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to "TOOLS", "INTERNET OPTIONS", click on the
"CONTENT" tab. Click the "AUTOCOMPLETE" button to
clear your history and/or view other options. [Top] |
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IE, go to "TOOLS", "INTERNET OPTIONS", click on the
"CONTENT" tab. Click the "AUTOCOMPLETE" button. Uncheck
the items you would like to disable. Select "OK". Select the
"ADVANCED" tab. Scroll down to "use inline autocomplete for
web addresses" box or "use inline autocomplete in windows
explorer". Uncheck the box to disable. [Top] |
| This
is for IE 5.0 or later. You should be able to right click the IE toolbar and
click on "RADIO" to activate the radio toolbar. Another way
to access the toolbar is to go to "VIEW", "TOOLBARS",
then click on "RADIO". Cruise around the web while listening to
your favorite tunes with this handy feature. To find a radio station, just choose Radio Stations from
the Radio bar. If you are not able to access
the radio toolbar then you do not have the latest version of Microsoft Media
Player installed. You can download it here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/ [Top] |
| IE
does not load the radio by default. To make it load by default, open IE, go
to "TOOLS", "INTERNET OPTIONS", click on the
"ADVANCED" tab. Scroll down to the "MULTIMEDIA" section
then check the box for "Always show Internet Explorer radio bar". [Top] |
| If
the clicking sound when navigating is starting to annoy you, go to
"START", "SETTINGS", "CONTROL PANEL", double
click on the "SOUNDS" icon. Scroll down to "Windows
Explorer" section, click on "START NAVIGATION" to highlight
it. You can now listen to the sound to be sure it is the correct one to be
deleted by clicking on the arrow next to the "preview" window.
Once your sure this is the correct sound, click "REMOVE". Other
potentially annoying sounds can be removed in the same fashion. [Top] |
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In
the event Internet Explorer 5.x has become corrupted, here is how to repair
the installation: Go to "START", "SETTINGS",
"CONTROL PANEL", double click "ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS",
choose "Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and Internet Tools". Click
the "ADD/REMOVE" button, check "Repair Internet
Explorer". Click on "OK". [Top] |
| To
clear out the Temporary Internet Files, right click on the IE icon on your
desktop, select "PROPERTIES", click on the "DELETE"
button. Check the box that says "delete all offline content".
Click "OK". Click on the "SETTINGS" button, click the
"VIEW FILES" button, select "EDIT in the toolbar, choose
"SELECT ALL", this will highlight all of your Temporary Internet
Files. You can hit the "Delete" button on your keyboard to clear
out the files or you can select "FILE" at the toolbar, then select
"DELETE" from there. [Top] |
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If you like
running searches from the address bar you will need to re-enable this
feature in IE5. Note that IE5 overrides TweakUI's search engine settings. If
you are looking to continue using, say, HotBot, from the address bar you are
looking in vain. Microsoft also no longer offers HotBot as a search engine
choice. You will have to stick to one of the engines Microsoft offers. To
enable address bar searching follow the steps below.
Open the
search pane. Click on Customize. Click on Autosearch Settings at the bottom of the page. Choose a search engine to use for the address bar. Note, that setting up Autosearch continues to allow you to search for Web pages from the search panel. [Submitted by: Alan Jensen] [Top] |
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The settings for cookies in Internet Explorer 4 is
located on the "Internet Options", "Advanced tab", and
so there was a very broad setting.
In Internet Explorer 5 the cookies settings are
found on the "Internet Options", "Security tab". Now you
can be selective on what sites you accept cookies from. When you have
selected a site from which you want to accept cookies, add that site to your
"Trusted sites" zone, and use the "Custom level" button
to change your settings, to include cookies setting.
Internet Explorer 5 also distinguishes between
"per session" cookies and "normal" ones. "Per
session" cookies are set for just the one session, but they are deleted
when you finish the session.
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The interface for organizing your favorites has been
drastically redesigned. You start by selecting "Favorites",
"Organize Favorites" from the menu.
