Internet explorer tips

Internet Explorer Tips

Remove the "Log Off user" from the Start menu
Stop the "New version of IE available" Message
Internet Explorer Vulnerability "Critical Update"
Internet Explorer Connection Problems
Save your Address Book
MS IE5 SECURITY PATCHES
How To: UNINSTALL IE 5.01

1. Subscribe to Sites

One of Internet Explorer's new features is the possibility to "Subscribe" to a site. Using this feature, you can download any changes to the page you have "Subscribed" to, and view them whenever you like - even when you are not connected to the Internet. Subscribing is a nice way to download any changes to your Favorite pages, at a any time you choose, even in the middle of the night, so you can view the pages later at your own leisure.

The most simple way to subscribe to a site is to right-click a page, select Add To Favorites, and check one of the options: Yes, but only tell me when this page is updated or Yes, notify me of updates and download the page for offline viewing.

If you subscribe, you can also press the Customize button, this will start the Subscription Wizard, where you can Customize your Subscription settings.

2. Browse the Web Unattended

With Internet Explorer's 4.0's Subscriptions you can connect to the Internet and download any changes in your Favorite pages even when you are not at your computer.

To configure this feature, first open the Internet Options dialog box by selecting Internet Options from the View menu. Select the Connection tab and check the Connect to the Internet using a Modem (or if this applies to your situation, the Access the Internet via a local area network) box. Choose Settings to select which service to dial, and to add your user name and password.

Once you've supplied this information, select Manage Subscriptions from the Favorites menu (not the Favorites button), and right-click the Site you want to configure. From the menu, choose Properties. Here you can enter all kinds of information, like the times to update, on which days, if you want to download the page(s) or if you just want a notification of any changes.

Internet Explorer will place a red gleam on your icon to advise you that a change has occurred.

3. With Internet Explorer 4.0 it's easy to work offline, for example to browse through the cache on your hard drive. Select Work Offline from the Internet Explorer 4.0 File menu. If you are online, your online connection disconnects, and you are able to read files directly from your cache. If a page isn't stored in your cache, you see a small "not" sign () next to the cursor. If you click a link that points to a page you don't have in your cache, you get the options of either going online to retrieve the page or to remain offline.

4. Check all your Favorite Sites

Internet Explorer's Subscriptions function let you check all your Favorite pages for any changes automatically. If the browser finds any changes, it adds a small red gleam next to the Favorite in your Favorites menu.

This function can be executed by choosing Update All Subscriptions on the Favorites Menu.

5. Configure your Subscriptions

To configure your Subscriptions, select Manage Subscriptions from the Favorites menu (not the Favorites button), and right-click the Site you want to configure. From the menu, choose Properties.

From the Subscription Tab you can Unsubscribe. It also gives you a summary of the other settings concerned with the subscription.

On the Receiving Tab you can choose to have an e-mail send to you if the Site changed. You can also choose between notification, or to download for later viewing. If you choose to download, you will be presented with a second dialog box, where you can specify what to download (Images, Sound and video, ActiveX Controls and Java applets), choose to download between 0 and 3 "levels" deep, if you want to follow links outside the subscribed Web site and the maximum download size per update. If the site requires a Login you can enter your Username and Password after pressing the Login button.

On the Schedule Tab you can choose for a Daily, Weekly, Monthly or Custom schedule and you can adjust the Schedule times/days when to perform an update.

6. Fast Forward and -Backward!

Right-click the toolbar's Back and Forward buttons, (or click on the drop-down indicator) and you will get a list of recently visited pages. Just select a page to browse back- or forwards. You don't have to click multiple times to get back to where you have already been.

7. Remove Channel Bar from your Desktop

You can remove the Channel Bar from your Desktop by right-clicking an empty space on the desktop, and from the context menu select Properties. Select the Web tab and un-check

Internet Explorer Channel Bar.

8. Find your Favorites fast!

There's an new and easy way to access your Favorites, even when you haven't started Internet Explorer 4.0. Click the Windows 95 Start menu. There is a new folder labeled Favorites. Highlight the folder to get a list of all your favorite sites. Click the one you want, and Internet Explorer 4.0 automatically launches itself and opens the page.

If you want you can remove your Favorites folder from the start menu using a simple registry hack!

