop up when I boot the pc. (see under) *Error loading D:\program~1\frostw~1\openca~1\ocsetu~\1.dll the specified module could not be found.* I have physically checked the folder in question that does not exist, I found the program and uninstalled it to no avail. I then went to system restore but that was switched off ??? I ran malwarebytes my AVG, spybot, etc I googled it and other then it suggesting it could be a Trojan it gives no indication how to get rid of this pest (Can someone help please) Regards Arthur South Australia

Hello Francis, Monday, January 18, 2010, 7:15:59 PM, you wrote: FH> Any suggestions as to what may have happened and how I might get FH> sound back, would be appreciated. Sounds like the driver has been corrupted or lost somehow but the first thing to try is a System Restore back to when the sound was still working. Often that's all you need to do so worth trying :-) If that still doesn't fix it then you are looking at finding the sound card drivers and re-installing. Often all you need do is go to the web site of whomever made your system and search for the drivers for your model number. -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.10'Karmic'

Hello Mary, Monday, January 18, 2010, 8:01:42 AM, you wrote: M> Can you transfer a program - i.e. Microsoft Money - with a transfer M> cable? No - programs cannot be transferred from PC to PC that easily, you need the installation files either on CD or downloaded. If you still have the licence key then it may be possible to download the free trial and activate it. According to MicroSoft the activation will only be possible up to Jan 31st 2011 ... here's the link... http://forums.techarena.in/windows-software/1203680.htm -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.10'Karmic'

Hello DALE, Monday, January 18, 2010, 9:26:52 PM, you wrote: DC> Had the PC in the shop and now the printer won't work. Question is, what was the PC in the shop for and did they sort it ? Also if it was working before it went in then worth asking the shop to have a look again and see if they missed something :-) -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.10'Karmic'