Here is a description of what the buttons do:
Create Folder: Clicking here is a obvious. This will create a new folder in your favorites. If you've already selected a folder, it will create a sub-folder Rename: This lets you rename any of your folders or a favorite Move to Folder: This lets you move selected items to an other folder Delete: This will either let you delete a whole folder, or simply delete a single favorite, depending on your selection When you select a favorite, you will see a new option on the left - Make available offline: This will make Internet Explorer 5 download all of your favorites that you have selected to make sure you have the most up-to date information available to you (for offline reading). If you select the Make available offline box, you'll see a button (called Properties) which lets you customize the connection, schedule frequency & time and the amount of data to download. Occasionally, when you click Organize Favorites on the Favorites menu in Internet Explorer, you may receive the following error message: An error has occurred in this dialog Error: 373 No such interface supported. This behavior can occur if there is an incorrect version of the Jscript.dll file in the \Windows\System folder. To resolve this issue, rename the Jscript.dll file and extract a new copy of this file to the \Windows\System folder, by following this instructions:
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Here are some
useful mouse-free shortcuts to help you have an easier surfing experience.
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When you increase the size of
your hard drive and memory caches, you will reduce the time it takes for the
browser to go in search of a previously loaded page within the same session.
Here's how to tweak that: Open Internet Explorer. Select Tools> Internet
Options and click the "General" tab. In the "Temporary Internet Files"
section, click the "Settings" button. Under the "Check for newer versions of
stored pages" section, click the "Automatically" radio button. Set the
"Amount of disk space to use" slider to about 36MB and click OK.
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This feature can save you a lot
of time in avoiding the common errors made when typing a URL in the address
bar. It automatically corrects common mistakes in the "http://" and "ftp://"
part of an address. As an example; if you leave out one of the "/"s from
"http://" it will be added in by the browser automatically so you will not
get a message that the site does not exist. [Top] |
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To remove the Favorites Folder
from the Start Menu in IE5, you will need to make a change to your registry.
As always, before making changes to your registry, be sure to back it up.
Here's how to make the change: Go to: Hkey_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer, right click the right pane and (in the resulting menu) add the following new binary value: "NoFavoritesMenu" and give it this hex value 01 00 00 00 Re-boot your machine. [Top] |
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If you would like IE 5.x to
sort your Favorites Alpha-Numerically, here's how:
Click on the Favorites drop
down menu (or use the ALT-A keyboard combination), right click any Favorite
and select "Sort by name." You can do this for the main folder and for the
individual subfolders.
Alternately, with Internet
Explorer open, hold down the SHIFT key and select "Organize Favorites" from
the Favorites menu. Your Favorites will now be displayed in alphabetical
order.
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In IE 5 you can remove the
underline on all pages by making a few simple adjustments to your browser.
This will not do anything to the functionality to any web page. It only
makes the underline disappear. Here's how to do it:
Open Internet Explorer,
choose Tools> Internet Options, then select the Advanced tab. Under
Browsing, select Hover. Click OK to save your changes. Now, when you want to
see if text is hyperlinked, just hold your mouse arrow over it. This makes
web pages look much cleaner to some. But, this really is up to your personal
taste.
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While browsing thru the
internet with more than one window open can really speed things up. Press
Ctrl-N to launch a new window displaying the contents of the window you are
currently viewing. Or, Shift-click a hyperlink to open a page in a new
window. Now you have a bunch of windows cluttering up your screen. Here is a trick to use to close all of the windows at once: Press the Ctrl key while clicking the windows in the taskbar. Once you have all your windows selected. Right-click any one of the windows and choose Close. All windows will be disappear. [Top] |
To close Content Advisor,
follow the instructions below:
If you find this file, delete it and close this window. If you do not find this file, continue with the steps below.
If you don't know the Supervisor Password, continue with the steps below: The following instructions involve making changes to your Windows Registry. I strongly advise making a back up copy before making any changes.