9. Dual-pane Web searches

Using search engines can be a hassle, you have to enter a search, click a link, and then, if the link doesn't turn out to be what you wanted, browse backwards to return to your search results page. Internet Explorer 4.0 solves the problem with its Search Bar. When you click the Internet Explorer 4.0 Search icon, a narrow window appears in the left-hand side of the browser. Select a search engine, then type in your search terms. Click Search, and your result appears in the left window without affecting the right side of the screen. Click a result's link, and the target page appears in the right-hand window, leaving your list of results in the left hand window. Once you find a page that has the info you want, click the Search button again to toggle the Search Bar off. You can click the Search button at any time to toggle the Search Bar on again.

Internet Explorer 4.0's Search Bar is cool, but the narrow left-hand window doesn't have room for descriptions of the sites returned by your searches. Instead, you get a title-only list of search results. But you can find out more about each result. Just move the cursor over a link in the left-hand Search Bar window and hold it there. A pop-up tip appears, listing the URL and other relevant information about the page, including some sample text, as long as the search engine you are using supports this feature.

10. New Taskbar objects

You can now add a variety of new objects to the Taskbar, including an Address box, your browser's Quick Launch buttons, new toolbars or a set of icons for launching and toggling the applications on your Windows 95 desktop. To add a new toolbar, simply select an empty spot on the taskbar, right-click and from the context-menu that appears, select Toolbars. From here you can select some pre-defined toolbars, or choose New Toolbar. The New Toolbar Option lets you browse your hard disk, and you can choose any folder to become a toolbar.

New Icons can be added on a toolbar by dragging and dropping, or by finding the toolbars folder on your hard disk and making a shortcut in the folder. To find a toolbars folder, simply select an empty spot on the toolbar, right-click and from the context-menu that appears, select Open.

11. Launch Applications and Web pages from the Toolbar

You can add icon's to the Toolbar by dragging an item from your desktop or Windows Explorer, or click and hold a link in a Web page, then drag the item or link to the Windows 95 Toolbar, just to the right of the Start button. An icon will appear on the Toolbar and stay there, even when you restart your system. Now you can simply click the new Toolbar icon to launch the application or visit a Web page. It's a great way to keep often-used programs and URLs handy.

To remove any item, simply drag it off the Toolbar. To change the order items appear on the Toolbar, simply drag them to a new location, Internet Explorer will show you an indicator to indicate where the item will be pasted.

For more Information see: How to sort Shortcuts on Quick Launch Bar

12. Toggle Toolbar buttons

Toolbar buttons for running applications now toggle. To see for yourself, launch a couple of applications, then click a Toolbar button to bring an application to the top of the desktop. Click the button again to minimize the application. You can also minimize every application on your desktop by clicking the small "Show Desktop" icon on the Quick Launch Toolbar.

13. Customize the Active Desktop

To add a new object to your Active Desktop, right-click a free spot on the Windows 95 background. Select Properties from the pop-up menu, then click the Web tab in the dialog box that appears. You can add and/or remove Active Desktop objects, including images and Web pages. To add, click the New button. This will take you to the Desktop Gallery at Microsoft to install additional components.
http://www.microsoft.com/ie/ie40/gallery/

14. PowerToys for Internet Explorer 4.0

Microsoft released PowerToys for Internet Explorer 4.0. For more information, go to the Microsoft Site, or download directly (235Kb)
http://www.microsoft.com/ie/ie40/powertoys/

15. Easy FTP

With True Web Integration, Windows Explorer gains some interesting new ftp features. Start Windows Explorer, then type a ftp address in the Address box and hit Enter. (If you don't see an Address box, select View from the menu bar, and toggle Toolbar). You will see the ftp site in the right-hand window, while your folder view remains on the left. Unfortunately, you can not simply drag a file from the ftp site to your local system. To save the remote file, click the file's name. You will get the standard Internet Explorer "File Download" dialog box. From there, you can browse to save the file in any folder you want.

16. Add URL History folder to the Start menu

1. Click the Start button once with your right mouse button. You should see a context menu pop-up.
2. One of the items should be Explore, click this with your left mouse button.
3. An Explorer file management window opens. In the left pane should be a directory tree, the right pane should display the contents of the Start Menu folder.
4. Right-click any empty space within the right pane. A context menu should appear, click New and than Folder.
5. The Explorer will create a highlighted icon called New Folder. Type the following string, all on one line, replacing the words New Folder with this new line. You must type the period, the curly braces, all four hyphens, and the hexadecimal numbers exactly as shown. After the closing curly brace, press Enter.

URL History folder.{FF393560-C2A7-11CF-BFF4-444553540000}

16-2. Adding cascading menus to the Start button

Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

Other Folders can be added following the same instructions.

