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Help please

Hi,

I've got an Asus notebook with Windows 8. On my old laptop if i was looking at an email with a link I could hover over it til I got the hand and the page would open however this doesn't happen with my new notebook/Windows 8 so I have to cut & paste it, which seems long winded. Don't know if I'm doing something wrong?

Any idea how I speed things up?

Thanks
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  • tavernman
    tavernman Posts: 575 Forumite
    Why speed up the attack vector, decide you want to open then it's your choice, if it opens up automatically then you will be back asking "xyz is taking over my browser/pc"
  • RumRat
    RumRat Posts: 5,038 Forumite
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    Are these links in your email client or within your browser? Which browser are you using?
    Are the links blue and underlined or just part of the text?
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  • maggiesoup
    maggiesoup Posts: 798 Forumite
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    RumRat wrote: »
    Are these links in your email client or within your browser? Which browser are you using?
    Are the links blue and underlined or just part of the text?

    Links are in the email. The whole email is just black type, nothing blue.

    Does this give you the info you need?


    Thanks
  • maggiesoup
    maggiesoup Posts: 798 Forumite
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    tavernman wrote: »
    Why speed up the attack vector, decide you want to open then it's your choice, if it opens up automatically then you will be back asking "xyz is taking over my browser/pc"

    What if I trust it though?
  • Annie1960
    Annie1960 Posts: 3,009 Forumite
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    maggiesoup wrote: »
    Links are in the email. The whole email is just black type, nothing blue.

    Does this give you the info you need?


    Thanks

    But do you use your email on a web-based email (i.e. you use your browser), or do you download your email into a client such as Outlook Express, Outlook, Mail etc?
  • RumRat
    RumRat Posts: 5,038 Forumite
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    maggiesoup wrote: »
    Links are in the email. The whole email is just black type, nothing blue.

    Does this give you the info you need?


    Thanks
    Client or Web for email? If Client, which one?
    Drinking Rum before 10am makes you
    A PIRATE
    Not an Alcoholic...!
  • tavernman
    tavernman Posts: 575 Forumite
    maggiesoup wrote: »
    What if I trust it though?
    Emails are very easy to make them look like they are from my-friend"at"their-address
  • maggiesoup
    maggiesoup Posts: 798 Forumite
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    Annie1960 wrote: »
    But do you use your email on a web-based email (i.e. you use your browser), or do you download your email into a client such as Outlook Express, Outlook, Mail etc?

    Hi, any suggestions yet? Thanks
  • bod1467
    bod1467 Posts: 15,214 Forumite
    How about answering the questions asked? Indeed you quoted a post that asked questions of YOU.

    Unless you provide the info then it's very difficult to help you.
  • maggiesoup
    maggiesoup Posts: 798 Forumite
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    RumRat wrote: »
    Client or Web for email? If Client, which one?

    Sorry, don't know understand the question?
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