How to with Vista? I'm used to highlighting, right clicking & spell check option when filling out forms, on forums etc.
Spell Check
- Thread starter jbt
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Chances are you had some thrid-party utility installed on XP that provided this functionality, as spell-check is not a standard part of Internet Explorer or even Firefox.
You'll have to determine which add-on did this, and then find and install a Vista compatible version.
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom Build
- CPU
- AMD Phenom 9600 Quad
- Motherboard
- ASUS MB-M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi
- Memory
- 2 x A-Data 2GB DDR2-800
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS ATI Radeon HD 2400PRO
- Monitor(s) Displays
- SAHARA 21"
- Screen Resolution
- 1600x1200
- Hard Drives
- 2 x 80GB Seagate (I)
2 x 120GB Seagate (I/S)
2 x 200GB Seagate (I/S)
2 x 250GB Seagate (I/S)
- PSU
- 800W
- Case
- Thermaltake Tai-Chi
- Cooling
- Tai-Chi Water Cooler
- Keyboard
- Genius
- Mouse
- Logitech
- Internet Speed
- 384kbps
- Other Info
- Currently dual booting between Vista x64 Ultimate Windows 7 BETA x64
Spell-check IS a standard feature with Firefox!
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Acropolis
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-6800k @ 4.0 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS X99-M WS
- Memory
- 32GB Corsair Vengeance 2x16GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 STRIX
- Monitor(s) Displays
- ASUS ROG Swift PG278Q
- Screen Resolution
- 2560x1440
- Hard Drives
- 2x 256GB Samsung 850 Pro (RAID 0)
1x 500GB Samsung 850 Evo
2x Western Digital RED 4TB (RAID 1)
50TB File Server (Multiple RAID 6)
- PSU
- Corsair AX1200i
- Case
- Corsair Air 240
- Keyboard
- Razer Blackwidow X Chroma
- Mouse
- Logitech G502
- Internet Speed
- 250Mbps Down | 15 Mbps Up
I stand corrected. I only use Firefox when checking compatibility with websites that I design. My everyday browser (since switching to Vista nearly 18 months ago) has been Internet Explorer 7.0
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom Build
- CPU
- AMD Phenom 9600 Quad
- Motherboard
- ASUS MB-M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi
- Memory
- 2 x A-Data 2GB DDR2-800
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS ATI Radeon HD 2400PRO
- Monitor(s) Displays
- SAHARA 21"
- Screen Resolution
- 1600x1200
- Hard Drives
- 2 x 80GB Seagate (I)
2 x 120GB Seagate (I/S)
2 x 200GB Seagate (I/S)
2 x 250GB Seagate (I/S)
- PSU
- 800W
- Case
- Thermaltake Tai-Chi
- Cooling
- Tai-Chi Water Cooler
- Keyboard
- Genius
- Mouse
- Logitech
- Internet Speed
- 384kbps
- Other Info
- Currently dual booting between Vista x64 Ultimate Windows 7 BETA x64
Understandable, since it only shows up when you're typing a message!
Example of the Quick-Reply on this site using Firefox:
Example of the Quick-Reply on this site using Firefox:
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Acropolis
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-6800k @ 4.0 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS X99-M WS
- Memory
- 32GB Corsair Vengeance 2x16GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 STRIX
- Monitor(s) Displays
- ASUS ROG Swift PG278Q
- Screen Resolution
- 2560x1440
- Hard Drives
- 2x 256GB Samsung 850 Pro (RAID 0)
1x 500GB Samsung 850 Evo
2x Western Digital RED 4TB (RAID 1)
50TB File Server (Multiple RAID 6)
- PSU
- Corsair AX1200i
- Case
- Corsair Air 240
- Keyboard
- Razer Blackwidow X Chroma
- Mouse
- Logitech G502
- Internet Speed
- 250Mbps Down | 15 Mbps Up
@jbt - in order to answer that we'll ahve to know what web browser you use.
