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Originally Posted by jcat

Uninstalling that file fixed the problem for me, but I'm in a completely different time zone, and I have the German version of XP. Perhaps you could try "restore system", with a date prior to Sunday?

Is there a particular reason why you're using IE? There are so many bugs in that browser, and it's slow in comparison to others. I've also found that Photobucket, which I use every day, works better with Firefox. I have it, as well as Opera and Firefox, on my computer, and switch as needed. You can have several browsers, and just set one as your "default browser". I'll probably now install the Windows version of Safari, just to test it.
Visually FireFox is very uncomfortable to my eyes.
Yesterday, when I downloaded Firefox as an experiment, the dropdown color menu was still not available.

Twice today, when I was responding in a thread, the Standard Editor opened...
after posting, when I checked it again, it went back to Enhanced.

I might try restore system to an earlier date but I hesitate because windows will just want to re-download the security update again.
 

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Firefox seems slower than IE to me. IE6, that is. Don't know about IE7. But I can't use IE6 on TCS anyway....something isn't working for me, either. When I try to read a post or even get into a thread, I get an error message that says "database error" and it's a VBulletin message, not a server message. But that's a whole different issue than this topic, and so long as Firefox works for me, what the hey, eh?
 
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I restored my system to July 1st...
that did not help.

I then removed sp"3"....
using sp "2" still the same problems.

Standard Edit and font color drop down menu are still not working.

My computer was and is running fine elsewhere...
I do not want to use a different OS or browser.

I give up for now.


Still love TCS.
 

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well, there's always typing in the BB codes manually. actually, that's what I do anyway on another board that doesn't have such a nice editor.
 
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Originally Posted by coaster

well, there's always typing in the BB codes manually. actually, that's what I do anyway on another board that doesn't have such a nice editor.
Thanks for the feedback Tim...
for now, that is what I will have to do.

I just re-installed sp3.
That didn't help either.
 

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I know.....it's such a difficult burden to carry being so incredibly helpful all the time.....
 
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Originally Posted by lauracatlover

Mine is doing exactly the same thing
I am sure that in time this problem will be resolved...
in the meantime, if you need a short list of common color names to use manually in your posts, send a PM to me.
Let me know if you want me to show you how to do it.
 

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Originally Posted by xocats

I am sure that in time this problem will be resolved...
in the meantime, if you need a short list of common color names to use manually in your posts, send a PM to me.
Let me know if you want me to show you how to do it.
The total list of color names is here.
 

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It's working fine when I send a quick reply, but if I send a normal reply or try to change the colour of the font in my siggy It doesn't.


I can't PM anybody anyway cuz I'm under 18


I'm not too bothered about it anyway I just wanted to change my sig.

Thanks
 
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Oh my gosh...
I have the drop down font color menu when I use quick reply.

The window look like Standard Editor.

Thanks for that color name link.
 

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I went into work today to find my boss fuming about his PC - he's the only one who uses IE, and after I told him to uninstall the latest Windows update, everything was peachy.

However, I forgot to turn off the Windows automatic update feature after uninstalling that file, so it was installed again when I turned on my computer this evening.

At the moment, I'm using IE, clicked the normal reply button to post, and the color box is working. Go figure.
 
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It really is confusing Tricia.
 
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A reminder...
Regarding posing and PM issues,
some of us still don't have the Standard Editor, with with font color drop down menu active, except in the quick reply option.
 

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Originally Posted by jcat

You could try a Firefox "skin" add-on, like Red Cats (green flavor) or (blue flavor), both of which are quite pleasant, especially for cat lovers: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?q=cats
i LOVE the red cats/blue flavor - have it installed on FF both here & at school... altho at home i tend to use Camino unless i have to use something else.
oh, & the color thing works in Camino [mac browser].
 

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Originally Posted by xocats

A reminder...
Regarding posing and PM issues,
some of us still don't have the Standard Editor, with with font color drop down menu active, except in the quick reply option.
Is this still the case, Lei? Some issues were resolved last night.
 
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When I use the quick reply option, such as now, the font color drop down menu works.
In "Reply" it still does not.

Thanks for asking Trica.
If there is a change, I will let you know.
 

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There still seem to be a few glitches following the upgrade. You and Rigel are now listed as my "friends", and if anybody clicks on statistics in my public profile, they get to see Rigel's gifts. Don't be surprised if my gift show up in yours.

Oh, well, it keeps life interesting, and is being worked on.
 

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IE6 still not working for me. Not that big of a problem, it works fine in my other browsers.
 
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