Tips for Internet Explorer

1. If a website that you want to access has a ".com" extension, in the Internet Explorer Address Bar, just enter the name of the website (say you want to access www.yahoo.com - just type yahoo) and then press CTRL+ENTER. Internet Explorer will take care of the prefix the suffix (www and .com respectively) for you.

2. How to increase your net browsing speed

3. How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP (Q318378)

4. How to Remove Internet Explorer 6.0 or Outlook Express 6.0 Before You Reinstall Windows (Q312474)

5. How to disable Script Debugging in the XP Internet Explorer

6. How to change the title of Internet Explorer

7. How to disable the new HTML Explorer Bars

8. How to disable the image tool bar

9. How to lock the browser tool bars

10. How to use the Image tool bar

11. How to speed up the Internet Explorer 6 Favorites

12. What are the Internet Explorer Task bar Properties

13. How to set Internet Explorer 6 to run in Kiosk Mode

14. How to customize Internet Explorer 6 tool bar

How to use Image tool bar in Internet Explorer

When you hover your mouse over certain1 web page images, a small tool bar will appear towards the top-left corner.

From left to right, there are four buttons -
a. Save, saves the image to your computer,
b. Print, prints the image,
c. E-mail, creates a new e-mail with the image as an attachment and
d. My Pictures, which opens the My Pictures folder on your computer.

Nothing all that new, but it's a handy addition all the same.

There seems to be a limit on which images the tool bar pops up on, possibly connected with the width and height. This would make sense, otherwise it would keep appearing over image buttons and so on when most people will find the tool bar most useful with photographs and other large images.

Internet Explorer Taskbar Properties

Windows XP will group multiple open windows (IE windows for example) into one group on the task bar to keep the desktop clear.

This can be annoying at times - especially when comparing different web pages because you have to go back to the task bar, click on the group and then click on the page you want and then you only get one page because you have to click on each one separately.

I think the default for this is 8 windows - any combination of apps or utilities open.

You can modify this behavoir by adding this reg key at:
HKEY_CURRRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\
a. Add reg_Dword "TaskbarGroupSize"
b. Modify "TaskbarGroupSize" entry to be the number of windows you want open before XP starts to group them on the task bar.

A value of 2 will cause the Taskbar buttons to always group.

How to change the title of Internet Explorer

If you wish you can change the Internet Explorer title to something more appealing than Microsoft Internet Explorer, if you wish to do so take the following steps.

Click on Start->Run.
Type in regedit & hit Enter.
Open the following registry key
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main].

Now Add/Edit a New String Value entitled Window Title.
In the Value data field enter your desired title, then hit Ok (If you delete the Window Title key it will default to Microsoft Internet Explorer instead).

Using a custom title can also interfere with some programs, although to my knowledge only the All Advantage Viewbar was such a program (& they are out of business now so that’s irrelevant).

How to disable Script Debugging in the XP Internet Explorer

Have you been harassed by that damn message from Internet Explorer asking you if you want to "debug" a script when you visit a particular Web page?

There seems to be a lot of Web pages that don't get along with Internet Explorer and so we're seeing a lot of those errors pop up. Let's get rid of that error.

In Internet Explorer, click Tools and then click Internet Options.
Click on the Advanced tab.
In the Advanced tab, place a checkmark in the Disable script debugging checkbox.
Click OK.
Close all Internet Explorer windows.

When you reopen Internet Explorer, you won't ever be asked to debug a script again.

How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP (Q318378)

This article describes how to reinstall or repair Internet Explorer 6 and Outlook Express 6 in Windows XP. This may be necessary if you are having problems with Internet Explorer or Outlook Express because of damaged files or missing registration information.

IMPORTANT: After you use the procedures in this article, you must reinstall any updates to Windows XP again. To reinstall Windows XP updates, visit the following Microsoft Windows Update Web site, windowsupdate.microsoft.com.

By default, Internet Explorer 6 is pre-installed in all versions of Windows XP and cannot be un-installed. To provide computer manufacturers greater flexibility in configuring desktop versions of Windows XP, Microsoft has made it possible for OEMs, administrators, and users to remove user access to Internet Explorer while leaving the Internet Explorer code intact and fully functional to ensure the functionality of programs and operating system functions that rely on it.

For example, Windows XP supports an "IEAccess=off" switch in the Unattend.txt file, and Internet Explorer has been added to the Add/Remove Windows Components section of the Add/Remove Programs tool in Control Panel. This does not reinstall Internet Explorer.

Click here for the kb article.

Increase your net browsing speed

Found this on dslreports forums:

This tip works on ALL Windows 95/98/ME and NT4/2000 systems with MS Internet Explorer 4/5/6 installed. This Registry tip speeds up internet/remote (using Windows Explorer and/or Internet Explorer) browsing process considerably on most MS Windows 32-bit machines connected to a network and/or remote computer(s).

This actually fixes a BUG in MS Windows OSes that scan shared (remote) folders/files across the network for Scheduled Tasks, and can add a delay as long as 30 seconds (!), because it uses extra time to search the remote computer(s).

To do this, open Regedit (Win95/98/ME) or Regedt32 (WinNT4/2000) and go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace
Highlight this value:
{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} and delete it.
To delete => right-click on it -> select Delete -> click OK.

RECOMMENDED:
Export (BACKUP) this Registry key to a REG file FIRST, to be able to restore it (by running the REG file) if necessary.

In Regedit:
highlight the key name in the left hand pane -> click "Registry" from the menu -> select "Export Registry File..." -> type a file name in the "File name" field -> browse to the destination of your choice -> push the Save button.

This Registry change takes effect immediately. Just start MS IE while connected to the network/internet to see the difference.

NOTE:
Upgrading to a newer MS Internet Explorer release may add this key to your Registry during Setup, therefore you may need to delete it again after installing MS IE.

I tried it myself, and so far it seems a little faster, I will update if I notcie a considerable difference on another machine.

How To create more space for temporary Internet pages

On the Tools menu in Internet Explorer, click Internet Options.
On the General tab, click Settings.
To create more space to store pages temporarily, move the slider to the right.