General Computer Tips

How do I switch off the clicking sound in Internet Explorer?

Internet Explorer may make a click sound each time you follow a link. If you find it annoying you can switch it off.

Go to the Sounds and Audio Device control panel (Start Menu, Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Device) and click the sounds tab. Scroll down to the 'Start Navigation' option in the Windows Explorer section, select it and change the sound to None. Peace at last!

My website displays all wrong in Internet Explorer 8!

In Internet Explorer, go to Tools, then Compatibility View. If your website used to display OK in IE7 or earlier, this should solve the problem. You can also go to the next menu option Tools, Compatibility Settings and add your site to a list of sites you want to see in Compatibility View.

Organising Internet Favourites or Bookmarks

When you use the internet, you are likely to revisit sites you find useful, and one of the ways to make them readily available again is to add then to your Favourites or Bookmarks (depending on which browser you use).

When you add a favourite or bookmark, it will adopt as its name the text from the title bar of the page. Before saving the favourite, edit the text to something you will recognise easily. This can result in a long list of Favourites which in itself becomes unmanageable, so you can group your Favourites into folders of related sites, e.g. Shopping, Holidays, Sport.

Look for an Organise option in your Favourites or Bookmarks. You should find that it allows you to create a New Folder. Once you have given your new folder an appropriate name you can move favourites into it by drag and drop or by a Move function. To use your organised favourites, click Favourites, then click the folder, and the contents should be listed, giving you easy access to the site you need.

Internet Explorer Autocomplete

Internet Explorer can offer entries you have typed before in to a web form field such as your name, email address etc. If you have AutoComplete enabled, when you start typing data in to a field, Internet Explorer will come up with suggestions matching what you have typed.

To switch on Autocomplete go to Tools>Internet Options>Content tab. Under Autocomplete click the Settings button and select the required options.

Delete an Autocomplete suggestion

Sometimes you can mis-enter details in a field which will then be put forward as a suggestion if the Autocomplete option is turned on. You can delete this entry when it appears by highlighting the entry using the arrows on your keyboard then press the delete button. Note, this cannot be done using the mouse as this will 'select' the entry rather than highlight it.

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