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File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is
a communications protocol which governs the upload or download transfer of
files from one computer to another over a network. Although there are many
FTP clients available in both freeware and shareware, Microsoft Internet
Explorer 5 does a good job. A typical FTP URL may look like this: ftp://username:password@anysite.com/filelocation/file2access.exe This would download the "file2access" file located at "anysite.com" in the "filelocation" folder. [Top] |
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If you seem to be having
problems saving your password in Internet Explorer and Outlook Express or if
the password check box is unavailable, you may not be properly logged into
Windows. There can be many reasons for this. Fortunately Microsoft is aware
of the problem and has a good article on the subject. For more information
follow the link below. http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q137/3/61.asp [Top] |
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If you are running Windows 98 and Internet
Explorer 5 you can launch programs from the address bar.
Example: I can launch Outlook Express by typing
C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn
and press [Enter]. [Top] |
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Internet Explorer 5 defaults to Outlook
Express, if there is a different email client that you would rather use as
your default, go to Tools, Internet Options, and choose the Programs tab. Choose
your program from the E-mail drop-down menu. Then click OK to save your changes. [Top] |
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Clear the history of all the visited web sites by
right-clicking on the Internet Explorer icon on the desktop, choose
Properties, then click the "Clear History" button. Sometimes
you'll find that the list won't clear. You can work around this issue by
rebooting into DOS (Start> Shutdown> restart in MS DOS Mode) and
clearing the files from there. At the DOS prompt type:
cd
\windows press enter on your
keyboard, then type: deltree history press enter again on your keyboard. When asked to confirm, enter: y then press enter again. The history will now be deleted. [Top] |
With Content Advisor, Internet Explorer provides a way
to help you control the types of content that your computer can gain access
to on the Internet. After you turn on Content Advisor, only rated content
that meets or exceeds your criteria can be displayed. You can adjust the
settings. Here's how to enable Content Advisor:
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If you are viewing a web page and you would like to
save it to your Favorites Menu, here are a few methods:
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Some graphics programs load JPEG's, GIF's, BMP's etc. very
slowly while others display them quickly and crisply. One program that
I have found to be one of the best at displaying pictures is Internet
Explorer 5. If you would like to chance the file association so that
IE5 will display your photos here's how:
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If you type in the body of a web site such as
Altavista, or Yahoo into the Internet Explorer address bar, Windows will
automatically add the prefix (www) and the suffix (.com) when you press
Ctrl + Enter. For example, I type in; 5starsupport
into the Internet Explorer address bar, then press Ctrl+Enter, Windows
will now take me to the 5 Star Support web site. [Top] |
If your toolbar is to large and
taking up your browsing space, just shrink it down to a more manageable
size. Here's how:
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[IE5.5] If you right-click the
scroll bar, you will see many options; ie: Page up, Page down, Scroll up,
Scroll down, Top, Bottom and Scroll here. To use the Scroll here feature,
just right-click an area of the scroll bar that you would like to scroll to
and choose Scroll here. It will now scroll to that portion of the web page.
This is very helpful when viewing large web pages. [Top] |
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Pressing the refresh button on the IE5
toolbar will refresh the browsers cache files, but you will not always see
the most current page. If you would like to refresh the page at the source,
press F5 on your keyboard.
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If the web page font you are viewing is to
small to read, you can adjust the font by clicking the View menu, then go to
Text/Zoom and enlarge your text as much as you need, up to 300% larger.
[Top] |
In your travels around the internet, you may find some
images that you would like to save to your hard drive for future viewing.
Here's how:
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Many times you will click a link and that web page
will hang there for a long while. This could be due to technical
difficulties with that site's server, heavy network traffic or for simply no
reason at all. In any event, it may be quicker to stop the transfer
and click the link again. Do this by clicking the Stop button on the
Standard Buttons Toolbar or hit Esc on your keyboard.
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If you accidentally associate a particular file extension with the
wrong application, don't try to fix it from within Windows Explorer's File types dialog box--there's no way to
remove a single extension from a registered file type without deleting the entire entry and starting over. Instead,
use Windows 95's version of the Windows 3.x File Manager, which you can launch from the Run dialog box by typing
winfile and pressing [Enter]. Once File Manager opens, pull down the File menu and select the Associate... command.
