browser settings

I suppose this should be directed at the gmail or chrome community but I can't seem to get any help there. I use Chrome and if I go into gmail/ settings it gives me the option to turn on or off (or favourites only) the desktop notifications, i.e. tell me when an e-mail comes in. I go down to...

After a bout with some malware, I found that I have two entries for Firefox in my list of default programs in Win 10 settings. One won't let me pick Firefox as the default browser when I choose that one. I want to remove it from the list. Is there a way? See the screenshot. Thanks!

When I go to a web site and start to enter my email address, a drop down list appears that contains email addresses to choose from. However, some of the addresses are old and I don't use them anymore and one of them is incorrect. Is there a way to clean up the list. I presume this is a windows...

hi everyone, I have an HP Stream, and Iove cortana, but whenever I tell her to search something, she searches on edge, not chrome, BUT, chrome is set to my default browser in every way possible, please help! sincerely, christian

I.E. v11 in Win7 Pro keeps downloading to the desktop, even though I have set the default download location to \Downloads\. How can I make it behave correctly ?

I am an IT person. I create images for an organization. I get a base image from our organization, tailor it for our specific needs and create the new image. We are using Windows 7 Enterprise but are not using a domain controller (No AD). The problem is someone at a high level recently...

If I enter a URL or click a link in an IE8 window, the requested page will come i an existing or newly created Firefox window. I decided to try changing my default browser from Firefox to IE8 to see if it would help, but couldn't figure out how. Is anyone familiar with either of these problems?

Recently when I open a new Chrome browser window, the window opens as normal with the cursor blinking in the Address Bar. But when I type in a search term or URL……. the text does not appear in the Address Bar. I first need to click with the mouse on the address bar to make it active. This...

This may not be the right place for this question, but if not, maybe someone can direct me to a forum as good as this one? I have been considering changing from Google Chrome to Internet Explorer because of reported lower power consumption of Internet Explorer. I have experimented with...

I don't know where else to ask this so I am posting this here: A few days ago I installed a third party program which installed a hijacking search engine called snap.do, I then proceeded to uninstall it but now I can't connect to the internet altogether, so I run a virus scan and a few things...

Hi I've had Belarc Advisor on my computer for years, but in Windows 10 I'm having a strange problem. When I open it, it opens in Openoffice Writer instead of my browser? It' supposed to open in you browser by default. I have looked for some place to tell it what I want the default program to...

I must do a factory restore and i want all of my bookmarks on my internet explorer bar to be saved on a flash drive but i cant find the right folder. i go into the owner folder click on favorites and click on favorites bar but it doesnt list all of the favorites that are actually on my internet...

I get notified by Firefox that windowsforum.com requests to activate Adobe Flash even if there is no video or anything else that would need this plugin - maybe I miss something, though. How come?

I recently upgraded to windows 8. and started using latest IE browser. I cant access to most of the websites having a pod casts. i noticed when i tried to open sound cloud website. IE says only secure content displayed and the webpage says switch to classic sound cloud. i changed the settings, i...

How can I stop the pop up ads on windows 8?

I am using windows 8.When I set my home page in internet options and save, it will not stay set even after clicking on APPLY and OK. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks

Since I have had Win 7, 64-bit installed. The colors of visited and unvisited links in both IE 10 and Firefox 17.0.8 ESR have been annoyingly similar to my aging eyes. Unvisited is a muted blue and visited is a muted purple only slightly different from the blue. In XP my links were an obvious...

is there any option like firefox has > about:config i want to check and edit IE configurations through browser, so IE has any feature like that? Thanks

I am wondering how to REALLY block popup messages. I keep getting popup messages, which are really friggin' annoying. I've downloaded and installed several popup blockers, but nothing seems to stop these damn things from popping up all the time. This is a Windows7 issue. Is there anything...

Ive set the IE as default from Internt otions of IE( dektop version). Now the app from start screen wont do anything. Th e desktop version works but It can be launch frpm the startscreen either. I have unpined and pined to startcsreen but no avail. That browser choice that keeps staying on the...