Re: [H] IE annoyance
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, joeuser wrote: Use Mozilla. 8) Not a helpful answer. Installing and using mozilla does not prevent Internet Explorer from doing this occasionally when you run internet explorer. Christopher Fisk -- Officers' club: We don't know but we've been told, our beer on tap is mighty cold.
Re: [H] IE annoyance
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 04:46 PM 29/08/2006, Christopher Fisk wrote: Occasionally, when I start internet explorer I am directed to windows update instead of my home page. How do I prevent this behaviour? Switch to Firefox? :) Have you tried turning off Automatically Check for Internet Explorer Updates? If you look at my mail client you'll see I run in linux, so Firefox actually is my browser of choice, but I do occasionally need to check websites using internet explorer in a VM, or from a spare windows machine. The checkbox did the trick! Thanks! Christopher Fisk -- Glen Quagmire: Hello, 911? It's Quagmire. Yeah, it's caught in the window this time.
Re: [H] IE annoyance
At 10:22 AM 30/08/2006, Christopher Fisk wrote: If you look at my mail client you'll see I run in linux, so Firefox actually is my browser of choice, but I do occasionally need to check websites using internet explorer in a VM, or from a spare windows machine. That's why I used the smiley. And I agree with you, that auto check in IE is irritating. The checkbox did the trick! Excellent. T
Re: [H] IE annoyance
At least he was more forgiving with the firefox answer. Christopher Fisk wrote: On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 04:46 PM 29/08/2006, Christopher Fisk wrote: Occasionally, when I start internet explorer I am directed to windows update instead of my home page. How do I prevent this behaviour? Switch to Firefox? :) Have you tried turning off Automatically Check for Internet Explorer Updates? If you look at my mail client you'll see I run in linux, so Firefox actually is my browser of choice, but I do occasionally need to check websites using internet explorer in a VM, or from a spare windows machine. The checkbox did the trick! Thanks! Christopher Fisk -- Cheers, joeuser (still looking for the 'any' key)
[H] IE annoyance
Occasionally, when I start internet explorer I am directed to windows update instead of my home page. How do I prevent this behaviour? Thanks, Christopher Fisk
Re: [H] IE annoyance
seems like under internet options, advanced is a tab to check for ie updates, unchecking that should work. fp At 12:46 PM 8/29/2006, Christopher Fisk Poked the stick with: Occasionally, when I start internet explorer I am directed to windows update instead of my home page. How do I prevent this behaviour? Thanks, Christopher Fisk -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- I'm terribly sorry, but I'm afraid you're just a mirage.
Re: [H] IE annoyance
At 04:46 PM 29/08/2006, Christopher Fisk wrote: Occasionally, when I start internet explorer I am directed to windows update instead of my home page. How do I prevent this behaviour? Switch to Firefox? :) Have you tried turning off Automatically Check for Internet Explorer Updates? T ** Scanned by eScan Anti-Virus and Content Security Software. Visit http://www.mwti.net for more info on eScan and MailScan. **
