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Hey, I'm trying to set mozilla's firefox as my default browser (to take the place of MSN). How do I set it up to dial out, etc. right now all i've done is install it, but i want to know how to set up accounts and use it instead of MSN ('cause it sucks). any help would be wonderful. thanks
-=[the]Punisher=-
your asking how to set firefox as your defult browser right?
whats your windows version?
-S3nate
Start Firefox and wait for it to load. Then go to 'Tools' and under 'Options' you will find the place you need to change it to your default browser. It is the 4th option down under the 'General' tab.
[Edit] And just what does his version of windows have to do with setting Firefox as a default browser? [/Edit]
You're still gonna have to dal-ouy (go online) with MSN, if thats your ISP, nobody forces you to use their broswer though. !Quote:
How do I set it up to dial out,
Not really.....if you have your properties set to always dial a connection and to automatically connect, when ever you start any browser even firefox, it will automatically dial out.Quote:
Originally posted here by Enkrypt This
You're still gonna have to dal-ouy (go online) with MSN, if thats your ISP, nobody forces you to use their broswer though. !
I think he was asking what Windows version because in XP you can just go to Set Program access and defaults in the start menu.
Won't MSN still have to be run, automaticly or not ?Quote:
Not really.....if you have your properties set to always dial a connection and to automatically connect, when ever you start any browser even firefox, it will automatically dial out.
I found that running firefox as default browser slows down my computer greatly. After I set my default browser back to IE, it was fine, and I have a fairly new computer, only a year old...
Hm, My FireFox is only slow when i open the first broswer window. after that every windows opens as fast as IE, no problems with the CPU speed though ! Are you using any themes etc ? That can slow down your computer since it's using more memory !
You might be using MSN as you ISP, but you don't have to use IE to make use of it.Quote:
I have been on broadband for a while, but when I did use dialup (it was a small local ISP) my start page (like it is now ) was Antionline. When I clicked on what ever browser I wanted, I automatically dialed out and connected. The browser (usually Firefox / Firebird at that time) would load my start page and I would never see the ISP's home page at all.
Yeah i know that, but isn't MSN a seperate program/software (like when you run AOL, you see the AOL's GUI, but you dont have to use their broswer, i used FireFox when i had AOL too. Im just saying, if he aksed if he can configre FireFox to dial-out and be online.Quote:
You might be using MSN as you ISP, but you don't have to use IE to make use of it.
I have been on broadband for a while, but when I did use dialup (it was a small local ISP) my start page (like it is now ) was Antionline. When I clicked on what ever browser I wanted, I automatically dialed out and connected. The browser (usually Firefox / Firebird at that time) would load my start page and I would never see the ISP's home page at all.
it's not possible i think, he still would have to run the msn software, then when he's online, he sure can use any broswer he has and change his homepage to whatever he wants to !Quote:
How do I set it up to dial out, etc.
I think he got confused and thought Firefox was like MSN and was an ISP. Not sure though, but regardless take the advice given and you'll have it set as your default browser. The funny thing is though, is that on installation (for me) it asked if I wanted to set it as my default browser. Hrmm..
I asked because in windows 2000 you just have to go to your control panel then add/remove programs then on the right there is a icon that says Set program access and defualts, so yea and same with windows XP. But they should also auto detect, if you aready have IE installed and then installed firefox, a window should pop up when you use firefox and it asks you if you want to set firefox to defualt.Quote:
Originally posted here by moxnix
Start Firefox and wait for it to load. Then go to 'Tools' and under 'Options' you will find the place you need to change it to your default browser. It is the 4th option down under the 'General' tab.
[Edit] And just what does his version of windows have to do with setting Firefox as a default browser? [/Edit]
-S3nate
Had that problem with Version 0.8, 0.9.3 appears to solve it and it's way faster than IE on a 56k dialup connection.Quote:
Originally posted here by Enkrypt This
Hm, My FireFox is only slow when i open the first broswer window. after that every windows opens as fast as IE, no problems with the CPU speed though ! Are you using any themes etc ? That can slow down your computer since it's using more memory !