computer folks....installed SP2....now....links different

topstuf · October 5, 2004 10:02AM

Anyone know how to make em work like before?

It brings up IE instead of just the picture. What am I doing wrong?

link that brings up IE

Now if I use the IMAGE icon at the top, it works like it used to.

??????????????????

lordmarcovan · October 5, 2004 10:03AM

Your question baffles me, but I like that large cent!

Russ · October 5, 2004 10:05AM

I warned you.

Russ, NCNE

JrGMan2004 · October 5, 2004 10:06AM

I'm on Win2k... and links on this forum always pop-up in a new IE Browser for me.........

topstuf · October 5, 2004 10:06AM

I can restore it very easily, but how does it look to you? The link that is?

WWW · October 5, 2004 10:25AM

The link opens a new IE browser window showing the image you posted.
If you are looking at the image on your hard drive and it opens a new IE
browser window, XP has set IE to be your default jpeg viewer.

ozzysdad · October 5, 2004 10:48AM

I d/l sp2 for xp, and it slowed my system down bad, i had to dump it, once dumped, it ran just fine? Dunno, some kind of a glitch?

topstuf · October 5, 2004 11:11AM

It hasn't slowed the system. Norton 2004 slowed my system when I downloaded it and I have heard of others with same complaint.

But .....shoot....... NOW..... I don't know how it displayed links before. I know all links from ...other...sites weere in IE frame and maybe they were here too.

Brain overload.

But overall, .......so far....... I like the SP2. Love watching the popups not pop up.

if I have the brains to figure out how it used to be. I just recently started using links on here instead of images to speed the system for dial ups.

But can't remember how it .......was.

duhh.

earlwbollinger · October 5, 2004 11:15AM

I put XP Sp2 on my PC, no problems.
Runs same as before.
IE now has a feature where popups are blocked, which is pretty cool. Although the PCGS popup ads are blocked too.
But no popups is fine with me.

As for pictures, usually your favorite picture viewing program has a option that lets it be the default viewer.
After installing XP sp2 it set something else as the default viewer. You just have to set it back.

K6AZ · October 5, 2004 11:19AM

<< IE now has a feature where popups are blocked, which is pretty cool. Although the PCGS popup ads are blocked too. >>

Click on the tools menu, pop up blocker, then settings. You can enter "trusted" sites to allow popups from those sites.

topstuf · October 5, 2004 11:25AM

I have NEVER seen a PCGS popup. Now I feel discriminated against.

topstuf · October 5, 2004 11:28AM

By the way, I also found out that Spybot isn't as smart as I .....thought......it was.

Here I've been MONTHS with the message that all updates are up to date.

The REST of the story is that Spybot stopped supporting the old version so I downloaded the NEW version and removed 22 spyware programs.

Duhh squared.

earlwbollinger · October 5, 2004 11:54AM

<< IE now has a feature where popups are blocked, which is pretty cool. Although the PCGS popup ads are blocked too. >>

Well i did add www.pcgs.com to the list of trusted sites, but it still doesn't popup the pcgs ad window.
there must be another URL for it.

ss350camaro · October 5, 2004 11:55AM

I just installed the sp2 update and everything works just fine.

i use mozilla firefox as my web browser. no problems there either.

K6AZ · October 5, 2004 12:06PM

<< << IE now has a feature where popups are blocked, which is pretty cool. Although the PCGS popup ads are blocked too. >>

Well i did add www.pcgs.com to the list of trusted sites, but it still doesn't popup the pcgs ad window.
there must be another URL for it. >>

You need to enter the full URL:

http://www.pcgs.com

Keep in mind the popups do not happen on every visit, they are random.

Conder101 · October 6, 2004 12:25AM

I've been running XP with SP1 and for me the firt time I would click on a link it would open it in a new window. If I left that window open any further links I clicked would open in that other window not another new one unless Braddick posted the link. Any link posted by Braddick always opens for me in the same window that I am reading the forum in. I find that very annoying since I can't read comments or reply and also refer back to the image at the same time.

Topstuf your link works for me just like all the other links always have.

kranky · October 6, 2004 12:38AM

<< Any link posted by Braddick always opens for me in the same window that I am reading the forum in. >>

It's not because Braddick posted it, it's because he uses the URL for the link AND for the "text" associated with the link.

topstuf · October 6, 2004 12:59AM

One thing SP2 did was bring ...back....that lousy teenage monster named "MSN Messenger." Don't want it and don't need it.

So I removed it again.

In case you're a fellow messenger hater, this is how it's done.

.....................

Start/Run and enter the command:

RunDLL32 advpack.dll, LaunchINFSection %windir%INFmsmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
.........................................................

You can simply copy that line and paste it in the "Run" window. Messenger will be kaput!

sliderider · October 6, 2004 1:03AM

I think there's a setting you might be overlooking for opening links in a seperate window. It is possible that the coding of the website might have something to do with it, too. Once in a while, I'll click a link on a website and have it overwrite whatever is in the current window, which is annoying.

K6AZ · October 6, 2004 1:05AM

<< I've been running XP with SP1 and for me the firt time I would click on a link it would open it in a new window. If I left that window open any further links I clicked would open in that other window not another new one unless Braddick posted the link. Any link posted by Braddick always opens for me in the same window that I am reading the forum in. I find that very annoying since I can't read comments or reply and also refer back to the image at the same time.

Topstuf your link works for me just like all the other links always have. >>

There is a very simple trick to open a link in a new window. Hold down the shift key and then click on the link.

Newmismatist · October 6, 2004 1:08AM

<< I put XP Sp2 on my PC, no problems. >>

Well, I put it on one of my computers and it killed it - (won't boot at all)

topstuf · October 6, 2004 1:41AM

One think I didn't know about SP2 is that after the download, it backs everything up and creates a restore point. If it screws anything up, it is listed as a separate program in your program files so if you don't like it and remove it, it will restore everything back like it used to be. After my tech told me that, I was a lot braver.

But can't think of what to do if it won't even boot.

Conder101 · October 6, 2004 2:47AM

<< There is a very simple trick to open a link in a new window. Hold down the shift key and then click on the link. >>

The links aready open in another winow on their own. Except Braddick's.

And I sometimes use the URL for both the link and the text when I post one. It still opens it in the new window not the current one.

Goober · October 6, 2004 3:14AM

<< I d/l sp2 for xp, and it slowed my system down bad, i had to dump it, once dumped, it ran just fine? Dunno, some kind of a glitch? >>

Ditto here, plus a couple other inconveniences that are driving me nuts.

INXS · October 6, 2004 4:19AM

I had a similar problem as Newmismatist. I installed SP2 and when it went to reboot it could not find one file so I had Dell on the phone for 2 hours restoring my PC. Even though there was a special panel to restore back to before new setup that didnt even work. So now I have turned off all updates from Microsoft.

Inxs

computer folks....installed SP2....now....links different

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