Question QUESTION: Hello Lorry, Can you please explain to me the difference between clicking a logout link (or button) on a web page and closing out the window, like when you hit the X button in the upper right corner?
Thanks, Bruce
ANSWER: Hi Bruce,
If you have more than one window open in Internet Explorer, when you click the "X" in the upper right hand corner, you are just closing that window. To close Internet Explorer you would have to click the "X" in all opened windows of IE.
If you close Internet Explorer while you have more than one tab open, a dialog box appears and asks if you want to close all tabs. When you click the Close Tabs button, IE7 closes and only one tab appears the next time you open IE7. You can click the Show Options button to tell IE7 to reopen all the currently open tabs the next time you open Internet Explorer, and then click the Close Tabs button to close IE7.
Hope this helps!
Lorry
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QUESTION: Hi Lorry,
Thanks for the info, but you did not answer my question. Maybe you did not understand the question or I was not clear. My question has nothing to do with how many windows are open, tabs and so forth. I need to know the difference between clicking a "LOGOUT" or "LOGOFF" link (or button) on a web page and closing out the window (using the X button or otherwise). I need to know why a user would want to do one operation over the other. If you do not understand the question could you please hand it over to someone who can? This way we won't waste time for either of us.
Thanks in advance,
Bruce
Answer Hi Bruce,
log off means switching from one user account to another..
log out means totally logged out from account.
Usually these terms are used when switching users on Windows, not IE.
Hope this helps!
Lorry
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