1. Open Internet Explorer and Click on Tools > Internet Options.

2. Click on the Advanced tab.

3. To enable DEP, check the box toward the bottom of the list that says Enable memory protection to help mitigate online attacks.

Uncheck this box to disable DEP.

1. Click START (then RUN in Windows XP) and type REGEDIT.

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

3. Double-click (Default) and type in the value:

http://home.microsoft.com/access/autosearch.asp?p=%s

Click OK

4. Double-click provider and type in the value:

gogl

Click OK

5. Back on the left side, click once on Main.

6. Double-click on AutoSearch and type in a value of 4.

Close Regedit, and the next time you start Internet Explorer, searches will be run from the Address Bar.

Additionally you can make a file using notepad and cut and paste the following into the file:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl]
“provider”=”gogl”
@=”http://home.microsoft.com/access/autosearch.asp?p=%s”

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
“AutoSearch”=dword:00000004

Sorry! Content Advisor will not allow you to see this site

An administrator may have locked you out of certain web sites using Content Advisor. Content Advisor can block specific web sites or automatically block sites that contain certain words or phrases set by the person (usually and administrator) that enabled it.

You will need to disable Content Advisor if you wish for this behavior to not occur.

To perform the following steps, you must obtain the supervisor password that Content Advisor was enabled with from the administrator.

1. In Microsoft Internet Explorer, click Tools > Internet Options.

2. Under the Content tab, click Disable.

1. Click Start (then run in Windows XP) and type Regedit.

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

3. If the Internet Explorer key doesn’t exist, create one by right-clicking on the Microsoft key and select New > Key. If the Internet Explorer key is there, skip ahead to step 5.

4. Name the key Internet Explorer

5. Right-click on the Internet Explorer key and select New > Key

6. Name the key InfoDelivery.

7. Right-click an the InfoDelivery key and select New > Key

8. Name the key Restrictions.

9. You should now be at:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Internet Explorer \ InfoDelivery \ Restrictions

Right-click the Restrictions key and select New > DWORD Value

10. Name the value NoSearchBox and click on a blank area of the window.

11. Double-click on the NoSearchBox value and give the value 1.

12. Close Regedit.

This will disable the Internet Explorer 7 search box from appearing from now on.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click Tools > Internet Options.

2. Click the Content tab, then click AutoComplete.

res://C:\WINDOWS\System32\shdoclc.dll/navcancl.htm

Try granting permission to the Temporary Internet Files folder.

Windows Vista

1. Click Start and type Internet Options in the Start Search box, and click Internet Options in the Programs list.

2. On the General tab, click Settings in the Browsing History section.

3. Click View Files.

4. In the Windows Explorer address box, click the folder name that comes before Temporary Internet Files.

5. Click Organize, and click Properties.

6. On the Security tab, click Edit.

7. In the Group or user names box, click the name of the affected user. If the name of the affected user is not listed, follow these steps:

a. Click Add.

b. In the Enter the object names to select box, type the name of the affected user, and click OK.

c. In the Group or user names box, click the name of the affected user.

8. In the Permissions for User_Name box, click to select the Full Control check box under the Allow column.

9. Click Apply, and then click OK.

10. Close Windows Explorer.

11. Click OK two times.

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

1. Open REGEDIT

1. In Internet Explorer, click Tools.

2. Click Internet Options.

3. Under the Security tab, click Custom Level.

4. To turn off the yellow bar for downloads, scroll to the Downloads section. Then set Automatic prompting for file downloads to Enable.

Kiosk Mode is usually used for PC’s on display where you want to enable users to use a certain web site and not be able to click on anything else. The toolbars, taskbar, and navigation buttons are all missing from the Internet Explorer screen when in Kiosk Mode.

You can use Kiosk Mode by using the -k switch when launching Internet Explorer along with the location of the web page you would like to display. Here are 2 examples:

iexplore -k http://www.technipages.com
iexplore -k “c:my documentswebpage.htm”

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.