Forum: Web Browsers 2 Days Ago |
| Replies: 10 Views: 6,269 It's malware. I just had the same problem.
The only way I could get control was to unplug the Internet connection, then start the browser. After the page load failed, I could change the settings... |
Forum: Web Browsers 17 Days Ago |
| Replies: 11 Views: 4,561 Possibilities:
1. The volume is down
2. The browser does not have the proper plugin installed (separate from having the player)
3. The computer is overloaded to the point where it has no time to... |
Forum: Web Browsers 17 Days Ago |
| Replies: 1 Views: 371 I found the answer. use Google search, select advanced search when the search displays. There is a dropdown box called "Date, usage rights, numeric range, and more" at the bottom of the search... |
Forum: Web Browsers 18 Days Ago |
| Replies: 5 Views: 659 Has your service provider blocked these sites for some reason? |
Forum: Web Browsers 18 Days Ago |
| Replies: 1 Views: 371 I am searching for the latest developments on an engineering problem. The problem is that the search engines return thousands of pages on the subject, most of which I have read many times.
Is... |
Forum: Web Browsers Aug 23rd, 2009 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 641 You might have to tell FF where the port is.
Go into Tools/Options and check the settings.
What kind of connection do you have? |
Forum: Web Browsers Apr 12th, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 806 We have LanSchool, which lets the teacher's station set the student stations to allow or disallow using web browsers at the teacher's command. |
Forum: Web Browsers Apr 12th, 2008 |
| Replies: 11 Views: 37,078 RED X causes:
1. Not enough RAM to display the pictures. Upgrade is the only cure.
2. Not enough Internet Cache space reserved to hold the pictures. Reset the size so the entire page fits in... |
Forum: Web Browsers Mar 15th, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 772 Certain websites or site providers block a certain ISP because some users on that ISP (or pretending to be on that ISP) commits spam or spreads malware. |
Forum: Web Browsers Mar 14th, 2008 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 7,686 This sounds like either the file permission is set wrong, or something is wrong at that host. |
Forum: Web Browsers Mar 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 599 Is this a video saved on your hard disk, or over the Internet?
- A video on your hard disk should not change. If it is changing, you have hardware trouble.
- You might have other software... |
Forum: Web Browsers Mar 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 3,082 This sounds like an out-of-memory or out-of-internet-cache error.
Such errors do not depend on the time IE is running, but the size of the web page.
The fact that you are running Vista could... |
Forum: Web Browsers Feb 27th, 2008 |
| Replies: 17 Views: 5,442 Blame Pakistan.
They set up a system to block their citizens from seeing YouTube and several other sites that broadcast stuff that violates Islamic regulations.
Their system represented itself... |
Forum: Web Browsers Feb 27th, 2008 |
| Replies: 20 Views: 35,602 I traced it to my virus checker holding up the video for a few seconds until it could catch up. Then the video starts again.
I will not let Quicktime on my system for the reason stated above. |
Forum: Web Browsers Feb 24th, 2008 |
| Replies: 17 Views: 5,442 Try accessing the sites without using bookmarks.
If this works, it means that there was something in a bookmark that is no longer valid (usually due to a site upgrade). |
Forum: Web Browsers Feb 24th, 2008 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 6,683 If you are using a bookmark, try typing in the url for the site without using the bookmark.
Site upgrades frequently cause this problem when bookmarks are used, especially if the bookmark goes... |
Forum: Web Browsers Feb 24th, 2008 |
| Replies: 25 Views: 71,278 I came across this problem before, and it was caused by bookmarking a page other than the main site entry page.
When they do a site upgrade, the old page still works, because they haven't removed... |
Forum: Web Browsers Feb 24th, 2008 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 902 You should not be saving passwords in IE. |
Forum: Web Browsers Feb 11th, 2008 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 3,204 What you have to do is NOT choose the "do this with all files of this type" checkbox when you download a file. Then it asks you what to do with the file. |
Forum: Web Browsers Feb 8th, 2008 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 973 Unfortunately, no on the duration.
