Moss Vale Mens Probus Questions

Question 1. I have AVG (free) anti virus and Windows Firewall. Do you think I should now download Spyware Terminator and Zone Alarm (or just one of them). If I do this should I first remove Windows Firewall or just turn it off at the control panel.?

Answer 1. Spyware Terminator- Yes. Update it and run it through on a regular basis say once a week.
Zone Alarm- If you are on broadband and not on a "router or wireless router system" or networked at home, you would be well served to install it. If you install Zone Alarm then turn off the Windows firewall at the Control Panel.

Question 2. When I went to check my programs I found I had Mozilla Firefox already installed. Should I retain or remove?

Answer 2. Leave it on and you can configure it to use it, as well as Internet Explorer. It then becomes a matter of choice, not necessity.

Question 3. I am running XP and have been using Outlook Express, but changed to Thunderbird on recommendation. But later went back to OE and found that a hell of a lot of mail had come in, 800 messages in fact and of those each message repeated four times.

Answer 3. First of all make sure that you only have one Email Client open at a time, otherwise mail can be received by either one alternatively. I think it is a good idea to only use one client so not to confuse yourself.
To delete the files within each folder- Open each folder singularly, then Highlight each message by holding the CTRL button and clicking on each message you wish to delete. When all highlighted go to File/ Delete.
After each folder is empty you can then delete the Folder if you wish. These will all appear in the Deleted Items folder and you can the delete these by going to "Edit/ "Empty the Deleted files"

Question 4. Using Thunderbird, my spell checker does not come up with mistakes. What to do please..

Answer 4. In Thunderbird go to Tools/ Options/Composition / Spelling

Question 5. I am now trying Firefox for my browser and it's going along quite well, with
one exception so far....
In Explorer I am able to save my Downloads to a "Downloads" file I have established in My Documents. This is divided into sub folders for each Download. e.g. Irfanview, Picasso, Any DVD, Spybot and so on. It seems thatin Firefox I am unable to save my downloads to this folder.

Answer 5. Yes - Go to Tools/ Options/ Main

Question 6. Refering to question 4 - Unfortunately I am still having trouble with spelling:-
I have followed to TOOLS/OPTIONS/COMPOSITION/SPELLING and have
ticked all the boxes. But when it comes to LANGUAGE there is no way to
select a language , just two parallel lines. How do I download a Thunderbird dictionary

Answer 6. Open Thunderbird

Go to Tools/ Add-ons/ and a box will open.

Position this box so that you can resize it for drag & drop.

Now open link below ( Just click on it here)

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/dictionaries.html

On this page will be a list of dictionaries for downloading plus instructions. RESIZE this page so that you can see the previous Thunderbird box which you opened, and now drag with left click of mouse, the dictionary you want to this box, wait 3 seconds and another box will appear, and click install.

Then close Thunderbird and reopen it and the dictionary should be installed.

Repeat for more dictionaries.