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eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 10 Jul 2013 21:43

All very interesting I am sure but I reckon most people on here are not interested in such complicated posts.
They just want a little help - in simple, non confusing, plain English terms.
You stated that IE10 wound not run on Windows 7 - incorrect information. Please let's keep things correct, nice and simple and inclusive.

Researching:
Happy

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 10 Jul 2013 22:14

Guys I have not got a clue what either of you are talking about.

Thanks I will leave well alone for the time being.

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

jax

jax Report 10 Jul 2013 22:24

Glad it is not just me GB :-D

I'm running IE10 on windows 7 that's as much as I know...and want to know really

Researching:
Nothing much

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 11 Jul 2013 05:11

I changed to Mozilla Firefox about 18 months ago .................. and it runs fine

I had no problems downloading it

I do prefer IE for some things ........ such as the ease of putting sites of similar interest into folders in Favourites

I also, perhaps strangely ( :-D ), preferred the search engine Bing to Google.


GB .........

....... I did not notice any ill effects to my computer workings by downloading Mozilla Firefox .............. except the obvious one, of having to work out how to Bookmark (their version of Favourites) all my sites. I still have not transferred a lot of them over from IE

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Mayfield

Mayfield Report 11 Jul 2013 08:44

I find Firefox pretty good and less trouble than IE8 on my XP machine, managing settings and add-ons is simple too.

Anybody that wants to try another browser rather than trolling the internet looking for links, might find a shortcut icon on their desktop which Microsoft was obliged to put there some time ago, titled Browser Choice clicking on that will enable you to scroll along a selection of alternative browsers and download them.

It should not affect your ability to continue to use IE there will simply be a shortcut on the desktop for Firefox, Chrome or whatever you select . It's worth having a back up browser installed in case you do experience trouble with the one you normally use. Possibly you may be asked if you want to make the new one your default browser you don't have to if you want to.

In fact you can run two at the same time if you want switching between them by minimising them.

Mayfield.

Researching:
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