Greekman - I have W8.1.

It is much more friendly (to my mind), if you configure it to boot straight to the desktop.

Plenty of Links here

Thanks Skinny, out now but will look later.

Installed a privacy tool called "Ghostery" on Chrome and Opera and opted to block all trackers. Amazed at how much faster browsing has become!

http://lifehacker.com/ad-blocking-extension-ghostery-actually-sells-data-to-a-514417864

Hmmmmm..that doesn't sound so nice. In any case, I did not opt for the ranking feature. Hopefully I am okay and as long as the pages continue to load as fast as they are now, I'll probably stick with it.

For the moment, and I might well be persuaded otherwise, using Ghostery gives me a much, much faster surfing experience. Indeed, I am totally amazed by the increase in speed on some web sites. I am amazed as to how many tracker thingies some web site are using too.

So...which sort of sucker punter should I choose to be:

1. Slow surfing with no Ghostery. Hmmm? The sites I visit track what I'm doing and where I'm going and get money for it supplying the results to whoever.

2. Fast surfing with Ghostery. Hmmm? Ghostery earn money from inspecting what trackers I shut down and supplying the results to interested parties. Interested parties will then develop more invasive tracking tools which I ultimately will not be able to shut off.

Answer: No. 1 every time. The development of unshutdownable supersonic trackers will come anyway.

Hmmm? Thinks......Must remember to put them back on when I'm shopping through my Quidco.

I guess every little advantage one gets with these tools is but a fleeting one. Use it as long as it provides some advantage.

Skinny,

re your post 10654, good links and am working my way through them.

Thanks

F5 on my PC keyboard is a refresh command button.
On my new laptop F5 has a different function.
Is there a laptop keyboard command for refresh or do you have to use the cursor every time?

It should be F5 by default - have you assigned a different function to it?

By default the F5 key turns the touchpad On /Off.
(Toshiba Satellite C75-A-156)

What about CTRL + F5?

Where's the refresh button on my toshiba satellite laptop?

Hmmmm.....that involves using two hands!!! I was looking for the lazy option!
On my PC at mo, but will experiment tomorrow morning.

(So the Yahoo geeks don't know either!)

Can anyone remind me please how to clear the Java cache.
Running Windows 8.1 and have only the new Java software installed. (Ver 8, update 25)
Can't find it in the Java cpl file.
It allows me to access a https site once and then refuses to let me access it again.
I assume it's the cache as rebooting allows me in only once again.

1. Find the Java Control Panel

2. Clear the Java Cache

Thanks for that.
I have unticked the the 'Keep temporary files on my computer' box, so I assume it should automatically delete them. Have also manually deleted them and still locks me out of https web page without a reboot so...........back to the drawing board!

mam insist that the red "apply" ad on the right of stockwatch ISN`T tracking ones choices.however if you back click the top of that column you get this-----

http://tracking.moneyam.com/adverts/third-party.php?id=305


looks like tracking to me?

Sequestor

Check out 'Ghostery'.

Cheers exec , thought so 7 trackers whacked.