Sync the bookmarks on in Internet Explorer on your PC to your iPhone 4 smartphone.
1. Attach the iPhone 4 to your computer using the USB cable.
2. Open iTunes.
3. Select the iPhone on the left pane.
4. Click the Info tab.
5. In the Web Browser section, set it to Sync Microsoft Internet Explorer Bookmarks.
6. Click Apply.
I received an error message when I tried to launch Internet Explorer today. Here’s what it said:
This toolbar was created using an evaluation version of the DTX SDK.
To remove this message please obtain a DTX SDK license.
I realized this started happening after I installed the Comcast Toolbar. To get past it I would have to disable it using these steps.
1. Click Start > Run or go to a command prompt.
2. Type iexplore -extoff and press Enter.
3. Internet Explorer should open. Click Tools > Manage Add-ons > Enable or Disable Add-ons…
4. From the drop-down, select Add-ons currently loaded in Internet Explorer.
5. Disable anything that references Comcast Toolbar. If you don’t have anything referencing Comcast Toolbar, disable anything that has the word Toolbar in it.
Close then restart Internet Explorer and you should be all good!
I add a few select sites to the list of Trusted Sites in Internet Explorer. By default, this causes the following message to appear every time I visit them:
The current web page is trying to open a site in your Trusted sites list. Do you want to allow this?
Since the site is trusted, why would I want to bother with having to click YES every time I visit it? I disabled this message. Here’s how I did it.
1. In Internet Explorer, click Tools > Internet Options.
2. Click the Security Tab.
3. Click Trusted Sites.
4. Click Custom Level…
5. Scroll down to where it says Websites in less privileged web content zone can navigate into this zone. Check Enable.
Now the annoying message should not appear any longer. Some have suggested resetting all zones to the default level. While this will prevent this message from appearing, I consider it a bit extreme if somebody has gone through the trouble of customizing everything already. That button will only undo everything the user has setup.
Where can you set your default web browser in Windows XP?
You can set Google Chrome, IE, Firefox, Opera, or whatever browser you like to be the default all in one location:
1. Open the Control Panel.
2. Open Add/Remove Programs.
3. Click Set Program Access and Defaults on the left pane.
4. Open the Custom area.
5. Select the bullet for the browser you wish to be the default.
6. Click OK.
Cookies are handled very different in Internet Explorer 8 than they are in older versions of IE. Here’s how you can enable or disable them.
1. Click Tools.
2. Select Internet Options.
3. Click Privacy.
4. Move the slider to a setting desired. Options range from Block All Cookies to IE8 to Accept All Cookies. There are also options under Advanced where you can customize the settings.
If images aren’t loading in any web pages in IE7, there may be a setting that somehow got turned off. You can find the setting with the steps below:
1. Click Tools > Internet Options.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Scroll down to the Multimedia section.
4. Make sure the box for Show Pictures is checked.
5. Click OK.
When you use Internet Explorer 7, you may encounter a situation where you experience the following error:
An HTTP error occurred while getting:
http://runonce.msn.com/runonce2.aspx
Details: “connect timed out”.
To solve this issue, try the following steps:
1. Open the Start orb and type regedit. Press Enter.
2. Click Continue if given the UAC prompt.
3. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then Software
then Microsoft
then Internet Explorer
4. Right-click on the folder that says Main and select New > DWORD Value.
5. Give the value a name of RunOnceComplete. Give it a value of 1.
6. Right-click Main again and select New > DWORD Value. Give the value a name of RunOnceHasShown. Give it a value of 1.
Now restart your computer and then give IE another try.
See also: IE7 Runonce Errors – a solution
http://runonce.msn.com/runonce2.aspx Details: “connect timed out”
In Internet Explorer, the letters appear too big or too small.
IE has a feature that increases or decreases the size of your fonts. You can make adjustments by clicking View > Text Size.
A shortcut would also be to hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard while using the scroll wheel on your mouse. You can also hold down CTRL and press + to increase the size or - to decrease the size of the letters.
In Internet Explorer, when you try to install an ActiveX control at the To help protect your security, Internet Explorer stopped this site from installing an ActiveX control on your computer…Click here for options prompt, you get an error when clicking Install activex control.
Windows has blocked this software because it can’t verify the publisher
To try to fix this problem, perform the following steps.
1. In Internet Explorer, Click Tools > Internet Options.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Under Active X, set Download Unsigned ActiveX to Enable.