Subscriptions. {F5175861-2688-11d0-9C5E-00AA00A45957}
URL History folder.{FF393560-C2A7-11CF-BFF4-444553540000}
Internet Cache.{7BD29E00-76C1-11CF-9DD0-00A0C9034933}
Printers.{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
Recycle Bin.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

17. Make Toolbars from your Folders

You can make any folder on your system into a toolbar:

Just right-click a blank part of the Taskbar, select Toolbars from the context menu, and choose New Toolbar from the menu. Then use the dialog box that appears to select a folder. You can select any folder on your local hard disk or on a network drive, as well as the Control Panel, My Computer, and Printers folders. Windows creates a toolbar with one icon for every file in the folder you picked.

Once you have a few toolbars open, you may find that you are running out of space at the bottom of your screen. No problem. Just grab any toolbar by its handle (the double vertical line at the left end) and drag it to any side of the screen: top, bottom, left, or right. Or if you prefer, drop it in the middle of the screen where it becomes a floating "palette" of tools you can move and re-size to suit your needs.

To save more space, make all toolbars self-hiding so that it appears only when you bring your mouse near it. Just right-click any toolbar and select Properties/Auto Hide from the menu. If the Auto Hide option is greyed out, first select Always On Top, then select Auto Hide. The toolbar will disappear when you click the desktop or open any other window; it will reappear when you bring your mouse near it.

18. Change the Default Folder Background

Internet Explorer 4.0 let you Customize the look and layout of your folders. Start Windows Explorer. Select to the folder you want to Customize. Right-click the folders background. Select Customize This Folder from the pop-up menu that appears.

A Wizard will offer you 3 choices: "Create or edit an HTML document", "Choose a background picture" and "Remove customization". The most easy customization is to simply select "Choose a background picture" to add a new background image to the folder. The Wizard will take you trough all the steps involved.

19. Forgot a Cool Site?

Have you ever checked out some really cool Web site but then couldn't find it again a few days later because you forgot to bookmark it? Well, you can still find it. Internet Explorer 4's History folder contains a list of sites you have recently visited, and it keeps those for 20 days by default.

To see this list of sites, click the History button from the menu bar. This will open a small windows at the left site of your browser, just like the Search function. Select an item in the History windows, and it will appear in the right window without affecting the left side of the screen. Once you find a page that you want, click the History button again to toggle the History window off.

You can also Add the URL History Folder to your Start Menu!

20. Open Link in New Window

The More experienced Web Surfers would have recognized this title and know you can find it by right-clicking a link and choosing Open in New Window from the menu. But now there is a faster way:

Hold down the Shift key, then click any link with the left mouse button. A new Internet Explorer 4.0 browser pops up (with the Web page for that link).

21. AutoComplete URL's

A new feature called AutoComplete fills in URLs you've recently typed, based on the first few letters you enter in the Address Bar. But if you are tired of waiting for AutoComplete to guess which site you are looking for, just type a few letters until AutoComplete makes its first guess, then press the up or down arrow key to cycle through recent URLs that begin with the characters you typed. Or hold down the Ctrl key while using the mouse to pick a URL from the drop-down-box.

You can switch this feature on/off:

1. Select Internet Options from the View menu.
2. Select the Advanced tab
3.Under the header Browsing check (or un-check) Use AutoComplete

22. Stop the sound from playing when clicking a link

In some cases Internet Explorer will play a sound, when you click on a link.
This can get quite annoying. Here is how to stop this:

1. Go to Control Panel (Start/Settings) and select Sounds.
2. Go to Windows Explorer/Start Navigation and Windows Explorer/Complete Navigation and select None from the drop-down menu.

If this still doesn't work, try this:

1. Start the Registry Editor.
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/AppEvents/Schemes/Apps/ Explorer/ActivatingDocument.
3. Click on the + sign left of the ....ActivatingDocument.
4. Delete .Current.
5. Also HKEY_CURRENT_USER/AppEvents/Schemes/Apps/ Explorer/Navigating
6. Click on the + sign left of the ....Navigating
7. Delete .Current

23. How to Un install Internet Explorer 4.0

See Microsoft's Knowledge Base Article No.q174265
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q174/2/65.asp

For Platform Preview 1 see Microsoft's Knowledge Base Article No. q166322 http://support/microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q166/3/22.asp

For Platform Preview 2 see Microsoft's Knowledge Base Article No. q170757 http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q170/7/57.asp

Problems with Office 97 after Un installing Internet Explorer 4.0.

