Shortcuts to web sites dont open with page active. "Keven J. Nielsen" <keven[ at ]5smalldogs.com> 6/29/2007 5:06:04 AM I have a shortcut to Google in IE6. When I double click on it, a new window opens with the start page of google. The problem is that the window is not active and I have to click on it first to use it. I would like for the Google home page to load and for the cursor to be waiting for input without having to click on the new window. Does anyone know how to make the new window start up as active? Thank You Kevin

Re: Shortcuts to web sites dont open with page active. "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> 6/29/2007 9:02:31 PM Hi, Is this a regular Favorite or an Internet Shortcut on the desktop or elsewhere? Does it open Google "Classic Home" or "iGoogle?" Have you added a theme or stuff to your iGoogle page? XP SP2? (May be relevant.) Do other webpages open with focus on top of other windows? Hope this helps, Don [MS MVP- IE] "Keven J. Nielsen" <keven[ at ]5smalldogs.com> wrote in message news:OmGP8sguHHA.1184[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > I have a shortcut to Google in IE6. When I double click on it, a new > window opens with the start page of google. The problem is that the window > is not active and I have to click on it first to use it. I would like for > the Google home page to load and for the cursor to be waiting for input > without having to click on the new window. > > Does anyone know how to make the new window start up as active? > > Thank You > > Kevin

Re: Shortcuts to web sites dont open with page active. "Keven J. Nielsen" <keven[ at ]5smalldogs.com> 6/30/2007 7:35:39 AM "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message news:uchrTDpuHHA.5028[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Hi, > Is this a regular Favorite or an Internet Shortcut on the desktop or > elsewhere? > > Does it open Google "Classic Home" or "iGoogle?" Have you added a theme or > stuff to your iGoogle page? > > XP SP2? (May be relevant.) > > Do other webpages open with focus on top of other windows? > > Hope this helps, > Don > [MS MVP- IE] > > "Keven J. Nielsen" <keven[ at ]5smalldogs.com> wrote in message > news:OmGP8sguHHA.1184[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> I have a shortcut to Google in IE6. When I double click on it, a new >> window opens with the start page of google. The problem is that the > window >> is not active and I have to click on it first to use it. I would like >> for >> the Google home page to load and for the cursor to be waiting for input >> without having to click on the new window. >> >> Does anyone know how to make the new window start up as active? >> >> Thank You >> >> Kevin >

Re: Shortcuts to web sites dont open with page active. "Keven J. Nielsen" <keven[ at ]5smalldogs.com> 6/30/2007 7:45:54 AM Hi Don, thanks for responding. I created the shortcut by going to google.com, I then dragged the little "e" next to the web address to the desktop and it created a shortcut to google. Its just http://www.google.com I do have SP2. My shortcut to my credit union starts up properly with the focus on the page I just opened. Just now, I started my shortcut to google and now the page is active. I dont know why, it has been opening as inactive for a long time. My next question would be "do you have any idea why it would open with the focus on the new window sometimes and sometimes not?" Thank You for your time Keven "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message news:uchrTDpuHHA.5028[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Hi, > Is this a regular Favorite or an Internet Shortcut on the desktop or > elsewhere? > > Does it open Google "Classic Home" or "iGoogle?" Have you added a theme or > stuff to your iGoogle page? > > XP SP2? (May be relevant.) > > Do other webpages open with focus on top of other windows? > > Hope this helps, > Don > [MS MVP- IE] > > "Keven J. Nielsen" <keven[ at ]5smalldogs.com> wrote in message > news:OmGP8sguHHA.1184[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> I have a shortcut to Google in IE6. When I double click on it, a new >> window opens with the start page of google. The problem is that the > window >> is not active and I have to click on it first to use it. I would like >> for >> the Google home page to load and for the cursor to be waiting for input >> without having to click on the new window. >> >> Does anyone know how to make the new window start up as active? >> >> Thank You >> >> Kevin >

