Can anyone help with a Firefox problem

[anakie]

I have recently acquired a new computer and downloaded Firefox which I had no trouble with on my previous machine. I now keep getting an alert message - ...... not found check the name and try again. I get this even when jumping around the one site ie DU. It is so frustrating I have now gone back to IE where I do not experience the same problem.

Any suggestions as to why this may be so.

[bemildred]

1. You are trying to access a site that is not there.

Sounds like it is failing in the DNS lookup.

I have no idea why though. You might go through your preferences
and look for URLs. I used the full Mozilla install and am quite happy
with it, after first trying Firefox and not being happy with it.
Take that for what you think it's worth.

It is well worth the trouble, in any case, to get rid of IE/Outlook.

[Berserker]

2. Did you (allow)

Firefox on your Firewall? It may be blocking it. What Firewall are you using?

[bemildred]

3. That wasn't the sort of problem I had.

It was more a matter of infelicities in the way it worked.
I was upgrading from Netscape and Moz picked up all my old
stuff "like magic".

Edit: so specifically, I had to learn nothing.

Checking the firewall in the case at hand might be a good thing
to think about though. :thumbsup:

I can deal with firewalls. I could have dealt with Firefox
for that matter, but I'm lazy and Moz does what I want with
no fuss and bother. Firefox is fine, I'm not dissing it.