We recently purchased a new PC for the family (a fair way up the ladder from our old 486!). I have a couple of questions because we are still grappling with the new toy. The machine (Pentium 450 running Win 98 etc…) came with an Internet trial offer. We have moved to a different ISP but when we use Internet Explorer 5 the text in the window bar at the top of the window says ‘Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by XXXXXXX (the name of our first ISP). Is there any way I can change this ? It’s not a great big problem but it would be nice to ‘tidy it up’. Secondly, our machine came with a 32Mb TNT 2 AGP Video card. How do these work (what do they do) and does this piece of hardware benefit from any up dates etc.. as fair as software (i.e. can we make it work better and keep it ‘tuned’ to perform well with games etc), and if so how do I do it? (more…)

My PC uses Eudora for e-mail and Netscape Communicator for internet. If I want to switch to Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Internet Explorer, is there a way to copy my Eudora nicknames and stored In/Out messages to Outlook, and to copy my web site bookmarks to Explorer? (more…)

I have recently upgraded to IE5 and have discovered that the disconnect reminder box that used to appear at the end of a session on IE4 does not come up. I think I recall that some months ago you provided a reader with a solution to this? I have searched the archives but cannot find it. Was I dreaming? If there is a solution to getting this disconnection reminder box to appear, I would appreciate it. (more…)

There are times when I want to look at a file offline but IE5 automatically opens the program that runs the file and executes without giving me the option. I’m thinking about PDF files particularly when I know what I want and want to download and save for later access. I know that there is a facility for saving as a favorite and then working offline but to do that Acrobat has already been opened and the file is on display. Is there some way to get the option of saving or opening for PDF files for example. (more…)

I have a very nosey flatmate who goes through the history details on my PC (I use Explorer 4.0) and then tells my friends what websites I have visited. This can be embarrassing if he talks about chat rooms or really silly places I’m been haphazardly surfing to. Can the history function be temporarily disabled, or can you delete selected items from the history list? (more…)