Re: Shortcuts to web sites dont open with page active. "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> 6/30/2007 12:11:16 PM Hi, Pure speculation ;-) I was thinking that perhaps some "stuff" (content) on your personalized iGoogle page was seen as ActiveX and IE6 was requiring you to click on the page to activate that ActiveX, even if you weren't seeing a "click to activate" message. More: 912945- Internet Explorer ActiveX update: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912945/en-us http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eolas If this happened with pages other than Google, I would wonder if another browser add-on was involved and would disable other add-ons one at a time to see if the problem disappeared. Don [MS MVP- IE] "Keven J. Nielsen" <keven[ at ]5smalldogs.com> wrote in message news:ewrJ8quuHHA.3356[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Hi Don, thanks for responding. I created the shortcut by going to > google.com, I then dragged the little "e" next to the web address to the > desktop and it created a shortcut to google. Its just http://www.google.com > I do have SP2. My shortcut to my credit union starts up properly with the > focus on the page I just opened. Just now, I started my shortcut to google > and now the page is active. I dont know why, it has been opening as > inactive for a long time. My next question would be "do you have any idea > why it would open with the focus on the new window sometimes and sometimes > not?" > > Thank You for your time > > Keven > "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message > news:uchrTDpuHHA.5028[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > Hi, > > Is this a regular Favorite or an Internet Shortcut on the desktop or > > elsewhere? > > > > Does it open Google "Classic Home" or "iGoogle?" Have you added a theme or > > stuff to your iGoogle page? > > > > XP SP2? (May be relevant.) > > > > Do other webpages open with focus on top of other windows? > > "Keven J. Nielsen" <keven[ at ]5smalldogs.com> wrote in message > > news:OmGP8sguHHA.1184[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > >> I have a shortcut to Google in IE6. When I double click on it, a new > >> window opens with the start page of google. The problem is that the > > window > >> is not active and I have to click on it first to use it. I would like > >> for > >> the Google home page to load and for the cursor to be waiting for input > >> without having to click on the new window. > >> > >> Does anyone know how to make the new window start up as active? > >> > >> Thank You > >> > >> Kevin

Re: Shortcuts to web sites dont open with page active. "Keven J. Nielsen" <keven[ at ]5smalldogs.com> 7/4/2007 8:31:10 AM Hi Don, That is interesting about having to click to activate an activex. My credit union makes me click on the new page before I can enter my password. Do you think that is part of the same problem or is it normal. If my google shortcut is wanting me to activate an activex then do you know of a way fix that? Thank you for your time. Keven "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message news:euwhL$wuHHA.2088[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Hi, > Pure speculation ;-) > I was thinking that perhaps some "stuff" (content) on your personalized > iGoogle page was seen as ActiveX and IE6 was requiring you to click on the > page to activate that ActiveX, even if you weren't seeing a "click to > activate" message. > > More: > 912945- Internet Explorer ActiveX update: > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912945/en-us > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eolas > > If this happened with pages other than Google, I would wonder if another > browser add-on was involved and would disable other add-ons one at a time > to > see if the problem disappeared. > > Don > [MS MVP- IE] > > "Keven J. Nielsen" <keven[ at ]5smalldogs.com> wrote in message > news:ewrJ8quuHHA.3356[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> Hi Don, thanks for responding. I created the shortcut by going to >> google.com, I then dragged the little "e" next to the web address to the >> desktop and it created a shortcut to google. Its just > http://www.google.com >> I do have SP2. My shortcut to my credit union starts up properly with >> the >> focus on the page I just opened. Just now, I started my shortcut to > google >> and now the page is active. I dont know why, it has been opening as >> inactive for a long time. My next question would be "do you have any >> idea >> why it would open with the focus on the new window sometimes and >> sometimes >> not?" >> >> Thank You for your time >> >> Keven > >> "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message >> news:uchrTDpuHHA.5028[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> > Hi, >> > Is this a regular Favorite or an Internet Shortcut on the desktop or >> > elsewhere? >> > >> > Does it open Google "Classic Home" or "iGoogle?" Have you added a theme > or >> > stuff to your iGoogle page? >> > >> > XP SP2? (May be relevant.) >> > >> > Do other webpages open with focus on top of other windows? > >> > "Keven J. Nielsen" <keven[ at ]5smalldogs.com> wrote in message >> > news:OmGP8sguHHA.1184[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> >> I have a shortcut to Google in IE6. When I double click on it, a > new >> >> window opens with the start page of google. The problem is that the >> > window >> >> is not active and I have to click on it first to use it. I would like >> >> for >> >> the Google home page to load and for the cursor to be waiting for >> >> input >> >> without having to click on the new window. >> >> >> >> Does anyone know how to make the new window start up as active? >> >> >> >> Thank You >> >> >> >> Kevin >