Internet Explorer 10 is a version of the Internet Explorer web browser by Microsoft, and the successor to Internet Explorer 9. It runs on Windows 7 and 8.
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How do I remove the “eye symbol” from password fields in Windows 8?
While I was entering my password in Gmail and other mail accounts, I could see a symbol of an "eye" in the text box.
This is really dangerous because once you click on the eye, your password is ...
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How to change the download folder of Internet Explorer 10 under Windows 8?
I'm using Internet Explorer 10, but every time it downloads something it tries to put it in the Downloads folder in my profile. I prefer to store those files on another drive, but I can't find any ...
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Is it possible to open Modern UI apps on a second display?
It seems like when opening the Modern UI 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+← and ...
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In Internet Explorer 10 Metro, how do you change the home page?
There appear to be two copies of Internet Explorer in Windows 8; the Metro version, and the normal version. The Internet Options settings do not appear to apply to the Metro version of IE; and the ...
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Disable ClearType (blurry fonts) in Internet Explorer 10 on windows 7
I've installed recently the latest Internet Explorer 10 and found out again what was my issue with the previous upgrade -- blurry fonts aka ClearType! Unfortunately there are some apps that use IE ...
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Why is my default browser setting being ignored?
I have Google Chrome set to be the default browser, but all hyperlinks are still opened in Internet Explorer 10.
Chrome is the default application for .html files, which is odd because I never ...
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How can I change the spell check and auto-correction language of IE10/Windows8?
Is there any way I can change the spell-check and auto-correct Language of IE10/Windows8? It seems to want me to write Norwegian, but I usually write English...
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Where is the history in IE10 Modern UI?
Apparently there isn't a way to peruse the browsing history in IE10 while in Modern UI. How does one access it?
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How to edit the system/user dictionary Windows 8?
Windows 8 has system-wide spell-check/autocorrect:
Users can also choose to add unknown words to their own custom dictionary:
I believe the dictionary is one of the settings that is ...
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How to test local sites in Metro IE10?
Has anyone found a way to enable local subnet sites in the Metro version of IE10? Currently, if I try to access a site in my subnet block, e.g. http://192.168.1.50/index.php, I just get the error ...
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How do you exit fullscreen mode?
I've opened fullscreen mode in Internet Explorer on the Desktop. How do I exit out of it again?
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How to disable the Java “Security Warning” popup?
Is there a way to disable this Java Security popup? I only use sites on my intranet and each page is home to 40+ applets that generate a new ID with each load. Because of this, every time the page ...
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Windows 8 Developer Preview - how to select between “Metro” IE and “Desktop” IE?
I installed the Windows 8 Developer Preview. At some point, I needed IE in "Desktop" mode, (IE suggested to switch over based on the site). Now, whenever I launch IE from the Metro UI, it starts in ...
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Windows 8 Professional didn't come with Internet Explorer 10(Metro)
When I installed Windows 8 Professional Edition I noticed that Internet Explorer 10 was missing. I tried to find some source to acquire the installer but none of the sites are providing it. One of my ...
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Disable spell checking in Internet Explorer 10 (Windows 8)
I installed the release preview of Windows 8, which comes with Internet Explorer 10.
IE10 has been endowed with a spell checking Feature, which is active while I write this text.
As a matter of ...
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Set IE10 to IE9 mode for specific sites
I would like to force IE10 at the browser level (not from the server side) to go into IE9 mode.
I know that I can do this manually through the F12 developer tools in the desktop version of IE10. Is ...
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How to change the Internet Explorer 10 default search engine to Google?
When I'm browsing I always use the address bar to search, but when I do this in Internet Explorer 10, I get taken to the default search engine Bing.
So I started looking in the Internet Options to ...
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Problems Uninstalling IE10
Help!
IE10 was causing problems for me, so I decided to move back to IE9. This is a Windows 7 machine. Using the Control Panel / Add Remove Windows Components, I unchecked Internet Explorer 10, ...
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Where is the white/blacklist for Enhanced Protected Mode sites?
I misunderstood this dialog and clicked Always ignore (I was thinking clicking Disable would disable Silverlight, not Enhanced Protected Mode).
I want to allow the dll to run because I think it's ...
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Windows 8 - IE 10 Metro - How to print or save a webpage
I'm running Windows 8 Pro. My default browser is Internet Explorer 10 (and hence opens as a Modern Windows 8 app). I want to know how to print or save a webpage. There are no related settings ...
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Open LAN-hosted website in IE 10 Metro
It appears that IE10's Metro mode blocks connections to servers running on the local network (for example, 192.168.1.x).
I am able to connect to the server from IE 10 in regular desktop mode.
How do ...
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In Internet Explorer 10, are developer tools not available from [F12]? If so, how do I access them?
With metro IE 10 for windows 8, I assumed that I could use F12 to open developer tools, just like it was possible in every IE since 8.
However, in windows 8 that doesn't seem to do anything - has it ...
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What is flip-ahead?
What is flip-ahead, in the Windows 8 Modern UI version of Internet Explorer 10?
The description simply says:
Flip Ahead
Turn on flip ahead to go to the next page on a site. Your browsing ...
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internet explorer 10 opening in desktop mode by default [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to use the IE10 App without making Internet Explorer the default browser?
The internet explorer 10 in windows 8, is opening in desktop mode when launched ...
