INTERNET EXPLORER 3.0

Many at one time
Certain Web pages, either because they
are heavy on graphics or because of the
heavy Net traffic, take long to download.
To make the best use of your waiting time,
hold down the [Shift] key when you click
on a hyperlink. This will open the page in
a new window (you could also simply
press [Ctrl] + [N]). You can open multiple
windows and keep them minimised.
By the time you get to the third or the
fourth page, the first one would have been
completely downloaded.
Frame a new wallpaper
While browsing, if an image catches your
fancy and you want to save it as a wall-
paper, right-click on the image and, in the
context-menu that appears, select Set As
Wallpaper.

Added protection
To make Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
or 3.01 for Windows 95 or NT 4.0 as inac-
cessible as a fortress, download the fix
from the Microsoft site www.microsoft.
com/ie/security/update.htm. If you are
running Explorer 2.0, you will need to
update to Internet Explorer 3.01 before
applying the fix.

Bypass the password
When you create a password that blocks
the entry to any violent or adult site, you
create a RATINGS.POL file. In case some-
one has figured out the password and you
need to change it, create a new RAT-
INGS.POL file. Rename the RATINGS.POL
file in the C:\Windows\System folder, to
RATINGS.OLD. Note that the RATINGS.POL
file is a hidden file—you must be able to
see hidden files to view the RATINGS.POL
file. To do this, click View > Options from
My Computer or Windows Explorer, click
Show All Files and then click OK.
Next, start Internet Explorer and click
View > Options. Click on the Security tab,
and then on the Settings button in the Con-
tent Advisor area. Type in the Supervisor
password and click OK. Select the Ratings
option that suits your needs. Restart Inter-
net Explorer for the changes to take effect.
You can also do the same by attempting
a few minor changes to your registry. First
delete the old password. Click Start and
choose Run. Type RegEdit and click OK.
Click on the little [+] sign to the left of
H_KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Continue to nav-
igate down by clicking on this plus sign,
through SOFTWARE, Microsoft, Windows,
CurrentVersion, and Policies. Click on the
Ratings folder. In the right pane of the
RegEdit window, click on the Key icon and
press Delete. Exit RegEdit.
You have just deleted your original
Content Advisor password. Restart the
computer and run Internet Explorer 3.0
again. Choose View > Internet Options,
click on the Content tab, and click Disable.
When asked for a password, don’t enter
anything, just click OK. This will disable
Content Advisor, since there is no
password any longer. You can enable it
again later.

Keep the cache clean
Cache directories in Web browsers enable
you to get to some sites faster
by storing the entire HTML page. While
this saves precious online time, it helps to
clear the cache, especially if you are short
of disk space.
Both Internet Explorer and Netscape
Navigator feature a one-click method of
cache-cleaning.
In Netscape Navigator, select Options
> Network Options, click the Cache tab.
Click on the Clear disk cache now button
to empty the cache.
In Internet Explorer, select View >
Options, then click on the Advanced tab.
Click the Settings button under Tempo-
rary Internet files, and then click the
Empty folder button.

For uninterrupted browsing
Windows 95 users who experience irri-
tating lockups or crashes while surfing
the Net can download a patch from:
www.microsoft.com/windows/software/
krnlupd.htm. This upgrade for the Win-
dows 95 Winsock stack fixes a memory-
leak problem.

Create your Web shortcuts
To create a new shortcut, open Notepad
and type [InternetShortcut] on the first
line, then type the URL= followed by the
Web site address on the second line. Save
the file with a .URL extension. Be sure to
save it in the Favorites folder in your
browser.

INTERNET EXPLORER 4.0

Who done it?
Select Help > About Internet Explorer. In
the dialog box that pops up, hold down
the [Ctrl] and [Shift] keys, left-click on the
Internet Explorer logo and then drag it to
the left. With the keys still down, move
the IE logo over the text ‘Microsoft IE
4.0’. This will give way to an Unlock but-
ton, clicking which will reveals a list of
the creators of Internet Explorer 4.0, as
well as a few ‘internal’ jokes.
Those who do not follow the steps
faithfully will have an earth shaking expe-
rience—the globe icon on the interface
will rumble.

Sneak preview
The Thumbnail view gives you a preview
of the graphics files and Web pages with-
out having to open them. To enable
thumbnail views for individual folders,
right-click on the folder and select Prop-
erties. Check the Enable Thumbnail View
option and press OK. Now, upon opening
the folder, you will notice the new Thumb-
nails entry in the View menu.
Trespassers will be… denied access
If you wish to monitor (or restrict) the
Internet sites visited by your children or
employees, go to View > Internet
Options, choose the Content tab, and
click Enable. You will be prompted for a
password, after entering which you can
set the limits.

Import Netscape bookmarks
If you toggle between IE4 and Netscape
Navigator and often need to use
Netscape bookmarks in IE4, you don’t
have to import the entire Netscape
bookmark file. You can instead set your
IE4 home page to your Netscape
bookmark.htm file (C:\Program Files
\Netscape\Users\yourname\bookmark.ht
m, for example).
Choose Internet Options from the
View menu and, in the Address field of
the Home Page panel, enter the full path
to your bookmark.htm file. If you don’t
want to replace your current home
page but you want to open an IE4 ses-
sion with the Netscape bookmark file,
choose Run from the Start menu and
enter the full path to bookmark.htm in
the Run dialog box.

Taking folders to task(bar)
To have immediate access to the con-
tents of My Computer folder on an
Active Desktop enabled system, drag the
My Computer folder to the right side of
the screen. The folder will now dock
there and display contents in a bar. You
could also dock the folder to any other
edge of the screen, only, avoid the bot-
tom edge as then it would interfere with
the Taskbar.
Alternatively you can right-click on the
taskbar. Select Toolbars > New Toolbar;
and choose the folder you want easy
access to. A bar with shortcuts to the con-
tents of that folder would appear in the
taskbar. You can drag this to any edge of
the screen.

Recover the Show Desktop
If you have accidentally deleted the Show
Desktop shortcut from your taskbar’s
Quick Launch toolbar, here is how you
can to restore it:
Under C:\WINDOWS > Application
Data > Microsoft > Internet Explorer >
Quick Launch, create a new text file with
the following contents:
[Shell]
Command=IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar] Command=ToggleDesktop
Save the file as ShowDesktop.SCF. This
will put the shortcut back on your Quick
Launch toolbar.

Home, by choice
You can tame IE 4.0 to show you the Web
page of your choice as the default home
page by selecting Find/On the Internet
from the Start menu. Then run the Reg-
istry Editor and go to the HKEY_CUR-
RENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Main key. Double-click Search-
Page and in the Value Data box, enter the
URL of the search engine/Web page you
want. TweakUI, which comes along with
Windows 98 or can be downloaded for
Windows 95, can also do this trick.