OT; Links not working

the ladder link in the 14:09 ladder email from Braile works ok for me from thunderbird, so its a fualt with your OE6, or firewall, or something...

I didn't think it was the links as several have failed. Guess it must be something to do with my settings, but don't know what.

In IE try Tools, Delete Browsing History. I find a similar problem sometimes and the above act seems to sort it out for me.

And look at IE>INTERNET OPTIONS>TOOLS>PROGRAMMES to check that the default programms are what they should be.

When my Dads computer did this I did a system restore to a wek earlier, that cured the problem.

Adam

Try clearing the browser cache......

Thanks. Tried that, still the same.

How would a numpty like me know what they should be :-)

Right. The old browser cache ploy....

WTF is a browser cache?

That would be OE and IE for your email and web defaults.

But do consider using a restore point.

Adam

Web caches reduce the amount of information that needs to be transmitted across the network, as information previously stored in the cache can often be re-used. This reduces bandwidth and processing requirements of the web server, and helps to improve responsiveness for users of the web.

Owain

At the risk of sounding like every other support person in the universe, have you tried shutting the computer down and restarting?

OE6 sometimes gets knickers twisted with IE holding things open. There may be a rogue IE session you can't see - killing it would work, but restarting the computer is a sure way of doing that.

Easily fixed. You take an angle grinder and ... ;-)

in other words, IE keeps a directory full of previous crap you have downloaded on the off chance it might save downloading it again, or might prove handy to law enforcement / snoopers to see what you have been looking at! ;-)

In IE8: Tools Menu | Internet Options | General Tab | Click the delete button under browsing history.

While you are there, go to the Programs tab, and click the "Make Defualt" button to make sure IE is set as you default browser (assuming you actually want it as your default!).

Another quick fix to try, is to choose "set program access and defaults" from the start menu, click the down arrows at the end of the custom entry, then go through the list selecting the programs you want as defaults. That should then reset many of the automated linkages.

Maybe the links have just seized up? A squirt of WD40 should do the trick.

Excellent!

Exactly what I was about to suggest

then ... angle grinder

that should scare it and let it know that you mean business

And it can be a real pain in the bum Owain. That cache has caused more problems for me over the years than it's worth - along with third-pary cookies beind dropped surreptitiously by the odd program or a dozen...

As a result of that, all the caches, index.dat files and cookies get wiped out every night using CCleaner (along with the Outlook Express Deleted Items folder) - and third party cookies are blocked in both OE and Firefox (Firefox being set to 'nuke' all cookies at the closing of the application) - and my browsing speed is better and not slower for doing it.

As for the OP, I agree on the brower cache clearing, along with popping into Tools > Options and making sure that the - Block images And other external content in HTML - is unchecked, as *that* has caused me the the odd problem in OE6 in the past - and quite recently when I checked for a particular reason [1] and forgot to remove it.

Cash

use Firefox or ?Google Chrome