Questions tagged [internet-explorer]
Internet Explorer is the web browser developed by Microsoft. Version specific questions should use a version-specific tag, as this tag is for more general cases.
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Troubleshooting XP Network Connection
Attempts to update Windows XP (fresh install) indicates Windows is unable to access the NIC (see second screen capture). The XP native web browser (IE) is also having network connectivity problems: ...
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How to use two Internet Explorer windows with different IP addresses?
I just wanted to know how to use two Internet Explorer windows with different IP addresses, I wanted to login to a browser based game to multibox using the same login but recently they restricted one ...
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How to remove gogletab.com from Firefox/Chrome/IE in Windows 10?
I have my system affected by gogletab.com new tab page virus which doesnt let me to use google.co.in in any browser (Firefox, Chrome, IE). It also generates and redirects me to some ad websites and ...
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Running 64 bit IE tab process on Windows 7
I have a 64 bit ActiveX component which I want to run inside IE.
I assumed when I run 64 bit IE, the tabs will also be 64 bit process and I will be able to create the ActiveX object.
But even in 64 ...
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Change the default browser automatically on startup (Windows 10)
I've just gotten a new laptop from university and everytime I change my default browser to Chrome (by default it is internet explorer) it resets to IE when I restart my computer. So I went to the ...
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What is "IS" suffix in IE11 version?
I'm running Windows 10 Pro (64) and stock IE11 with "Install new versions automatically" enabled.
My current version is: 11.545.10586.0IS
What does IS suffix mean?
I'm having a problem with font-...
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How can I stop IE from treating URLs as Bing searches?
My org requires me to use Internet Explorer for our primary browser. A few times a day, when I key in a URL into the address line in IE (currently using v.11) it gets treated as a Bing search term, ...
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How to load images in Interner Explorer if “Show pictures” is turned off globally?
If you have “Show pictures” turned off in “Internet Options” in Internet Explorer, is there a way to load images just for the current page without having to change the global option again?
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Add a MIME type on Windows 7 - IE
IE11 does not recognise the correct mime type of a file if the mime type is not made known to windows (at least I think that's what's going on). The drag & drop events of the browser show an empty ...
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"DNS server address couldn't be found" for some websites
So, recently, Chrome (on my Windows 10 laptop) began displaying the error "DNS server address could not be found" (DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN) for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
All other ...
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Windows, disable Internet Explorer 64 bit
Win 7 64 bit is shipped with IE 32 and IE 64 bit. I see the two versions of IE 9, 10, 11.
We have old legacy not upgradeable web apps from different suppliers, working only with IE 32 bit.
We haven'...
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Can I change what types of files are considered "potentially unsafe content" in Internet Explorer?
Unsafe File Types - Editable?
In Internet Explorer's security zone settings, one of the options controls whether IE prompts you before downloading "potentially unsafe content" from a web ...
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"@font-face encountered unknown error." from IE11 on Windows 10
Since we had our computers upgraded to Windows 10, custom fonts do not work in IE 11. The problem appears to occur in every web site that uses custom fonts. The error in the console is
@font-face ...
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Yahoo shutting down computer
So here is an odd one for you. I have about 150 computers here that I monitor, half of them get on the internet. One of our office girls gets on the internet from time to time and does basic ...
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How to determine what causes IE 11 to recreate "Adobe" folder (all Adobe software should be uninstalled)
A couple of months ago I went through my (Windows 7) PC and removed all versions (incl. all browser add-ins, etc.) of Adobe Flash from the system. After following the available uninstallation ...
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Internet Explorer: How to block executable files (exe/com/pif/scr/bat/ps1) from being 'Run' on download
Hi I would like users to download any file (as they currently can) - but for executable files (exe/com/pif/scr/bat/ps1), I would like the 'Run' option to be hidden or disabled.
If that is not ...
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how to get Internet Explorer to default to my youtube red account, to skip ad when playing a youtube video
When I use Internet Explorer to open a Youtube video, I get the annoying commercial. I use my YouTube Red account, on my iPhone, to browse YouTube without commercials.
How can I get IE to ...
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Edge vs IE and the Facebook Like Button
I am noticing a distinct behavior difference between Edge and IE. In Facebook, if I use the trackpad to select "like" I am able to immediately click the "like choice" (opposed to angry, happy, etc).
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Can't access https (internal) website
After 5 days of trying and head banging I've given up.
Following issue:
- Company network
- Windows 10 machine
- Joined to the domain
- trying to access a Cisco Call Manager portal which is hosted ...
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How to add an exception to AdBlock in Explorer
I use the AdBlock Plus for IE extension but I can't really configure it.
I can only enable or disable it, or see its information panel:
Name: Adblock Plus for IE Browser ...
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Configure browser to include meta tag with every response
Is there a way to configure a web browser to include a specific meta tag with every response that it gets? For example, the browser goes out to google.com, google sends a response, the browser ...
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Why does Internet Explorer block a pop-up?
It's been a while I used Internet Explorer to access different websites and it always shows Internet Explorer blocked a pop-up from www.example.com. I don't believe it is to block viruses, as all the ...
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SSL Certificate error in Internet Explorer but not Firefox, Chrome or Edge
I have installed security certificates on 2 websites, which work perfectly in Firefox, Chrome and Edge but when accessing in Internet Explorer (10 and 11), users get the "There is a problem with this ...
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Internet Explorer 11 can’t access HTTPS on non standard port (8443)?
I have a road warrior who is accessing one of our servers from its IP address.
For a few days he cannot access to a service which listen on 8443 https TCP port. HTTP version works well on port 8080.
