Do Not Press F1 If Requested To Do So By A Website.

department76 · Mar 3, 2010

i use F1 all the time; thank you matlab and thank you mathcad.

why you would need or want to ever use F1 in IE is beyond me, let alone why you would press it after a website told you to. especially considering the types of sites that would be asking this...

Completely Bonkers · Mar 3, 2010

Same people who press the ^ key to open the coffee-cup holder

Steevo · Mar 4, 2010

Meh. 2000 was a retards XP. It wasn't mean to game on, it was ment for servers, workstations and not browsing myspace.

If a old PC gets infected as the user is stupid, using 2000, and is complaining about their 2000 caddy not having warranty still.....well. F em. I will gladly take their money to fix their old and broken.

[I.R.A]_FBi · Mar 4, 2010

another satisfied victim?

Mussels · Mar 4, 2010

... what version of IE? its not mentioned at all

department76 · Mar 4, 2010

Mussels said:
... what version of IE? its not mentioned at all

all of them? i'm guessing, since F1 is the universal help key the vulnerability has perhaps always been there.

Steevo · Mar 4, 2010

Back in the windows 9X days you could bypass a users password with a simple print command and view all their files.

This exploit was carried forward into ME and XP to a degree. Help files are ran at user assistance level and possible upgraded privileges. UAC removed the means to access a users files.

You all must realize that the browser runs at equal rights with the user account in the majority of instances, so if you can browse to a file in a scripted window and open, copy, delete, or work with files, so can a remote user. All that is required is the initial authorization, by visiting the site you have already created the tunnel.

Bjorn_Of_Iceland · Mar 4, 2010

So its a combination of the actual keypress and the help files right? No harm in manually clicking help > contents and index?

Hayder_Master · Mar 9, 2010

the IE exist to download FireFox

TIGR · Mar 9, 2010

hayder.master said:
the IE exist to download FireFox

The first thing I do on a new install is open IE, go to mozilla.com, and download Firefox.

Mussels · Mar 10, 2010

TIGR said:
The first thing I do on a new install is open IE, go to mozilla.com, and download Firefox.

traitor. i keep copies of firefox installers on my flash drives

Steevo · Mar 10, 2010

I'm using IE and pressing F1.......now!

[I.R.A]_FBi · Mar 10, 2010

Steevo said:
I'm using IE and pressing F1.......now!

Meizuman · Mar 10, 2010

Pressed F1, opened Opera Help (from their site) in a new tab

Melvis · Mar 11, 2010

AphexDreamer said:
Not going to lie, I hit F1 and got a new TAB in Chrome. IE should be banned, surprised Australia hasn't banned it yet.

Give it time :laugh:

I use XP, but i never use IE (POS) Seamonkey all the way, so im all safe.

On the other hand i might tell my customers to press F1, that will increase work for me

VJC1945 · May 21, 2010

Do Not Press F1

Does anybody know if this error also occurs during a system start? I get it every time I restart my system.
VJC1945

oily_17 · May 21, 2010

VJC1945 said:
Does anybody know if this error also occurs during a system start? I get it every time I restart my system.
VJC1945

If you are getting the "Press F1.." when you are booting your PC, then it probably means that some of your settings in the bios are stopping it from booting correctly.

You need to recheck your bios settings.

VJC1945 · May 21, 2010

Hello,
I appreciate your response. I just re-installed WINDOWS and no changes were made to the BIOS.
I wish it was that simple. I've been chasing this problem for over a month. I hoped that re-insalling
WINDOWS would solve the problem.

WhiteLotus · May 21, 2010

VJC1945 said:
Hello,
I appreciate your response. I just re-installed WINDOWS and no changes were made to the BIOS.
I wish it was that simple. I've been chasing this problem for over a month. I hoped that re-insalling
WINDOWS would solve the problem.

Make a dedicated thread about it (most likely in the Hardware thread) and be sure to list your Hardware specs and exact details of your problem. Be easier to help you that way.

computertechy · May 21, 2010

just like telling someone to "not look down"

+1 thx for the info.

hat · May 21, 2010

Steevo said:
I'm using IE and pressing F1.......now!

VJC1945 · May 21, 2010

WhiteLotus said:
Make a dedicated thread about it (most likely in the Hardware thread) and be sure to list your Hardware specs and exact details of your problem. Be easier to help you that way.

I wish I could. I've just joined this site. Screen states that I can not begin a new thread.

VJC1945 · May 21, 2010

Hello,
I wish I could. I just joined this site and I am not familiar with it's options.
Screen states that I can not start a new thread.

JrRacinFan · May 21, 2010

I can guarantee you this thread and the topic has nothing to do with what you are seeing.

So at post, what is the computer displaying on monitor? "CMOS Checksum error Press F1 to continue">? If you are getting that you will need to enter bios load optimized defaults, then F10 and save. That is just assuming that's the problem you are having.

oily_17 · May 21, 2010

Try what JrRacing said and also you should check your motherboard battery.

If the board is older the battery may have died, or could happen with a new board as well, and is not storing the bios settings each time you disconnect power from it.

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