When the Associate dialog box appears, type the extension that you want to get rid of in the Files with Extension text box.
When you do, you'll see the errant file association appear in the Associate With text box. To remove the file association,
scroll to the top of the list of file types, select (None), and then click OK. You can also change the association of a file type using the Open With dialog box. While holding down Shift, right-mouse click on a SELECTED icon of the file type you want to change and select Open With. (If you don't hold down Shift, this command won't appear.) In the Open With dialog box, choose the application you'd like to use to open files of this type, make sure you've selected Always Use This Program to Open This Type of File, and click on OK. [Top] |
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If you don't like the search engine that appears when you click the Search button in Internet Explorer, change it to what ever you would like. First, go to the home page for the link you want to assign to the button. For example, if you want Excite to appear whenever you click the Search button, go to http://www.excite.com. Choose the Options command from the View menu. When the dialog box opens, click the Navigation tab. Click on the down arrow at the right of the Page list box and select Search Page from the list. Click Use Current and then click OK. [Top] |
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To turn any folder on your system into a toolbar using Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0:
Note: This tip assumes you have Active Desktop installed. [Top] |
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Internet Explorer uses the font Times New Roman By default. Web site designers can easily override this setting by defining the fonts they want to appear when you view their pages. If a page does not specify which fonts should appear, you can select your own fonts, should you object to Times New Roman. Select Tools, Internet Options. Click the Fonts button. From the Web Page Font list, choose the font you want to display as your default. Click OK twice to close the open dialog boxes. Go ahead, throw caution to the winds and pick a wacky font! [Top] |
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A neat trick for bringing up a favorite web site quickly is to create a shortcut key for it. Here's how: First open the page you want to bookmark. Select the page icon (to the far left in the Address Bar) and drag it to the desktop. A shortcut now appears. Right-click it. From the dialog box that opens, click the Shortcut Key text box. Type a shortcut letter, one you'll remember. For instance, to create a shortcut for Yahoo, you might type Y and Windows displays Ctrl-Alt-Y. Now click the OK button to apply the changes and close the dialog box. From now on, when you press Ctrl-Alt-Y, IE 5 opens the page. [Top] |
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If you would like to gain a little extra room for
viewing your favorite Web pages and less of the IE toolbar, here's how to
hide the text labels from the buttons on the Standard Buttons toolbar:
Right-click on the menu bar. Select View, Toolbars, Customize. Under Text Options, select No
Text Labels.
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Waiting for graphics to load can take time away from
your browsing. To speed up the process, you can set IE5 to put placeholders
where the graphics will appear. This way you won't have to wait for
the graphics to download before viewing a Web page. Here's how:
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If you are viewing a frames page and want to print
only one of the frames in that page, here's how:
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When surfing the web, do you often run across
web sites that have some content that you would like to print out and save
for future reference? If you would like to look at how that page will
print before actually printing the page, go to File> Print Preview.
Explorer will open a separate window for you to view the preprinted page in. [Top] |
To check which version of Internet Explorer you have
installed on your system:
5.00.2014.0216 Internet Explorer 5 5.00.2314.1003 Internet Explorer 5 (with Office 2000) 5.00.2614.3500 Internet Explorer 5 (Win 98 SE) 5.00.2919.6307 Internet Explorer 5.01 5.50.4030.2400 Internet Explorer 5.5 and Internet Tools Beta [Top] |
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If you are having trouble viewing web site text because it is just too small,
you can change the default size to something that is better for you. Here's how: To make text larger:
[Top] |
In versions 5, 5.5 and 6 of Internet Explorer, menu
items that are seldom ever used will be hidden by default. Here is how to
disable this feature.
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MSKB
(Microsoft Knowledge Base).
It
used to be that you could access the MSKB articles by simply typing: mskb
qxxxxxx into your browser address bar (where you would type: www.5starsupport.com).