My Computers
System One System Two
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- Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro X64 Insider Preview (Skip Ahead) latest build
- Manufacturer/Model
- The Beast Model V (homebrew)
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
- Motherboard
- eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
- Memory
- 3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
- Graphics Card(s)
- eVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 (04G-P4-3979-KB)
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD Audio (onboard)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 * Lenovo LT2323pwA Widescreeen
- Screen Resolution
- 2 * 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System)
Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree)
2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD
Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
- PSU
- Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
- Case
- ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
- Cooling
- Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
- Keyboard
- Logitech G15 (gen 2)
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master (shared)
- Internet Speed
- AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
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- Operating System
- Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
- Manufacturer/Model
- Lenovo ThinkPad E545
- CPU
- AMD A6-5350M APU
- Motherboard
- Lenovo
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Graphics card(s)
- Radeon HD (Embedded)
- Sound Card
- Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Lenovo 15" Matte
- Screen Resolution
- 1680 * 1050
- Hard Drives
- INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
- PSU
- Lenovo
- Case
- Lenovo
- Cooling
- Lenovo
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master (shared) | Synaptics TouchPad
- Keyboard
- Lenovo
- Internet Speed
- AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex
Hi Jbt,
Firefox 3 has spellcheck builtin, for Internet exploerer use IE7Pro for highlighting/spellchecking and more
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According to IE Properties I'm running just plain Internet Explorer.
Many of my fav (and paid for) programs won't work on Vista. I'm sick of vista! Carbonite backup of old computer isn't working well (yet) because of so many incompatibilities. What I would give to have my old XP Pro MCE running again. Much of my computer time is with photography and movie clips. My fav Adobe PhotoDeluxe 3.1 won't work. Capture Express ditto. Photoshop 5.5 & 6 work only partially.
I hope there is some way I can get rid of Vista. $900 for an HP Pavillion and so far all I do is pound my head on it.
Many of my fav (and paid for) programs won't work on Vista. I'm sick of vista! Carbonite backup of old computer isn't working well (yet) because of so many incompatibilities. What I would give to have my old XP Pro MCE running again. Much of my computer time is with photography and movie clips. My fav Adobe PhotoDeluxe 3.1 won't work. Capture Express ditto. Photoshop 5.5 & 6 work only partially.
I hope there is some way I can get rid of Vista. $900 for an HP Pavillion and so far all I do is pound my head on it.
My Computer
Right, let's get started:
- Carbonite - I just had a look at their website. They don't have a "Trial Download" section, neither do they have any kind of "Support" system available where you can post questions or download updates. That has the alarm bells ringing in my ears as not being a 100% kosher application to begin with.
- Adobe PhotoDeluxe 3.1 - Have you checked Adobe for updates?
- Photoshop - Check here for updates - Adobe - Photoshop Elements : For Windows
- Capture Express - They don't mention Vista compatibility at all (Capture Express Home Page). And because utilities such as this one usually require direct access to the display driver and hardware, the chances of it working properly on Vista without an update are minimal. Have you tried using the Windows Snipping Tool as an alternative, or the old-fashioned method of just pressing the <PRINT_SCREEN> key?
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom Build
- CPU
- AMD Phenom 9600 Quad
- Motherboard
- ASUS MB-M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi
- Memory
- 2 x A-Data 2GB DDR2-800
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS ATI Radeon HD 2400PRO
- Monitor(s) Displays
- SAHARA 21"
- Screen Resolution
- 1600x1200
- Hard Drives
- 2 x 80GB Seagate (I)
2 x 120GB Seagate (I/S)
2 x 200GB Seagate (I/S)
2 x 250GB Seagate (I/S)
- PSU
- 800W
- Case
- Thermaltake Tai-Chi
- Cooling
- Tai-Chi Water Cooler
- Keyboard
- Genius
- Mouse
- Logitech
- Internet Speed
- 384kbps
- Other Info
- Currently dual booting between Vista x64 Ultimate Windows 7 BETA x64
Wow, talk about quick replies!
Carbonite can be tried for free for 30 days (don't even need credit card) using offer code Laura. I can't personally recommend yet and am giving them a chance still.
I did have to dl a new plugin for PhotoDeluxe 3, but when tried to reinstall got a popup saying not enough memory to do the deed. That's when I discovered CaptureExpress wouldn't work when tried to take a screenshot of the popup and Windows Task Manager. Total Physical Memory was 3964 MB with 1800 cached and 1167 free. (yeah, I know doesn't add up)
Doing my photo editing at this very moment on an old Gateway running Win 98SE.
None of the Photoshop help files would display in Vista.
Thanks again!
Carbonite can be tried for free for 30 days (don't even need credit card) using offer code Laura. I can't personally recommend yet and am giving them a chance still.
I did have to dl a new plugin for PhotoDeluxe 3, but when tried to reinstall got a popup saying not enough memory to do the deed. That's when I discovered CaptureExpress wouldn't work when tried to take a screenshot of the popup and Windows Task Manager. Total Physical Memory was 3964 MB with 1800 cached and 1167 free. (yeah, I know doesn't add up)
Doing my photo editing at this very moment on an old Gateway running Win 98SE.
