Simple Help » Internet Explorer http://www.simplehelp.net Common questions, simple answers Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:12:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Windows Tip: How to quickly display the Menu bar in IE 7 and IE 8 http://www.simplehelp.net/2009/10/05/windows-tip-how-to-quickly-display-the-menu-bar-in-ie-7-and-ie-8/ http://www.simplehelp.net/2009/10/05/windows-tip-how-to-quickly-display-the-menu-bar-in-ie-7-and-ie-8/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:00:39 +0000 Ross McKillop http://www.simplehelp.net/?p=3286

By default, Internet Explorer 7 and 8 “hides” the Menu bar. This tip will show you how to quickly toggle it on and off.

  1. One of the first things you probably noticed in IE 7 (and then in 8) is that the File Menu is no longer displayed.

  2. If you want to quickly display it – just tap the Alt key on your keyboard.

  3. If you’d like to have it permanently displayed, right-click in a blank area of the Toolbars section, select Menu Bar, and now it will always be displayed.

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]]> http://www.simplehelp.net/2009/10/05/windows-tip-how-to-quickly-display-the-menu-bar-in-ie-7-and-ie-8/feed/ 0 How to restore all your IE Bookmark Favicons at once http://www.simplehelp.net/2009/06/12/how-to-restore-all-your-ie-bookmark-favicons-at-once/ http://www.simplehelp.net/2009/06/12/how-to-restore-all-your-ie-bookmark-favicons-at-once/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:30:23 +0000 Ross McKillop http://www.simplehelp.net/?p=2903

This brief tutorial will show you how to quickly restore all the favicons (the small images next to the bookmark name that can help you quickly identify the site) in your IE Favorites.

  1. When viewing your IE Favorites, there should be an icon next to each entry.

  2. However, because of the way IE stores these icons, they can disappear over time (as your cache clears).

  3. Rather than re-visit every site to restore the icon (which can take an incredibly long time) – download and run FavIconizer. FavIconizer doesn’t need to be installed – just download the .exe and run it. If you have a lot of Favorites missing their icons, click the Rescan all links button. If you have relatively few Favorites missing icons, click the Find missing FavIcons button.

  4. FavIconizer will scan all of the links in your Favorites, and re-download any missing icons.

  5. Once again, all of your Favorites will have their icons back.

  6. That’s it!

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]]> http://www.simplehelp.net/2009/06/12/how-to-restore-all-your-ie-bookmark-favicons-at-once/feed/ 0 Create TinyURL links easily with your browser http://www.simplehelp.net/2009/02/04/create-tinyurl-links-easily-with-your-browser/ http://www.simplehelp.net/2009/02/04/create-tinyurl-links-easily-with-your-browser/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:11:46 +0000 Sukrit Dhandhania http://www.simplehelp.net/?p=2235 Internet Explorer

TinyURL is probably one of the most popular services out there to shorten a web link. For those out there that might not be familiar with this service, TinyURL is a free web service where you can enter a long web link and it will create a shortcut to that url and return a much smaller url that is easier to share.

Say you want to share the following URL with someone.

http://www.switchingtomac.com/tutorials/how-to-set-a-different-wallpaper-for-each-space-in-leopard/

You can go to the TinyURL website and enter this url. Hit the Make TinyURL! button.

You will receive a shortened URL that looks something like the following.

Copy this link and paste it into your Email, or in Twitter, or share it with someone on chat. I find TinyURL particularly useful with chat and Twitter. However, for someone like myself who uses this feature rather often this process is rather long. Here’s a cool hack from the folks at TinyURL which helps reduce the steps involved in creating a TinyURL.

To get this hack going you need to create a bookmark in your web browser with the following link. Although you can create this link anywhere in your bookmarks I suggest you add it to your browser’s toolbar for easy access. with most browsers you should be able to drag and drop it in your toolbar to create the link.

