my computer keeps freezing up/Mozilla(?) — Page 2

Apparently one of the things it blocks are Windows updates... I think I'll be wanting those.

Curses.

Any other ideas as to how I could fix my constanly-freezing browser?

Thanks so much to all those who answered... I think Firefox/Mozilla sounds nifty, but too risky.


EDIT- captain, why do you dislike it? And thanks, KMF. Still hesitant, though. I want my updates.

Updated On: 8/8/05 at 04:11 PM

FF doesn't block wondows update. MS insists that you use IE to get windows updates. I use both at the same time and have never had trouble getting windows updates.

MS=Microsoft
MS Windows, IE and windows update are so intertwined that to have windows update work you must use IE.

At work I use IE - corporate standard.
At home I use Mozilla - my preference but will use IE when the need arises. As to windows update I don't let it automatically update. I download the updates when I want them to be installed and there usually aren't daily required ones anyways.

If others are using the computer I would probably leave IE as the default browser. It just means that any links from emails etc. will automatically launch IE instead of Mozilla. Probably easier to leave the computer configuration alone as much as possible in a shared environment.

I'm using it now, and I've decided this tabbing business is far too complex for me to play with tonight.

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I'll figure it out tomorrow. heh.

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I'm glad you like it. :) And if you have Windows XP with SP2 and a standard update setup, you won't need to open IE to get updates. The alerts will come on their own, just as they always have.

Service Pack 2? It's a big update that came a while back; you should have it. And no, Firefox won't mess with Norton or any other security software. It's just a program like any other.

If you want to see if you have SP2, do the following: Right-click on My Computer and select Properties. In the "General" tab, it should say what version of Windows you're running, and the words "Service Pack 2" should appear. I'd be extremely surprised if you didn't have it.

It's time for Emcee and Firefox to become friends, I think.

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Anyone?

I went to tool and clicked "current pages" for home page, and it listed the three tabs I had. But now in one tab when I click "home," I get new tabs - duplicates of the ones I already had. That's annoying. Is that what's supposed to happen?

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But say I already have two of the three homepages open, and I hit home to get the third one to go home? I'll still get three brand-new pages instead of just sending that one home?

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Okay: Tab 1: Sympatico. Tab 2: BWW. Tab 3: dell.ca. Sym. and BWW are homepages; dell is not. I hit "Home". Now I have:

Tab 1: Sympatico
Tab 2: BWW
Tab 3: Sympatico
Tab 4: BWW
Tab 5: University homepage.

It bumps them, but keeps the other ones... oh goodness, this shouldn't be THIS confusing!

*shakes head* I'm not sure I do anymore.

DayDreamer, go File-open tab.