Looks like there’s a new Internet Explorer URL parsing flaw which allows one to be fooled into using a spoofed URL. There’s a test on that page for the more advanced computer users out there interested in seeing how it works.
Category: Technology
Your video link of the day …
Video of US Air Force’s Thunderbird pilot ejecting from F-16, as seen from the inside. (.mpg file, right click “save as”)
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Internet Explorer status bar fix
One of my biggest Internet Explorer pet peeves is the annoying tendency for the “status bar” at the bottom to dissappear, requiring me to click on View -> Status Bar to get it back. I prefer to have the status bar present so that I can see where web links point to when I hover over them with my mouse pointer.
I found this as a solution to the problem:
- With (only one) IE open, click View, select: Status Bar
- Right-click on IE’s Toolbar and select: “Lock the Toolbars”
- Hold down the Ctrl key and click the close button (upper right)
- Right click on the Start Button to open Windows Explorer, click View, select: Status Bar
- Right-click on Explorer’s Toolbar and select: “Lock the Toolbar”
- Click Tools | Folder Options | View tab
- Click the “Apply to all folders” button. (Click OK if this gives you another dialogue question)
- Hold down the Ctrl key and click the close button (upper right)
- Reopen IE to any page, right-click on a link and select: “Open in New Window” The Status Bar should remain visible.
- Click on the Start Button, select RUN, and type REGEDIT
- Verify that these Registry entries exist:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
“Show_StatusBar”=”yes”
“Show_URLinStatusBar”=”yes”
Google Tip of the Day . . .
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