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Work desktop reboots over weekend - can't restore browsing session in Internet Explorer
My work desktop reboots over weekend (beyond my control), and I can't restore my browsing session in Internet Explorer. It automatically restored the prior week, but before that, I would lose it ...
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Configure a desktop IE shortcut to find and focus to existing window
Using Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 9 (or above) I'm trying to create a desktop shortcut to a particular webpage. The trick is, if the user already has that webpage open in any IE window, I need the ...
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Internet Explorer creating files when I am not using it
I never use Internet Explorer (your welcome) or Microsoft Edge. However, when I run CCLeaner after using Google Chrome, there is always many megabytes worth of random files like history. What can I do ...
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Trying to access e-learning but getting error saying "Error initilializing communications with LMS"
Does anyone know how to solve this problem when accessing e-learning?
I'm not sure if this is a Java related error. I've followed whatever the e-learning's instruction about this and I have searched ...
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Cannot uninstall internet explorer 11 (windows 7) [duplicate]
This question is not about removing a virus. I tried removing the virus using all of the methods recommended by various websites for several hours.
This is about how to uninstall/reinstall IE 11 ...
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Restart Computer After IE Reset
I am using IE11 (latest KB) and I tested on Win 10, Win 8.1, and Win 7.
I reset IE using the menu options: Tools → Advanced → Reset
After reset is complete, IE showed a yellow bar at the ...
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Internet Explorer blank page start
You know that it is a slow browser (probably it is not already but I am still using W7). It is mainly because it loads a lot of stuff during start up.
There are guidelines how to set up "about:blank" ...
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Why is IE not storing my Cookie?
I'm developing a (J2EE) website, and the cookies it sends are being persisted on Chrome and Firefox, but not IE. I've even set IE up to 'allow all cookies', but the ones from my site are not being ...
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IE11 where are cookies really stored?
On Windows 7 or Windows 10, if I open IE and go to Twitter.com and log in clicking the Remember Me checkbox, log in and log out again, it does indeed Remember Me - my username is stored.
However, if ...
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How to change security settings in Wine IE?
I have to access office PC using https://portal.mycompany.net/Remote
It require ActiveX. I am using ubuntu 12.04
The only option I found I could use it to install wine and ies4linux ( VM won't work ...
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Your connection is not private in Chrome and Internet Explorer
There is a problem with my Google Chrome and Internet Explorer when I am visiting https sites mostly google.com and anything related to Google is not working...
See screenshot of chrome and internet ...
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How to restore an IE in Windows 10
It's really strange, I do not have IE on my machine. It's not I lost my shortcut question, I really don't have it.
I just don't have it in my system32 folder. I want to test some polyfills, that are ...
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Make IE open new window in different browser
Is there a way to make IE open new window in a different browser like chrome.
Any new popup or whenever the site opens a new window it should open in chrome instead of IE.
I found this entry in the ...
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Open video in WMP by clicking links in IE
How to carry the login information and/or IE browser cache to Windows Media Player?
(I apologize that the screen captures are in Traditional Chinese, as I reside in Hong Kong...)
For example, I have ...
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Windows server 2008 R2 can ping internet but not browse
Good evening everyone. I have a windows 2008 R2 server that is a terminal server and it will ping internet IP's and DNS names but I cant browse to the site through IE or Chrome. What Ive tried is:
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Internet Explorer and Zones on a website with multiple sources
If I add a site to the trusted sites zone and it has scripts from sites in the internet zone, how will it treat content loaded from sites in different zones?
Will it treat everything on the page as ...
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Can't load W3 page using IE, but Chrome and Firefox can
Does anyone know why IE can't load the page: https://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/xmldsig-core-schema.xsd or http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/xmldsig-core-schema.xsd but Firefox and Chrome can?
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How to bookmark a favorite without loading the page first? (Internet Explorer, Firefox)
I need to add a bookmark to IE but when I go to the site, it redirects to another page. I don't want to bookmark that page. I want to bookmark the original page before it redirects. How do I do this ...
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Stop Internet Explorer from renaming downloads
I've put up a web page that explains how I setup my Visual Studio settings. This includes downloads for .vsix extensions (the "Download" under "Erweiterungen installieren", "Indent Guides") or .config ...
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Internet Explorer 6 under windows 10 [duplicate]
I am using windows 10. I have some tutorials which requires to run on internet explorer 6.0 + .
when i try to run those tutorials it runs on Microsoft Edge. after a spash screen it shows the message ...
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IE11 Version Update
Myself and several other users in my environment seem to be stuck on IE11 11.0.9600.16428CO while multiple other users are on a more recent iteration of IE11. It is important that we have the latest ...
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Where can I find download history of Internet Explorer?
Is there any way to get Downloads history of IE?
We get Downloads history of Firefox from downloads.sqlite file and we get download history of Chrome from history.sqlite file.
But how to find out in ...
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Import IE Favorites to Win 10 Edge from a COPY of the IE Favorites FOLDER
I just did a fresh install of Win 10, following an irrecoverable crash of Win 7. Because of the crash, all of my IE Favorites were lost, so there is nothing in that location to "import."
However, I ...
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How to set language for error message in IE F12 developer tools?
I use IE in Czech. Sometimes (like today) the Czech error message doesn't allow to reconstruct the Google-friendly English version, so I would prefer to use the developer tools in English. I didn't ...
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Removing a prank [duplicate]
This is a bit of an odd one.
Someone (Probably roommate), somehow, installed something onto my computer that opens a "unsavory" website in my default browser every 10~15 minutes. It's not browser ...
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How to enforce changing homepage of Internet Explorer?
So, my friend installed some super awesome free game which he totally enjoys playing. But when installing it, he checked "change my home page to superawesomegames.com"
Now whenever he opens the IE, ...
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