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I asked this some time ago before and the answer only made things worse. PROBLEM: Visited links don't change from Blue to purple or whatever color the web master chose to confuse links with - you know, some designers use Black for font and grey as a link color - that poor designing aside..... I checked this out by making a page and used the old fashioned default Link=Blue and Visited=Purple mouseover=red and when going and clicking a link and going back IE7 ignored them and left the visited at Blue, even visited More than once with a hard refresh. Changing settings in Tools > Options > Accessibility messes up all colors, links included. Making the change there, Google for example, has a the old Mosaic (first browser for you young'uns) browser grey background, bad graphics and links are worse. Makes navigating a toughie when you don't see a Visited=link color different from a link color. Even tried changing it in Tools > Options > Ignore colors. There must be another way where Visited links show up as a different color or has places like Google, and web(masters) set links=blue and visited=blue? Like this Forum. I see Black for text, black for titles, and black is the link as well. Visited? Guess what - it's black too. I forgot to add that History is set at default 20 days, I'm stuck with Vista Home Premium Ed, on IE7. I should also mention that I had Expression Blend stuff and quickly removed it without using it too much. > I asked this some time ago before and the answer only made things worse. > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Like this Forum. I see Black for text, black for titles, and black is the > link as well. Visited? Guess what - it's black too. Hi, Google is a good test page with it's default colors: link = blue visited = purple active = red background = white With nothing checked in Internet Options> General> Accessibility, you don't get those colors? You might have a corrupted History folder. Try setting History to 0 days. Restart. Set History back to 20 days. Any change? If you start IE7 without add-ons (right-click the IE icon) does the situation change? Hope this helps, Don [MS MVP- IE] > I asked this some time ago before and the answer only made things worse. > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Like this Forum. I see Black for text, black for titles, and black is the > link as well. Visited? Guess what - it's black too. Done - thanks, but none of that worked. What I did notice though is that a page where nothing is defined, the default Blue/Purple do work. But Google, that uses "a:visited{color:#00c;font-weight:normal}.gb2 a,.gb3 a{text-decoration:none}.gb2 a{display:block;padding:.2em .5em}#gbar", doesn't work. Do you think something in IE7 blocks Style Sheets? > Hi, > Google is a good test page with it's default colors: [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > > Like this Forum. I see Black for text, black for titles, and black is the > > link as well. Visited? Guess what - it's black too. Hi, You don't have a Style Sheet specified, do you? Internet Options> General> Accessibility. Or, tick all boxes in Accessibility. Restart. Untick all boxes. Restart. Try the same with Colors. Have you cleared the History and Temporary Internet Files? > Do you think something in IE7 blocks Style Sheets? Google's colors for background, link, etc are specified in plain old HTML (about halfway down the page when viewing source code) </head><body bgcolor=#ffffff text=#000000 link=#0000cc vlink=#551a8b alink=#ff0000 Don [MS MVP- IE] > Done - thanks, but none of that worked. What I did notice though is that a > page where nothing is defined, the default Blue/Purple do work. But Google, > that uses "a:visited{color:#00c;font-weight:normal}.gb2 a,.gb3 > a{text-decoration:none}.gb2 a{display:block;padding:.2em .5em}#gbar", > > doesn't work. Do you think something in IE7 blocks Style Sheets? > > Hi, > > Google is a good test page with it's default colors: [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > If you start IE7 without add-ons (right-click the IE icon) does the > > situation change? > > > I asked this some time ago before and the answer only made things worse. > > > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > > Like this Forum. I see Black for text, black for titles, and black is the > > > link as well. Visited? Guess what - it's black too. Hi Don No style, and tried your trick Untick and retick - cleard History, and All temp Internet. stll, I can't get the darned lincks visited to appear. Most annoying. I wonder if it had anything to do with that Microsoft Expression Web Designer install/UNinstall? > Hi, > You don't have a Style Sheet specified, do you? Internet Options> General> [quoted text clipped - 78 lines] > the > > > > link as well. Visited? Guess what - it's black too. Hi, How long ago did you install Expression Web Designer? Do you have a System Restore point which predates that install? Don [MS MVP- IE] > Hi Don > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I wonder if it had anything to do with that Microsoft Expression Web > Designer install/UNinstall? > > Hi, > > You don't have a Style Sheet specified, do you? Internet Options> General> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > </head><body bgcolor=#ffffff text=#000000 link=#0000cc vlink=#551a8b > > alink=#ff0000 > > > Done - thanks, but none of that worked. What I did notice though is that a > > > page where nothing is defined, the default Blue/Purple do work. But [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > > > > > doesn't work. Do you think something in IE7 blocks Style Sheets? > > > > Hi, > > > > Google is a good test page with it's default colors: [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > > If you start IE7 without add-ons (right-click the IE icon) does the > > > > situation change? > > > > > I asked this some time ago before and the answer only made things > > worse. [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > the > > > > > link as well. Visited? Guess what - it's black too. Installed Expression too far back to be able to use the Restore point. I think I might just reinstall Vista. > Hi, > How long ago did you install Expression Web Designer? Do you have a System [quoted text clipped - 102 lines] > > > the > > > > > > link as well. Visited? Guess what - it's black too. Hi, OK, two last thoughts... 1. Are you current on updates for Windows and IE? There's a *slim* possibility that an update will replace a damaged file. 2. You might try a repair of Vista. 936212- How to repair the operating system and how to restore the operating system configuration to an earlier point in time in Windows: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936212/en-us Don > Installed Expression too far back to be able to use the Restore point. I > think I might just reinstall Vista. > > Hi, > > How long ago did you install Expression Web Designer? Do you have a System > > Restore point which predates that install? > > > Hi Don > > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > > I wonder if it had anything to do with that Microsoft Expression Web > > > Designer install/UNinstall? > > > > Hi, > > > > You don't have a Style Sheet specified, do you? Internet Options> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > > </head><body bgcolor=#ffffff text=#000000 link=#0000cc vlink=#551a8b > > > > alink=#ff0000 > > > > > Done - thanks, but none of that worked. What I did notice though is > > that a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > > > > > > > > > doesn't work. Do you think something in IE7 blocks Style Sheets? > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Google is a good test page with it's default colors: [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > > > > If you start IE7 without add-ons (right-click the IE icon) does the > > > > > > situation change? > > > > > > > I asked this some time ago before and the answer only made things > > > > worse. [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > is the > > > > > > > link as well. Visited? Guess what - it's black too. |
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