why can't i close out a window?

HELP! HELP! HELP!
Can someone help me figure out why I can't escape from a
window by clicking on the X when I am on the internet?
For some reason anytime I go to close a page my computer
won't let me. Is this something that my computer has
been configured to do automatically? The only way I can
close a window is by pressing control+alt+delete and this
brings up the task manager. When I click on the item I
want to close out it will close. The only problem with
this is that every other page I have open in the net will
also close then.

Thanks

wrote:
HELP! HELP! HELP!
Can someone help me figure out why I can't escape from a
window by clicking on the X when I am on the internet?
For some reason anytime I go to close a page my computer
won't let me. Is this something that my computer has
been configured to do automatically? The only way I can
close a window is by pressing control+alt+delete and this
brings up the task manager. When I click on the item I
want to close out it will close. The only problem with
this is that every other page I have open in the net will
also close then.

Here is some advice:

1) Download, install, update and use the following anti-spyware apps:
Lavasoft AdAware
http://www.lavasoft.de/
Spybot Search and Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org/
SpywareBlaster
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/

2) Keep your antivirus software updated!
Do not have Antivirus Software installed? ARGH!
These are free:
AVG 6.0 - http://tinyurl.com/eod
avast! 4 - http://tinyurl.com/ct9p
AntiVir - http://www.free-av.com/

3) Keep windows patched!
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/

4) Consider installing/using a firewall.

Have XP?
To enable or disable Internet Connection Firewall:
1. Open Network Connections
2. Click the Dial-up, LAN or High-Speed Internet
connection that you want to protect, and then,
under Network Tasks, click Change settings of
this connection.
On the Advanced tab, under Internet Connection
Firewall, select one of the following:
- To enable Internet Connection Firewall (ICF),
select the Protect my computer and network
by limiting or preventing access to this computer
from the Internet check box.
- To disable Internet Connection Firewall, clear the
Protect my computer and network by limiting or
preventing access to this computer from the
Internet check box.

Don't have XP or want more?
ZoneAlarm (FREE and up)
http://www.zonelabs.com/
Kerio Personal Firewall (KPF) (FREE and up)
http://www.kerio.com/
Outpost Firewall from Agnitum (FREE and up)
http://www.agnitum.com/
Sygate Personal Firewall (FREE and up)
http://smb.sygate.com/
Symantec's Norton Personal Firewall (~$25 and up)
http://www.symantec.com/
BlackICE PC Protection ($39.95 and up)
http://blackice.iss.net/
Tiny Personal Firewall (~$39.00)
http://www.tinysoftware.com/

Good Luck!

--
Shenan Stanley
"Just trying to help"
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http://www.google.com/help/basics.html
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Let me restate your concern and make sure i understand the phenomenon. You
open a web page to http://www.msnbc.com, and then when you hit the X, it
will not close. Using File-Close doesnt work, either? You dont hear the
swish/click of a closing window either?

I have run across some spamhijack pages that do a lot of annoying things,
like reopening a window to the same site over and over, making it seem like
it never closes, but in reality, its just opened a new window to the same
site. Does your problem happen only on certain sites, or will it reproduce
by opening some 'safe' sites, like google/msnbc that dont do things like
that?

Does this happen to any other application besides internet explorer? Have
you installed the updates from Windows Update for IE and any OS services
packs? Has this been a problem since you got the machine? When did it start?

-Ben

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Subject: why can't i close out a window?
HELP! HELP! HELP!
Can someone help me figure out why I can't escape from a
window by clicking on the X when I am on the internet?
For some reason anytime I go to close a page my computer
won't let me. Is this something that my computer has
been configured to do automatically? The only way I can
close a window is by pressing control+alt+delete and this
brings up the task manager. When I click on the item I
want to close out it will close. The only problem with
this is that every other page I have open in the net will
also close then.

Thanks

If you have the window on the top that you are looking to close, then if you
press alt and F4 together, it will close the top window only.

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HELP! HELP! HELP!
Can someone help me figure out why I can't escape from a
window by clicking on the X when I am on the internet?
For some reason anytime I go to close a page my computer
won't let me. Is this something that my computer has
been configured to do automatically? The only way I can
close a window is by pressing control+alt+delete and this
brings up the task manager. When I click on the item I
want to close out it will close. The only problem with
this is that every other page I have open in the net will
also close then.

Thanks