When you have a web site design program, you can have fun with it. Back in the days of Microsoft Frontpage 98, I developed a fake web site to tease my son. It was developed in a wild fit of humor. My son was a student at a local high school with the initials PBS. [...]
The Network Is Down – No Internet Access
I sat down at my computer recently to finish writing my newsletter, only to find the hated words "Not connected." Windows 7 was informing me that I had no network connection. Not just no Internet access, but not even access to the other computers on my home network. This was a horrible morning. Everything worked [...]
Saving Web Pages to the Hard Drive, Part 2
After my article on saving web pages to a hard drive, Richard Fuller wrote to tell why he wanted to do it. Richard wrote: Hullo Terry, Me again! Just a note about saving web pages to the hard drive. I do this habitually with financial sites where, for instance, I wish to have a "virtual [...]
To Update Web Browsers Or Not?
Longtime subscriber Chet wrote to ask about the need to update Internet Explorer and Firefox: Hi Terry Is it wise to update every time you get an email…for instance I’m still using IE8 and am hesitating to go to IE9…and now it seems FIREFOX, MY BROWSER OF CHOICE, (V3.6.18) is updating every 10 minutes! I [...]
To Update Web Browser Versions or To Use Old Versions?
I recently wrote that Mozilla was changing its support model for Firefox. They announced that, when they release a new browser version, they will discontinue support for earlier versions. I recommended that all of my readers using Firefox immediately upgrade to Firefox 5, as I had done. Subscriber Richard Fuller wrote from New Zealand to [...]
Internet Explorer Problems With Gmail
Subscriber J. P. Plauche wrote about a problem he was having with Gmail and Internet Explorer, but not Gmail and Firefox or Chrome! Hey, Terry, Have a small problem with my gmail page after login. I am on a new computer, an HP 625, less than a week old, and using Windows 7. Here’s the [...]
Finding and Restoring Firefox Bookmarks When Firefox Won’t Run
Web browsers are great, but when they won’t work, they’re a real pain. That’s what caused new subscriber K. K. Jain to write about Firefox: While watching online movies, suddenly my Firefox brouser has crashed. Please let me know how to set it right or otherwise at least how to retrieve my bookmarks so that [...]
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