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Two problems which I found recently that are new (things were fine before). They may be connected or they may be separate problems: 1) I have hyperlinks to web pages in a number of my Excel files, and also in Word files. All of a sudden, the links don't call up the web pages. Instead, I get an...

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?

Is there any way at all to speed up the desktop version of IE11? The other one on the start up menu works fine. But, IE11 desktop is slow on many web sites and sometimes the mouse works and sometimes I have to use the up or down arrow keys. And sometime changing web pages is just plain not...

How to Change Themes in Google Chrome Google Chrome themes can be used to modify the look and feel of your browser, altering the appearance of everything from your scrollbar to the background color of your tabs. The browser provides a very simple interface to locate and install new themes. This...

Whether I'm in IE or Firefox or Chrome, I've been having problems loading thread pages off of forums - two different forums so far. On one forum, I can't view the forum posts to the thread I created. For instance, on Banjo Hangout (www.banjohangout.org) I created a thread under...

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...

I am new to Windows 8.When I open Internet Explorer and every time I go into a website, I always get this message: Internet Explorer blocked this website from displaying content with security certificate errors. Is there anything I can do to stop this message from appearing. I never had this...

Hi all, Recently my wife noticed that when using sites such as Amazon and eBay problems occur. On Amazon, when you click view cart, it will not let you and gives an error telling you to enable cookies on your browser. They are enabled and everything is right. I get the same error on Internet...

I was on a thread and my system slowed down and became almost unusable. I checked Task Manger and it showed Adobe flash as taking 14 % CPU time. This is Firefox, so I ended the task for Adobe Flash Player and the system went back to normal. The Advertising in the large boxes disappeared and...

Hello I keep getting a reminder that protected mode is on and to click to disable it if I want. it pops up in my Outlook.com and some other sites. I can see in internet options under advanced where I can uncheck it but the increase risk is a concern. It also appears under MSIE 11 'security' both...

When I turn on the computer and accessess either Google Chrome or IE the web page starts to load, then stops....I have checked it out and get DNS SERVER NOT RESPONDING... I have flushed and reset but everytime I turn on the computer I have to go through the same tasks Any suggestions

I am a new user of Windows 8. Can I presume that bookmarking a web site is similar to adding that site to my Favorites folder in earlier versions of Windows? If so, where do I access these bookmarks once created, and can they be merged with my Favorites folder? Gordon Houston, TX

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

Hey guys! I have a really irritating problem with the new IE. There´s NO setting for the "New page" anywhere, only for "New tabs". I want every New Window to show the HomePage, not the page I´m currently on. Been searching the internet for 2 days straight now, and I cant find ANYTHING about...

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My computer tends to crash, and freeze after being on for more than an hour a day. I ran Memory, Tests, Checked Wires, and Ran A Hard drive check and a sector and everything turned out normal. Also all of my drivers are up to date as well as my BIOS. -MY Q6600 is running on Stock settings...

Hi I've always been a big Chrome supporter but the last year has really driven me up the wall. Now it loads 10 copies of my Comcast Home Page every time I open it. I removed it, and all the registry entries and then downloaded and install an older version. It worked great, just like it used...