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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Internet Explorer 10 Windows 8 Remove Text Input and Password Action Icons
I am testing a highly-customized web application in Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8, since it is an up and coming release, and will likely be using my application some day. Take a look at this ...
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Uninstall storage heavy Windows applications like Windows Media Player
I currently have a 128GB SSD and want as much free space as possible. I want to uninstall some of the software installed by windows, because I use alternative applications.
This is what I want to ...
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How to disallow redirects to specific sites?
I would like disallow all redirects to specific sites (e.g. loomia.com).
How can I do this?
A browser-independent solution is preferable, of course, but if that's not available, I am looking for a ...
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What cookies are allowed from Internet Explorer using this option?
When I look at the options used from Internet Explorer for the cookies, I read the following description:
Blocca i cookie di terze party privi di una versione compatta dell'informativa sulla ...
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How to delete active logins in ie9
How to delete active Logins in ie9?? I want all logins to be cleared on closing the browser(ie9). Can anyone help me out??
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How to change the User Agent String in Internet Explorer 9?
How to change the User Agent String in Internet Explorer 9 ?
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Controlling browser while another window is being used
Is there a way to scroll the browser while having another window open. For instance I would like to be able to scroll down the browser while I have a terminal window open which is opaque. So that I ...
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IE not working Windows 7
I'm using windows 7 and I am connected to wifi for my internet. At the moment, my skype is working but IE is unable to do any kind of browsing. I'm unable to understand what is issue. I tried chromo ...
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Restricting website access with 3G modem (tried Windows SteadyState)
Is it possible to restrict the allowed websites to a few pre-specified sites?
I already tried restricting with Windows Steadystate but it didn't restrict anything.
I also tried change the hosts file ...
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Is it possible to package IE addons
We are using SCCM 2007 to automatically deploy our applications packages. On our Desktops, we deliver IE 9.0 (on Windows 7). Some of the web sites people of our company regularly use require specific ...
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When viewing a PDF in IE with Adobe Reader X, how to zoom to specific percentage?
I have a PDF that can only be viewed in IE with Adobe Reader due to the DRM.
Printing is allowed, but as per the instructions, I need to zoom to a specific percentage to properly print the document ...
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Is there a way to enforce my Lan Settings without launching Internet Explorer?
Here is my problem: I am changing the Local Area Network Settings using a .reg file that I found on the web. The specific settings can be found in: "Internet Options - Connections (tab) - Lan Settings ...
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How can i use Internet Explorer's SearchUrl shortcut (in the address bar)?
Internet Explorer has long had a very useful "hidden feature": a shortcut for quick searches from the address bar, allowing you to use any number of websites as search providers (as described in this ...
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Chrome and Firefox can reach localhost; Internet Explorer 9 can't. Why?
The title is pretty self explanatory. I have a Windows 7 environment with IIS7 installed. I'm sure this is the result of me mucking around with settings at some point. Trying to avoid a fresh ...
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Why does Internet Explorer show “cannot display this page” error when opening a link from Outlook?
I have links contained in Outlook (tested in 2007 and 2010) mail messages that point to internal websites hosted by IIS. They require windows authentication to be accessed. When someone opens one of ...
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Log out of NetScaler session in iframe causes loss of asp.net session in IE
This isn't really a programming question or a server admin question, more a browser behavior question.
In IE (7 & 8 for sure, testing 9 shortly), I'm visiting site A.com, and that opens an iframe ...
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What are the advantages of upgrading Internet Explorer if you don't use it?
I don't open Internet Explorer, but I think its code maybe is used in other Windows features, such as desktop gadgets. Will I benefit from upgrading IE8 to IE9 even if I don't use it? Will Windows 7 ...
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Capture Flash video from a website
I am looking for a software which I can copy Flash video from a particular website.
I tried several capture apps but none can retrieve the .swf file from this particular website:
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Sites not loading but downloading working fine
The problem involves all three browsers I have installed on my system:
Google Chrome 20.0.1130.1 (up to date)
Mozilla Firefox 13.0 (up to date)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0.8112.16421 (up to ...
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IE screwed up toolbars [closed]
My Toolbars, which include AVG, Alexa and Google, often screwed up with drop down menus rendered in black on black so the dropdown menu headers cannot be read. Also the toolbars are 50% background ...
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Windows 8 beta: Is it possible to open metro apps on a second display?
It seems like when opening the metro version of IE from the start screen, it will only open on the main display. Afterwards, I don't know how to move it to the second display, since Win-LeftArrow and ...
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Add a bookmark in IE to all computers in network
Can anyone please help shed some light on how I can add a bookmark in IE to all computers on a network remotely from the server?
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why IE works very slow? [closed]
When comparing IE with firefox or chrome loads very slow and some times non responsive why? because of the way its programmed while developing or is there any difference while connecting to servers ...
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IE8 not saving favorites
Win7, IE8 not saving favorites.
Tried:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders %userprofile%\Favorites
Removing / ReCreating Favorites folder
Reseting ...
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Does Internet Explorer's add-ons (extensions, BHOs, toolbars) run on startup of Windows, or of IE?
CCleaner puts Internet Explorer's add-ons (extensions, BHOs, toolbars) in its 'Startup' section. I would like to know if these add-ons run on startup of Windows 7, or of IE?
