I (or the wife or cats) screwed up

[KB2WIG]

Gack
It seems that when I click onto a topic here,  a new window opens up.  I usta just click onto a subject, it would open, and by back arrowing, get back to where I started from. Now, a new window opens,  the back arrow isn't highlighted and I don't even have the  "X-in-a-box". While the little window tabs on the tool bars are nice colors, Like Barbara S., I want to get back to the way things were. This also happens on other websites. I hope I don't have to do a restore to the sustem. Someone offer a sugestion.

Also, this strange object apears; up and down arrow in a cyrkle, like a page dragger, shows up.

flumuxed,
klc

[Pete, WA2CWA]

What browser and version are you using?

[KB2WIG]

Duh!    that would help.....

Windoze XP Home vers.   Servise Pac 3


klc

[Pete, WA2CWA]

Duh!    that would help.....

Windoze XP Home vers.   Servise Pac 3


klc

Browser - IE, Firefox, etc.

[W1RKW]

Interesting. I wonder what version browser you are using.  Latest IE by any chance?

[KB2WIG]

one mo time

ie8.0.6001

klc

[KB2WIG]

Crap.  I just loaded up netscape ?? and the same thing...............

klc


I used sys restore;  no improvement
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[WQ9E]

KLC,

Not a problem I have run into but take a look at Internet settings in the control panel.  (access from the start menu).  Take a look at tabbed settings and also advanced, you may need to use the reset options button on the advanced tab.  I use Firefox but I believe it will import/use settings for IE so changing the settings for IE will cause these settings to migrate to other browsers.

Good luck!

[KB2WIG]

" Take a look at tabbed settings and also advanced, you may need to use the reset options button on the advanced tab. "

I tried that ;  no joy

klc

[Pete, WA2CWA]

When did it stop working the way you wanted it to work?

On my IE 8, when I go to TOOLS > Internet Options > TABS > Settings Open links from other programs in: "A new tab in the current window" is checked.

Sometimes, when you change some options in IE, you have to close IE completely, and then start it up again for the new option to work.

[KA8WTK]

Try looking in TOOLS -> Internet Options -> Tabbed Browsing Settings near the bottom and make sure "Open links from other programs in:" is not checked to open a new window. Also on this page, make sure that tabbed browsing is turned on.

Just a couple of ideas........Bill

(Yeah, like Pete said while I was typing this!)

[K1ZJH]

Try anudder moose. Sounds like the scroll button is stuck.

The colored tab boxes and the scroll icon would indicate a bad mouse.

Pete k1zjh

[flintstone mop]

Before you dig a deeper hole try this...........

When the computer is booting lovingly keep pressing F8 to get to the screen mentioned below.


How to start your computer by using the Last Known Good Configuration feature
To start your computer by using the Last Known Good Configuration feature, follow these steps:
Start your computer.
When you see the "Please select the operating system to start" message, press the F8 key.
When the Windows Advanced Options menu appears, use the ARROW keys to select Last Known Good Configuration (your most recent settings that worked), and then press ENTER.
If you are running other operating systems on your computer, use the ARROW keys to select Microsoft Windows XP, and then press ENTER.

I had a similar joke on me. An EXCEL file for our home finances all of a sudden turned into a "read-only". What the HE** or who changed the settings of that file??? I almost started yelling at my wife, then I just did the steps above. I still hate computers.
Fred

[KB2WIG]

Pete  gets the big wa-zouhl.....  I cleaned the mouse ball, and now its FB OM


klc

[k4kyv]

I don't allow any of my cats in the shack.  They like to explore warm cosy little places they can slither into and curl up, like the +1300v power supply and the modulator sections of one of my HB rigs that no longer has a side cover.

[KB2WIG]

  I can't  use the bathroom in peace without closing the door.  And even then, the wailing and scratching at the door is a problem.  


