Not really the place for explaining the basics. However I will try to give some useful links. First of all try to learn some of the basics about Firefox, or at least be aware where to look * '''[[Get started with Firefox - An overview of the main features]]''' <-- link * An interactive tour https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/tour/ * A list of articles about the basics https://support.mozilla.org/products/firefox/get-started * '''Tabs''' [[Use tabs to organize lots of websites in a single window]] '''Links''' are often blue and lead to resources like help article when clicked. This is one about links * https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link <-- Click (Or double click) Firefox is a '''browser''' * http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser ** Short simple explanation http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/B/browser.html '''Google '''is a big company famous for it's search engine and also a provider of webmail (email) services * Search Engine http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine * email http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webmail * Google http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google Firefox has a default homepage that has a search bar on it, and some icons for useful things. '''Homepage''' in Firefox parlance is the page Firefox usually displays when it starts. (In fact multiple pages may be set, and then open as tabs). Google itself will have a homepage, in that case a page about Google or a google service, and the Google Webmail service will have a logon page (So you may enter the account details and pasword - Or have Firefox do that for you). Here are a couple Google's pages and one of their email logon pages * https://www.google.com/intl/en/about/ * https://www.gmail.com/intl/en/mail/help/about.html * '''https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=mail&continue=https://mail.google.com/mail/''' ------ You may wish to set both the standard Firefox page and the google email page as Firefox homepages * See ** [[Startup, home page and download settings]] **[[How to set the home page]] * To set the standard page and the email logonpage *# Open the two pages. The link above may help you to open the login page. The standard homepage can be opened by keying into the location bar ''about:homepage'' *# Close all the other tabs *# Use: <br /> Firefox Menu Button {Three bar icon) -> Preference {Cog icon) ->|General| [Use current pages]

I'll read all the links. I went into the Windows Firewall and found that Firefox was unchecked and so clicked the changes button and clicked on Firefox but nothing happens. I'm sure that Firefox was previously checked and I did not uncheck it. Is this something that Windows is doing in opposition to Firefox? Why doesn't Windows allow Firefox?

Google has a browser called Google Chrome. Microsoft Windows provides and installs a browser called Internet Explorer (IE). You should have IE on the computer. You would appear to have posted this question using Firefox. So it appears that Firefox is working. It is possible to set Firefox as the default browser if that is what you are trying to do. * [[Make Firefox your default browser]]