Screenshot of CCleaner ...
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Hide tabs for single tab in IE8
I've serached the options menus, and read this question about disabling tabbed browsing, but that's not what I want to do.
When there is only 1 tab open in IE8, it still shows as a tab, instead of ...
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IE9 show black page only
I have Win 7 Home, when I upgraded IE from version 8 to 9 , It not display any content but a black page, what's the problem? finally I downgraded it to the previous version.
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IE Browser redirecting
Have a strange problem
I enter www.google.com in the adress bar of IE and are automatially redirected to fsdata.se.
I have
No entry in hosts file
No plugins or addons in IE
No virus or addware
No ...
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Internet Explorer opening files with the wrong program
Before I start - I am using Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 9.
I have uploaded some files to my employers content management system and these files were created by software called WriteOnline. The ...
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Force IE9 to always start InPrivate browsing mode?
I don't mean creating a shortcut that includes the -private option. I was wondering if there was a known reg edit that could be toggled to always have IE start in InPrivate mode no matter how a user ...
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Disable Protected mode in Internet Explorer Security options
I need a small help to disable the protected mode in IE 8. Here is my scenario.
I have admin rights on my machine, but I am not able to disable Protected mode. When I Run IE as Administrator also, I ...
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locahost not working in Chrome and IE with WAMP
I have wamp with php and mysql running, and when i try to access localhost I get:
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server.
the weird thing it works fine in Opera while it ...
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How to view all IE Trusted Sites when security settings are managed?
If the Security Zones for Internet Explorer are managed by my system administrator, the list of Trusted Sites is disabled and I cannot scroll through the list. Is there a way I can view the full list ...
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IE 9 home page is hijacked by avg
I definitely know how to change the home page in Internet Explorer (Tools -> Options -> General). The problem is, no matter what I put there, it never changes. Stop/restart Internet Explorer and ...
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Debugging webpage for IE9 on Windows XP
I just realized I cannot install IE9 directly, as I have Windows XP. Is there some other way to debug webpages for IE9 on Windows XP?
I know there is IE Netrenderer, but it is just static renderer, ...
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IE doesn't print anything
I recently noticed that when I try printing anything from IE, it simply prints out a single, blank page.
With the exception of the browser (not the page) header and footer - e.g. title, page # and ...
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Preview a printed page IE 8
I'm trying to print part of a webpage. To begin with, when I try printing this, (from IE 8), only page one printes, without anything but the header.
To get around this issue, I tried printing ...
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How safe are passwords stored on my computer? [closed]
Specifically I am referring to Internet Explorer, and how it asks you to remember passwords for sites. I usually click 'no' because I don't want my family members messing around on my accounts, but ...
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Address bar missing from Internet Explorer and not an option in tools
I clicked a link in Internet Explorer that opened in a new window. This window does not have an address bar and when I go to add it back from the tools drop-down menu is it not an option. Any other ...
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When using automatic proxy configuration in IE, does the settings get stored locally?
If I'm on a corporate computer which has automatically configured proxy settings, can I still find out the proxy settings locally? Like for instance checking the following registry key?
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IE8 wont display .PNG images
I really don't know how the user managed to do this but for some reason .PNG images are no longer working in IE8.
When viewing a page that has .PNG images on it they are just displayed as a little ...
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What advantages do Firefox or Chrome have over Internet Explorer? [closed]
I'm trying to convince an Internet Explorer user to switch to Firefox or Chrome. What advantages do these browsers have that I can use to convince the user to switch?
The person is generally tech ...
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Internet Explorer paste to Excel hang
One of my colleagues is having a trouble when copying data from our website to Excel. Excel freezes for 5-7 minutes (we timed it) before any data shows up. If using Paste Special / Values it's ...
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Outlook 2007 will display embedded images from http not https
Has anyone come accross this before. We sent two separate emails to the client, one with http and one with https images. The http showed up in the email, https showed the dreaded red crosses.
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internet explorer 9 status bar add icons
I want to add some icons on the internet explorer 9 status bar. The status bar is enabled, but it only shows me the icons/information of the page zoom.
I would like to have the icon showing ...
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Can I tell IE9 to launch with the IE8 or IE7 rendering engine
I'm setting up a testing machine that needs to launch multiple copies of IE when the machine boots, because the browser will be running automated tests. I know IE9 can render IE7 and IE8 but is there ...
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How do I stop windows 7 from trying to connect to a prior opened FTP server?
I connected to an FTP server to share some files for work. I used Internet Explorer and I selected the Open FTP Site in Windows Explorer option. Transferred the files etc... Now my PC is constantly ...
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Can't open Internet Explorer after upgrading to IE7 or IE8
So, I've got a client who can't open Internet Explorer after upgrading from IE6. The symptoms are hard to diagnose as there is no error message that pops-up nor are there any error messages in the ...
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How to disable Protected Mode in Internet Explorer 7?
The server has some options disabled and I need to enable it on 1 PC via 3rd party software or registry hack. How can I verify that it's disabled?
I am an IT Administrator so I can't disable the ...
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Can there be permissions/limitations with browsers over a network?
I'm part of a network at my job and the only thing that can be accessed from my/my co-workers computers is the company database and sharepoint. These are accessed through IE. Everything else is denied ...
