Showing posts with label Vista. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vista. Show all posts

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Annoying Internet Explorer Trusted Site Pop Up and how to REMOVE!

Hello again. I have been having a deal of this at work and figured that there must be people out there also having this problem. The issue is that in Internet Explorer a box pops up and ask if this website is ok to allow access. This might also be confusing with those that know a little bit about the internet options because  it says that it is a trusted site but you of course don't have any trusted sites set up. Now you may want this site to never be shown or always be shown I will show you how to do both while taking down the pop up that seems to come up all the time.

First off you will need to open internet explorer and click ok on any pop ups that come up once the pop ups stop then we can begin. The directions are pretty much the same on all version of IE 8 and above with a few Graphic differences. 
1. We want to find a Gear looking Icon near the top and click on it once. After that menu is up click on "internet options" (if it is grayed out and you can't click on it ie just hasn't loaded up yet click the gear icon again and wait a few seconds then click it again to bring it up it should have loaded by then allowing you to click on the "internet Options" object).
2. A box will open and their will be tab looking things on the top that have titles. Click on the one that says security once.
3.Normally you will see 4 colored icons in a white box bellow the tabs. We want to click on the one that says "Trusted Sites"
4. There will be a button closer to the bottom the box now that says custom level. IMPORTANT for this to look right you must have "trusted sites" selected.
5. Another Box will come up with a bunch of little dots that you can change settings but we are only looking for one. About 3/4 the way down there will be one that says "Websites in less privileged web content zone can navagiate into this zone"  Prompt should be selected by default, this is why the pop up is coming up. If you want these sites to come up click the dot by "enable" if not click the one for "disable".
6. Once you have made your choice click OK at the bottom of that box to save and exit. Then click "OK" on the next box to save and exit and return to Internet Explorer. 

From now on you won't have that pop up come up any more. Thank you very much for reading this and I hope dearly that this has helped you out.

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Maintenance Part 2: Scan disk to Fix Errors

In this part of my series I will look at how to keep your computer running error free and happy with scan disk. This is a very simple process but can take a lot of time depending on how big a hard drive is and if there are any errors. The way I show you does require you to restart your computer and it could be down for a hour or so.
Scan disk is important because if you have errors it hangs your computer up and can even stop programs from running altogether. The scan disk tool that I will show you how to use on Windows scan the disk for errors and tries to fix them. I would say unless you are seeing a lot of errors or having serious hard drive read issues a scan disk might only need to be done every few months.
So lets get into to it From XP on the process is almost identical to what I am fix to say. You can open "My Computer" on XP or just "Computer" on Vista and beyond, from either you start or windows button or from a icon on your desktop if you have it. Next find the hard drive icon that has a little windows logo on it, this is the hard drive your system file are on most computers, and right click it bringing down a drop down box and click properties. This will bring up a small window with some tabs. Find a tab that says tools and click on it. The top tool says error checking on that page and you can click check now. That will bring a window up with 2 check boxes and a status bar. Go ahead and check the bottom box by clicking on it. Then click "Start". It will then bring up a message that it need to be able to access all the disk and will have to schedule a check the next time the computer starts. Click OK and then when you are ready to begin the check just restart your computer and it should do the rest.

This should get your computer's hard drive error free and will help eek out some more speed if you have errors on your drive. The thing I am covering by the way is what your local Guru guys will do to your computer and charge you who knows how much to do these simple things that you can do on your own. As always thank for reading and my next piece I will cover the dreaded virus problem.