If you installed Office 97 after you installed Internet Explorer 4.0, and you decide to remove Internet Explorer 4.0, Office 97 will stop working. This is because Internet Explorer 4.0 and Office 97 share many files.

When you install Internet Explorer 4.0, it creates backup copies of files it replaces. If you later install Office 97 and then remove Internet Explorer 4.0, the pre-Internet Explorer 4.0 files reappear from the backup, overwriting shared files needed by Office 97. To fix the problem, reinstall Office 97. For more information, see Microsoft's Knowledge Base Article No. q174431
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q174/4/31.asp

If you had Microsoft's Plus! System Agent installed prior to installing Internet Explorer 4.0, you won't get System Agent back by just Un installing Internet Explorer 4.0. System Agent was replaced by Internet Explorer 4.0's Task Scheduler. To get System Agent back, go to the /Program Files/Plus! directory, and double-click Sysagent.exe. It will tell you that System Agent has been turned off and asks you if you would like to resume using System Agent.

Also note that when you re-install Internet Explorer 3.* you will not find your Favorites folder. When installing Internet Explorer 4.0 it got the System attribute for the folder, which is not removed when Un installing Internet Explorer 4.0. The solution is to open a DOS window and use the Attrib -s command on the Favorites folder (\windows attrib -s favori~1). The location of your favorites when running Win NT is \winnt\profiles\<username>\favorites.

24. Turn off Smooth Scrolling

Don't like the Smooth Scrolling feature? You can turn it off easily:

1. Start Internet Explorer
2. From the View menu, select Internet Options
3. Select the Advanced Tab
4. un-check the Use smooth scrolling tick-box

25. Adding or Removing Web Integrated Desktop

To add or remove Web Integrated Desktop, carry out the following steps:

1. Click Start/Settings/Control Panel then click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
2. Double-click the Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 entry.
3. Select the appropriate option: Remove the Windows Desktop Update component, But Keep The Internet Explorer 4.0 Web Browser or Add the Windows Desktop Update component from Web site.

Selecting Add the Windows Desktop Update component from Web site. opens the Internet Explorer 4 components download page so you can download and install the Web Integrated Desktop components (675 Kb). If you have previously downloaded or installed Web Integrated Desktop, you can enable it without connecting to the Internet by running Ie4setup.exe from your local Internet Explorer 4.0 Setup folder. When prompted, click Yes to enable Web Integrated Desktop, and then choose to upgrade only newer items.

Note #1: When you un-install the Web Integrated Desktop, whether you are un-installing just that component or Internet Explorer 4.0, on restarting your computer, it will try to find a drive named W:/. You can ignore the message that appears.

Note #2: If you move, rename, or delete a file in use as an HTML background or desktop object, the Active Desktop is automatically turned off. This is because the Active Desktop is looking for a file that it cannot find. To turn the Active Desktop back on, carry out the following steps:

1. Right-click the desktop, choose Active Desktop from the menu, and then click View As Web Page to remove the check mark.
2. Press F5 to refresh the desktop.
3. To restart the Active Desktop, right-click the desktop, click Properties, click the Web tab, and then select one or both of the Active Desktop settings.
4. Before you click OK, make sure you edit the path to the desktop object or HTML background file that was moved, renamed, or deleted so that the path points to the current location of the file; otherwise, the Active Desktop will be turned off again.

You can also just Turn off the active desktop. To do this, right-click an empty spot on the desktop and from the context-menu select Active Desktop. On the sub-menu, make sure that View As Web Page is un-checked.

26. View Full Screen

To view a Web page full screen, press the Full Screen button from the menu bar (or simply hit F11 on the keyboard). This will only show the navigation buttons at the top of the page.

27. You can even hide the navigation buttons by right-clicking an empty space on the navigation toolbar and selecting Auto Hide from the menu. If you move your cursor near the top of a page, the toolbar will appear.

To view other Windows/Folders full screen (My Computer, Network Neighborhood, Explorer), open the Folder normally, hold the Ctrl key and click on the Maximize button.

This will give you a full screen view.

28. Customize Integration Mode

To Customize the way Internet Explorer is Integrated in your system, open your Control Panel
(Start/Settings/Control Panel) and choose Folder Options from the View menu. There are 3 options:

1. Web Style - Your computer looks and acts like the Web (e.g., single click).
2. Classic Style - Your computer defaults to Windows classic settings.
3. Custom - based on settings you choose.

If you choose Custom settings, you will be presented with a second menu, where you can adjust the Integration settings as you like them.

29. Error 400 - Bad Request

Some people have reported problems when viewing pages from Spry net and Compuserve. You will get an error message like: Error 400 - Bad Request Server is unable to make sense of the request.