Only events can be recorded, not durations.
Remaining at the same web page is not something that is noticeable, especially if the user uses the back button to... |
Forum: Web Browsers Feb 8th, 2008 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 905 The site is a likely indirect source of spyware, as it is a web searcher. |
Forum: Web Browsers Feb 8th, 2008 |
| Replies: 16 Views: 2,679 Are you the main user? If not, the superuser settings might take precedence over yours.
If you are in a school or business setting, the sysops control such things.
If the computer has Deep... |
Forum: Web Browsers Feb 8th, 2008 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 774 Your ISP may be blocking that site as a security risk.
Note that many businesses and schools routinely block such sites as a waste of computer time. |
Forum: Web Browsers Feb 8th, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 1,523 There are many things that slow down Internet downloading. Some you can do something about, and some you can't:
1. Things you can do something about:
- Clean out malware (spyware and viruses... |
Forum: Web Browsers Feb 8th, 2008 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 1,629 3 possibilities:
1. Your security settings do not allow JS for the trust level the browser thinks this site is.
2. Your ISP is blocking the use of JS for some reason. If you are at work or... |
Forum: Web Browsers Feb 8th, 2008 |
| Replies: 10 Views: 15,844 Some thoughts:
- The user's browser does not have a scripting language you used installed, or has it turned off.
- A firewall is blocking certain kinds of files.
- An ISP is blocking certain... |
Forum: Web Browsers Jan 28th, 2008 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 818 If the server is a Unix machine, there could be previous versions stored on it. Replacing a file does NOT destroy the original - it gives it an alternate name. |
Forum: Web Browsers Jan 28th, 2008 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 20,919 Look for the setting "Shrink to fit" in the web browser settings. Then look for a setting "set default" to lock it in. |
Forum: Web Browsers Jan 25th, 2008 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 7,709 |
Forum: Web Browsers Jan 25th, 2008 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 22,976 Check the Internet security settings in IE.
If they are too strict, this will happen. |
Forum: Web Browsers Jan 25th, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 805 It sounds like the ISP has the router as the device it expects to see. It may interpret the others as security violations.
The slowdown is not in your connection to the ISP. It is an overload in... |
Forum: Web Browsers Jan 22nd, 2008 |
| Replies: 10 Views: 14,007 I know that AOL and Hotmail sometimes block ISPs because spam came from there (or appears to have come from there).
If this has happened, the sysops at Hotmail will have to fix it. |
Forum: Web Browsers Jan 17th, 2008 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 3,035 This is phishing or malware spam
It has nothing to do with your computer or your email service. The notices are phake. This is usually used for phishing, advertising, or downloading malware to... |
Forum: Web Browsers Jan 17th, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 987 I would say this is a character set mismatch, with some other character in an extended character set being mapped to the underscore key.
- Make sure the browser is using the same character set the... |
Forum: Web Browsers Jan 17th, 2008 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 1,557 This happened to me, and it was a stuck keyboard key that initiated it (it was not a toolbar, but a hotkey someone had installed).
After I fixed the stuck key, the browser windows continued to... |
Forum: Web Browsers Jan 15th, 2008 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 9,286 Some sites are greedy, and change your homepage. Do not visit them. |
Forum: Web Browsers Jan 15th, 2008 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 2,004 The setting you are making turns off the security that prevents malware on sneaky sites from running itself on your computer. You should not make that setting.
Check to see if the .zip and .rar... |
Forum: Web Browsers Jan 13th, 2008 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 8,063 Check the Windows settings for this in IE. |
Forum: Web Browsers Jan 12th, 2008 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 1,317 A DNS error means that your ISP can't find the computer that the site is supposed to be on.
I can think of several reasons:
- The site is down, voluntarily or involuntarily. (It might have been... |
Forum: Web Browsers Jan 12th, 2008 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 2,004 No.
You are asking for the ability to commit security violations. Whoever wants this capability needs a course in internet security.
The browser is not allowed to run any downloaded file for... |