Category Archives: Browser Tips

The Alt key and Internet Explorer 9

If you hold your alt key down, and click other keys on your keyboard, you will be able to quickly access a number of menus, tools and options. Go through the list below and you should find a few favorites to commit to memory. Many of these keystrokes work on other versions of IE browsers, but you may… Read More »

Remove Those Old Java Updates

Marie wants to know if she can remove old Java updates In my Add/Remove program I have 5 J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 updates and 7 Java(TM)6 updates— update 13 has size 97.04MB and update 17 has size 90.62MB — the others have no size at all. Do I have to keep them all or can I uninstall the… Read More »

Why Do-Not-Track Won’t Work

Fifteen years ago, people in the technology field were very concerned about online privacy. They came up with a convoluted and complicated privacy solution called P3P. it failed to win the approval of anyone other than geeks because it was far too complex, complicated, and unwieldy for the average user to learn. P3P went down the proverbial tubes.… Read More »