To work around this problem you have to switch of HTTP 1.1:

1. From the menu choose View/Internet Options
2. Select the Advanced Tab
3. Scroll to the bottom and un-check the mark for Use HTTP 1.1

30. Show Small Icons on Toolbar

If you can't see all the Icons on the Toolbar, select Small Icons:

1. From the menu choose View/Internet Options
2. Select the Advanced Tab 3.Scroll to the bottom and check the mark for Small Icons under the Toolbar heading

31. Turn off Underline Links

If you want to turn off Underline Links:

1. From the menu choose View/Internet Options
2. Select the Advanced Tab 3.Under the Links header, choose the option you want: Always/Never/Hover

For more on Internet Explorer integration, see: Customize Integration Mode #28.

32. How to sort Shortcuts on Quick Launch Bar

When you add shortcuts to the Quick Launch Toolbar, you will find that they won't sort easily. The best way to sort these:

1. Go to \Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
2. Rename the Shortcuts, placing a number in front of them. (If you have more than 10 shortcuts, remember that 11 will come before 2!)

33. How to Speed-up your connecting time

To Speed-up the time it takes for DUN (Dial Up Networking) to establish a connection with your ISP (Internet Service Provider):

1. Select your connection in DUN (Start/Programs/Accessories/Dial-Up Networking.
2. Right-Click your connection and choose Properties.
3. On the Server Types Tab, under Advanced Options, make sure that the check-box for Log on to network is un checked.
4. Under Allowed network protocols select only TCP/IP

34. Easter Egg

To see Internet Explorer's Easter Egg:

1. Select Help from the Menu bar in Internet Explorer.
2. Select About Internet Explorer.
3. Hold down the [CTRL] key and then drag the e Logo onto the world icon.
4. Release the [CTRL] key, then hold it down again.
5. Move the e over the Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 text.
6. The text slides off to the right, revealing an unlock key
7. Still holding down the [CTRL] key, move the e Logo back over the world, and release it.
8. Press the unlock key.
9. Watch the show.

35. Put your Subscriptions on the Start Menu

Subscriptions.{F5175861-2688-11d0-9C5E-00AA00A45957}

More Folders can be added this way, see Adding cascading menus to the Start button

36. How do I prepare my system for IE 4.0?
http://www.microsoft.com/ie/download/

To prepare for the installation of Internet Explorer 4.0 on your system, first follow the instructions by Microsoft.

Make sure that you have installed the latest drivers for your video card.

Internet Explorer likes memory! For the Browser only 8Mb is recommended, if you want the Active Desktop and/or Outlook Express 16Mb is the minimum.

Internet Explorer also has an appetite for Hard Disk space. Installation will consume from 60Mb to over 100Mb (depending on which additional components you install)

37. Remove Favorites Folder from Start menu

To remove the new Favorites Menu from your Start menu:

1. Start the Registry Editor.
2. Go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Policies\Explorer
3. Right-click an open area in the right pane and select New/DWORD Value
4. Name it NoFavoritesMenu
5. Double-click this entry and add the value 1 6.Exit Regedit and Restart Windows
==========
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

"NoFavoritesMenu"=dword:00000001
==========

38. Hide the Links Folder

The Links Folder in your Favorites Folder can not be deleted. What you can do however is make it Hidden:

1. In Explorer go to \Windows\Favorites
2. Right-click on the Links Folder
3. From the menu select Properties
4. Place a Check-mark in the attributes box for Hidden

Now the Links Folder won't show on the Favorites menu.

If you have the Links Toolbar visible, you can hide it by Right-clicking an empty space on the Toolbar, and clicking Links from the drop-down menu to clear the check-mark for the Links Toolbar.

The same procedure can be followed to hide the Software Updates Folder (or any other Folder for that matter).

39. Check if your IE4 configuration is up to date

With Internet Explorer 4.0 you can check easily if your configuration is up to date and download additional components:

1. From the Help menu in IE4 choose Product Updates
2. This will bring you to the Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 component download page
3. Active Setup will determine the components you have installed, and will show you a list of components available for download 4. Just select the components you want and choose a download site to start updating your configuration: http://www.microsoft.com/ie/download/addon.htm

40. How to Un install the Internet Explorer Sound Pack

If you installed the Internet Explorer Sound Pack, and you want to Un install this pack, you won't find an entry in Add/Remove Programs in your Control Panel

Instead select Sounds from the Control Panel and from the event Windows Explorer set (None) for Start Navigation and Complete Navigation.

