Computer Question

[Guest the_muddy_man]

Hey Fellas the new system came with Microsoft Explorer 7 which I am liking I have one annoying feature I don't know how to get rid of. Every time i click post I get a microsoft message Do you want to allow this access to your clip board I have to press allow or cancel every time I don't want this how can I get rid of this? Also the forums on the top don't scroll down any more any way to fix that?

Thanks

[Dan:]

Try Mozilla Firefox, it's a very popular browsing alternative to IE

[Guest the_muddy_man]

You are the 50 ssomething person who has made that suggestion! I am not that computer savy and have a brand new system i want to find out more before i was to download that, Thank You

[Dan:]

but if you get firefox, you won't have to deal with those issue..

[Nick B]

Ok heres how you fix it. Go to Tools, Internet options, select the security tab, select custom level, then find Allow programmitic clipboard access, select disable. then Ok that should clear up that problem

[tacoman]

thanks nb1226, that worked for me.

[Nick B]

I had the same problem so I figured it was a security issue, so I looked there and lo and behold there it is

[Tom Bass]

Muddy Man,

Thanks for asking that question. I upgraded my anti-virus and went to Explorer 7 and I kept getting that annoying question.

NB1226,

Thank you for your post with a fix. I will try that.

[Tom Bass]

Let's try it.

EDIT:

It worked! Thanks so much! Didn't work the first two times.....my fault DOH!

[bassin_man]

Or you could get firefox ;D

[cabela10]

I've used all of those programs, and Explorer is by far the best program.  Mozilla Firefox is garbage and has just as many issues.

[Guest the_muddy_man]

Thank You Problem with clip board solved  

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

these are all IE7 issues.  I have an older version of IE and won't upgrade but firefox does not share these issues.  I have firefox on here for when I go to certain sites.  HawhHunters site locks up on me with IE so I use firefox there.  

Cabela10 is the only person I have heard of having problems with it.  Everyone else I know who uses it , loves it.  I'm just old fashioned and don't like the "look".

But yes muddy, firefox is safe to download if you want to check it out and you can remove it after if you don't like it, no biggee.

[justfishin]

Sorry for the Firefox suggestion muddy. I understand why you are gun shy with your new pc. For later reference though, I have had FF for a long time and have not had any issues to speak of. Good luck.

[cart7t]

What's IE?   ;D

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

What's IE? ;D

depends, at UPS, it is "industrial engineering" the clueless dudes that lay out the routes, but in computer world, it's "internet explorer"

[senile1]

these are all IE7 issues.  I have an older version of IE and won't upgrade but firefox does not share these issues.  I have firefox on here for when I go to certain sites.  HawhHunters site locks up on me with IE so I use firefox there.  

Cabela10 is the only person I have heard of having problems with it.  Everyone else I know who uses it , loves it.  I'm just old fashioned and don't like the "look".

But yes muddy, firefox is safe to download if you want to check it out and you can remove it after if you don't like it, no biggee.

The main problem with IE is that it is a Windows product.  I'm not bashing Windows, but because Windows is used by well over 90 - 95 percent of the people, it is the target of most viruses, worms, trojan horses, etc.  The hackers have discovered all of the holes in IE that allow them to exploit it.  In the last year or two, Microsoft has made a concerted effort to close these holes and that's why you are getting more of these dialog boxes asking if you are sure you want to do something.  

[Nick B]

Youre right senile1, windows is finding a way to defeat those attacks. I went to a conference last August in Montgomery Al and I found out about the new Windows product Vista. It has a lot of security features for just that reason. It is really cool though.

[Guest avid]

this is a test of the fix

[Guest avid]

It Works.

thank you NB.

Question.  Does this make my system more vulnerable to attack from hackers, virus' etc.?

[Nick B]

I would say no since what it wants to know is if you would allow items from your clipboard to be shared with the website.

[-Drums-]

Question.  Does this make my system more vulnerable to attack from hackers, virus' etc.?

Answer:  Using IE (in any form - 6, 7, whatever) at all makes your system more vulnerable to attack from hackers, viruses, spyware, etc.

This is largely due to the hooks that IE has directly into the Windows OS itself (via "ActiveX", which is a proprietary Microsoft technology that allows for extended functionality in the browser).  Now, you can get all crazy with the IE security settings--tweaking this, disabling that--but the vast majority of folks don't ever bother.  Apparently IE7 has addressed a lot of the security issues, that's mainly through those annoying prompts asking if you want to allow X to do Y with Z.  In some cases, answering "yes" means you're just opting-in to the same old security holes.  Nice.

Switching to Firefox (as suggested by others on this thread) means that you virtually eliminate ALL of these vulnerabilities, unless of course you install the "ActiveX plugin for Mozilla/Firefox".  But that one's easy--don't do it.    

I myself am a Mac user, which means I never (really, I mean it, never) have to deal with any of these security issues.  But, I do have a PC in the house, and the house rule is "IE not allowed".  I even removed all the various shortcuts to IE (from the desktop, the start menu, the "Quick Launch" toolbar, etc).  Believe me, if I could uninstall it entirely, I would.  End result:  that computer is 100% spyware/malware/virus free.

[Nick B]

I recommend to everyone to use an Anti-virus software of some sort regardless of what browser they use

[-Drums-]

Agreed.  

[Josh VanderMeer]

I would highly recommend going to firefox.... it rarely gives me viruses... and it has barley n e pop ups

even my computer science teacher at school tells us to use it