Internet Explorer Freezes When Printing

Came across a bit of a weird issue today I thought was worth repeating here. I took a support call where the end user could print documents in Word, Excel, Outlook without issue but as soon as she tried to print something via Internet Explorer no document appeared and Internet Explorer was non-responsive. What struck

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Can’t set message flags in OWA using IE8

Busy busy weekend to go before the busy week I’m expecting! This morning I got a call from a remote user to say they couldn’t set message flags when using Outlook Web Access (Exchange 2003) I logged into an account on the same server and had no problems setting the flag Then I discovered they

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JavaScript not running in Internet Explorer

Got a phone call this morning from someone who was having problems logging into one of their supplier parts catalogues. They would enter their logon and details and would just get a blank page I added the site to the trusted zone and compared the IE settings with a PC that could logon ok (also

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I’m officially a two browser person

Since Google Chrome is actually out of Beta I’ve installed it on my PC at home and my laptop (and i plan to install it at the office too). I have mentioned before about why i thought i might run two browsers, compatibility with some Microsoft products, Application shortcuts and the speed increases are just

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SBS 2003 – Remote Web Workplace stuck at "loading”

This whole problem still puzzles me but I thought I’d recount it here in case it’s of use to anyone We got a call from someone who was doing some work at home and wanted to use Remote Web Workplace but was having problems accessing her computer I went though all the usual checks to

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Internet Explorer 8 Beta now available

From here… New features of note Activities: Select an address on a page is and you could click on a “get directions to here” menu option (look up type action) or you could “send” data elsewhere (blog this, show on my facebook, etv) – some pre-created activites are available here WebSlices: Not sure how to

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Error when clicking an email link

Got a call from a client today He was making some changes to the contact details on his website and when clicked on one of the email addresses in the page he got the following error message “Could not perform this operation because the default mail client is not properly installed” Bit odd. He is

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Why bother with support…do it yourself!

Maybe the title is a bit harsh…but that’s pretty much how it happened! *Note* So you don’t have to read all of this if your a Virgin Media Customer using Windows Vista and can’t download music from the SonicSelect (OD2Music) server add the following to “trusted sites”. If your interesting in why then please read on

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Improve Internet Explorer 7

Just a quick post for to showcase an Internet Explorer add-in i’ve been using for a couple of months now I don’t usually go for browser add-ins (IE uses more than enough memory thanks) but the features seemed to good to be true Tab Management, Built-in add blocking, Mouse Gestures, Save a page to an

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