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.

How to enable or disable Javascript in Internet Explorer 7.

1. Click Tools.

2. Click Options.

3. Click Security.

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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.

Alternate Method

1. Press the Windows key + R to bring up the Run dialog.

2. Type RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 16 and press Enter.

How to disable animated ads in Internet Explorer 7.

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When you perform a Google search in Internet Explorer using the Explorer Bar, nothing happens when you click on the links.

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Did you know that you can edit the print header and footer in Internet Explorer 7?

&& - A single ampersand (&)

In Internet Explorer 7, when you click File > Save As… the file doesn’t save.

Source: BUG: A script that uses the execCommand function together with the SaveAs command does not save a Web page in Internet Explorer 7 on a Windows Vista-based computer

The Home Page doesn’t load when you first start Internet Explorer 7. Instead IE7 takes you to a page with a blue screen at http://runonce.msn.com/runonce2.aspx instead.

Try Internet Explorer and the home page should load

How to enable the Internet Explorer 7 icon to be on the desktop if it has disappeared.

5. Close REGEDIT and go to the desktop. You can press the F5 key on your keyboard to refesh it. Now the Internet Explorer icon should appear.

When you install Internet Explorer 7 using IEAK 7, the bar shows Unknown Publisher instead of the name of the organization.

3. On the right side, double-click Organization Name and change the value to a value under 15 characters.