This is no longer a functional feature. But, with a simple registry tweak,
you can have this search function back. Just click the "Download
Now" button (below) and select Run. Click "Yes" when prompted
to insert the files into your registry.
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Dragging objects to a desired location has been
possible since IE4. With IE6 upon us, it is now possible to lock the toolbar
in place once you have all of the objects where you want them. Here's how:
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IE6 has a feature that creates an Image Tool Bar when
you move your mouse over an image. If this feature should ever become annoying,
then disable it. Here's how:
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Instead of typing in
www.5starsupport.com
(or any other web address) into the IE6 address bar, you can type in just
the domain name and press CTRL + Enter. Example:
Enter into the IE6 address bar:
5starsupport
then press CTRL + Enter
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| Speed up IE6 |
There is an easy way to speed up IE6, here's how:
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If you hold down the Shift key while you move the wheel on your wheel mouse,
Internet Explorer will navigate backward and forward through visited pages.
It acts as though you're clicking the Back and Forward buttons, or holding down the Alt key while you click the
left or right keypad arrows.
[Top] |
Below, you will find two
methods that can be used to stop seeing the Links folder in your Favorites
menu. In the first method, the Links folder will be permanently
deleted. In the second method, the folder will just be hidden from view but
will not be deleted from your system.
First method:
Start>> Run. Type in:
regedit [Enter]
Drill to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar
Using File Attributes- Using Windows Explorer find the location of your Favorites folder (e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Favorites) within that folder will be a sub-folder named Links. Right click the "Links" folder and select Properties. Check the Hidden checkbox and click OK. From now on the Links folder should be hidden from the Favorites list. This works for any other folder or link on the favorites menu as well. [Top] |
If you need to undo the saved
password feature so that you will be able to enter it each time. Here's how:
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While viewing a web page with a
great deal of text, you can quickly locate a word or phrase by using Windows
search feature. Just press CTRL-F on your keyboard to open the Find dialog
box. Type in the text you are searching for and click "Find Next" (F3). You
can always go deeper into the page by pressing "Find Next" again.
[Top] |
In Internet Explorer 6,
controlling how cookies are accepted is done using the privacy setting.
Here's how:
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If you find Internet Explorers
navigation clicking sound annoying when you are surfing the Internet. You
can easily turn this off in Windows XP Home. Here's how:
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Credits and hats off to Kelley
Glanville, software engineer at Microsoft. Without his help with my
problems, this document would not be possible. Recently, I had the unwelcome experience of Internet Explorer 6.0 crashing after a Windows security and Internet Explorer cumulative update patch from Windows Update at Microsoft’s site. After the updates installed, the computer just hung and I had no choice but to shut everything down. After that, Internet Explorer would no longer work, or even connect. I thought maybe I should write something so you can avoid the same restorative headaches I experienced. The problem of fixing IE used to be a fairly simple task. There were functions to repair IE, or even to uninstall it, at which time you could choose to go back to an earlier version of the program. If you are running W2k pro or XP pro, those days are gone if you have the latest updates in IE and your OS is fully patched. In order to repair newer versions of Internet Explorer (5.5 and newer), the fix can be quite complex and involve a number of steps. The situation became more complex after v 5.5 of IE, and has gotten even more complex since. If you have read the above pages, you realize there is no simple way to fix IE anymore, nor is there an easy way to uninstall it. It no longer is listed in add and remove programs either. Short of uninstalling prior service packs until IE shows up in add & remove programs, there has to be a better way. After discussing this issue with a Microsoft software engineer, he told me most of the problems causing the program to crash are related to the dll files in the registry that are required to run the program properly. These dll files can become damaged or corrupted quite easily. Re-registering these files is usually a fast and sure method of restoring things to normal. From what this kind engineer sent me, and a lot more research, the following can fix IE and get you going again. You use the dll file list I have provided below to re-register each of the