Archive for 'Internet'
What’s this “View Source” gibberish?
Q: Page 158 in Windows Vista for Dummies shows Internet Explorer’s Page button. When I press the Page button and choose View Source from the menu, an enormous amount of gibberish appears. Why can’t I delete that? A: When you open Internet Explorer, click the Page button, and choose View Source from the drop-down menu, […]
Posted: March 3rd, 2010 under Internet.
Tags: gibberish, html, internet explorer, view source
Comments: none
Internet Explorer won’t let me send pages or links by e-mail!
Q: On Internet Explorer 8’s Page menu, the “Send Page by E-mail” and “Send Link by E-mail” options are both “grayed out,” and I can’t choose them. I normally log onto a Web site to send and receive my e-mail. A: Windows 7 lacks an e-mail program, which causes more than a few problems. Microsoft […]
Posted: March 1st, 2010 under Email, Free software, Internet.
Tags: e-mail, grayed out, greyed out, Internet Explorer 8, Send Link by E-mail, Send Page by E-mail, web-based e-mail
Comments: 3
I can’t send a Web page through Windows Live Mail!
Q: I can’t send a web page through Windows Live Mail. On Internet Explorer 8’s Page menu, the “Send Page by E-mail” and “Send Link by E-mail” options are both “grayed out,” and I can’t choose them. Help! A: Windows 7 lacks an e-mail program, an inconvenience Microsoft tries to remedy by letting people download […]
Posted: January 25th, 2010 under Free software, Internet, Windows 7.
Tags: grayed out, greyed out, Internet Explorer 8, Send Link by E-mail, Send Page by E-mail, windows live mail
Comments: 48
My Guest account can’t dial up the Internet!
People with Administrator or Limited accounts usually have no problem connecting to the Internet through a dial-up modem. But when Guest account users sit down at that same computer and try to connect to the Internet, Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 refuses to let them. What gives? It’s a security measure built-in to Windows, […]
Posted: September 10th, 2009 under Internet, Networking, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows XP For Dummies, Second Edition.
Tags: can't connect to internet, dial-up, guest account, internet access
Comments: 8