1. Click Start, type REGEDIT and press ENTER

2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then Software
then Microsoft
then Internet Explorer
then TabbedBrowsing

3. Right-click on TabbedBrowsing and select New–>DWORD Value and name it ShowTabsWelcome

4. Double-click ShowTabsWelcome, and set its value data to 0

Windows XP

1. In Internet Explorer, click the Tools menu, choose Internet Options.

2. Click Programs tab and select your mail client from the drop-down list. Click OK and close the dialog.

Windows Vista

1. Click Start, select Default Programs

2. Click Set your default programs

3. Select the mail client you wish to use and then click Set this program as default. Click OK

This is usually caused by the updates that are being installed while IE7 is being installed.

To fix this problem:

1. Go through the installation wizard normally until you get to the Get the latest updates part of the installer.

2. Clear the check to Install the latest updates for Internet Explorer and the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (recommended) check box, and then click Next.

You can use the following RUNDLL32 commands to clear your tracks in IE7. You can also make shortcuts for each of these functions.

Delete Temporary Internet Files:
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8

Delete Cookies:
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 2

Delete History:
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 1

Delete Form Data:
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 16

Delete Passwords:
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 32

Delete All:
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 255

1. Ensure that you either have the Phishing Filter set to Automatic mode or Tools–>Internet Options–> Advanced–>Security–>Check for Server Certificate revocation checked.

2. If that doesn’t work, install the Windows Root Certificate Update and restart.

1. Open Internet Explorer 7.

1. Click START–>RUN and type cmd

2. At the prompt, type cd and press ENTER

3. Type cd Program Files and press ENTER

4. Type cd Internet Explorer and press ENTER

5. Type regsvr32 IEPROXY.DLL

6. You should get a confirmation that the IEPROXY.DLL has been registered. You can then close all windows and try Internet Explorer again.

1. Click START–>RUN and type REGEDIT. Click OK.

This problem is usually caused by a plugin that is not compatible with Internet Explorer 7.

Try starting Internet Explorer after clearing the plug-ins

Control Panel–>Internet Options–>Programs–>Manage Add-Ons

Set the Add-ons here to DISABLED.

The likely cause of this is that a favorite has been added that has more than 221 characters. Since you cannot access the Favorites once a favorite with more than 221 characters has been created, you will need to make a change in the following location.

1. Go to MY COMPUTER and open the C: drive.

2. Open DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS.

3. Open the folder with your username.

4. Open FAVORITES.

1. Click START–>RUN

2. Type iexplore -extoff

You can also create a shortcut so that you can always run Internet Explorer this way.

1. Right-click on the Desktop

2. New–>Shortcut

1. In IE7 click Tools, and select Internet Options.

2. Select the General tab.

3. In the Tabs section, click Settings.

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.