41. Security Patches

To date 3 security issues have been discovered in Internet Explorer 4.0:

1. "Freiburg" Text-Viewing Issue (For more Information see: http://www.jabadoo.de)
http://www.jabadoo.de/press/ie4_us_old.html

2. Buffer Overrun Problem (For more Information see: http://www.news.com) http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C16258%2C00.html

3. Fix for the "Page Redirect" issue. (For more Information see: http://www.microsoft.com) http://www.microsoft.com/ie/security/?/ie/security/redirect.htm

Note: Fix #3 applies for IE4.0 on Win 95 and WinNT 4.0 AND IE3.02 on Win 95 and WinNT 4.0

Bug #1 and #2 are easily fixed with one patch from Microsoft. For more information on the patch go to Microsoft's Internet Explorer Security Page. http://www.microsoft.com/ie/security/

The fix for "Issue" #3 can be found at this part of Microsoft's Internet Explorer Security Page. http://www.microsoft.com/ie/security/?/ie/security/redirect.htm

If you download IE 4.01 these fixes are included, so you don't need to re-install them. If you're not sure of your version of Internet Explorer, select Help from the Internet Explorer menu bar and select About Internet Explorer.
Here you can see the version number. IE 4.0: 4.71.1712.6 IE 4.01: 4.72.2106.8

42.Remove the "Log Off user" from the Start menu

To remove the "Log Off user" entry from your Start menu:

1. Start the Registry Editor.
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Policies\Explorer
3. Right-click an open area in the right pane and select New/DWORD Value
4. Name it NoLogOff 5.Double-click this entry and add the value 1 6.Exit Regedit and Restart Windows [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

"NoLogOff"=dword:00000001

To put "Log Off user" back on the Start menu, simply rename the value to 0,

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

"NoLogOff"=dword:00000000

43. View Folders as Web Page

You can choose to view various Folders as Web Pages: Explorer, My Computer, Control Panel, Printers will all give you additional information when viewed as Web Page. To Select Web Page View:

From within the respective Folder, select View from the menu bar, and select as Web Page

44. View your Favorites as Thumbnails

To view your Favorites as Thumbnails, in Explorer, select View from the menu bar, and select as Web Page

This will give you a preview of the Favorite you select, and a hyperlink to that Web Site.

Note: If the page you are trying to view is not in your cache, the connection manager will pop-up to connect to the Internet to retrieve te page.

45. Printing Web pages

Internet Explorer 4.0 offers improved printing power, specially for framed pages. You can now print frames:

As laid out on screen Only the selected frame All frames individually

You also have the capability to print the pages that are linked to the page you are printing, and/or printing a table of all the links found on a Web page.

Some things to remember:

1. If you only want to print one frame from a page, click an empty spot inside the frame you want to print and on the menu-bar press the Print icon.
2. If you want to print all pages that are linked to the page you are printing, select the Print all linked documents check box. Note: This option is not available if you choose to print all frames as laid out on the screen.
3. If you want to print a table of all links on the page you are printing, select the Print table of links check box.

Stop the "New version of IE available" Message

Internet Explorer keeps popping up the message "New version of IE available".

Although you have the latest version of Internet Explorer on your system installed, IE keeps telling you that a "New version of IE
available" (at this moment 4.72.3118, update versions SP1;2636).

To fix this:

1.Start the Registry Editor.

2.Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / Software / Microsoft / Active Setup / Installed Components /
{89820200-ECBD-11cf-8B85-00AA005B4383}

3.Delete the "Version Available" key/value (right click the key and choose delete)

4.Close the Registry Editor

Internet Explorer Vulnerability "Critical Update"

Security Patches

To date 7 security issues have been discovered in Internet Explorer 4.0:

1. "Freiburg" Text-Viewing Issue (For more Information see: www.jabadoo.de)

2.Buffer Overrun Problem (For more Information see: www.news.com)

3.Fix for the "Page Redirect" issue.
See: http://www.microsoft.com/ie/security/?/ie/security/redirect.htm

4.MK Overrun issue Information see: www.news.com)
See http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,18105,00.html?owv

5.Embed issue (see below).

6."Window.External" JScript Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.
See http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q191/2/00.asp

The following software is affected by this vulnerability:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, 4.01, 4.01 SP1 on Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0

Microsoft Windows 98

Internet Explorer 4 for Windows 3.1, Windows NT 3.51, Macintosh and UNIX (Solaris) are not affected by this problem.
Internet Explorer 3.x is not affected by this problem.

