RE: new ie

Norton - and I'm very annoyed with it, both in the way it works and with
their upgrade procedures. 


Cyndi

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From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of james singer
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 9:19 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] new ie

Which anti-virus program is everyone using? I currently have Norton, but
I've become very annoyed with it [actually, with Symantec].

On Dec 20, 2006, at 10:38 AM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:

> I use Firefox.
>
> Cyndi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On 
> Behalf Of Kitty
> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 3:33 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] new ie
>
> Thanks Donna!  Alt+Z was what I neeeded.  I didn't want to sort by 
> name.
> It used to be you could just move them around by dragging and 
> positioning where you want. Or you could click on Organize Favorites -

> but that disappeared.
> If you don't know the shorthand (Alt+Z) you're out of luck because 
> there isn't even any "help".  And the new "feeds" seems of no use.
>
> I'm not really happy with IE 7 as it takes more room and I can no 
> longer temporarily close toolbars by simply dragging them up out of 
> the way and then back again.  I have to actually turn them off and on 
> when I need the space.  Other than that it has a few nice features.
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 10:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] new ie
>
>
>> There are all sorts of ways to do it now..... not sure what you want
> to
>> do..so...
>>
>> press Alt + Z then a box opens up select Organize Favorites and you 
>> can do it that way.
>>
>> open Favorites and right click on a blank spot and then Sort By Name.

>> This puts everything alphabetically in either program
>>
>> Sorting
>> favorites:
>> Click the star.  Right click a favorite.  Select Sort by Name.
>> Adding a favorite:
>> Click the start with a plus sign (right next to the plain star).  
>> Select Add to Favorites.
>>
>> Add a new folder to Favorites:
>> As above and
>> then click New Folder.
>>
>> and I also read about having to do this.... take it with a grain of 
>> salt please!... I haven't tried it yet.
>>
>>
>> Problem: When you
>> sort or organize your Favorites list in IE7 either by using the pull 
>> down listing of the browser or going to "Organize Favorites", and 
>> later try to use "Add to Favorites" or "Export Favorites" they will 
>> not have your current organization of files and folders. [For 
>> explanation see Bug ID
>> 245932 at
>>
> https://connect.microsoft.com/Connect/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx? 
> Feedbac
> kID=2
>> 45932 ].
>>
>> Though MS should correct the IE7 code and make a hotfix for all users

>> through MSUpdates, I'm not holding my breath and therefore made the 
>> following workaround that you can do so Add and Export Favorites will

>> see your Favorites the way that you have them set up and see them:
>>
>> 1. Make sure
>> that your IE7 Favorites listing appears the way you want it when you 
>> click Favorites (don't worry about how it appears in Add or 
>> Organize). If you want everything alphanumerically ordered then right

>> click on any part of the Favorites List and  then left click on "sort

>> by name".
>> 2. Exit IE7 (and other
>> programs).
>> 3. Use windows explorer to save your Favorities folder at 
>> "[Drive:]\Documents and Settings\[User]\Favorites" to a CD or other
> media
>> and
>> if it asks you if you want to copy a system file such as Desktop.ini
> or
>> Thumbs.db just say No.
>> 4. Delete all of the contents of your Favorites folder at location 
>> "[Drive:]\Documents and Settings\[User]\Favorites" (Keep the 
>> "Favorites"
>> folder but delete everything in it (including desktop.ini and 
>> thumbnail files).
>> 5. Reboot
>> 6. Copy the entire Favorites folder from your CD to 
>> [Drive:]\Documents and Settings\[User]\ . It will ask if you want to 
>> overwrite the old favorites folder to which you say YES.
>> 7. Open IE7 and then
>> click Favorites and make sure that the favorites are there (don't 
>> worry if they are out of order).
>> 8. Reboot.
>> 9. Open IE7 and make sure the files are in order and then save your 
>> Favorites by going to File > Import and Export" and export your 
>> favorites to a file for safe keeping.
>>
>> The reason this works is
>> that your Document & Settings Favorites folder is not HTML based (so 
>> the ADD_DATE issue is not a problem) but rather DOS folder based and 
>> it is saved with the same organization of Favorites that you see on 
>> your IE7 browser. So all one has to do is save it, delete it (to 
>> erase the current HTML based list that is faulty in the IE7 browser),

>> and then copy it back. IE7 then sees the correctly ordered 
>> folders/files and converts them into an HTML list for its Favorites. 
>> The reboots are needed to reset the function.
>>
>> Donna - who is
>> leaving her computer on IE 6 for awhile....just wait till you try
> Office
>> 2007.... yikes!- that is even harder to get used too from what I
> hear....
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
>> To:
>> gardenchat@hort.net
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 8:28:36 PM
>> Subject:
>> [CHAT] new ie
>>
>>
>> Anyone out there get stuck with the new version of IE?  IE7 ?
>> Most changes I can live with but it won't let me organize my
> favorites.
>> Can
>> anyone help?
>>
>> Kitty
>> neIN, Zone 5
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