FWIW,

40 odd years ago my OM would take me with him when he visited his old neighbors, 'down on the farm'. The VanJuras had a diesel powered milking machine.  They had a cat that looked like it had two a**h***s. The cat liked to sleep over the belt fed compressor; one day the cats tail got caught in the belt and the cat flew away. It came back in a weak or so; looking like it had two a**h****s.  ......  a true story.


klc

[KA8WTK]

I can't  use the bathroom in peace without closing the door.  And even then, the wailing and scratching at the door is a problem.

Boy I hear that!
I have a cat that lives in the shop where the radios are. Tom is a good cat and and I like him. Therefore I keep everything buttoned up so he can't stick a paw in somewhere where he can get hurt. If HE can't get a paw in into the high voltage, I can't do it either.

Bill

[W1ATR]

Pete  gets the big wa-zouhl.....  I cleaned the mouse ball, and now its FB OM


klc

What the hell is a mouse 'ball'?

[Steve - WB3HUZ]

How do you think mice reproduce?

Pete  gets the big wa-zouhl.....  I cleaned the mouse ball, and now its FB OM


klc

What the hell is a mouse 'ball'?

[Pete, WA2CWA]

IBM issued a service bulletin to the field back in the "good old days" on the care and cleaning of mouse balls. Somewhere around here, I believe I still have that bulletin.

[KB2WIG]

the ball wasn't that bad...  there was goo on the ball rollers and some smegma in a few other places.  a quick clean and its bally ten-penny ones dropping in the custard.

thanks all

klc

[WB2YGF]

IBM issued a service bulletin to the field back in the "good old days" on the care and cleaning of mouse balls. Somewhere around here, I believe I still have that bulletin.

ESD PRODUCT SERVICE SUPPORT SUBJECT:NEW RETAIN TIP


    Record number:      H031944
    Device:             D/T8550
    Model:              M
    Hit count:          UHC00000
    Success count:      USC00000
    Publication code:   PC50
    Tip key:            025
    Date created:       O89/02/14
    Date last altered:  A89/02/15
    Owning B.U.:        USA

Abstract: MOUSE BALLS NOW AVAILABLE AS FRU (Field Replaceable Unit)

TEXT:

MOUSE BALLS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AS A FRU. IF A MOUSE FAILS TO OPERATE,OR SHOULD PERFORM ERRATICALLY, IT MAY BE IN NEED OF BALL REPLACEMENT. BECAUSE OF THE DELICATE NATURE OF THIS PROCEDURE, REPLACEMENT OF MOUSE BALLS SHOULD BE ATTEMPTED BY TRAINED PERSONNEL ONLY.

BEFORE ORDERING,DETERMINE TYPE OF MOUSE BALLS REQUIRED BY EXAMINING THE UNDERSIDE OF EACH MOUSE. DOMESTIC BALLS WILL BE LARGER AND HARDER THAN FOREIGN BALLS. BALL REMOVAL PROCEDURES DIFFER,DEPENDING UPON MANUFACTURER OF THE MOUSE. FOREIGN BALLS CAN BE REPLACED USING THE POP-OFF METHOD, AND DOMESTIC BALLS REPLACED USING THE TWIST-OFF METHOD. MOUSE BALLS ARE NOT USUALLY STATIC SENSITIVE, HOWEVER, EXCESSIVE HANDLING CAN RESULT IN SUDDEN DISCHARGE. UPON COMPLETION OF BALL REPLACEMENT, THE MOUSE MAY BE USED IMMEDIATELY.

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT EACH SERVICER HAVE A PAIR OF BALLS FOR MAINTAINING OPTIMUM CUSTOMER SATISFACTION,AND THAT ANY CUSTOMER MISSING HIS BALLS SHOULD SUSPECT LOCAL PERSONNEL OF REMOVING THESE NECESSARY FUNCTIONAL ITEMS.


P/N33F8462--DOMESTIC MOUSE BALLS
P/N33F8461--FOREIGN MOUSE BALLS

[k7yoo]

If that is a real bulletin Dilbert works in our office!!!
I don't know what is crazier--the dual orifice cat or the mouse with smegma, although I think scrofula is a better term.
Skip

[W2DU]

Yeah, Steve, how did the smegma get in there?

Walt