x64 firefox and thunderbird

[Guest miso@sushi.com]

I accidentally let Thuderbird attempt to install the latest rev to

version 1.5. In the past, this update didn't work and I spent a bit of

time getting the old version running. [Note the accident was due to me

typing and having thunderbird steal the focus, allowing what I was

typing for another program end up telling thunderbird to do the

upgrade.] This time I couldn't get back to the older rev (1.5).

Version 2.0 doesn't install on my system either.

 

Now to get to the point (and forgive me if this was posted already), I

found a website with firefox and thunderbird compiled for x64.

 

http://www.vector64.com/WindowsBuilds.html

 

So far, both the 64 bit Thunderbird and Firefox work, though I suspect

eventually I'll discover plugin problems with 64 bit firefox.

[Guest Carol Steele]

RE: x64 firefox and thunderbird

 

Funny that, I have the ordinary 32-bit versions of both Thunderbird

(1.5.0.12) and Firefox (2.0.0.4) running with XP x64 without a hint of a

problem. I also ran both programs under Vista x64 (beta 2) as well. Updates

to both programs over the past 9 months have gone without a hitch.

 

Another problem that you will have is visting any sites which have Flash, as

there is no flash plugin yet available for 64-bit browsers.

 

"miso@sushi.com" wrote:

> I accidentally let Thuderbird attempt to install the latest rev to

> version 1.5. In the past, this update didn't work and I spent a bit of

> time getting the old version running. [Note the accident was due to me

> typing and having thunderbird steal the focus, allowing what I was

> typing for another program end up telling thunderbird to do the

> upgrade.] This time I couldn't get back to the older rev (1.5).

> Version 2.0 doesn't install on my system either.

>

> Now to get to the point (and forgive me if this was posted already), I

> found a website with firefox and thunderbird compiled for x64.

>

> http://www.vector64.com/WindowsBuilds.html

>

> So far, both the 64 bit Thunderbird and Firefox work, though I suspect

> eventually I'll discover plugin problems with 64 bit firefox.

>

>

[Guest miso@sushi.com]

Re: x64 firefox and thunderbird

 

On Jul 17, 5:54 pm, Carol Steele

<CarolSte...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Funny that, I have the ordinary 32-bit versions of both Thunderbird

> (1.5.0.12) and Firefox (2.0.0.4) running with XP x64 without a hint of a

> problem. I also ran both programs under Vista x64 (beta 2) as well. Updates

> to both programs over the past 9 months have gone without a hitch.

>

> Another problem that you will have is visting any sites which have Flash, as

> there is no flash plugin yet available for 64-bit browsers.

>

> "m...@sushi.com" wrote:

> > I accidentally let Thuderbird attempt to install the latest rev to

> > version 1.5. In the past, this update didn't work and I spent a bit of

> > time getting the old version running. [Note the accident was due to me

> > typing and having thunderbird steal the focus, allowing what I was

> > typing for another program end up telling thunderbird to do the

> > upgrade.] This time I couldn't get back to the older rev (1.5).

> > Version 2.0 doesn't install on my system either.

>

> > Now to get to the point (and forgive me if this was posted already), I

> > found a website with firefox and thunderbird compiled for x64.

>

> >http://www.vector64.com/WindowsBuilds.html

>

> > So far, both the 64 bit Thunderbird and Firefox work, though I suspect

> > eventually I'll discover plugin problems with 64 bit firefox.

 

Only the latest rev of 1.5 caused me problems. I found others with the

same problem on some forum. Rev 2 gives me an "error opening file"

message during the install.

 

In any event, the 64 bit build of Thunderbird works fine. I haven't

noticed much of a difference with the 64 bit firefox.

 

As a rule, I don't watch flash. It is closed source. I block it with

the 32 bit firefox, but will view flash if I have no other choice. I

can't stand those stupid animated flash adverts that make the web

content hard to read.