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How can I block ads for free in IE10 (both modern UI and desktop)?
I am looking for a free way to block ads for IE10. A way which works in both the Modern UI version as well as the desktop version.
I have found Simple Adblock but only the trial version is free.
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Unable to open IE 10 in 32-bit mode
I need to run IE 10 in 32-bit mode on 64-bit Windows 7 Enterprise N.
When I run IE 10 from "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer" I can see in task manager that I have only one process ...
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IE10 suggests sites I have never visited
I'm running IE10 on Windows 8 RTM and just saw, that IE suggest some sites when entering something in the address bar. That wouldn't suprise me at all, if I had ever visited these sites, but I ...
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Windows 8 Desktop IE - Pin to Start
The Metro version of IE 10 has a nifty - Pin to Start button. The benefit is that one can have a whole column of tiles to one's favourite websites.
However, the Desktop version of IE 10 has no such ...
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Can I disable the X clear button on IE10 textboxes?
In an application we use at work we have various textboxes, with dropdown buttons right next to them.
Our users are frequently accidentally pressing the X added by IE10 and clearing what they typed.
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How can I disable JavaScript in Internet Explorer 10?
I'm running Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 7. In the F12 developer tools, Script is faded out on the Disable menu. JavaScript is working, but I'd like to turn it off. How can I do so? Is there ...
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AutoComplete (username/password) with IE10 and hotmail (outlook.com) doesn't work?
I can't get AutoComplete (username/password) to work with Hotmail / Outlook.com ( IE10).
I think this just doesnt work hotmail,
or has somebody ever gotten this to work?
It would be nice if somebody ...
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Why do some IE10 browsers get stuck in IE7 mode?
We were doing some investigation into user sessions on our consumer facing sites and came across something that really disturbed me.
On an average day, we have ~140k visitors to our sites who bother ...
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Is it possible to always show the address bar in ie10 metro?
I'm setting up Windows 8 for a friend of mine, and I'm trying to ensure that they have a way to avoid going to phishing websites. When educating my friends about spoofed/phishing email I always ...
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Does IE10 Metro support userscripts?
With Windows 7, I used google chrome and installed a bunch of userscripts to enhance my youtube experience (replay button, download options, etc).
Now that I have Windows 8, I want to get the same ...
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Select spell-checking language in Internet Explorer 10, Windows 8? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I change the spell check and auto-correction language of IE10/Windows8?
I've got the release Version of Windows 8 installed.
In IE10 it now it automatically ...
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Is is possible to share cookies between Windows UI IE and desktop IE?
After installing Windows 8 Pro, I have 2 different versions of Internet Explorer 10: The "Windows UI" version, which works as Windows 8 UI app, and the regular Internet Explorer 10, which runs in ...
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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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JavaScript errors in IE10
It seems like quite a lot of JavaScript functionality is broken using internet-explorer-10 on windows-8-preview. For instance, Facebook flakes out on me, not letting me add comments, and ...
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How to remove google ads virus from IE?
I have picked up adware in that shows extra irrelevant google ads. This only happens in Internet Explorer 10, not Firefox or Iron. I have tried some removals for similar viruses with no luck. I have ...
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How do I change the Ctrl+0 zoom level in IE10?
I often accidentally press zoom shortcuts, so I often use the Ctrl+0 shortcut to return to 100% zoom. However, I have a new laptop, and for some reason with it pressing Ctrl+0 changes the zoom level ...
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How do I get the password-text-box eye to work in all password text boxes?
I absolutely LOVE this feature. There is never anyone around to see it when I click on it so it is not any hazard at all.
I am finding that it does not seem to run on all password text boxes. Is ...
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How to change scrollbars in IE10 for Windows 7
So I'm not really a fan of Microsoft's approach on metro-style designing. I recently downloaded IE10 for Windows 7, and overall it looks pretty good. Except for the default scrollbars; this are just ...
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Links not opening in Windows 8 applications
I have just upgraded my laptop from Windows 7 Ultimate with IE9 to Windows 8 with IE 10. When ever I try to open a web link in an application nothing happens.
For example in the Windows 8 mail ...
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How do I change the homepage in IE 10?
I want to know how to change the homepage and other settings like proxy, etc., in IE 10. I can access the settings from the settings charm in windows 8, but there are very few options to change, and ...
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What is the IE10 'dominant color' picker based on?
I'm a web developer and I've just finished making a webapp that works almost flawlessly on all major browsers - except IE. IE has one teensy flaw: in IE10 Metro, when I pin the site to the start ...
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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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Major issues after updating IE10
When I first upgraded to IE10's final Preview on Windows 7, I immediately started getting the following error whenever a script tries to access localStorage:
SCRIPT3: The system cannot find the ...
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How do I use this IE10 Virtual Machine?
I downloaded this IE10 virtual machine for windows 7 and I have managed to mount the VHD, but how do I actually get it to start? Do I need to also install virtual PC or some other software or ...
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Silverlight doesn't work on Windows 8
I'm running Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10. I installed Silverlight, but for some reason it doesn't work and Silverlight contents never show up. I tried to install it once again and I get a ...
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Is it possible to install IE10 on Windows 7?
Some Windows 8 users claim that IE10 is fast and better than IE9. I want to know if it is possible to install IE10 on my Windows 7.