Now, when you are surfing the web and want to create a TinyURL for a web link just click on the TinyURL shortcut link in your browser’s toolbar while on the page whose URL you want to shorten and you will be directly taken to the TinyURL site and presented the shortened version of this link. Copy this link and use it anywhere you like.

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]]> http://www.simplehelp.net/2009/02/04/create-tinyurl-links-easily-with-your-browser/feed/ 5 How to quickly add sites to del.icio.us from Internet Explorer Mobile http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/04/10/how-to-quickly-add-sites-to-delicious-from-internet-explorer-mobile/ http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/04/10/how-to-quickly-add-sites-to-delicious-from-internet-explorer-mobile/#comments Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:00:53 +0000 Ross McKillop http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/04/10/how-to-quickly-add-sites-to-delicious-from-internet-explorer-mobile/ Windows Mobile

By installing Post to del.icio.us, a free addon for Internet Explorer Mobile, you can quickly add any site to your del.icio.us account. For full setup and usage instructions, keep reading..

  1. First things first – Post to del.icio.us requires that the .NET Compact Framework 2 is installed on your Windows Mobile device.
  2. Next up, download and install Post to del.icio.us from the authors home page. Do not be deterred if you read Windows Mobile 5/6 Pocket PC devices (with a touchscreen) as a requirement – Post to del.icio.us worked exactly as it should have on my non-touchscreen Windows Mobile 6 Smartphone. The installation is as straight forward as you’d expect – just upload the .cab file to your device and click it.
  3. Now launch IE Mobile, and visit a site you want to add to your del.icio.us account
  4. Select Menu, navigate to Tools and click Post to del.icio.us…

    5. adding sites to del.icio.us in internet explorer mobile

  5. The url and description will be auto-populated (though both are still editable) – add any tags you feel are appropriate, and even notes if you wish. When you’re done click Save

    adding sites to del.icio.us in internet explorer mobile

  6. The first time you add a site using Post to del.icio.us you’ll be prompted to enter your del.icio.us user name and password. Going forward, it will be remembered.
  7. Now visit your del.icio.us account and your recently added site will be there!

    8. site added to del.icio.us via internet explorer mobile

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]]> http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/04/10/how-to-quickly-add-sites-to-delicious-from-internet-explorer-mobile/feed/ 1 How to temporarily disable Flash in Internet Explorer 7 http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/04/07/how-to-temporarily-disable-flash-in-internet-explorer-7/ http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/04/07/how-to-temporarily-disable-flash-in-internet-explorer-7/#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:30:21 +0000 Ross McKillop http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/04/07/how-to-temporarily-disable-flash-in-internet-explorer-7/ Windows

Using the free app Toggle Flash, you can enable and disable Flash with the click of a button. Keeping reading for full instructions.

  1. Start by downloading Toggle Flash. You’ll also need to have the Microsoft .NET 2.0 Framework installed, if it isn’t already.
  2. Close IE and install Toggle Flash
  3. Launch IE and you should now see the Toggle Flash button in your Command Bar

    4. toggle flash button in the internet explorer command bar

  4. If it’s not there, you probably just need to re-size your Command Bar. To do so, right-click a blank space in the Toolbar and select Lock the Toolbars (if it has a check next to it – if it doesn’t, you can skip this step).

    5. unload the IE toolbars

  5. Hover your mouse over the “line” that will appear next to the Command Bar and your cursor will change to a multidirectional arrow (see screenshot below). Click and drag the “line” to the left to increase the size of your Command Bar. Stop once the Toggle Flash button appears. Now you can re-lock the Toolbars.

    resize the command bar in IE

  6. Click the Toggle Flash button to turn Flash off. Now visit a page that you know has Flash on it (for example, YouTube). You’ll notice that the video won’t display.

    7. YouTube with Flash disabled
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  7. Click the Toggle Flash button again and refresh the page. Now the Flash content will be displayed

    8. YouTube with Flash enabled the Allman Brothers rule
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  8. Now you can quickly disable and re-enable Flash any time you want!

