Windows is pants!!!
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From: Merry old England
Windows is pants!!!
Right.....my laptop is going out the window!!
Am I the only one who thinks Windows OS is totally *&^^&&!!!!!!
The little bar at the bottom of the Internet Explorer screen has gone, disappeared, vamooshed, without even a see-ya later. You know the one which shows how much of the page has downloaded (not the windows START bar).
Anyone any idea how I get the litte f***er back!
Also anyone recommend MAC.
Let me know or the laptop gets it!
Am I the only one who thinks Windows OS is totally *&^^&&!!!!!!
The little bar at the bottom of the Internet Explorer screen has gone, disappeared, vamooshed, without even a see-ya later. You know the one which shows how much of the page has downloaded (not the windows START bar).
Anyone any idea how I get the litte f***er back!
Also anyone recommend MAC.
Let me know or the laptop gets it!
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From: Up North
Use Firefox or Opera
Maybe you'd get more relevant answers if you posted in this forum
(some search there could help too)
Maybe you'd get more relevant answers if you posted in this forum
(some search there could help too)
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From: EXPECT DIVERSIONS
IIRC, the bar down the bottom is a setting you can change. Your ISP should be able to help you restore it if you call them on their customer support line. Otherwise you could ask in the pprune computer issues forum.
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From: Rochechouart, France
Originally Posted by CBA_caption
View menu, status bar, click. I don't know...
Seriously though, why not use a different browser like Firefox or Opera? IE is any awful insecure kludge that reports God-knows-what back to Redmond
Opera is now free - http://www.opera.com/ - and it's very very good indeed. Super fast, secure and controllable. Built in mail client, so it's a one-stop-shop. Opera now passes the Acid2 test for official W3 standards compatibility and is almost the only browser that does (IE doesn't even come close).
Mac
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Cheerio & Solid Rust Twotter, I switched to Open Office a few months back (from MS Office) and can say I much prefer using it. Thunderbird replaced the Outlook email client.
While on the topic of alternative software I found a much better viewer for pdf files than the Adobe pantsware. It if called foxit - it opens the files almost immediately as opposed to the Adobe crap which takes ages to load.
(I use Opera - its makes IE look the rubbish it is),
Fuji
While on the topic of alternative software I found a much better viewer for pdf files than the Adobe pantsware. It if called foxit - it opens the files almost immediately as opposed to the Adobe crap which takes ages to load.
(I use Opera - its makes IE look the rubbish it is),
Fuji
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Duff beer,
If not View / Status Bar, possibly F11?
And are you sure that it's best to have the laptop go out of the windows, rather than the Windows go out of the laptop?
SD
If not View / Status Bar, possibly F11?
And are you sure that it's best to have the laptop go out of the windows, rather than the Windows go out of the laptop?
SD
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First time I ever saw a thread being booted out of Jet Blast
But some good notes there - I'm going to checkout the "Acrobat replacement" (already use Firefox quite a lot, but my PPRuNe cookies are all with IE (I know - but I'm lazy!)
Foxit - Oh - big problem, it can't handle "links" in the .pdf document!
Downloaded it and used it to look at a pdf file, which has lots of links in it. Foxit does not go to the links, and tested the same file with Adobe,and the links work. NOT a good start!!
But some good notes there - I'm going to checkout the "Acrobat replacement" (already use Firefox quite a lot, but my PPRuNe cookies are all with IE (I know - but I'm lazy!)
Foxit - Oh - big problem, it can't handle "links" in the .pdf document!
Downloaded it and used it to look at a pdf file, which has lots of links in it. Foxit does not go to the links, and tested the same file with Adobe,and the links work. NOT a good start!!
Last edited by ExSimGuy; 30th April 2006 at 17:50.
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From: Rochechouart, France
Well there are solutions to the agonisingly slow loading of Acrobat...
1) Open C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader" folder. Or if you have Pro, it's probably in the C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Acrobat" folder.
Find the "plug_ins" folder and rename it "plug_ins_disabled".
Create a new folder named "plug_ins".
Copy the following files from "plug_ins_disabled" to "plug_ins":
EWH32.api, printme.api, and search.api
2) PDF Speedup - freeware (which does the same and more things in a more sphisticated way) from - http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-...-SpeedUp.shtml
and there are others too....
Mac :ok:
1) Open C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader" folder. Or if you have Pro, it's probably in the C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Acrobat" folder.
Find the "plug_ins" folder and rename it "plug_ins_disabled".
Create a new folder named "plug_ins".
Copy the following files from "plug_ins_disabled" to "plug_ins":
EWH32.api, printme.api, and search.api
2) PDF Speedup - freeware (which does the same and more things in a more sphisticated way) from - http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-...-SpeedUp.shtml
and there are others too....
Mac :ok:
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From: Ashbourne Co Meath Ireland
Errr Scuse me
Acrobat 6.0
Plastic PPRuNer
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From: Rochechouart, France
Originally Posted by Irish Steve
Last time I looked, it was version 7.0.7 and some of the reasons for the upgrade were related to security issues, so it might be worth checking for the latest version.
PDF Speedup may work for v7.07 and there must be updates. There are several other freeware programs that do much the same thing.
Point taken though!
PS: Checkout - http://www.tnk-bootblock.co.uk/prods/misc/index.php for Adobe Reader Speed-Up (ARSU) an uptodate Adobe Reader speedup utility. Tested OK
Actually I like it better!
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From: UK
Going back to the original query - if the 'view-status-click' hasn't worked, check that the window hasn't slipped down, hiding the status bar behind the task bar. To remedy, right click on the prog name on the task bar and select 'maximize'. That fixed it for me in a similar situation some moons ago...
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From: Merry old England
Thanks for all your advice chaps and chapesses.
Ive calmed down a bit now...the laptop has had tea and biscuits, its going to get an early sim check to see how it handles a Doom session.
Im also going to have a ruddy good look at all the new OS systems recommended.
Again I appreiciate your help guys.
Duff man......"yeeeeah"
Ive calmed down a bit now...the laptop has had tea and biscuits, its going to get an early sim check to see how it handles a Doom session.
Im also going to have a ruddy good look at all the new OS systems recommended.
Again I appreiciate your help guys.
Duff man......"yeeeeah"