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I don’t think there’s anything to activate, because MS wouldn’t have put W 10 on my computer. Is that what you mean, activate W 10? Thanks for the thought.

I’m glad to see the subject become current again, b/c I just read about this in the recent newsletter. This is a question from an intermediate user! I downloaded the file from the link in the newsletter, to a thumb drive. Will that work? The whole process is a little scary for me, not being a tech expert!

Why not set a minimum font size in Tools –> Options –> Display –> Formatting –> Advanced?

I always use this in Firefox and Thunderbird.

Fantastic idea! I just did this with Chrome settings, not just email, since the font is too small on everything. Had to click on settings and search with the word “font”, because specific terms in settings for Chrome are harder to find than in FF. Will see how it goes; until now I have had to click on control and + to make every page easier to read – larger.
Thank you!

Glad I checked this forum today! I had a gut feeling that I should do so, after getting the update notice (I usually go ahead and download them). If this is a common problem it sounds as though we should wait, which is what I recently read Susan saying in her patch article. She waits till the weekend after updates to download them, I believe she said. Then one can hope that the bugs are worked out.

So it seems Trustwave ran a port scan and found a response on port 111 from your router or firewall.

The results, if they are correct, are worrying: they suggest that port 111 is available to the outside world. That is a very unusual situation and would normally require specific action to implement. From your comments, I think it safe to assume that you haven’t forwarded port 111 in your router.

So what is left is either a badly configured router, a system that has no router firewall (old usb attached adsl modems fall into this category), or an erroneous result. If you have no router firewall, then it is possible port 111 may be exposed to the internet – which is what Trustwave apparently have found. Replacing an old usb attached modem with a modern router would resolve that.

You can check for open ports on your router yourself using ShieldsUp.

You can check for open ports on the PC using the command netstat -an in a command prompt window.

I used the ShieldsUp tests, several of them, and passed them all fortunately. It’s a fascinating tool, thanks.

One way of trying to keep your personal info (reasonably) private when using Google is to delete the USER PROFILE and do away with Google+. Also ensure that you log out of your Google account as the info gathered is (supposedly) only gathered when you are logged into you account and a lot of folks never actually sign out. Another way is to start using another search engine. I have started using searchpage and this is based on Google.

That’s the first thing I did after scrutinizing the new policy. There was nothing much in my gmail user profile anyway, but that’s a good place to start. Lots of good tips here from all of you, and I agree with another one – forget giving Google my phone number!

Thank you both. It doesn’t sound like very good news, though. I don’t know why we can’t connect to the ‘net now, after I fooled around with CCleaner. I saw that site last night, BATcher, when I was desperately seeking answers. No, I don’t have the restore/install disc. Maybe we’ll have to wipe the drive and start over, or use another drive.

This update mysteriously installed last night as I shut down (never saw any yellow update shield). This morning everything went haywire! Nothing would load or work on the computer and I finally managed to do a system restore. This seemed to solve the problem. I also googled the update and saw that there were many complaints about it, so we’re not alone. I won’t let that update install on either computer now. Maybe WS newsletter will tell us more. Try the restore.

THIS is only in response to anniewr! I understand in your first post that you are running XP.I have to ask if you have SP3 installed?Then the other suggestion I can only think of.Only for your situation!Would be to check to see if there is an update for your video card @ the Manufacturing site,for your machine.The best of luck.

Oh yes, I have SP3 and all the latest updates. I can check on the video card idea however. If I run Belarc maybe it will tell me the video card manufacturer. Not sure how else to find that info. Thanks for the suggestions!

I give up!! Tried all suggested fixes for Ff 5 and FF 6 for scrolling, not responding. cutting off and restarting. Nothing works. What frustration FF has caused. Prior to these new versions ( which are awful), FF was my all time favorite browser. Started using IE9 yesterday, which I have not used for yearsand am so relieved. What a difference in it’s immediate responsiveness. Until someone tells me FF is fixed, I will not use it.

I have found that FF has improved since I wrote the first question. However, we now use Chrome primarily, and have FF open to use for certain websites, because I trust the security of FF. I would encourage you to try Chrome instead of IE, even though IE has its stalwart fans. :rolleyes: Chrome seems to work very well and is fast, scrolling is fine. Good luck!

Let us know how you do with FF 6. I have been using both Chrome and FF, and saw the update for FF 6, which I’ll download after reading the CNET favorable review. Don’t like to jump into updates till there’s some feedback.

Thanks for all the input. FF is still acting strange re the scrolling, but maybe it’s not quite as bad as it was at first (after FF 5). In the meantime, until Mozilla fixes something, we’ve been using Chrome. Yes, it takes a little getting used to, and I prefer FF because of some of the features it has. We’ll keep using both for the time being, and at least I know it’s not just my computer if it’s a widespread problem!

We don’t have a mouse with a wheel, but thanks for the thought I have spent the last 3 days or so working on this problem, and that included trying Google Chrome. Chrome doesn’t impress me, one reason being that a good part of those couple of days was trying to find out how to import Firefox bookmarks. Finally did it, and others have had a problem with that aspect of Chrome from the beginning according to every forum I checked! Chrome does seem fast, but it has drawbacks in my opinion.

BTW, I have examined all the FF options regarding scrolling, and they are set now, including satrow’s suggestion above. I’m convinced that FF will have to fix something that changed with version 5.

Thank you! It seems to help. I’ll see as I continue if that solves the problem completely. It’s too bad that when there’s an update to some of these programs, you have to go back and check all the options since some of them appear to change from the previous version.

I have to agree with the comment above that some of us are not advanced computer users! Sometimes my questions are prefaced with that admission. Too bad we didn’t see this patch warning until today (when it came to my inbox), since the patches were already downloaded earlier this week. The dot net patches apparently did not cause me problems, but I always wonder what dot net does and if I even need the thing!

The main question I have is whether others have had a slow and jerky scrolling problem start after downloading FF 5? There doesn’t seem to be any other problem (except that something has slowed the computer). Anyone else noticed the scrolling problem?