Help please re IE add onns

TaBunny

Hi, I had a maliciuos attack on my computer of spyware etc, it took me 6 hours but I managed to sort it out, however while it was going on Internet Explorer disabled 'add ons' and now I don't know how to get them to work again. Some of my websites no longer load properly and I believe it must be due to the lack of these add ons, any ideas please

espresso

Try Tools, Manage Add-ons.

TaBunny

espresso wrote: »

Try Tools, Manage Add-ons.

the manage add ons cannot be high lighted in tools it's like it's gone, it is written there but it won't high light when I put cursor over it it's in light grey where as all other stuff on list is black/dark

espresso

Sorry can't really help as I don't use IE. Why not try an alternative, most would say much better browser e.g. here

TaBunny

I use opera but my other half wants to stick with IE coz of all his favourites etc and we can't get the pages to load, also on opera sometimes when I buy stuff the checkouts won't load so I have to use IE for those sites. I've tried Mozilla Firefox but hated it and it made my computer crash, dunno what to do re these add ons.

espresso

TaBunny wrote: »

I use opera but my other half wants to stick with IE coz of all his favourites etc and we can't get the pages to load, also on opera sometimes when I buy stuff the checkouts won't load so I have to use IE for those sites. I've tried Mozilla Firefox but hated it and it made my computer crash, dunno what to do re these add ons.

When you install Firefox, it will import all of your favourites automatically for you. For the odd strange site that needs IE, there is an excellent plug-in called IEtab. I just can't understand why anyone uses the inferior IE myself.

iviv

For the odd strange site that needs IE, there is an excellent plug-in called IEtab. I just can't understand why anyone uses the inferior IE myself.

though that essentially runs IE in firefox, wouldn't IE still have the addons disallowed in its settings, and thus still not display them?

espresso

iviv wrote: »

though that essentially runs IE in firefox, wouldn't IE still have the addons disallowed in its settings, and thus still not display them?

IEtab uses the IE rendering engine but obviously it will not display any IE options in the Firefox tab.

TaBunny

espresso wrote: »

When you install Firefox, it will import all of your favourites automatically for you. For the odd strange site that needs IE, there is an excellent plug-in called IEtab. I just can't understand why anyone uses the inferior IE myself.[/QUOTe

I don't know about inferior as I've only tried opera and to be honest I find IE much simpler, all these other browsers seem too busy for my liking and I like simplicity

espresso

TaBunny wrote: »

I don't know about inferior as I've only tried opera and to be honest I find IE much simpler, all these other browsers seem too busy for my liking and I like simplicity

I'm more concerned about the speed, security and versatility offered by Firefox over IE.

C_Ronaldo

I find firefox easy to use as is ie, was it firefox 3 that made your pc crash