I’ve had an unusual problem with the Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser since downloading two Microsoft updates to IE 6.0. Now, every time I type “www.yahoo.com” or any other Web address, IE expects me to start typing with “http://” as well as the rest. Otherwise, the Web page will not open.
I have gone into Microsoft’s knowledge base and other sites to see how to resolve this but been unable to. Short of reinstalling Internet Explorer, is there a simpler fix?
A. You sound tech-savvy, so you might want to eliminate the middleman (IE 6) and jump ahead to the latest rock-solid Beta 2 release of the version 7 of IE that soon will replace IE 6.
For my nickel, it’s better to remove the current edition of Internet Explorer and update to the latest one at microsoft.com/ie. When you go there, you will find an offer to try out IE7, the long-awaited next generation of Microsoft’s browser software that incorporates useful new features.
Goodies include a tabbed display that lets users open several Web pages and then call up the desired one by clicking its tab just below the toolbar.
Also in the mix is a streamlined interface that reduces the zoo of icons now atop the browser. Also new is a Web search feature that lets a user put a query to multiple search engines.
The reason that I dangle IE 7 before your tech-weary eyes is that the fix for what ails you is far from simple.
Many information technology specialists advise their clients that when this happens, the fix is to find a specific addition made to the Windows system registry during installations. It should be removed. But editing the Windows registry is time-consuming and dangerous, because one risks corrupting some piece of key data that will cause serious problems.
Q. I have a picture/logo in the header of a Word 2003 document. Each time I scroll up or down, the picture/logo disappears. Can you tell me how to hold the picture/logo in place?
A. There are many different ways to view a document in Microsoft Word, so many, in fact, that on the toolbar tucked between Edit and Insert is one called View.
Click it open and pick Header/ Footer. The header will appear on every page as you work in this setting.
A Normal option shuts down the header view.
