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nannycoe1

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Looking for tech savey people to help, searching in address bar
« on: November 12, 2019, 05:03:24 am »
My computer has been messing up a lot lately and in the address bar I get a circle that looks like a globe instead of a lock. What is this and how do I fix it?

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Re: Looking for tech savey people to help, searching in address bar
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2019, 06:07:13 am »
Click on the green circle and a drop down menu should appear.  What are your choices.

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Re: Looking for tech savey people to help, searching in address bar
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2019, 06:32:33 am »
It is grey not green

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Re: Looking for tech savey people to help, searching in address bar
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2019, 06:33:06 am »
It is grey not green

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Re: Looking for tech savey people to help, searching in address bar
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2019, 04:59:51 pm »
Is it a round circle with what looks like an 'i' in the middle?  If it is it means the info is not secure.  I'm not sure what to do about it.  I get that sometimes...even on some Fusion pages.

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Re: Looking for tech savey people to help, searching in address bar
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2019, 12:21:13 am »
Is there any way to copy what you are getting and paste it? Or take a screen shot?

Try rebooting your computer and see if that will help.


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Re: Looking for tech savey people to help, searching in address bar
« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2019, 11:50:14 am »
That means the website you are viewing does no have https: from their provider and there is nothing you can do about it but leave and email them a complaint.

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