dll files used by IE. These files are listed below in this document. To use these commands to re-register the dll files, go to start, then run and type the command in the window and click ok. Do this for each command, and wait for the command to finish. It will display a window indicating the file ran successfully, after which you click on OK. I regret to say at this point that I am not a programmer, so I have been unsuccessful at creating a simpler way of doing this for you. I had hoped there would be an easy way to copy these files to the desktop, rename it to IEdll.bat and then have DOS run the files one after another with a few simple mouse clicks. I am afraid I am not that talented. If anyone who reads this knows of a way, please let me know so I can improve things. Trust me, I’ve already experimented a lot. The biggest problem seems to be getting the dll files to go past a firewall, and to properly format the files so a batch file can be created on the desktop. In any case, I wanted to find a way to fix IE in the shortest amount of time. Experiments with sending these files via email proved unsuccessful due to firewall software that I hope everyone is running. It seems that with a firewall installed, the files will not go through properly. Even if the firewall is turned off or instructed to “allow all”, the filters remain active and the files wont go through as a batch file. The only way around this would be to un-install the firewall, and re-install it later. I do not feel this is acceptable in a commercial environment when you need to get IE up and running again quickly. Typing in and running the files manually only takes about 10 minutes (I’m not a fast typist - you will probably do better), versus a firewall uninstall/reinstall/reconfigure at much greater effort and time expenditure, not to mention the risks involved. Perhaps in the future when I get my own server, there will be a way I can provide this whole thing as a downloadable, executable file. Anyway, here are the IE dll files to run: regsvr32 urlmon.dll regsvr32 mshtml.dll regsvr32 shdocvw.dll regsvr32 browseui.dll regsvr32 jscript.dll regsvr32 vbscript.dll regsvr32 scrrun.dll regsvr32 msxml.dll regsvr32 actxprxy.dll regsvr32 softpub.dll regsvr32 wintrust.dll regsvr32 dssenh.dll regsvr32 rsaenh.dll regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll regsvr32 sccbase.dll regsvr32 slbcsp.dll regsvr32 cryptdlg.dll regsvr32 oleaut32.dll regsvr32 ole32.dll regsvr32 shell32.dll regsvr32 msjava.dll regsvr32 hlink.dll regsvr32 Schannel.dll regsvr32 Rsabase.dll regsvr32 initpki.dll Do not worry if some of these do not run (3 did not run on my system). It simply means that particular dll does not apply to your version or system configuration. After these files have run, you should re-boot, and all will hopefully be well. I would also recommend a good cleanup of IE at this point. The link below should take you to a web page that I believe gives you the best way to go about it: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm I sincerely hope this information is of help and use to you, and repairs IE for you. I know it all worked for me. Regards, Dave 5 Star Support Technician [Top] |
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If for what-ever reason you
should need to install a fresh copy of Internet Explorer. The link can be
found below. Be sure to see the system requirements for your current
operating system, then just follow the installation instructions. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie6/downloads/critical/ie6sp1/default.mspx [Top] |
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If you would like to use your
scroll mouse to page forward or backwards, just hold down the Shift key on
your keyboard, then spin your mouse wheel forward, or backwards. [Top] |
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With SP2 installed, you now
have added security to Internet Explorer (IE) that gives you the choice of
allowing these popups to occur or not. When a site that has popups is visited, IE will display an Information Bar that informs the popup has been disabled. It will allow you to click the Information bar, to display other options such as;
While we are on the subject
of the SP2 popup blocker. There are other helpful things to learn about
this. For instance, you can change how IE reacts to popups in many ways by
accessing the popup blocker settings:
Also from the Popup Blocker Settings window, you can choose a filter level:
Note: The default setting is
Medium and has proven to be the preferred setting in my testing. [Top] |
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While Web
browsing using Internet Explorer 6, you can return to the last web page that
you have visited by clicking the Back button on your Internet Explorer
toolbar, or you can press the Backspace button on your keyboard.
If you would
like to return to a previously visited site, you can easily retrace your steps
by clicking the Forward button on your Internet Explorer toolbar or press Shift
+ Backspace on your keyboard.
Internet
Explorer also makes it possible to view that last 9 web pages that you've
visited in this session.
