Internet Explorer is a web browser developed by Microsoft, first made available with a Windows 95 add-on and later bundled with the Windows Operating System. Internet Explorer has been the most widely used web browser in the world since 1999; its current share of the market is 43.55% as of February ...
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What do all of Internet Explorer's search settings mean?
System information logging tools, such as Hijack This, enumerate several parts of Internet Explorer's settings, including settings which control the way it searches. Research has led me here, giving ...
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IE 9 won't install on windows 7
I tried to install IE 9 on my machine but it request for Windows6.1-KB2454826-v2-x64 update but when I download the patch, it won't install either. It status could remain "Searching for updates on ...
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Inprivate filtering in IE disables itself
I recentl discovered the built-in ad blocker in IE8, called inprivate filtering. It however disables itself on every IE start. How to enable it permanently?
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Why do I lose my cookies when Internet Explorer is not shut down correctly?
I'm using Internet Explorer 9 in a "normal" way, i.e. not doing InPrivate browsing, not having it configured to delete cookies on exit etc.
If Internet Explorer is open when my computer shuts down ...
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Is there a way to have Save Dialog in not tie up with IE 9 tab/browser window?
I just really hate when I close my IE browser, the download/save dialog is close together.
All I want is just to close the browser to give me more display space and memory....
Is there anyway to do ...
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Google Ranking problems on IE [migrated]
I am running some websites and am constantly checking keywords' rankings on google.com. And it is really important for us to see the organic search result without logging in or setting a specific ...
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Internet Explorer refuses to connect to sites with untrusted SSL certificates
IE has started exhibiting a strange behavior. We have several intranet nodes (routers) that are configured to use HTTPS for access, but which have untrusted / self signed certificates on them. At ...
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How can I capture PDFs of websites that faithfully reproduce styles and layout?
Working with a limited set-up (Adobe Acrobat X Pro, IE 7, Firefox 9) I need to create hundreds of PDF archives of websites. As much as possible I need to preserve the style and layout of the pages. I ...
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IE plugin(?)/extension to stop browsing certain websites by time of day
Is there way to prevent this on my computer? I want to limit browsing distracting sites to certain times of the day and it's only for me and a router solution is not possible as it's on laptop used in ...
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Google Chrome Frame: Says it's installed, but it is actually not
I'm installing Google Chrome Frame from this page (it offers you installation if you go there with IE) http://www.zgtechnologies.com/chrome/index.php
It says that the installation is completed, but ...
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Vimperator-like addon for Internet Explorer
Is there a vimperator-like add-in for Internet Explorer?
More specifically I'm looking for something similar to the QuickHint feature of Vimperator:
You hit some predefined key and every link (or ...
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Blocking myself from installing Internet Explorer 9
I procrastinate a lot, and my Firefox have a plugin that control the time that I spend on some sites.
But sometimes when I was blocked I just go and use Internet Explorer.
There´s a way to remove and ...
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Preventing Internet Explorer from “remembering” an old SSL certificate
A website I'm using has switched recently from a GoDaddy SSL certifcate to a StartCom certificate, which works fine in most cases. The original GoDaddy certificate expired last year.
However, in ...
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Why won't IE let users login to a website unless in In Private mode?
I'm not entirely sure this belongs on SuperUser.com. I also considered ServerFault.com and StackOverflow.com, but on balance, I think it should belong here?
We host a website which has the same code ...
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Is there a way that I can tell IE9 to stop running in IE9-Compat View for “Local intranet” sites?
I have a site which only functions in IE9/Chrome/Firefox. The site is an internal only site from a vendor, so we access it by https://serverName/ -- IE9 correctly identifies this as an intranet site, ...
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How to accept a HTTPS server's invalid certificate in a given client machine?
A HTTPS server I'm browsing uses an invalid certificate. I want my machine to ignore this error and think that the certificate is valid. How to do that?
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Cookies handling on Internet Explorer 9
I've testing how to configure my browser(s) to avoid/reject most tracking and so far here's while trying to keep functionality what I got (please feel free to correct me)
Browsers are IE9 and FF
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Running Onfolio in Windows 7 (it runs only in Internet Explorer 7)?
We have a large database in Onfolio.
The last version of Internet Explorer that accepts Onfolio is Internet Explorer 7, but Windows 7 does not accept Internet Explorer 7.
Any solution?
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Outlook 2010 x64 opening web links using IE x64
I'm using Office 2010 x64 on Windows 7 x64; my default web browser is Internet Explorer 9, x86.
When I click on a URL in any application (including any Office one, like Word), the link is correctly ...
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Why does chrome fonts not show as nice as other browsers
I'm running the latest versions of Chrome, IE and FF. In terms of readability Chrome does not perform well in this area. Any reasons why?
High res version
As the font get's smaller (as in the ...
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Office File Hyperlinks
So, we have some publishers in our department who have a passion for interlinking their MS Office documents (Word and Excel mainly) with relative hyperlinks. Then they publish them on our intranet ...
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IE no longer renders local HTML files after uninstalling Chrome
Where I work, I had a user that installed Google Chrome on his Windows 7 SP1 64-bit system under his account (domain environment, he is local administrator) accidently when installing Google Earth.
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IE6 installation not possible because of an already installed later version
I'm trying to install IE6 on Windows XP, but the notification says that
"The installation is impossible as an updated version of IE is found on the computer".
Can I install IE6 without ...
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Keyboard shortcut for closing the current IE 8 window?
