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BettyLou

BettyLou Report 9 Nov 2009 09:39

I bought a laptop with Vista and found that Mozilla Firefox worked better than Internet Explorer. When you go onto a site that you want to visit frequently (Ancestry, GR etc.) then bookmark it under 'bookmarks toolbar' and you have your own instant access on the screen at all times. Incidentally, I have the genealogy toolbar as well and it is brilliant.

Irene

Irene Report 8 Nov 2009 22:01

just google Genealogy Toolbar and you will find the site and the free download. Regards Irene

Madmeg

Madmeg Report 8 Nov 2009 18:18

Ah, favourites is the star - I have got it now, thanks.

Irene, where would I find the Genealogy toolbar?

Irene

Irene Report 8 Nov 2009 11:54

You could nowload for free the Genealogy Toolbar to your pc that has a link to most of the genealogy sites that we use all the time. Good luck Irene

mgnv

mgnv Report 8 Nov 2009 01:36

Assuming you're using IExplorer, up at top there's a box showing:
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.asp?wci=thread&tk=1187771
i.e., the URL for this web page. to the right, I've got a much smaller google box, and I just type stuff in there, then hit enter.
To go to another site, enter the address in the left box (after removing the GR URL) e.g. type (or paste) in:
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Below the box, at left, I've got a gold star labeled Favorites. Click on this, and I get a drop down list of my favorites for me to click on. In the top margin of that list, there's an "add to favorites" clickable link which opens a little dialog box - I think the default is to put the new favorite where you put the last one, but if you want, you can create a new folder "Genealogy" say, with the "new folder" button, and put the link in that - or even in Canada/Scotland/England/etc folders created inside your genealogy folder.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 8 Nov 2009 00:23

Margaret


I really hate to tell you this


............. but we couldn't get Vista to work for us on the laptop we bought last year


After a couple of months trying to sort it out (OH is a stubborn so-and-so at times) ..................... we took it into our local geek computer shop, and they replaced Vista with Windows.


At that time, they had another 12 laptops waiting to also be changed over.




sylvia

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.

Madmeg

Madmeg Report 7 Nov 2009 23:30

Hi folks.

My PC died on my today. I have gone out and bought a new laptop. It is Windows Vista, my old one was XP. I am definitely a noddy with computers. I have managed to put this website into Favourites, but I can't for the life of me find Google, or Ancestry, or anything else.

I am hoping to get the old (which is not old) computer repaired next week.

Can anyone tell me how you get websites up in Vista, and into Favourites?

I am stupid at this.

Words of one syllable please.

Margaret