batlham Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Tech background:I am using IE 7 on vista.I have scanned my computer of viruses and spy/malware..and its clean 100%I have not installed any new software in a while...nor have any new add ons for IE.Likewise, I am a computer tech by trade..and never seen this kind of problem. Problem:If I am in the nexus mod site...and I click the forum link at the top.. it now loads a new window...I figured that was on purpose. However, here is the strange things that happen now. I think it started yesterday or the day before. When I open a new window and it loads my homepage..I then use a Favorites Menu short cut to get here to the forums or the nexus mod site. When I do that...a new window is now appearing, loading the link I selected..instead of just changing the current window that had the home page. It does this even if I typed the address in. Then sometimes I will click something here.. that does not normally open a new window...and it will load that link in the first window that had the home page. Other times, I will click that same link and it wont do it, it behaves and loads in the same window. Sometimes the popups will load in the first window that had the homepage, instead of creating a popup window.This destroyed an important email I was working on for a job application..making me have to figure out again what to say.That prompted me to report about the wierd problem. I know that was confusing..but it is hard to explain..its really strange. It does not happen when I go anywhere else on the Internet. Its not really a bad problem..just a bit annoying since I use tabs mostly. Was something changed here that would cause this?Is anyone else getting the same wierdness?? Edit:I just tried it again...loaded home page...entered http://www.tesnexus.com by hand..and it loaded a new window.then I clicked on forum at the top..no new window.Then I clicked the link on the side of the forum window "In: Q? Wierd things started to hap..."It loaded a new tab in the old window with this topic..instead of just changing the window I clicked in Damn thats hard to explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark0ne Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 I don't use Vista at the moment so it's going to be a bit hard to troubleshoot :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batlham Posted February 16, 2008 Author Share Posted February 16, 2008 Well...if its a problem that others are getting then hopefully they will speak up as well.... However, I have no clue why this just started a couple of days ago. else my computer just turned retarded....it is running vista after all :D Q: How many Microsoft engineers does it take to change a light bulb?A: None, Bill Gates will just redefine Darkness as the new industry standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Raven Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 batlham, What are your settings in Internet Propties, Tabbed Browsing Settings? (IE7) I'm sure you know this, but are you loged into both sides of the board, when this happens? --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batlham Posted February 16, 2008 Author Share Posted February 16, 2008 holy crud....I figured it out...I have no idea why or when it was changed. In the security tab...there is a thing in vista called "protected mode"It was selected for the internet..and not for trusted sites. So one window was the protected window...the other window was the unprotected window. Sooo stupid...lest now I can not worry about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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