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Browsing problems since recent Vista update

boombap
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Hi,
First of all apologies if this has been covered before - I've done a serach but not found the answer.
A few days ago I installed updates to Vista - I don't know exactly what the updates were - I was just prompted upon shutting down to 'click here to shutdown and install updates'.
Since then I've noticed that my interent browsing has been affected. Previously if I clicked on a link in an email a new browser would come up in a new window and now it's a tab. I'm not too keen on tabs to be honest but my main problem is that the links take a lot longer to come up.
A site which I use a lot is newsnow.co.uk and although the links on there still come up in a new window I've noticed that there is a very, very noticeable time gap before links open and it's driving me mad!
I'd be really grateful if anyone knows why this is happening. As mentioned, I prefer new windows to tabs but I've been told to 'get with it' and get used to the tabs - it's just this delay with links that's got me ripping my hair out!
Thanks in advance and hope the above makes sense!
Squee.
First of all apologies if this has been covered before - I've done a serach but not found the answer.
A few days ago I installed updates to Vista - I don't know exactly what the updates were - I was just prompted upon shutting down to 'click here to shutdown and install updates'.
Since then I've noticed that my interent browsing has been affected. Previously if I clicked on a link in an email a new browser would come up in a new window and now it's a tab. I'm not too keen on tabs to be honest but my main problem is that the links take a lot longer to come up.
A site which I use a lot is newsnow.co.uk and although the links on there still come up in a new window I've noticed that there is a very, very noticeable time gap before links open and it's driving me mad!
I'd be really grateful if anyone knows why this is happening. As mentioned, I prefer new windows to tabs but I've been told to 'get with it' and get used to the tabs - it's just this delay with links that's got me ripping my hair out!
Thanks in advance and hope the above makes sense!
Squee.
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top right hand corner of screen toolbar ,click on tools then internet options.
then under general ,select the tabs settings. just tick the boxes for your preferences and then apply0 -
Cheers Sunshine - just done that now - wasn't too painful!
Any ideas why I'm encountering noticeable delays with the opening of links?
Many thanks once again,0 -
no, but im glad you mentioned it. i noticed it was slower too. vista seems to open a new tab much quicker than a new window. hopefully the next update will rectify0
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