Address Bar Doesn't Work

Hi. I'm new to the forum and new to Windows Vista. I just got a new
computer yesterday and it has Windows Vista. When I open Internet
Explorer and type something in the address bar like www.yahoo.com, it
just sits there. It doesn't go anywhere. When I click the home
button, it gets me to where my home is, which is www.msn.com. I can
click anywhere on the internet and it goes, but the address bar doesn't
seem to work for me. I don't get it. Can someone help?

Thanks so much!

Anna


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Give this a try, click Tools > Phishing Filter > click 'Turn Off Automatic
Website Checking...'
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"tj_shopper" <> wrote in message
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> Hi. I'm new to the forum and new to Windows Vista. I just got a new
> computer yesterday and it has Windows Vista. When I open Internet
> Explorer and type something in the address bar like www.yahoo.com, it
> just sits there. It doesn't go anywhere. When I click the home
> button, it gets me to where my home is, which is www.msn.com. I can
> click anywhere on the internet and it goes, but the address bar doesn't
> seem to work for me. I don't get it. Can someone help?
>
> Thanks so much!
>
> Anna
>
>
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When you type the address in, you then have to click the the "up and down
arrows" to the right of it.

"tj_shopper" wrote:

>
> Hi. I'm new to the forum and new to Windows Vista. I just got a new
> computer yesterday and it has Windows Vista. When I open Internet
> Explorer and type something in the address bar like www.yahoo.com, it
> just sits there. It doesn't go anywhere. When I click the home
> button, it gets me to where my home is, which is www.msn.com. I can
> click anywhere on the internet and it goes, but the address bar doesn't
> seem to work for me. I don't get it. Can someone help?
>
> Thanks so much!
>
> Anna
>
>
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tj_shopper wrote:
> Hi. I'm new to the forum and new to Windows Vista. I just got a new
> computer yesterday and it has Windows Vista. When I open Internet
> Explorer and type something in the address bar like www.yahoo.com, it
> just sits there. It doesn't go anywhere. When I click the home
> button, it gets me to where my home is, which is www.msn.com. I can
> click anywhere on the internet and it goes, but the address bar doesn't
> seem to work for me. I don't get it. Can someone help?
>
> Thanks so much!
>
> Anna
>
>
>
you ARE hitting the enter key, after entering the web address, aren't you?

Dave

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> Hi. I'm new to the forum and new to Windows Vista. I just got a new
> computer yesterday and it has Windows Vista. When I open Internet
> Explorer and type something in the address bar like www.yahoo.com, it
> just sits there. It doesn't go anywhere. When I click the home
> button, it gets me to where my home is, which is www.msn.com. I can
> click anywhere on the internet and it goes, but the address bar doesn't
> seem to work for me. I don't get it. Can someone help?


Do you click the green arrow or press Enter?

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I hit enter. I feel really dumb because I don't see any green arrows.
I have two arrows to the left of the address bar -- one pointing left
and the other pointing right. I thought those were to go to previous
or next page? There is a refresh button right after the address bar
along with an X for stop.


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Thank you! This worked! Finally. Have a great day!

Anna


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> "tj_shopper" <> wrote in message
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> >
> > Hi. I'm new to the forum and new to Windows Vista. I just got
> new
> > computer yesterday and it has Windows Vista. When I open Internet
> > Explorer and type something in the address bar like www.yahoo.com
> it
> > just sits there. It doesn't go anywhere. When I click the home
> > button, it gets me to where my home is, which is www.msn.com. I can
> > click anywhere on the internet and it goes, but the address ba
> doesn't
> > seem to work for me. I don't get it. Can someone help?
> >
> > Thanks so much!
> >
> > Anna
> >
> >
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> I hit enter. I feel really dumb because I don't see any green arrows.
> I have two arrows to the left of the address bar -- one pointing left
> and the other pointing right. I thought those were to go to previous
> or next page? There is a refresh button right after the address bar
> along with an X for stop.


Those two arrows should change to a single green arrow as soon as you start
entering anything into the Address Bar. When they're the two arrows they're
the Refresh button.

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