7.Internet Explorer Cross Frame Navigate Vulnerability (more info below)

Note: Fix #3 applies for IE4.0 on Win 95 and WinNT 4.0 AND IE3.02 on Win 95 and WinNT 4.0

Note: Fix #4 applies for:

Internet Explorer 4.0 and 4.01 for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0
Internet Explorer 3.02 for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 with Microsoft Visual Studio installed.

For more Information you can always visit Microsoft's Internet Explorer Security Page.

Bug #1 and #2 are easily fixed with one patch from Microsoft. For more information on the patch go to Microsoft's Internet Explorer Security Page.

The fix for "Issue" #3 can be found at this part of Microsoft's Internet Explorer Security Page.

The fix for the MK "Issue" (#4) can be found at this part of Microsoft's Internet Explorer Security Page.

If you download IE 4.01 the fixes #1, #2 and #3 are included, so you don't need to re-install them.
If you're not sure of your version of Internet Explorer, select Help from the Internet Explorer menu bar and select About Internet Explorer. Here you can see the version number.

IE 4.0: 4.71.1712.6
IE 4.01: 4.72.2106.8

"Issue" #5:

Microsoft has issued a patch to correct a security hole discovered in Internet Explorer 4.0/4.01 browsers. Though difficult to execute,
a malicious web page could cause Internet Explorer 4 to crash while using the Embed tag.

The following Web site will automatically check your browser to see if your version of Explorer is affected. The site also provides a
patch:

http://www.microsoft.com/ie/security/?/ie/security/embed.htm

"Issue" #6:

The patch for the "Window.External" JScript Vulnerability is available for download from the Microsoft Scripting Technologies web
site,
http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/vbscript/scripting.asp.

Microsoft has also made this patch available as a "Critical Update" for Windows 98 customers through the Windows Update.

"Issue" #7:

Microsoft has released a patch that fixes a recently discovered issue with the implementation of cross frame security in Microsoft
Internet Explorer.

The Cross Frame Navigate issue involves a vulnerability in Internet Explorer that could allow a malicious hacker to circumvent certain Internet Explorer security safeguards. This vulnerability makes it possible for a malicious Web site operator to read the contents of files on your computer.

The following software is affected by this vulnerability:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, 4.01 and 4.01 SP1 on Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95

Microsoft Windows 98, with integrated Internet Explorer (version 4.01 SP1)

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and 4.01 for Windows 3.1 and Windows NT 3.51

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and 4.01 for Macintosh

Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x

This vulnerability could also affect software that uses HTML functionality provided by Internet Explorer. Anyone using such programs should download the patch even if they do not run Internet Explorer as their default browser.

More information is available in this Microsoft Security Bulletin.

The Fix:

Internet Explorer 3 Users

Users of Internet Explorer 3 should first upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer 4 and then obtain the patch. Information on
updating to Internet Explorer 4 can be found from the Internet Explorer download site

Internet Explorer 4

Customers using versions of Internet Explorer listed above, can obtain the patch from the Internet Explorer Security web site.

Windows 98

Windows 98 customers can get the updated patch using the Windows Update. To obtain this patch using Windows Update, launch
Windows Update from the Windows Start Menu and click Product Updates. When prompted, select Yes to allow Windows Update
to determine whether this patch and other updates are needed by your computer. If your computer does need this patch, you will find
it listed under the Critical Updates section of the page.

Internet Explorer 5 users do NOT need this patch

Microsoft released a fix for NetMeeting Speed Dial issue.

If you are running NetMeeting 1.0, 2.0 or 2.1 for Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows NT Alpha, your computer is at risk.
It's possible for a malicious Web site author to link to a specially edited NetMeeting speed dial object and cause NetMeeting to crash.
Once NetMeeting has crashed, a skilled hacker could run arbitrary code in the computer's memory.

Full info at the Internet Explorer Security Page.

You can go to the download page at
http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/ieplatform/nmdial/nmdial.htm for the fix.

Microsoft has posted an update to Microsoft Outlook Express that protects customers against a potential problem involving file attachments that have long names.

When the user attempts to open an attachment in Outlook Express mail or news client and the attachment has a filename longer than a
certain number of characters, the client could terminate unexpectedly.