To view this, click the small black arrow to the right of the Back or Forward button, then if you would like to revisit one of these web pages, just click it and you will be automatically directed to the chosen page. [Top] |
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As you browse the web, you will sooner or later come across one or more
of the following error messages. It can be important for you to know why
these errors appeared so that you can know how to fix the problem.
However, some of the error messages are out of your control and this too
is good to know so that you do not waste your time trying to fix
something that cannot be fixed.
403: Forbidden or Page Unavailable
501: Not Implemented
502: Bad Gateway
503: Service Unavailable or Out of
Resources Bad File Request
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Internet Explorer stores temporary internet files on your hard drive that
contain images and text of web pages that you have visited. When you revisit a
web page, the information contained in these temporary internet files is used
to load the web page much quicker. If this web page has changed, then Internet
Explorer automatically updates the temporary internet files for the page. Deleting these files from time to time is important to the smooth operation of Internet Explorer. The amount of time between deleting depends on your surfing habits. If you are a power user, you may want to delete these files at least once a month. Here's how to delete the Temporary Internet Files: Note: Microsoft recommends that you quit Internet Explorer prior to deleting these files.
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If IE6 is reporting numerous unexplained errors, it is possible that your IE
installation has become corrupt. Listed below, are two methods that could return
the functionality of the IE program without having to reinstall Windows XP. Please note that you should have your Windows XP CD available. Method 1:
Method 2:
Go to Start>> My Computer>> C: Drive>> WINDOWS>> INF Folder>> IE file. [Top] |
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You will notice that after accessing web sites, the actual web address that
shows up in your address string of Internet Explorer will read something like: http://www.anywebsite.com Most people already know that it is not necessary to type in the: "http://" part of the web address. But, many people do not know that it is not even necessary to type in the "www" as well. As a matter of fact, all you really need to type in is the actual web site's name. For instance, if you would like to access 5 Star Support, then all you would need to type in is: "5starsupport" in to your Internet Explorer Address string. Then press CTRL>>ENTER on your keyboard and the rest will be automatically inputted for you.  Note: This will only work for web sites that use a .COM suffix. [Top] |
You can set the default email program in Internet Explorer's Internet Options
dialog box (see image below). Here's how:
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If you are having a problem keeping a maximized window setting when opening
Internet Explorer. This little trick will help: Open Internet Explorer and with the minimized window showing, right click an empty area of your taskbar and select "Tile Windows Horizontally". The window will now be maximized.  Close Internet Explorer and reopen it. Your windows will now open maximized. [Top] |
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Most web pages include information that will tell the browser what language it
was written for. Internet Explorer has an Auto-Select feature that will
automatically determine the appropriate language to display even if the web page
language is not specified. To turn the Auto-Select feature on:
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As you surf the Web, web page content information is loaded into a temporary
internet files (or Cache) folder so that the next time you visit this web page
it will load the page much faster having all of the content and image
information already on file. Over time, these files can begin to cause problems
if they are not purged from your system. I recommend that you delete these Cache
files at least once a month. Here's how to delete your Temporary Internet Files:
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By default, Internet Explorer will reuse a window when opening an Internet
shortcut. If you would like to open your shortcut in a new window, here's how:
Figure #1 
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Every so often you will run across
a web page that just will not load and you are stuck there waiting and waiting.
Many of you already know about the "Stop" button on your browser toolbar, but
there is another method that seems to react a little quicker than the stop
button. Simply press the 'Esc' (escape) key on your keyboard and the browser
will stop its function allowing you to browse freely again. Note: This method works for both Internet Explorer and Firefox. [Top] |
IEFix - is a general purpose repair
utility for Internet Explorer which repairs Internet Explorer by registering
it's core DLL files and reinstalls using the IE.INF file. More Information is
given below. Suitable for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP systems.
Fixes the following problems:
When you click a hyperlink in an
e-mail message or on a Web page, or right-click a hyperlink on a Web page and
then click Open in New Window, you may experience one or more of the following
issues:
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