I just got a Windows 8 laptop and won't be able to change it to Win 7 until the Win 7 DVD (finally) arrives. So in the mean time I am trying to get some use out of Win 8 - not an easy task!
I am trying to use IE but am unable to obtain the area in which I can enter a URL. I had such an area long enough to type in "Google News" and did get there. But then I selected a CBS web page on the plane crash in San Francisco. That web page manages to occupy the entire screen and there is no place to enter a URL. (No display of the current URL either.) A few times something I have done with the track pad seems to cause the URL window to appear but then it disappears before I am able to take advantage of it. If I return to the "start page" (if that's what it is called) and double click on the IE icon (in an attempt to open a new browser window) I just end up right back at the CBS page. So how do I get that area into which I can enter a URL?
In researching this problem I have seen references to two versions of IE - the Metro version and the Desktop version. I am not sure which one is frustrating me, but maybe if I could just get to the other one it would be more cooperative. (Probably not, but it's worth a try!)
Thanks, Bob
I am trying to use IE but am unable to obtain the area in which I can enter a URL. I had such an area long enough to type in "Google News" and did get there. But then I selected a CBS web page on the plane crash in San Francisco. That web page manages to occupy the entire screen and there is no place to enter a URL. (No display of the current URL either.) A few times something I have done with the track pad seems to cause the URL window to appear but then it disappears before I am able to take advantage of it. If I return to the "start page" (if that's what it is called) and double click on the IE icon (in an attempt to open a new browser window) I just end up right back at the CBS page. So how do I get that area into which I can enter a URL?
In researching this problem I have seen references to two versions of IE - the Metro version and the Desktop version. I am not sure which one is frustrating me, but maybe if I could just get to the other one it would be more cooperative. (Probably not, but it's worth a try!)
Thanks, Bob
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 7 / Windows 8
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon
- CPU
- i5
- Memory
- 8G