[Oe Errors]

mikex,

Sounds like it may be time to call your ISP to confirm your POP3 setttings.

[Firefox Problems]

JSKY,

When you uninstalled Firefox did you delete your profile from C:\Documents and Settings\xxxx\Application Data\Mozilla? If you did not that corrupted data is still there until you delete the old profile.

[Blocking Images]

Check out the Adblock extension

https://update.mozilla.org/extensions/showl...=Page%20Display

[Help! Lol... I Messed Up My Registry!]

System Restore should correct that if you have that feature.

[Sygate Problems]

tg1911,

Speaking of screen shots, I have a current screen shot of my PROGRAM FILES,

ADD OR REMOVE PROGRAMS, SERVICES, TASK MANAGER PROCESSES, etc. If any thing changes I can compare it to my screen shot.

[Sygate Problems]

tg1911,

I concur with your tip. My main folder is named DOWNLOADS and my sub-folders where I keep my installers are named BROWSERS, FIREWALLS, SECURITY,etc. I take screen shots of all the settings for each application I install so I can reconstruct everything if necessary.

Great tip.

[What Is It?]

Are you referring to "Big Fix" ?

[A Few Possible Reg Hacks?]

Snaxe,

Take a look at this link:

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/hotkeys.html

[Slow Firefox]

tictoc5150,

Thanks for the thanks. Have you been to this link to get your extensions:

http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?act=portal&site=2

[Slow Firefox]

Here are a couple of links about Firefox Settings:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.phtml?titl...:config_Entries

http://www.mozillazine.org/misc/about:config/

BTW, if you want to examine your cache type about:cache in the address bar.

To see your plug-ins type about:plugins

These links are about how to speed up firefox:

http://www.computerbb.org/about150.html

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/netlib/htt...lining-faq.html

[Slow Firefox]

StealthG,

I am glad I could help.

[Slow Firefox]

In the FF address box type about:config

When the page loads type 'scroll' (without the ") in the filter box at the top.

There are two settings with should both read true

general.autoscroll

general.smoothScroll

If either is not true, right-click the line and select toggle. You should probably restart FF.

Good luck

[Slow Firefox]

bryanernest,

I am an exclusive FF user ( I have Internet Explorer blocked with my firewall). Have you heard of pipeling to cause Firefox to run faster. If you type about:config in the FF address bar you will have access to the settings. Here are some links on pipelining:

http://www.computerbb.org/about150.html

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/netlib/htt...lining-faq.html

I find that Firefox is not an install it and run it type of browser. There are probably 200+ tweaks you can make to Firefox. So before you decide to toss it, you ought to dig into it a little more so you can learn to customize it to your needs.

One side note, in my FF toolbar I have check boxes for Javascript and Cookies and I find it so convenient to give and take away those permissions at a single mouse click. There is a button on my toolbar called paranoia and with a mouse click I can clear history, passwords, cache, etc. You can also very easily turn off referrers to keep your browsing a little more private.

Firefox is one of the most secure browsers you will find. If you set up FF properly it will be impossible for anyone to install anything on your pc without your permission.

I find Firefox to be a great browser.

BTW, the latest version is 0.10.1

Good luck

[Sys Slowdown]

Thanks Sultan. Disabling the 'Workstation' service solved a desktop loading problem that plagued me for over a year.

[Sys Slowdown]

Hey Marty,

I am glad some of those tweaks are working for you. Thanks for the words of encouragement.

[Sys Slowdown]

Marty check out this link, especially the part about disabling the service named Workstation. I disabled mine and my desktop especially loads very effeciently.

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?art...id=1590&page=31

[Windows Updates Without Sp2]

Wayne,

That is good to know. Thanks.

[Windows Updates Without Sp2]

I downloaded the patch from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/...n/MS04-028.mspx

Thanks

[Windows Updates Without Sp2]

Today, on Google News, I saw that a windows update has been issued for a JPEG security flaw. How can I get the patch and avoid SP2 for now. When I go to Windows Update it wants me to turn on automatic updates. If I turn it on will SP2 automatically download or will I get to pick and choose the updates?

Thanks.

[Send To Right Click]

Marsh,

Thanks for the kind words. I ran into such a hassle registering for the G4 Techtv boards that I decided to just sit in the stands. I am glad B got this board up and running.

[Send To Right Click]

Just for kicks, I have 26 items in my 'Send To'. Almost ready for a second column of 'Send To's.

[Firefox Bookmarks]

Also, You can export your Firefox bookmarks by going to Manage Bookmarks > File >Export. From there you can browse to any folder on your harddrive to store a backup copy in case FF crashes or something.