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Internet Tips

Find the right free ISP; use HyperTerminal to send commands to your modem; maximize new windows in IE.

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Maximize New IE Windows

Navigator does it, why can't Internet Explorer? When you right-click a link in either browser, one choice on the menu that pops up is to open the link in a new window. Navigator dutifully opens a window the same size as the current one. But IE stubbornly uses a smaller size by default, which means that you have to maximize the window yourself. Here's a work-around. Instead of right-clicking the link, press Ctrl-N to open a duplicate of the current window; thereafter, simply click the link.

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