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Free web browser performance benchmark test tools

A slow browsing experience could hamper your tasks, especially when you use websites that run applications on them. And now with most applications moving towards cloud computing platform, it is necessary to have a good browsing experience. Apart from Internet […]

Change Browser Mode in Internet Explorer 11

Browser Modes in Internet Explorer were meant to give site owners and developers time to fix their web applications. An HTTP header or a meta tag could force newer editions of IE to behave like its older versions. The Browser […]

Fix: Internet Explorer Doesn’t Restore Last Session Tabs

While you’re browsing the web with Internet Explorer, if something goes wrong suddenly and crashes, the browser lets you restore the session on restart. Technically, this is termed as Crash Recovery of Internet Explorer. However, if you’ve deleted your browsing […]

How to add a bookmarklet to Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox browsers

This post explains what a Boomarklet is and shows how to install, use, add a bookmarklet to Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox and Opera browsers on Windows 10/8/7. What is a Bookmarklet The term bookmarklet comes from the words bookmark and […]

Auto-select language encoding setting in Internet Explorer

Whenever you visit a website, the web page tells the browser which language encoding to use. The browser uses this information, and renders the page. If the page does not include this information, it will find out the correct language […]

Enable, Disable Automatic Proxy Caching in Internet Explorer

At times we may find that the performance of Internet Explorer is lagging behind as compared to other browsers. If this is happening, we should find out why it is happening, so that we can improve the workability of this […]

How to open multiple URLs or links at once in a single click

Have you ever faced a situation where you have to open multiple URLs in  different tabs at once, using Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera or Chrome? What do you usually do in such situation? Do you open them one by one […]

Enable Adobe Flash Player in IE, Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera

Adobe Reader, Adobe Flash and all versions of Java together, are responsible for around 66% of the vulnerabilities in Windows systems. Yet, many prefer to use it, for the functions it performs. In this post, we will see how to […]

How Internet Explorer 11 now stores Passwords

Microsoft recently enumerated the changes it incorporated in Password Policy and Autocomplete Forms in Internet Explorer 11, to reduce the confusion in users about their passwords being recalled on one site but not another. People, although not inclined, have the […]

Unable to restore Temporary Internet Files folder location for Internet Explorer 11

Generally, whatever we browse using Internet Explorer, it always saves some of the data inside temporary files folder so that it could offer a faster browsing experience to us. The temporary saved data covers the cached web pages, images and […]

Change default search engine in Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, Opera

Most browsers today come with pre-set default search engines. You may or may not find it to your taste and may want to change it. In this post, we will see how you can manage or change default search engine […]

Change Home Page in Internet Explorer, Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Opera browsers

The home page of a web browser is the page which opens when you launch it. Most browsers come with a pre-set home page. In other cases, you may have some software change your home page. In this post, we […]

Disable Active Content in Internet Explorer on Windows

Active Content on any web page includes ActiveX controls,, ActiveX scripts and JavaScript programs. If you want to disable Active Content in Internet Explorer on your Windows PC, then this post will show you how to do it. Enable, Disable […]

Allow, block Pop Ups in Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, Opera

Pop-up ads are small – sometimes large – windows that open automatically on your screen, when you are browsing the web. They could be pop-ups or pop-unders. Pop ups open in front of your active browser window whereas a Pop-under […]

Adobe Flash Not Working In Internet Explorer 11

Many of us like to watch movies, videos, listen music over the Internet in our favorite browsers. This is possible, when your browser havelatest version of Adobe Flash player installed. But sometimes even after having latest version of flash player installed, […]

Enable or Disable Report Website Problems in Internet Explorer 11

Recently, we talked about the new Enterprise Mode for Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) introduced by Windows 8.1 Update. Today, in this article, we’ll talk about yet another new option available in IE 11 – this is about the feedback strategy […]

Disable or Enable Enterprise Mode for Internet Explorer 11

Microsoft has always tried to enhance their propriety browser i.e. Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer 11 available with Windows 8.1 Update has some major new features embedded inside it. Enterprise Mode is one of these new features. Enterprise Mode for Internet Explorer […]

Updated Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 8.1, Windows 7 to get new features

Microsoft’s address at the Build Conference marked a special occasion for it not only led to the announcement of Windows 8.1 Update and Windows Phone 8.1, but also a release of revamped updated version of the company’s propriety browser Internet […]

Create Website Shortcuts on your Windows desktop

Just like one has desktop shortcuts for your oft-used programs, files or folders Internet Explorer users can also create desktop shortcuts to open your favorite websites. While I have tried this on Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10, this works for all […]

Clipboard Data Theft – Harden security setting in Internet Explorer

In and prior to Internet Explorer 6, the browser could actually let websites silently read the data stored in the Windows Clipboard. With Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft finally addressed this security hole which allowed malicious websites to read and steal […]