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]]> http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/04/07/how-to-temporarily-disable-flash-in-internet-explorer-7/feed/ 0 How to install IE 5, 5.5, 6 and 7 in OS X http://www.simplehelp.net/2007/11/22/how-to-install-ie-5-55-6-and-7-in-os-x/ http://www.simplehelp.net/2007/11/22/how-to-install-ie-5-55-6-and-7-in-os-x/#comments Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:52:42 +0000 Ross McKillop http://www.simplehelp.net/2007/11/22/how-to-install-ie-5-55-6-and-7-in-os-x/ Mac

Using the package ies4osx combined with Darwine 0.9.49, you can install and use IE 5, 5.5, 6 and even 7 (though it’s in beta) while running OS X. This tutorial assumes you have X11 installed on your Mac – if you’re using Leopard, it’s installed by default. If you’re using Tiger, you can find the installation instructions here. And it’s worth mentioning up front – Darwine requires that you have an Intel powered Mac.

IE running in OS X

  1. First things first, install Darwine 0.9.49 (if it isn’t already).
  2. Now download the install file for ies4osx. Once the download has completed, run it.

    IE running in OS X
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  3. Select the versions of IE that you want to install, and then click the small ‘arrow’ to begin.

    4. IE running in OS X
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  4. You’ll notice that the X11 icon will pop up in your dock. That’s normal.

    5. IE running in OS X

  5. ies4osx will start to download all of the required IE files.

    6. IE running in OS X
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  6. Once the installation is complete, click OK.

    7. IE running in OS X
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  7. And now you can run IE from your Applications folder.

    8. IE running in OS X
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  8. And view sites in IE while running OS X.

    9. IE running in OS X
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]]> http://www.simplehelp.net/2007/11/22/how-to-install-ie-5-55-6-and-7-in-os-x/feed/ 10 How to clear the Internet Explorer Mobile cache and cookies http://www.simplehelp.net/2007/09/19/how-to-clear-the-internet-explorer-mobile-cache-and-cookies/ http://www.simplehelp.net/2007/09/19/how-to-clear-the-internet-explorer-mobile-cache-and-cookies/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:00:18 +0000 Ross McKillop http://www.simplehelp.net/2007/09/19/how-to-clear-the-internet-explorer-mobile-cache-and-cookies/ Windows Mobile

If you find yourself unable to view a web page in Internet Explorer Mobile (aka IE Mobile, formerly Pocket Internet Explorer), and you’re confident it should display properly, try clearing the cache and cookies. To do so, follow the steps outlined below.


  1. Launch Internet Explorer Mobile and click the Menu button, then scroll down to Options (or click the #6 button)

  2. Scroll down to Memory select it.

  3. Make sure Temporary Files: is highlighted, and click the Clear button.

  4. Confirm the deletion by clicking Yes.

  5. Repeat the above two steps but this time select Cookies: to clear them.
  6. Now try and load the web page that wasn’t displaying properly – it should be fine this time.

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This tutorial will guide you step-by-step through installing IE 5, 5.5 and/or 6 in Ubuntu – using the terrific software IEs4Linux. IEs4Linux was developed for web designers that want to move to Linux but still need to test their sites on IE and Linux users who have to open IE-only sites.

  1. Start by selecting Applications -> Accessories and then Terminal.

    2. ies4linux

  2. Type the command
    sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

    and enter your password when prompted.

    3. ies4linux
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  3. Now you’ll need to uncomment the universe repositories. Look for the lines that are similar to http://xx.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty universe and remove the ## marks (if they aren’t already) from the beginning of the lines. Note: if you’re using an older version of Ubuntu look for similar lines, but they’ll have edgy or dapper in them instead of feisty. Save the file and close gedit.

    4. ies4linux
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  4. Now open the Synaptic Package Manager by selecting System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager. You’ll need to enter your password for Synaptic to launch.

    5. ies4linux
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  5. Click the Search button from the top of Synaptic, enter cabextract and click Search.

