Launch Internet Explorer 7 in a mode where the add-ons are disabled.
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
3. Enter in iexplore -extoff
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.
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.
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.
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