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Manage passwords in Internet Explorer 10 using Credential Manager

Windows 8 makes managing passwords in Internet Explorer 10 easy. It does so by automatically letting you store and retrieve passwords for all the websites and applications you use – and that too in a secure manner. If you wish [...]

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Disable Accelerator Button in Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer Accelerators are specific add-ons running in Internet Explorer that help users complete a specific task in just few clicks. In short, they accelerate the browser performance or supplement it with extra features. It is a great feature and [...]

Configure Internet Explorer to download up to 10 files at a time

When you are downloading files from the Internet, using the Internet Explorer browser, it limits the files you can download simultaneously at the same time. By default, Internet Explorer 10 (and IE9 & IE8) will let you download only up to [...]

IE 10 User Agent String Receives Update From Microsoft – What it means in simple terms

Microsoft has updated the user agent for Internet Explorer currently available with Windows 8 Release Preview. This update has been announced along with IE 10 Platform Preview 1. According to the IE 10 blog at MSDN, the IE team has [...]

5 Security and Safety Tips and Settings to Secure Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer today, is arguably one of the most secure browsers available. But how can we secure Internet Explorer further? The browser is considered to be safe – by default – with features such as smart screen filtering and location [...]

How To Block Websites In Internet Explorer

There are different reasons why people may want to block certain websites in Internet Explorer. The most common reason people block websites in Internet Explorer is the malicious nature of such websites. While the SmartScreen filter does a great job, [...]

Fix: Internet Explorer High Memory Usage

Sometimes you may feel that your computer has hung or has frozen, when you are trying to open a webpage or even while browsing normally. This may either be a site problem or the problem could be high memory usage by [...]

How To Use Internet Explorer Within Google Chrome

Some websites function normally only on Internet Explorer. Most such websites are the ones in intranet of corporate companies. If you are a Google Chrome user, you can still use Internet Explorer from within Chrome to launch and explore such websites. [...]

Fix: Internet Explorer 32-bit will not open, but IE 64-bit opens

Well, this happened to me, after I uninstalled some program. Internet Explorer 64-bit would open, but IE 32-bit would just not open on my Windows 7 64-bit. Nor would Internet Explorer No Add-ons open. When I clicked on the icons [...]

How To Repair Internet Explorer

If you are an Internet Explorer user, you may at times face some problems. You should know how to repair Internet Explorer to avoid wastage of time searching for solutions for different problems on the Internet or otherwise. The problems can [...]

How To Back Up Favorites In Internet Explorer 9

How To Reinstall Internet Explorer In Windows 7 E and Standard Edition

The E edition of Windows 7 is available in the European Economic Area, Croatia, and Switzerland. This version of Windows 7 does not include a browser, ie. it will not come with Internet Explorer installed. You will have to install Internet Explorer [...]

Difference between Internet Explorer 10 Metro and Desktop version in Windows 8

As we had mentioned earlier, there are two version of Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8. One with the Metro UI and the other, the Desktop version. It is the Metro version of IE 10 that is the default browser [...]

Enhanced Protected Mode In Internet Explorer 10: What it means and How to Enable it!

Starting with Windows Vista, Protected Mode was added as a new feature in Internet Explorer 7. This Protected Mode, added an extra layer of protection by locking down parts of your operating system that your browser did not ordinary need [...]

Remove Internet Explorer In Windows 7 Standard Edition

Fix: Internet Explorer Did Not Finish Installing

While installing Internet Explorer (any version), you may get a message saying that Internet Explorer did not finish installing, before the installation terminates. This indicates that something prevented the installation package from installing Internet Explorer on your machine. The following [...]

Make Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8, always open links on desktop

There are two version of Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8. One with the Metro UI which is more locked-down, and the other, the traditional desktop version as we know it. The default version on Windows 8 is the IE 10 Metro [...]

How to check for and report unsafe websites from Internet Explorer

One has to be very careful and alert these days while browsing the Internet. There will be websites who will knowing try to engage you in a Phishing scam or even forcefully attempt to install malware on your computer. And [...]

Internet Explorer Hardware Acceleration: Enable, Disable, Troubleshoot, FAQ

Hardware Acceleration or GPU Rendering is a new feature in Internet Explorer that allows the browser to, while loading a webpage, move all graphics and text rendering from the Central Processing Unit to the Graphics Processing Unit. The idea is to speed [...]

Customized Internet Explorer 9 version for kids launched

On the occasion of Safer Internet Day 2012, Microsoft and COEP today released a customized version of Internet Explorer 9 browser, to help protect and keep kids safe online. This is not the first time that such a browser was [...]

How To Disable Internet Explorer Auto Refresh

There may be times when you may want to disable the auto refresh in Internet Explorer 9 for various reasons. You might be reading some important data when the Internet Explorer’s auto refresh setting suddenly refreshes the webpage and you [...]

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