What's the shortcut for closing the current tab or window? Also, the new Win 7 shortcuts don't work for me. For instance Alt + Space + X maximizies the window but Win + UpArrow doesn't work. Weird.
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Download file behind Integrated Windows Auth from command line
I'm looking for a way to be able to download the contents of a particular url that's protected behind Integrated Windows authentication from a computer that is a member of the domain, using the ...
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Internet Explorer DNS cache location
It is known that IE has its own DNS cache. I want to clear it at times. I know that I can do it by clearing browsing history in IE settings. But I'm looking for automatic method, so the location in ...
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Find out IE proxy settings, even if no access to settings tab because of company policy
What is the easiest way to see if Internet Explorer (on Windows 7) has a proxy configured, IF you don't have access to the LAN settings dialog box because of company policy etc?
I've tried using ...
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Install Internet Explorer 8 on windows 7
I recently installed Internet Explorer 9 but now want to revert back to Internet Explorer 8. How do I do it.
I uninstalled IE9 but unlike Windows XP, I don't get IE8 option.
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Import cookies to Internet Explorer 9?
I have exported some cookies from Firefox (using the Cookies Manager+ add-on). How can import them into Internet Explorer 9?
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Why does Internet Explorer refresh when I click “always allow popups”?
Why does Internet Explorer always refresh the page when I click "always allow popups"?
When Internet Explorer blocks a popup from a particular website, it asks me if I'd like to temporarily allow ...
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How to print a huge page while preserving Style?
I tried all possible standard options and I think that it will take some hack to do it the right way.
Pressing PrtSc, pasting to Paint and cutting off the margins would work, but I would like to get ...
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Why does Internet Explorer give me pop-ups while using Firefox? [closed]
When I'm browsing with Firefox, I often get pop-ups from Internet Explorer. How is this possible?
When I then start Internet Explorer, I get a message that I have arrived on an incorrect homepage.
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Prevent Internet Explorer 8 from asking “Do you wish to close all tabs?”
How do I disable the question Do you wish to close all tabs or only the current tab ? I don't find having to click multiple times, of any use. A don't ask me again option would be nice.
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Why would Chrome/IE not persist cookies but Firefox works just fine?
A user of our application has IE8, Chrome 15 and Firefox 8.
When the user logs into our application (or any web application that uses cookies to persist the login state) with Chrome or IE, they are ...
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f12 and ctrl + f5 not working correctly
When I came back to my work computer after being away for a week I found out when I try to clear the cache and refresh the page via ctrl + f5 (or just f5) I get the prompt "Type the Internet address ...
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Where is Index.dat and how do I view it?
I'm looking to parse the contents of index.dat in Internet Explorer on Windows 7. I'm having a very hard time locating it and it would appear that I need a special program to view it's contents. Any ...
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Why IE 64-bit is not getting installed on my 64-bit OS
I go to Internet Explorer 9 website and select 64-bit version and install it. I have a Windows 7 64-bit. But when I look at it in Task Manager it is showing it as 32-bit.
What is going on?
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Has a page embedded java applet opened using IE, but it is displayed in nonrecognized coding?
I am wondering if there is setting to change code page for the sun java plugin for IE?
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Custom rule for browser dictionary
Many companies and organizations combine two words, and capitalize them both, forming their name (ex: SuperUser and StackExchange). Both words individually are spelled correctly, however because ...
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Will ie9 run faster than ie8?
I am trying to get an old computer running Vista to browse the internet faster. From the point of view that the resources on the computer are slowing things down.
Currently IE8 is installed and ...
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GET request in Internet explorer
I am trying to test REST service. When I am trying to access this REST service, the default response is in XML format. Now I want to change this response to plain text.
I am able to this in Firefox ...
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Internet Explorer - save id/pass with pages which don't allow to save
I'm working with some web apps that don't implement "save password" feature, therefore, I'm forced to type id/password many many times :(.
So I post this question to ask how can I save password in my ...
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Disable ability of web pages to turn off my context menu in IE
I want to disable the ability of a web site to to turn off my context menu in IE. I do not want to turn off javascript entirely, I just want to prevent javascript code from intercepting the right ...
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How can I add hotkeys mapped to items of the context (right-click) menu of several different web browsers?
I do web development, and need to switch between coding and refreshing the browser. The webapp I'm working on uses frames, so hitting F5 won't work, as I need to refresh a specific frame in the ...
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Does IE10 have an audio API?
Is there any way to do any audio processing(FFT,etc.) with javascript in Internet Explorer ?
Does anyone know if IE10 does/will have any audio processing apis (similar to the Mozilla one) ?
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Is there a Chrome version of IE's “Every time I visit the webpage”?
In IE, there are caching options like the following image - "Every time I visit the webpage"
Is there an equivalent setting Chrome?
I want to avoid CTRL + F5.
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Does Internet Explorer 10 support WebGL?
I haven't used Internet Explorer in a long time and noticed some buzz regarding Internet Explorer 10. I've tried downloading it, but it seems I will need to install Windows 8, which I won't bother ...
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Program to erase index.dat in content.ie5 securely with multiple passes?
Is there program (preferably free one) that can erase contents of C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\index.dat file in secure mode - ...
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Black screen when attempting to watch videos on cbs.com
As of about three weeks ago, I haven't been able to watch streaming videos from cbs.com. I don't remember making any changes to my system configuration around that time.
When I try to load any ...
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How to start computer with IE open and can't do anything else
I have a computer with two users on it: one Administrator and one User. I want to computer to automatically log into the User Account and open Internet Explorer. The User should not be able to do ...
