Two issues:
1.  How do I configure IE not open .pdf file links in the
browser (want it to launch the Reader Application)
and

Error "Access to the specified path or file is denied"
appears when trying to open a file from an internet site.  
The referenced path is my profile directory on windows nt
4.0 of which I have full control.  Microsoft article

I am running IE6 on Win XP and have recently had an Adware
programme install itself.  I have removed offending
article but am left with broadband dial up connecting and
apparently working but IE6 unable to communicate.  No

Can you import your AOL favorites to IE6?  If so, how??

When I open Internet explorer and go to the tools menu at
the top, there is now listed links to other sites (porn)
that are very undesirable.
How do I remove these links.

"Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
AppName: iexplore.ex
AppVer: 6.0.2800.110
ModName: mshtml.dl

ie6 has set a random homepage that includes links to various sites and a search tool bar. Even when setting homepage to blank I am unable to change it or delete it, and it doesn't appear in the options menu. Any ideas how to get rid of this?

I am working on Windows 2000 Professional & use Internet Explorer 6.0 as the default browser. When I navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings, I find that there are two folders named Temp & Temporary Internet Files. In this Temp folder, there is a folder ...

After I have  visited,  or  during a visit  to  a  web
site (any web site) IE6  hangs  and the  hour  glass
figute appears. When  I  pres  CTRL - Delete  I get  the  
message "Explorer  Not Responding".  I  then need to

i have looked everywhere and cant find how to clear the
history on my search field
i get to it by ctrl+E while on the browser
how can i clear the stuff i have there?

I see some sources saying that MS will not continue support for
HTML+TIME/DirectMusic integration  in future versions of IE because of
security issues involved with playing external segment (.SGT) files. Is this
true ? If so, will MS replace this functionality with something else ?

W3.org indicates several tags have been "deprecated" (superceded by a
newer generation tag/element, but still recognized by browsers for the
sake of backward compatibility) but not yet rendered "obsolete" (not
recognized at all by most modern browsers).

How do I allow my favorites to not hide unused folders
and websites?

I have ie6, the service pack and some patches installed,
however MusicMatch and a secure website keeps telling me
that I need to update my explorer (they believe I have
4.0).  I can't get the Windows Update page to work and I

I am running XP and IE 6.0.  I just got this machine back
up on line this past weekend and have discovered that
when I try to run something requiring JAVA, I get a
message that says the browser does not support JAVA.  I