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susiecue
03-29-2002, 09:43 PM
HELLO
I RECENTLY HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH THE WINDOWS OR BROWSER, NOT SURE WHICH, FAIRLY NEW WITH THE COMPUTER. I USED TO ALWAYS BE ABLE TO CLICK ON A FAVORITE ITEM AND OPEN IT, NOW FOR SOME REASON I CLICK ON ONE AND IT WILL NOT OPEN, THE BROWSER SEEMS TO WORK AND WORK AND ONLY WHEN I DISCONNECT AND RECONNECT WILL IT WORK AGAIN. AND THEN ONLY FOR A FEW MINUTES,,,,I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY IDEAS , I THINK IT ALSO DOES THE SAME THING WHEN I AM SEARCHING THE WEB ALSO, TAKES FOREVER TO OPEN SITE. MAYBE THIS IS NOT A WINDOWS OR BROWSER PROBLEM EITHER
James_Draper
04-04-2002, 12:36 PM
Don't shout please.

Does it open up pages at all? Cos I would have thought it's a dodgy connection myself, or ya settings are messed about - I had a similar problem which had to be fixed by changing my settings.

James
susiecue
04-04-2002, 09:40 PM
HI DAVE
IT WILL OPEN SOME WHEN I FIRST GET ONLINE, THEN IT WONT OPEN ANY. I SEE THE COMPUTER WORKING BUT NOTHING HAPPENS, DO YOU KNOW WHAT SETTING I NEED TO CHANGE? I THOUGHT MAYBE IT MIGHT JUST BE SLOW, BUT IT ALWAYS WORKED BEFORE, SEEMS AFTER I DID A DEFRAG IT GOT THIS WAY. THANKS FOR THE REPLY. SUSIECUE
BertImmenschuh
04-04-2002, 11:25 PM
Typing in all Caps is akin to shouting at someone. Not considered polite in chat rooms and on forums.
susiecue
04-06-2002, 02:35 AM
I'm sorry if my typing in all caps offended someone. I had no idea. Now i know, Thanks for the advice.
BertImmenschuh
04-06-2002, 04:09 AM
Everyone's entitled to once. You didn't by chance install ZoneAlarm and then uninstall it?
susiecue
04-11-2002, 07:38 PM
Not that i know of. How do I check to see if I have it installed?
BertImmenschuh
04-11-2002, 08:22 PM
In Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel, there may be an entry for it.
susiecue
04-13-2002, 02:07 AM
I checked and not in the add/remove programs. It could possibly be a slow connection. I do get some things to open by right clicking and bringing up the open screen. Thanks for the ideas.
TonyKlein
04-13-2002, 09:05 AM
Hi,

You could try this:

Start up in MS-DOS.
Type the following lines, each line followed by clicking 'enter':

cd\
cd windows
ren favori~1 oldfav
exit or win (to return to Windows)

On reboot a new Favorites folder will be created.
Move the contents of your Oldfav folder into the new one, and see whether this fixes the problem.

Good luck, Tony