Not everyone will know of this simple trick to change the colour of a link as the mouse pointer hovers over it.In Internet Explorer go to the Tools menu (or View menu on some IE versions) and select "Internet Options."
Click the General Tab (if not already clicked as default) Click the "Colors..." button at bottom left.
Tick the "use hover color" box
Then click in the coloured box to the right of word Hover: This brings up a colour selector. Select a colour.
Click OK in the colour box panel just below where it says "Define Custom Colors"
Click OK in the colors box
Click OK again at bottom of the the big box (Internet Options)