[fix-what-you-broke]

If I add pages to my favourites, after about three days its like it will go dead like a dead link,as in if I go into faves,then find the site I want and click on it nothing at all happens, I have to Google the page and re add it,then it goes OK for a few days then happens again, its not just one page, its all of them. What am I doing wrong?

[Lowtax4eva]

What windows version? Update your IE to 7 and is this dial up or cable?

More info needed, it's probably an error with Internet Explorer directly. Also, try Firefox

[fix-what-you-broke]

Sorry I didn't think to include that info... im already on IE 7, my laptop is running on windows xp, I'm on oarange wireless.

[Lowtax4eva]

It could be the connection or IE again, try downloading mozilla Firefox and see if it still happens.

[fix-what-you-broke]

Hi again, I don't really want to get Firefox as I don't know much about computers at all and I don't want to mess anything up.if I have to get it to sort it out I will but I prefare IE 7,if possible..
I got rid of IE 7 and reinstalled it and it still happens.. I took a screen shot of the problem, a pop up box comes up...



I went to properties and nothing comes up, I'm lost as it has never happened on my old desktp, my old laptop, only this new one..

[Lowtax4eva]

It looks like the shortcuts are pointing to nothing, when you place your cursor over the shortcut does a popup come up with the website address the shortcut is supposed to go to?

[fix-what-you-broke]

I just looked and no it doesn't... I don't understand though as when I first save it it does work then after a few days it goes like this, if I go to the page and resave it it works again,the dies again

[ScottGem]

Have you done a spyware and virus scan?

[fix-what-you-broke]

Yes I have, didn't fix it

[fix-what-you-broke]

I have just been on the phone with the tech guys and they told me they had never heard of this before, they told me to do a factory reset because they think it's a problem with windows itself, it means I got this laptop on the 8th of may and now I have to loose everything off it for nothing, grrr

[ScottGem]

Have you tried doing a System Restore back to before it happened?

[Curlyben]

Also make sure your system is FULLY patched.
May be an undocumented feature of Internet Explorer.
Admittedly I have necer come across this issue before.
Failing that go and get Firefox, a superior web browser.

[fix-what-you-broke]

To update, I got Firefox and it seems to be working fine up to now, I will give it a few days and if it happens again I will take it back, thank you all.