Blocking Autoplay with IE
I'm not sure what you mean by "icon at the top of the screen." If you have simple web-based e-mail, you check it by navigating to that site. It's the same in any browser, and I've used nearly all of them at one time or another.
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IE6 = Internet Explorer 6.
I was just joking with ya. I know what IE6 is I haven't used internet explorer in a real long time, so I can't help you out. I guess use a different browser if this autoplay thing bugs you so much.
I thought Outlook Express and Internet Explorer were separate programs?
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Outlook Express should be in your Start menu. Depending on which version of Windows you have and whether you chose the new or "classic" menu style, it may or may not be pinned to the top of the start menu along with your browser. In any case, it can be found in the start menu, and from there a desktop shortcut to it is just a right-click away.
Now, I'd avoid Outlook if at all possible, but using Outlook isn't as suicidal as IE6.
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I think what he means by the icon is a toolbar. Some programs put their own toolbar at the top of IE.
MattShizzle, I agree that you should upgrade to IE7. If Microsoft has stopped doing updates for IE6, then you are extremely vulnerable to an attack -- you could lose your entire computer. What happens is that hackers find "holes" in the browser's programming and use those to attack people's computers. Microsoft finds or is told about these "holes" and they send out "patches" to fix them and keep your computer safe. Your computer was probably set up to receive these updates automatically -- you don't have to do anything. However, when a program gets too old, Microsoft will no longer take the time to create "patches" -- the "holes" stay open and all sorts of bad stuff can get into your computer.
IE7 isn't much different from IE6 -- not on the surface, anyway. It looks a little different, but the main difference is the tabs, which you don't have to use if they confuse you -- you can open a new window for everything just like you do in IE6.
I would suggest that you find someone who is good at computers and have them sit down with you and show you how to use IE7. That same person can also put an icon for Outlook Express right on your desktop or on the taskbar at the bottom of your screen so that you can find it easily.
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From what the OP has said that sounds like very good advice. If he continues to use IE6 it is a disaster waiting to happen.
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Do you notice the contradiction? If Opera's rendering engine is really based on IE, why would its output different to IE? Are you confusing Opera with IE shells like Maxthon? Opera has its own rendering engine since day one. In fact the underlying working of Opera is often time even more different from IE than Mozilla.
MattShizzle, like so many here have already said, you should really use something other than IE. Outlook Express is an individual program, it should be in the first page of "All Programs". Find it and rid yourself of the "Internet Explorder".
I haven't used Internet Explorder for ages, but if you still insist on using it then:
open Internet Options > Security > Internet > Custom Level...
try changing those ActiveX, ActiveScripting things to prompt.
I don't think there's a specific option for videos, so most likely even if you find the combinations that works, it'll end up much broader than you like.