When you try to access an FTP site using Internet Explorer, you get an error:
Page cannot be displayed
There are a couple of things that commonly cause this. The first is that FTP access or port 21 is blocked on your firewall. If that is not the case, try the following:
1. In Internet Explorer, click Tools > Internet Options.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Under Browsing and check box Enable folder view for FTP sites.
4. Click OK.
5. Close and restart Internet Explorer.
When you click an email or mailto link in Internet Explorer, nothing happens. To make your default mail program come up again, perform the following steps:
1. Hold down CTRL and press R.
2. Type regsvr32 mshtml.dll and click OK.
3. Hold down CTRL and press R again.
4. Type regsvr32 shdocvw.dll and click OK.
Now test it and see if the email links work.
AVG 8 has an annoying feature called Safe Search that scans links to make sure they are safe. They appaear in Internet Explorer when performing Google searches.
It’s a nice feature for novices, but it only hogs resources if you’re an expert and can rely on your brain to avoid bad web sites. I disabled the Safe Search with these steps:
1. In Internet Explorer, select Tools > Manage Add-ons > Enable or Disable Add-ons…
2. Click AVG Safe Search and then click Disable. Click OK when you are done.
Now the Safe Search feature won’t annoy you anymore.
If the Favorites menu is missing or grayed out in Internet Explorer, there may be a registry key that is causing it. If you are on a company network, your system administration may have locked this option on your computer. You may have to discuss the issue with your IT department. Otherwise, you can try the following steps:
1. Hold down the Windows key and press R.
2. Type regedit and click OK.
3. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
then Software
then Microsoft
then Windows
then CurrentVersion
then Policies
then Internet Explorer
then click Restrictions.
4. Look for an entry on the right side for NoFavorites, Right-click the entry and Delete it.
If you can’t find any of these registry keys or values, try HKEY_CURRENT_USER instead of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. The value is located in the same folder structure.
How to enable or disable Javascript in Internet Explorer 7.
1. Click Tools.
2. Click Options.
3. Click Security.
How to uninstall Internet Explorer 8.
1. Click the Start Button > Control Panel.
2. Click Programs.
3. Click View installed updates.
4. Click Windows Internet Explorer 8.
5. Click the Uninstall button.
If you are getting a message popping up on certain web sites when using IE that says The security certificate has expired or is not yet valid, you will want to check the date and time your computer is set to.
Just double-click on the time in the lower right corner on the Taskbar and set the time correctly. Be sure to check the time, month, date and the year. As soon as it is corrected, this will usually fix this issue.
Sometimes sounds that suddenly play on a web page can be annoying, especially on a work computer. Here is how to disable sounds in Internet Explorer.
1. Hold down the Windows key and press R (Or click Start > Run).
2. Type regedit and click OK.
3. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then Software
then Microsoft
then Internet Explorer
then click Main
4. Look for an entry on the right side for Play_Background_Sounds. Double-click the entry and change the value to no to disable sounds. Set it back to yes to if you wish to enable sounds again.
1. In Internet Explorer, click Tools > Internet Options.
2. Click the Content tab.
3. Click Enable.. to turn Content Advisor on. Jump to step 4.
Click Disable… and enter the password if you wish do turn Content Advisor off. Ignore all following steps.
4. On the Ratings tab of the Content Advisor dialog box, click one of the categories, and then move the slider to use one of the following: None, Limited, or Unrestricted.
5. Repeat Step 4 for additonal categories if you wish to add more.
6. Click the Approved Sites tab and enter the name of a specific site that you want to control access to. Then click Always or Never.
• Always allows users to view the site, even if it’s not in the Content Advisor screening level you’ve set.
• Never means that nobody can visit the site even if it’s acceptable to Content Advisor.
7. When done, click OK, then OK again.
Question: I have my Internet through my cable company, but my modem dials whenever I try to go out to the Internet. It happens as soon as I open Internet Explorer.
Solution: IE is setup to use a dial-up connection. This setting needs to be disabled. Here’s how:
1. In Internet Explorer click Tools > Internet Options… .
2. Click the Connections tab.
3. Check the radio button for Never dial a connection.
We had a tutorial for Deleting Saved Passwords in Internet Explorer, and a visitor commented about his usernames still being stored. He wanted that to be cleared also. Usernames would be considered Form data. Here’s how to clear stored Form data in Internet Explorer 7.
1. In Internet Explorer, click Tools > Internet Options.
2. Under the General tab, in the Browsing history area, click the Delete… button.
3. Click Delete forms… . Click Yes on the Are you sure… prompt.
4. Click Close and then OK.
1. Press the Windows key + R to bring up the Run dialog.
2. Type RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 16 and press Enter.
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