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[UncleUB]

Hi all,Got this little problem witha couple of things not displaying propery.I,is part of my BT home page doesn't display content as it should and 2,my Sky news sidebar gadget is the same on every section,ie news,uk news,world news,business news and strange news.no matter which one you click they are all the same.The section on my Bt page where it says 'Today'(that is the news section) is blank.The news is displayed on the right with the 'quick pick' section(which is games,radio,music etc) Also on my homepage some of the things don't work when you 'click on them'.I have done a system restore but still the same.I noticed this yesterday morning,but later on the day everything was fine.
I know not many users have this set up but any help would be appreciated.I am wondering if anything is missing is the reason for this  happening.


Edit,just to add,every other website/page is fine,no problems. 

[roseway]

Can you try a different browser?

[UncleUB]

Eric,its something I have never done before so I'm a bit wary.Do you have say Firefox and IE7 on your desktop and click on whichever you want?..........or.Would changing my browser affect my Sky news gadget in the vista sidebar?
I have just clicked on the uk yahoo site and thats fine.I am trying to see the connection between my BT homepage and the sky news gadget,also the ITN news gadget is the same.All other sidebar gadgets are fine.

[roseway]

Phil, the two browsers would just be two independent applications, each with their own configuration settings. Assuming that you're using IE7 at present, if you were to install Firefox I think it would offer to import your IE7 bookmarks etc., but it might be better not to do this but start from a clean installation in case the IE7 configuration has got corrupted somehow. You would have to choose one of them as your default browser, but that's easy enough to change afterwards.

[scottiesmum]

Unc .. You can have more than  one  browser.   I have IE7 but I use Firefox most of the time now...  ... you can just click on whichever you want to use  ..  you can then import your favourites from IE to FF  .. they are then Bookmarks on FF .. everything should work in FF as it did in IE  .. I find FF much faster than IE   .... and a bit more interesting.   

If you want to give it a go       http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/    ....

 


Ooooops !   we almost collided Eric  ....

[roseway]

I can't think of a nicer person to collide with

[scottiesmum]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww  !!  enchanté     

[UncleUB]

What about things like Mcafee site advisor and windows messenger,also Google.At the moment I have google toolbar and Windows live toolbar installed .I like using windows live mail.Would I have to re-install them on Firefox or............sorry to sound a bit like an idiot but have tried anything other than IE.

[scottiesmum]

Unc ..  I don't know anything about McAfee  Advisor  ... 

see here the add ons for Firefox which you download within FF and install  .. (this is a very simple procedure)

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4490     (for your Web mail)

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=Google+Tool+Bar&cat=all     (you can have your Google Toolbar within FF)
http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/toolbar/FT3/intl/en/index.html     ( I have numerous search engines at the click of the mouse)

I use messenger skype and Yahoo Messenger ... no problems at all

hth     




I've just found this  ...

http://www.siteadvisor.com/download/ff.html

Firefox has it's own  site advisor add on  ....    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3456

There are HUNDREDS of add ons  Unc  ... which you can install very easily ...I would suggest you have a look at the Firefox link I posted and you can have a look at how it works and look around at the Add Ons, Extensions, Themes etc....    You'll like it  .....  and if you don't you can  get rid of it !!   


PPPS  !!!      There is even an IE tab  add on which enables you to use the embedded IE Engine with FF .... 

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419   

[UncleUB]

Many thanks Kate,I will have a good look take from there. 

[UncleUB]

well I've installed Firefox and the BT homepage is ok.One site has asked me for the Adobe Flash player,I have tried to install it but keeps telling me'The following applications need to be closed before the Adobe Flash Player can be installed'In the box is firefox.How can I close firefox and then install the flash player,I'm a bit confused?



Edit,wow,things load a lot faster.How do you clear your browser,temp files,history.cookies etc?

[scottiesmum]

Unc,  are you downloading Adobe from within Firefox ? ..   If so let it close Firefox and install and I think Firefox will then open again automatically, alternatively I've copied the link for the Adobe Flash Player for Firefox here ..

http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/

so you can close Firefox, download/install  Adobe and then re-open Firefox  ....   

don't worry about asking questions, if I can I'll answer them  !!! 

[UncleUB]

I don't know what you mean about closing firefox,how do you download it without the browser open


1, clicked the buttom to download the flashplayer (firefox 1.4)
2,new box opens,you have chosen to open, install_flash_player.exe. which is abinary file from http://fpdownload.macromedia.com
clicked save file.
3,opens another window, install_flash_player.exe  1.4 macromedia.com
4,window opens asking if I want to open excutable file,click ok.
5,new window opens,do you want to run this file,click,run.
6,Program needs your permission to continue,click,continue
7 new window telling me firefox needs to close d before the adobe plug in can be installed...........................what am i doing wrong.

[tuftedduck]

UnkyUb, trying to download from Adobe will take forever.
Go to http://www.filehippo.com/ and look in the section "browsers and plug-ins" and scroll down to Flash Player, then click and download and save it somewhere suitable. Then shut down Firefox and install as you would any other prog.
Next time you open Firefox you wont see any difference until you get back to the site that was asking for the flash player.

The important thing, and I think this is what scottiesmum was driving at, is that there are two flash players, one for Internet Explorer and one for all the rest, so if you want the Firefox one, it is the "rest"

[UncleUB]

Td,it is the one for firefox/mozilla.