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hyperlink won't open
Name: frenchhomer Date: April 11, 2004 at 11:00:18 Pacific OS: me CPU/Ram: 900mhz/256 ram
Comment:
Hiya when I click on a hyper link, a new window will open but won't load. Started to do this about a week ago. I run ad aware and spybot on a daily basis and avg comes up clean, don't think it is virus related, seems to be summat with the registry... any ideas? cheers and happy easter :) adrian
Name: Ed in Texas. Date: April 12, 2004 at 01:43:33 Pacific
Reply:
adrian, a help in isolating the problem - highlite, RIGHTCLICK the offending link and select 'properties'. That should present you a page which shows the target of the link. If you copy it, you should be able to paste in your address bar. Put it there, hit return and see if you can go there directly and skip the link. If you can go directly, the address is valid and something is wrong with the link. Do ANY links work? I.E. V6.0 security settings? I.E. secrity level set too high to allow links to work? HTH. Ed in Texas.
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