Threads Replies Last Post 35 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  >>   ANN: Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for December 2008 Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for December 2008 <QP> This is an advance notification of an out-of-band security bulletin that Microsoft is intending to release on December 17, 2008. </QP> Source: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms08-dec.mspx -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 AumH... 6 12/19/2008 5:51:26 PM IE6 Failing to Open When I click the ICON for IE6, it starts to open but "must close." But I can open the task manager and run it from the run tab. All of the other icons seem to work fine. Whenever a program trys to open an IE window, it closes. I would appreciate any help--thanks CG... 6 12/19/2008 5:50:05 PM My browser is stumbling and jerking. For some time now I noticed that IE6 was slow and sluggish. It frequently tells me that it is "not responding". I then have to "end the program" or "cancel" it. I noticed today that my CPU revs up to 100% whenever I click on a link in the browser. I am using a P4 1.6GB with 514 MB memory. It stays at the 100% level for 5 to 10 seconds and then returns to normal. This is apparently wha... 18 12/19/2008 12:27:01 AM Security Alert Hi, I am using Windows Server 2003 Standard edition and IE 6. When I login to website it shows me security alert i.e. You are about to be redirected to a connection that is not secure. The information you are sending to the current site might be retransmitted to a nonsecure site. Do you wish to continue? I need to suppress this this security Alert. How?... 1 12/18/2008 3:34:03 PM Highlighting visted links I like how IE 6 highlights the links I've visited already on a webpage. Does anyone know how far back into the webpage history IE actually looks? I had the history set to 999 days, but it seems to go back maybe 3-4 weeks at the most. Webpages in my history beyond that point are not being highlighted. I'd like to know the exact number of days IE will highlight a visited webpage, and wheth... 4 12/18/2008 2:58:44 AM Error code when trying to send mail message with YAHOO When I log into my YAHOO account and try to send an email, a little yellow triangle appears in the lower left. When I click the icon and expand the details I get the following: Line: 395 Char: 1 Error: object required Code: 0 Since I am in a business setting and the computers are set up by the administrator and managed remotely, I am not sure if a setting has been changed. Can ... 2 12/17/2008 10:57:24 PM IE 6 configuration settings to a downloadable .exe file Is there a utility to save my Internet Explorer 6 configuration settings and export it to an executable (.exe) file? I want to have a downloadable custom IE settings in our Intranet as a backup solution for the group policies.... 3 12/17/2008 6:47:31 AM I deleted IE7 and I can't install IE6! PLEASE HELP!! An internet provider told me that I have to downgrade my internet explorer 7 to 6 because Windows XP works with 6. So I tried to uninstall and delete ie7. When I went remove the program, all my other programs, I was able to remove it except for IE7. So I manually deleted it. Now I don't have it on my programs so I can't go online (I have the page ie 6, but I cannot connect online) I then trie... 10 12/16/2008 5:36:03 PM Where to ask IE7 questions? I'm sorry this is OT, but I can't seem to find a NG for IE7? I'd appreciate it if someone would point me to the right place, I've looked all over and even went to the MS Communities site and still couldn't find it. The question I have is about address bar autocomplete. I've used Firefox on my old PC and in firefox, as I type a URL in the address bar, FF shows me a list of matching site... 3 12/15/2008 3:11:27 PM unknown POP UP Hi, WhenI use the internet I keep getting a popup that asks; are you sure you want to delete the computer icon from your desktop. I keep clicking on no but it keeps on doing it, usually when I open a new page or close a page. Does anyone know what is causing this. -- Thanks in advance for your help, Lainey.... 9 12/15/2008 8:56:01 AM IE6 Connectivity problem A few days ago, IE6 cannot connect to any web site. As well, Outlook Express downloads emails, but will not download the email graphics when requested. Problems started after computer suddenly powered off. Here's more info: 1) Firefox connects without a problem. 2) I am running with XP Pro SP3. 3) I have tried "netsh winsock reset" to no effect. 4) Disabled my AVG firewall tempo... 