Internet Explorer 8 - Manage Add-Ons

With the Internet Explorer 8, you can view and manage Add-Ons that programs can put into the Internet Explorer. There may be some there slowing down the Internet Explorer and some you don't even need.

Go to Tools / Manage Add-Ones

This will show the Name and Status (Enabled or Disabled), and how long each is adding to the load time.

If you want to disable one, highlight it and click on the Disable or Enable button in the lower right hand corner


Bringing Back the Menu in IE7

By default, after you upgrade to IE7, the Menu and Links don't show. To add them back in again:

Start the Internet Explorer

Right click on the toolbar

Uncheck Lock the Toolbars

Check Menu Bar

Check Links

Clearing Previous Entries from the Drop Down List

If you want to clear the list of entries that shows up in the drop down list of the address bar,

Go to Tools / Internet Options

Click on the Content tab

Click on the AutoComplete button

At least highlight Web Addresses

Click on Clear Forms


Can't Connect to Internet With Internet Explorer

If no Internet application like IE, Outlook Express or other browsers are

working,it may be due to corrupted Winsock registry entries.

First find out if you can connect to the Internet. Just trying to use a web

browser is not the best test.

Try pinging a site by both IP and Name

If pinging by IP works, then you have a connection to the Internet and the Winsock registry entries are probably ok.

If pinging by IP works but by Name doesn't, then likely you have DNS problem.

If you can't ping by either one, then you may have corrupted Winsock registry entires.

The basic steps are to:

Delete the corrupted Winsock registry entries

Import clean ones

Reboot the computer


Hyperlinks Not Working

If you click on a hyperlink in a web page and only a blank window appears,

Go to Start / Run

Then enter regsvr32 urlmon.dll

Click Ok when finished

If that single change does not resolve the problem, repeat the process by running the following additional entries:

regsvr32 Shdocvw.dll

regsvr32 Msjava.dll

regsvr32 Actxprxy.dll

regsvr32 Oleaut32.dll

regsvr32 Mshtml.dll

regsvr32 Browseui.dll

regsvr32 Shell32.dll (Windows XP and Windows 2000 only)

There have been several instances where the previous tip using regsrv32 does not solve the problem with hyperlinks not working.

In this case try:

Open Internet Explorer

Go to Tools / Internet Options

Click on the Programs tab

Click on the Reset Web Settings button

Removing Unwanted Toolbar Items

If you have items in your Internet Explorer toolbar you would like to remove:

Run Regedit

Delete keys in these possible locations are:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt


Deleting the INDEX.DAT file (Windows2000, XP)

The INDEX.DAT file keeps a record of all the web sites you have visited.
Normally you can't simply delete this file since it is protected by the operating system.

However, there is a way:

Close all running applications

Open a command window (CMD.EXE)

Go to to C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 (where username is the replaced by your current login name)

Start the Task Manager (Ctrl-Shift-Esc)

Click on the Processes tab

Select EXPLORER.EXE and click on End Process

The screen will be blank except for the command window

Delete the INDEX.DAT file

Go back to the Task Manager

Do File / Run / Explorer and the desktop will be back


Automatically Clearing the Temporary Internet Files

You can have Internet Explorer automatically clear your Temporary Internet Cache files every time you close the program.

Go to Tools / Internet Options

Click on the Advanced button

Scroll down almost to the bottom and check Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed

IE Restrictions


Start Regedit

Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Internet Explorer \ Restrictions

Add a DWORD with a name of:
NoBrowserBars - Disable changes to browsers bars.

NoBrowserClose - Disable the option of closing Internet Explorer.

NoBrowserContextMenu - Disable right-click context menu.

NoBrowserOptions - Disable the Tools / Internet Options menu.

NoBrowserSaveAs - Disable the ability to Save As

NoFavorites - Disable the Favorites.

NoFileNew - Disable the File / New

NoFileOpen - Disable the File / Open

NoFindFiles - Disable the Find Files

NoSelectDownloadDir - Disable the option to change download directory

NoTheaterMode - Disable the Full Screen view

NoOpeninNewWnd - Disable Open in New Window

NoViewSource - Disable the ability to view the page source HTML.

NoNavButtons - Disables the Forward and Back buttons

NoPrinting - Remove Print and Print Preview from the File menu.

AlwaysPromptWhenDownload - Always prompt user when downloading files.

Give it a value of 1 to turn on the restriction




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