    6. ies4linux

  6. Click the box next to the cabextract entry and select Mark for installation.

    7. ies4linux

  7. Repeat the above two steps but search for wine and mark it for installation. Once both have been marked, click the Apply button.

    8. ies4linux

  8. A summary window will appear asking you to confirm that you wish to install the packages. Click Apply to continue. Note: I had actually already installed Wine, so the screenshot below won’t be identical to yours – yours will have more than 1 item to install.

    9. ies4linux
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  9. Synaptic will now download and install Wine and cabextract.

    10. ies4linux
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  10. After the installations were successful, click the Close button.

    11. ies4linux
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  11. Return to your Terminal window and enter the command:
    wget http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies4linux-latest.tar.gz

    12. ies4linux
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  12. Once the ies4linux-latest.tar.gz file has downloaded, enter:
    tar zxvf ies4linux-latest.tar.gz

    then

    cd ies4linu-*

    and finally

    ./ies4linux

    13. ies4linux
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  13. You’ll be prompted with several yes (y) or no (n) questions. For example, if you wish to install IE 6 and 5.5, enter y when asked. If you don’t want to install IE 5, enter n. When asked if you’d like to create shortcuts to the versions of IE on your desktop, I’d suggest yes – you can always delete them later.

    14. ies4linux
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  14. After the installation has completed, you should have one or more new IE icons on your desktop (depending on which versions you chose to install). Launch one of them by double-clicking its icon.

    15. ies4linux

  15. You’ll be taken to a congratulations page on the developers site.

    16. ies4linux
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  16. Test out your site by visiting it. And remember – only use IE in Linux for testing purposes. Keep your normal browsing to Firefox or a quality browser.

    17. ies4linux
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This (very) brief tutorial will show you how to remove single entries from forms (or boxes, whatever you want to call them) from IE and Firefox. You can remove entries from things like the Google search box, email login forms etc, without having to clear all form data.

Firefox for OS X: click inside the form and use the down arrow key to bring up the list of previously ’saved’ entries. Scroll to the one you want to delete, hold down shift and hit delete.

form before

browser form

form after (notice entry #3 is gone)

browser form

Firefox for Linux: click inside the form and use the down arrow key to bring up the list of previously ’saved’ entries. Scroll to the one you want to delete and hit the Delete key on your keyboard (not the Backspace key).

Firefox for Windows: click inside the form and use the down arrow key to bring up the list of previously ’saved’ entries. Scroll to the one you want to delete and hit the Delete key on your keyboard (not the Backspace key).

Internet Exporer 6: click inside the form and use the down arrow key to bring up the list of previously ’saved’ entries. Scroll to the one you want to delete and hit the Delete key on your keyboard (not the Backspace key).

Note: if you delete a user name using this method, and there’s a saved password associated with it, IE will ask if you want to delete that password as well.

IE confirmation window

Internet Explorer 7: click inside the form and use the down arrow key to bring up the list of previously ’saved’ entries. Scroll to the one you want to delete and hit the Delete key on your keyboard (not the Backspace key).

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TweakVI is an application that allows you to tweak, optimize and/or change hundreds of the ‘hidden’ features of Windows Vista. It comes in 3 flavors – Basic (free), Premium ($29.99 USD) and Ultimate ($39.99 USD). This review/tutorial will focus on the free version. Keep reading to see some of the changes that I found most useful/helpful.

Below is the main TweakVI interface. From here you can select the part of Vista that you want to alter by selecting items from the left navigation.


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Select System Information and Tweaks from the left navigation, then Hard drive information, optimize hard drives… and then the Hide disc drives / Hard drive tweaks tab. Here you can disable auto-run for CD/DVD drives – which is one of my pet peeves.


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To change some of the Internet Explorer options, select Internet Tweaks from the main window and then Internet Explorer tweaks and restrictions. From here you can ’skin’ the Internet Explorer toolbar backgrounds.


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You can also change the IE window title from the default (Windows Internet Explorer) to something a little more fun.


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Before:

After:

Select the Internet Explorer restrictions tab for a whole slew of options.