Affected Software Versions:

Outlook 98 on Windows '95, Windows '98 and Microsoft® Windows NT® (when configured for Internet Mail Only OR Corporate/Workgroup support with an Internet Mail service) (Outlook 97 and Outlook for Macintosh, Microsoft Exchange Server Edition are not affected by this issue)

Outlook Express included with Internet Explorer 4.0, 4.01 & 4.01 with Service Pack 1 on Windows '95, Windows '98 and Windows NT

Outlook Express included with Internet Explorer 4.01 on Solaris

Outlook Express included with Internet Explorer 4.01 on the Macintosh (Outlook Express 4.01 for Windows 3.1 is not affected by this issue)

More information, and patches can be found on the Microsoft Internet Explorer Security Site.

Note that Microsoft has updated the patch on the 11th of August. Visit the Internet Explorer Security page for more info!

Updates available for Security Vulnerabilities in Microsoft PPTP.

Microsoft has released a set of patches that fix several security issues with implementations of the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) used in Microsoft Virtual Private Networking (VPN) products.

Customers using affected software listed below to secure communications over a public network (i.e. the Internet) should download and apply these patches as soon as possible.

Customers who are not using PPTP for network security are not affected by this issue.

Affected Software Versions:

The following software is affected by this vulnerability:

Microsoft Dialup Networking 1.2x and earlier on Windows 95

Microsoft Remote Access Services on Windows NT 4.0 (both client and server)

Microsoft Routing and Remote Access Services on Windows NT Server 4.0

Microsoft Windows 98 Dialup Networking

Fixes:

Windows NT 4.0 RAS Users:

Download the patch from:
ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/NT40/
hotfixes-postSP3/pptp3-fix/

Windows NT 4.0 RRAS Users:

Download the patch from:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/NT40/
hotfixes-postSP3/rras30-fix/

Windows 95 Users:

Download the patch from:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/msdun13.exe

Windows 98 Users

Download the patch from:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/dun40.exe

Strong Encryption Versions (128-bit):

Customers in the United States and Canada can download the strong encryption versions of these updates from:
http://mssecure.www.conxion.com/cgi-bin/ntitar.pl

Microsoft has published the following Knowledge Base (KB) articles on this issue:

1.Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article Q154091, Windows 95 Dial-Up Networking 1.3 Upgrade Release Notes

2.Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article Q189594, RRAS Hotfix 3.0

3.Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article Q189595, Windows NT 4.0 PPTP Security Update

4.Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article Q189771, Windows 98 PPTP Security Update

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See http://www.windows-help.net/index.shtml

Internet Explorer Connection Problems

When Internet Explorer runs into connection problems, it loads an empty HTML document called blank.htm from the C:\Windows\System folder. There's no reason to leave this page bare, turn it into your own favorites page. Here's how it's done:

Before you start to edit blank.htm, you must open it in FrontPage Express. (If you don't have this free Web editor, you can download it from www.microsoft.com/ie/ie40/download .) Select Favorites, Organize Favorites, and drag all of the links you want into FrontPage Express. After you're done, resave blank.htm in its original location.

Or make life really easy on yourself by specifying c:\Windows\Favorites--or wherever your Favorites folder resides--as your home page.

Save your Address Book

I've received quite a bit of mail concerning how to back up the Address Book. Since there seems to be some confusion about this;
So I looked for the answer:

Before you can make a backup of your Address Book, you have to know its location. The default location for the file is \Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book, but many people don't use the default installation folders. To locate your Address Book, open Windows Explorer and navigate to the default location for the file as listed above. If you see a WAB file, that's your Address Book. If you don't see a WAB file at this location, choose Tools, Find, Files or Folders. When the Find dialog box opens, type

*.wab

in the Named entry box. Then choose drive C from the drop-down menu in the Look In entry box and click Find Now. When Find locates your WAB file, click the file and choose File, Open Containing Folder. Now place a formatted floppy into drive A and drag the file's icon to drive A. Once you've determined the location of your WAB file, you can simply run Windows Explorer and copy the file to a disk in drive A.

MS IE5 SECURITY PATCHES

On more than one occasion, security holes have turned up in Internet Explorer 5. While the risk is minimal, these holes could allow a malicious person to access or corrupt information on your computer. To get the latest security patches, and to find out more about security, point your browser to this address:

http://www.microsoft.com/security

How To: UNINSTALL IE 5.01

We've received many complaints from users of Internet Explorer 5.01, and in particular a lot of requests on how to get rid of it. For those of you who wish to return to the trusy old version 5, read on.

The steps take a little explaining, and you can find more information at the following URL from the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q246/1/94.asp

Note: If you have not installed Outlook Express before installing IE 5.01, you'll end up removing OE completely. The uninstall process reverts back to the last full version of OE, and if it finds no version, it simply removes OE. Proceed with caution.

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