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Downloaded the above yesterday, and I must say, much faster than my MS 6 browser and no freezing of web pages. Thing is, I had to turn off my firewall on XP for FF to run. Is this normal? Does FF2 come with a firewall?
My only 'gripe' so far is the spellchecker english (US) :, sorry, readers who live on the other side of the pond.
Downloaded the above yesterday, and I must say, much faster than my MS 6 browser and no freezing of web pages. Thing is, I had to turn off my firewall on XP for FF to run. Is this normal? Does FF2 come with a firewall?
My only 'gripe' so far is the spellchecker english (US) :, sorry, readers who live on the other side of the pond.
For UK English go to:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...3#dictionaries
and download the appropriate dictionary.
As for the firewall, which one are you using? I've had no problems with ZoneAlarm (free version).
GG
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...3#dictionaries
and download the appropriate dictionary.
As for the firewall, which one are you using? I've had no problems with ZoneAlarm (free version).
GG
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Likewise no problems with FireFox and firewalls, normally a firewall should ask you if you want to allow a new program to access the web. Also you should be able to force the fire wall to allow it, which fire wall is it?
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If the problem is with the Windows (Chocolate) Firewall, then I'd suggest turning that off and using ZoneAlarm.
ZA is a pain for the first few days, as everything that wants to access the innards of your PC or the internet gets flagged up. Answer each one "Remember - Yes" or "Remember - No" as appropriate, and it soon settles down.
ZA is a pain for the first few days, as everything that wants to access the innards of your PC or the internet gets flagged up. Answer each one "Remember - Yes" or "Remember - No" as appropriate, and it soon settles down.
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Thanks for the uk spell checker link GroundGripper.
GreenGranite/Keef: All seems to working ok now, turned xp firewall on, firefox runs ok now for some strange reason
Thank you all for your replies.
Daz
GreenGranite/Keef: All seems to working ok now, turned xp firewall on, firefox runs ok now for some strange reason
Thank you all for your replies.
Daz
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