None of the Photoshop help files would display in Vista.
Thanks again!
My Computer
Are the Photoshop help files in ".HLP" format? If yes, then try this - Download details: WinHlp32.exe for Windows Vista
Vista stopped supporting ".HLP" files, but the WINHLP32.EXE file is available for download for those older programs that insist on using it...
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom Build
- CPU
- AMD Phenom 9600 Quad
- Motherboard
- ASUS MB-M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi
- Memory
- 2 x A-Data 2GB DDR2-800
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS ATI Radeon HD 2400PRO
- Monitor(s) Displays
- SAHARA 21"
- Screen Resolution
- 1600x1200
- Hard Drives
- 2 x 80GB Seagate (I)
2 x 120GB Seagate (I/S)
2 x 200GB Seagate (I/S)
2 x 250GB Seagate (I/S)
- PSU
- 800W
- Case
- Thermaltake Tai-Chi
- Cooling
- Tai-Chi Water Cooler
- Keyboard
- Genius
- Mouse
- Logitech
- Internet Speed
- 384kbps
- Other Info
- Currently dual booting between Vista x64 Ultimate Windows 7 BETA x64
For IE, there is also the addon ieSpell - Spell Checker add-on for Internet Explorer for spell check.
It works in Vista flawlessly.
It works in Vista flawlessly.
My Computers
System One System Two
-
- Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro X64 Insider Preview (Skip Ahead) latest build
- Manufacturer/Model
- The Beast Model V (homebrew)
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
- Motherboard
- eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
- Memory
- 3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
- Graphics Card(s)
- eVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 (04G-P4-3979-KB)
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD Audio (onboard)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 * Lenovo LT2323pwA Widescreeen
- Screen Resolution
- 2 * 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System)
Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree)
2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD
Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
- PSU
- Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
- Case
- ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
- Cooling
- Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
- Keyboard
- Logitech G15 (gen 2)
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master (shared)
- Internet Speed
- AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
-
- Operating System
- Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
- Manufacturer/Model
- Lenovo ThinkPad E545
- CPU
- AMD A6-5350M APU
- Motherboard
- Lenovo
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Graphics card(s)
- Radeon HD (Embedded)
- Sound Card
- Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Lenovo 15" Matte
- Screen Resolution
- 1680 * 1050
- Hard Drives
- INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
- PSU
- Lenovo
- Case
- Lenovo
- Cooling
- Lenovo
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master (shared) | Synaptics TouchPad
- Keyboard
- Lenovo
- Internet Speed
- AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex
Have you tried Adobe Photoshop 7-CS3? They all worked flawlessly for me on Vista.
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Acropolis
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-6800k @ 4.0 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS X99-M WS
- Memory
- 32GB Corsair Vengeance 2x16GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 STRIX
- Monitor(s) Displays
- ASUS ROG Swift PG278Q
- Screen Resolution
- 2560x1440
- Hard Drives
- 2x 256GB Samsung 850 Pro (RAID 0)
1x 500GB Samsung 850 Evo
2x Western Digital RED 4TB (RAID 1)
50TB File Server (Multiple RAID 6)
- PSU
- Corsair AX1200i
- Case
- Corsair Air 240
- Keyboard
- Razer Blackwidow X Chroma
- Mouse
- Logitech G502
- Internet Speed
- 250Mbps Down | 15 Mbps Up
Just installed the ieSpell & rebooted. Works just like I want. Thanks!
The help files were Windows Help File format.
Capture Express I really, really miss because you could quickly outline a just small area to capture, capture a window, the whole screen etc, etc. So easy to use. Unfortunately not for Vista. What's New in v 2.0
Only so much time each morning to work on these things. I have PhotoDeluxe 3 on a 3rd computer. Is there an easy way to hook the two computers together so can share info back and forth. It's an old Gateway with Win98se. I could put the two towers abt 10 foot away from each other.
Thanks again!
The help files were Windows Help File format.
Capture Express I really, really miss because you could quickly outline a just small area to capture, capture a window, the whole screen etc, etc. So easy to use. Unfortunately not for Vista. What's New in v 2.0
Only so much time each morning to work on these things. I have PhotoDeluxe 3 on a 3rd computer. Is there an easy way to hook the two computers together so can share info back and forth. It's an old Gateway with Win98se. I could put the two towers abt 10 foot away from each other.
Thanks again!