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Remove the branding that some ISP’s like AOL add to the title bar in Internet Explorer.
1. Close out of Internet Explorer.
2. Click START–>RUN
3. Type RUNDLL32.EXE IEdkcs32.dll,Clear
This should clear out the branding the next time you run Internet Explorer
Enable or disable the tabs in Internet Explorer 7.
1. In IE7 click Tools, and select Internet Options.
2. Select the General tab.
3. In the Tabs section, click Settings.
4. Uncheck Enable Tabbed Browsing to disable the tabs. Check it to enable tabs.
With certain monitors, you may have a problem with blurry text in Internet Explorer 7 (IE7).
In IE7, perform the following steps:
1. Click Tools–>Internet Options.
2. Click Advanced
3. in the Multimedia section, uncheck the following option:
Always use Clear Type for HTML
4. Click OK.
Now the text should appear less blurry.
Prevent IE from opening PDF files within an IE window. Enable it to propt you to save or open the file seperately instead.
1. Click START–>RUN and type REGEDIT
2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
then AcroPDF.PDF.1
3. On the right side, double-click the EditFlags value.
4. Set it to 00 00 00 00
5. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
then AcroExch.Document.7
6. On the right side, double-click the EditFlags value.
7. Set it to 00 00 00 00
Now when you click on a PDF file within Internet Explorer, you will be promted to save the file instead of IE opening it.
When trying to view a web page, you get an error:
“You do not have the most current version of Internet Explorer.” or
“The Web site supports Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or later versions.”
In Internet Explorer 7 (IE7)
To resolve this issue, you can emulate Internet Explorer 6 by using the User Agent String Utility tool to change how Web sites recognize Internet Explorer 7.
Change what the Internet Explorer title bar says with this registry hack.
1. Click START–>RUN and type REGEDIT
2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then SOFTWARE
then Microsoft
then Internet Explorer
then Main
3. Change or create the value of the string Window Title to whatever you desire.
Feel like Microsoft is spying on you? Disable the Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) Check in Internet Explorer.
1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click Tools > Manage Add-ons..
3. Select “Add-ons that have been used by Internet Explorer” from the Show menu.
4. Locate the “Windows Genuine Advantage” Add-on and disable it. Click OK.
You will need this feature enabled for many functions on Microsoft’s web site. These steps were once a “fix” or a way around Microsoft checking your computer to see if your software was “valid”. However it no longer works in that manner.
This registry hack will allow you to enable or disable third party Extensions and Add-ons for Internet Explorer.
1. Click START–>RUN and type REGEDIT
2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then SOFTWARE
then Microsoft
then Internet Explorer
then Main
Set the value for Enable Browser Extensions
If the value doesn’t exist, you can create it by right-clicking Main and clicking New–>String Value
Set it to no if you wish for extensions to be disabled.
Set it to yes if you wish for extensions to be enabled.
This setting controls third party plug-ins for Internet Explorer including toolbars.
Prevent or stop Automatic Updates from installing Internet Explorer 7 with this registry hack.
The following instructions apply to Windows XP and Windows 2003.
1. Click START–>RUN and type REGEDIT
2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
then SOFTWARE
then Microsoft
then Internet Explorer
3. Check to see if there is a key called SETUP under Internet Explorer. If not, right click on the Internet Explorer Key and select NEW Key. Name the key SETUP.
4. Right-Click SETUP and select NEW Key and name the key 7.0
5. Right click 7.0 and select NEW–>DWORD Value
6. Name this new DWORD: DoNotAllowIE70
7. Double click on DoNotAllowIE70 and set the value of this DWORD to a value of 1.
This registry edit should prevent Internet Explorer 7.0 from installing in future Automatic Updates.
Note: You can also use the Toolkit to Disable Automatic Delivery of Internet Explorer 7.
Internet Explorer crashes with a message that says “Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.” When you view the error report, it references Mshtml.dll.
Microsoft has released a fix for this problem, but it is only available if you contact Microsoft directly for the fix.
You can view the article about this problem on Microsoft’s web site at:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892052/en-us?spid=1173&sid=global
This fix only works for Windows XP Service Pack 2
There is a common problem when connecting to certain web sites that use scripting. The behavior is that Internet Explorer tries to load the page forever without displaying anything. The Windows logo or IE globe will keep going forever.
The cause of this is that something is blocking scripts from running on your computer. The most common cause of this is if you have Norton Antivirus installed. There is a component that blocks scripting called “Norton Script Blocking” that must be disabled if you want to solve this problem.
To turn this off, right click on MY COMPUTER and select MANAGE
Click the plus sign next to “SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS”
Click SERVICES
Find NORTON SCRIPT BLOCKING in the list to the right and double click on it.
You can stop the service here if you only want to temporarily STOP the service, or you could set it to DISABLED.
There is an issue with the Google Toolbar and Internet Explorer that causes only the first letter of the title of the web page to be displayed in the title bar.
Solving this issue is simple. Just uninstall the Google Toolbar and reinstall it.
This error can happen if the Quick Launch folder has been deleted. You can solve this problem with the following steps:
Create a folder named “Quick Launch” (without the quotes) at the following location:
C:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\
If you are currently using Windows Profiles, create the Quick Launch folder at the following location:
C:\Windows\Profiles\[profile name]\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer
Where [profile name]is the name of the currently logged on user name. (Do not include the brackets)
This article applies to Internet Explorer 5 or later
You get a message “Validation Incomplete: Unable to Perform Validation[0x80080299]” when trying to run Windows Update. Follow these directions to solve this problem:
1. Open Internet Explorer
2. Click TOOLS –> MANAGE ADD-ONS then find Windows Genuine Advantage ActiveX Control and set it to ENABLE.
If the setting is only allowed to be changed by administrators, then you must go to your C:\windows\system32 and DELETE the LegitCheckControl.dll
Then go to Windows Update and revalidate. That will reload the DLL file correctly.
When you click a hyperlink in an e-mail message, Web page, or right-click a hyperlink on a Web page and then click Open in New Window, you may experience the following problem:
a. Window opens a blank page.
b. You get an error “No such interface supported.”
c. You get an error “The current operation could not be completed because an unexpected error has occurred.”
Follow these directions to solve it:
Click Start, and then click Run. Type regsvr32 urlmon.dll, and then click OK.
Click Start, and then click Run. Type regsvr32 Shdocvw.dll, and then click OK.
Click Start, and then click Run. Type regsvr32 Actxprxy.dll, and then click OK.
Click Start, and then click Run. Type regsvr32 Oleaut32.dll, and then click OK.
Click Start, and then click Run. Type regsvr32 Mshtml.dll, and then click OK.
Click Start, and then click Run. Type regsvr32 Browseui.dll, and then click OK.
Click Start, and then click Run. Type regsvr32 Shell32.dll, and then click OK.
This article applies to Internet Explorer 5.01 to Internet Explorer 6.
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