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5.3 Additional Tips and Tricks
You can review shortcut keys for all Internet Explorer and Outlook Express versions by referring to this page: Keyboard Assistance by MSeng Submitted by mrchipb: If you reinstall Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a after Internet Explorer 6 is installed on your computer, some components will need to be re-registered. To re-register components:
by MSeng Recommended by ClmsnTgrFan -- "Put Outlook/Outlook Express into the Restricted Zone. I think OE 6 defaults to this, but earlier versions didn't." Additional information on OE6 Security can be found on the MSKB article Using Virus Protection Features in Outlook Express 6 (Q291387). by MSeng Submitted by bruzzes: The following steps will remove any password set in the Internet Explorer Content Advisor and allow you to reset the program to its original state.
Feedback received on this FAQ entry:
by MSeng Submitted by gt7697c: Here is something that many people over look especially when they run a proxy like Proxomitron (Proxo), WebWasher, etc..... it will speed up surfing greatly. Here is how to turn it on. Go to Start+Settings+Control Panel, then double click the Icon that says "Internet Options." Now click the tab that says "Advanced" scroll down until you see "Use HTTP 1.1 through proxy connections" make sure there is a check in the box and press ok. (Also make sure there is check in the box for Use HTTP 1.1 and press ok.) Press ok again to close Internet Options, and close any open IE windows. When you launch IE again you should see that surfing is much faster than it was before. (That is because page compression has been turned on for your proxy.) Feedback received on this FAQ entry:
by MSeng Submitted by cjsmith:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones
To restore, right-click the exported .REG file and select "Import" from the popup menu. by MSeng Information can be found in this MSKB article: How to Configure Internet Explorer to Have More Than Two Download Sessions (Q282402) Please remember -- by increasing the connections that IE is allowed to make to a server, the more stress you are putting on the server in question. So, be nice to the servers in server land, they need kindness too. by MSeng If this bothers you like a lot of people you can go to Tools, Internet Options, Advanced, (scroll down to Multimedia) and un-check Enable Automatic Image Resizing. by hockeyfun1$ Service Pack 1 introduced attachment security functionality into OE6. Unfortunately, it prevents alot of the common file extensions from being accepted. As long as you have an up-to-date Anti-Virus program, you should be able to work around this. From OE, go to Tools->Options and click on the Security tab. Then, uncheck the box "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus." Press Apply and then OK. by MSeng If you want to send a quick e-mail, perform one of the following steps:
This should work with all flavors of Windows! by steve1a In Internet Explorer --•Click Tools•Click Internet Options•Click Clear History. You can also specify the number of days to keep sites in your history log on this same page. by DSmithLady
by DSmithLady It is very useful to download the entire package of files needed to install Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, and related components. If you need to install it on more than one computer, it will save you the trouble of downloading the files every time you need to install it. Reference these Microsoft Knowledge Base articles for instructions: Downloading Internet Explorer for a Different Operating System Download-Only Setup of Internet Explorer on Windows 2000 and Windows XP Once you have downloaded the entire package, make sure the IESETUP5.EXE or IESETUP6.EXE is in the same directory as those files, and run that EXE file to install. It will recognize that all the files required have already been downloaded and it will not try to download them again. by MacGyver The Links folder is considered a System file and Windows will replace it if you try to remove it. But you can hide it via the registry or by changing the file attributes -- Hide Links Folder on Favorites Menu (Courtesy of Winguides). by MSeng If you use Internet Explorer on several computers, you can easily share favorite items between computers by importing them. Also, if you use both Internet Explorer and Navigator, you can keep your favorites and bookmarks up-to-date with each other by importing them between programs.
Notes
by Bubba Note - this tweak will modify the default directory when "Save Target As" is used. This does not change the default directory when "Save Picture As" is selected. Open the Registry Editor and navigate to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer Create a new String value, or modify the existing value, called "Download Directory" and set it to a valid directory path. Tweak courtesy of Windows Registry Guide. • Specify the Default Internet Explorer Download Directory by Bubba Those live in [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes. Exporting that section as a ".reg" file will save them. Editing that, and deleting the line in each one that refers to an icon on your computer, will clean them up so that they'll install on any other computer. Example Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{Electronic Parts Datasheets}] "DisplayName"="Electronic Parts Datasheets" "URL"="http://search.datasheetcatalog.net/key/{searchTerms}" "Codepage"=dword:0000fde9 "OSDFileURL"="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/searchguide/spbuilder.mspx?Encoding=UTF-8&Name=Electronic%20Parts%20Datasheets&URI=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.datasheetcatalog.net%2Fkey%2FTEST" "FaviconURL"="http://search.datasheetcatalog.net/favicon.ico" : by sucks_cox | ||||
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