6 12/14/2008 10:41:00 PM IE7 - Scroll Button no longer works? Couldn't find an IE7 specific forum - so am posting here in the IE6 forum. A couple of days ago IE7 stopped reacting to mouse scrolls. Other apps work fine. In fact if I go into the Tools.InternetOptions.Advanced tab in IE7, I'm able to scroll the tree control without problems. So, what is it that would cause just IE to stop scrolling in response to the mouse wheel movement? TIA, B... 2 12/14/2008 9:06:01 PM Misbehavior on video files I perform pipeline video inspections and archive them to DVD with a web page containing info on the job and a link to play the video. When the files were MPEG1 (.MPG extension), IE6 would stream the clip from the DVD, which is what I want. My hardware changed recently, and my clips are now in MPEG4, with an .AVI extension. Now, IE insists on loading the whole damn file from the DVD i... 1 12/14/2008 4:18:38 PM ie6 locking up in both xp and vista(ie7) I htought it was my computer, about the last month some sites have been locking up. I have c/a/d, but than the dump, seems to take forever so I have to end that task? I was talking to a friend today that has vista, and his has been locking up also. I think he has the newer vers. of IE? I keep my cookies, and files cleaned? Bruce ... 3 12/14/2008 10:33:27 AM desktop ie 6 icon no longer working after installed sp3 I installed sp3 on my professional xp computer. Now, I can't connect to ie using the desktop ie icon. The ie screen comes up and then immediately closes down. However, if I click on shortcuts that I have saved from ie to my desktop, I can connect to ie and the ie screen stays open.... 4 12/13/2008 10:54:01 PM Auto opening of unselected URL Suddenly my IE6 (Ver 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_qfe) randomly opens a window for new URLs that I didn't specify. Last one loaded was http://frisco.go211.com/azactionsports Tried restoring system to earlier restore point, but system would not do it. Symantics full scan shows no problems. HELP! ... 4 12/13/2008 11:44:09 AM IE6 flummoxed by Java (W2K, SP4+) In my old version of java, 1.5.0_16, as well as the latest release of version 6, which I've just upgraded to, I am unable to get java to work in IE. By contrast, both versions work perfectly in SeaMonkey. What happens is that java will launch OK, but it doesn't stream, so that, for instance, a streaming stock chart will freeze with the data shown at the time of connection. I don't think the... 10 12/13/2008 4:05:17 AM This file could not be found. Hi. Whenever I click on a hyperlinked file that brings up an Open/Save dialogue box, I cannot get the file to open by clicking Open. Doing so gives me the following error: This file could not be found. Try one or more of the following: *Check the spelling of the name of the document. *Try a different file name. Then it has the file path in parenthesis. I can however, save the file to m... 1 12/12/2008 8:45:02 PM Some web pages do not offer password save I have noticed that, even though I have the password-related AutoComlete settings enabled, certain web pages do not offer to have me save passwords. Is this a security feature enabled on the website? If so, is there any way to override it and force a password save?... 2 12/12/2008 4:31:21 PM DNS error on IE6 When I try to open any web site I get a dns error. My Outlook works to my email provider and I can ping by dns name such as yahoo.com. Tried netsh winsock reset but no luck. Any ideas ?... 3 12/11/2008 4:39:00 AM Outlook Express Takes Forever to Open Email The last couple days Outlook Express takes about two minutes to bring up each individual new email. Before it would bring them all up in a matter of seconds, but now it says "receiving message 1" for about two minutes, then when that email comes up it says "receiving message 2" for another two minutes, etc, etc. It doesn't matter what size the email is. What could be causing this?... 6 12/11/2008 4:24:13 AM ie6 download .tgz not working Hi All, Our web application is trying to provide a link to a .tgz file and provide an option to download the file by clicking the link. when we click on the link, I write the file content in ServletOutputStream, set the content type to "application/octet-stream" and the "Content-Disposition" to "attachment; filename=\" support.tgz \" ". mozilla and IE7 show the save as or open buttons, when... 2 12/10/2008 9:42:11 PM Opening new browser instance irrespective of configuration Background: We have a web based (ASP.NET) tool to author HTML content. Authors can create/edit HTML content, preview, and save the file as PDF. A 3rd party component- abcPDF is used to convert HTML into PDF. The converted PDF form will be distributed to consumers. The PDF typically contains “Text Boxes” and a “Submit” button. Users may enter data in text boxes and click the â... 3 12/10/2008 8:45:39 PM Open default browser from IWebBrowser2 Hi all, Is there a way to intercept click of hyperlink in a Browser Control ? What I actually want to do is intercept such a click and open the link / URL in the default browser (Chrome / Firefox). It seems like I.Es WebBrowser control interprets hyperlinks internally and opens in Internet Explorer, even through I.E is not the default browser. Info: I'm using VC++ to develop my chat applic... 2 12/10/2008 8:42:19 PM Toolbars I have rearranged my toolbars to reflect my preferences. After I close the browser my settings are now kept and when I reopen the toolbars resort to a default configuration. How do I keep the toolbars set to preferences? -- Marty... 4 12/10/2008 7:21:50 PM 35 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  >>