Internet Annoyances: How to Fix the Most Annoying Things about Going Online

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A9

     search site

     Toolbar

ActiveX controls and non-IE browsers

ad annoyances

     opting out

ad blocking

     Flash

     using HOSTS file

Ad-Aware

     spyware

     web site

address book, printing

Adobe Acrobat reader

AdSubtract ad blocker

     web site

Advanced Networking Pack, problems

advertising annoyances

AIM annoyances

     AIM Ad Remover web site

     AIM spamming

     avoiding WarnBots

     chatting with AIMBots

     chatting with ICQ buddies

     DeadAIM ad-blocker

     disabling announcements

     resizing chat window

     shrinking the buddy list

     specifying privacy settings

     spyware and

     transferring files over home network

     turning off sounds

     using at same time as AOL

     warning levels

     web-based version

AIMBots

AirSnare web site

AltaVista Toolbar

Amazon annoyances

     800 support number

     Amazon foreign-language web sites

     canceling One-Click order

     International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

     mobile devices, checking Amazon prices

     Power Search feature

     searching Amazon from IE address bar

     searching for forthcoming titles

     searching for highlighted words

     searching simultaneously with the Web

     text-only Amazon shopping

anonymous browsing

ANSI codes list

Anti-Phishing Working Group web site

anti-virus email checklist

AnyWho

AOL annoyances

     AOL chat help sessions, saving

     case of the $2,500 connection

     checking for local connection phone numbers

     closing AOL Welcome screen

     disable compressed graphics

     disabling AOL Companion

    email

         adjusting spam filters

         AOL Communicator email client

         blocking mail containing pictures or files

         blocking spam from AOL

         enable AOL to send files from Windows

         file attachments

         fixing fonts

         managing address book

         marking spam before reporting

         saving sent mail

         sending newsletters without being branded a spammer

         sending stalled emails

         sorting by person and date

         unsending messages

         using AOL Communicator

         using Flash Session

         using web interface

     importing Favorite Places to IE Favorites

     KDA faux idle-time software

     LIVE Technical Help

AOL annoyances (continued)

     locating Front and Back buttons

     parental controls

     preventing disconnections

     reading AOL mail with a POP3 client

     replacing AOL browser

     retrieving IDs of dropped calls from Voicemail system

     running AIM and AOL at the same time

     saving chat help sessions

     saving graphics in a better format

     speeding up AOL exit

     stopping AOL from dialing when connected via cable

     stopping AOL paper junk mail

     taming screen clutter

     too many windows open

     turning off pop-ups

     turning off You've Got Mail announcement

     uninstalling previous versions

AOL Voicemail system, retrieving IDs of dropped calls

AOL Welcome screen, closing

Ask Jeeves Toolbar

Aspinwall, Jim

Asterisk Key utility web site

AtomicLava web site

auction alerts for eBay

Auction Video web site

AuctionSentry sniping software

Audioblog.com web site

AutoComplete function

available versus preferred wireless networks