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pacalo

(24,721 posts) Sat Jan 7, 2012, 12:56 AM Jan 2012

How do I get rid of hyperlinks that are showing up in the posts I'm reading?

Words like "family", "career", "income", etc.

This happened to me before but I can't remember how I got rid of them.

Internet Explorer is my browser.

Thanks!

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How do I get rid of hyperlinks that are showing up in the posts I'm reading? (Original Post) pacalo Jan 2012 OP

Check your extensions pokerfan Jan 2012 #1

If a dictionary app was unknowingly added on, how do I find it & get rid of it? pacalo Jan 2012 #2

It suddenly dawned on me to run my mouse over one of the hyperlinks pacalo Jan 2012 #3

cool pokerfan Jan 2012 #4

... pacalo Jan 2012 #5

pokerfan

(27,677 posts)

1. Check your extensions

Reply to pacalo (Original post)

Sat Jan 7, 2012, 03:34 AM

Jan 2012

It's possible that some sort of dictionary application got installed without your knowing. I've seen this happen under Firefox and I understand that IE is even more vulnerable to such things.

Barring that, does IE come with some sort of dictionary option? I don't have IE so I can't check. If so, make sure that it isn't enabled.

pacalo

(24,721 posts)

2. If a dictionary app was unknowingly added on, how do I find it & get rid of it?

Reply to pokerfan (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 7, 2012, 04:49 AM

Jan 2012

Thanks for replying!

pacalo

(24,721 posts)

3. It suddenly dawned on me to run my mouse over one of the hyperlinks

Reply to pokerfan (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 7, 2012, 07:49 AM

Jan 2012

to get the name of the program. It was called "text enhancer". I googled "how to disable 'text enhancer'", followed the directions, & it solved my problem.

Thanks for your input!

pokerfan

(27,677 posts)

4. cool

Reply to pacalo (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 7, 2012, 02:26 PM

Jan 2012

Glad you solved it.

pacalo

(24,721 posts)

5. ...

Reply to pokerfan (Reply #4)

Sat Jan 7, 2012, 02:41 PM

Jan 2012

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