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Select Miscellaneous Tweaks and then Media Player tweaks. From here you can (among many other things) disable Windows Messenger from starting when Vista does.


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Select the Windows Defender restrictions and other restrictions tab, and you can disable Windows Defender (but make sure you have adequate anti-spyware etc software installed).


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From the main TweakVI window, select Visual Tweaks and then Desktop tweaks and settings button. From here you can get rid of the ugly “arrow” next to shortcut icons, and add the Run dialog back (was in all Windows versions up until Vista – and was very handy). You can also add shortcuts to Shutdown, Restart etc to your desktop and/or quick-launch bar.


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Select the Change desktop style tab, and try out some of the other view options (I quite like Small icon mode).


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Small icon mode:

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The following is a ’screenshot simulation’ of the Internet Explorer 7.0 Options (settings). This simulation (like all of the others) can be used when helping someone configure their IE 7 options/settings remotely (and you’re not in front of a PC with IE 7 installed).

note: heya IE7 sim users – I’ve started on the Vista simulations – do you have any requests for other simulations? If so, please contact me!.

The sim will launch in a new window/tab when you select Internet Options

IE7 Options and Settings

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Thanks to Shaon’s Weblog, I’m now able to run IE 7.

Update 2: Shaon’s site appears to be back up, so I’ve changed the link back.

Update: Thanks to Guti (see comments below) for pointing out that Shaon’s Weblog is now gone (?!). I’ve updated the link above to direct you to the Google cache (text) of the page on Sharon’s site. The required files are still available for download (as of 10/29/06).

note: Simplehelp in no way, shape or form, condones pirated software. My copy of Windows XP is valid, and I grew very tired of waiting on hold for Microsoft to acknowledge that it is in fact legitimate. It was during my first call to Microsoft (regarding this exact issue) that I decided it was time to give OS X a chance, and I haven’t looked back since.

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This article will serve as an introduction and “setup guide” for the Windows Live Toolbar, version 3.0. The Windows Live Toolbar requires that you have Internet Explorer 6 installed, and must be using Microsoft Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 SP4. It’s also suggested that you have a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 (or higher).

To download and install the Windows Live Toolbar, visit
http://toolbar.live.com/ and follow the instructions from there.

After you’ve installed the Toolbar, one of the first things you’ll want to do is customize it to your liking. Start by opening the Toolbar preferences. To do so, select the drop-down arrow next to the main Toolbar icon (see image below) and select Toolbar Options…

Windows Live Toolbar options

From here you can add or remove the buttons and tools. Start by removing some of the buttons or tools you know that you won’t use. For example, if you’re not ever going to use the Microsoft Live Writer to update your blog, it’s a good idea to remove it from your Toolbar.

Windows Live Toolbar options display
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One of the interesting (and surprising) features is that you can change the default search engine that the Windows Live Toolbar uses. To do so, select Web Search from the list of options in the left column of the Options.

To make Google your default search engine in the Microsoft Live Toolbar, select Other search service and then enter: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=$w

Windows Live Toolbar options web search
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The Windows Live Toolbar also (finally) introduces Tabbed Browsing to Internet Explorer 6. Click the large blue + (plus) sign to open a new tab. You can also open a new tab just by double-clicking on a blank space in anywhere in the Toolbar row.

Windows Live Toolbar add a new tab

You can also create “sets” of tabs – which can be very handy if you like to start each day by reading a number of different web sites. To create a set of tabs, one by one open each site in its own tab. When you’re ready, select the small arrow next to the Open My Tabs button, and choose Set Current Pages as My Tabs from the drop-down list.

Windows Live Toolbar set of tabs

If you’re prompted to over-write your current My Tabs, click Yes

Windows Live Toolbar confirmation window

Another handy way to use Tabs is to open a group of favorites all at once. For example, if you have a Sports folder where you save all of your favorite sports sites, you can open them all at once (each in their own tab). Start by selecting the small arrow next to the My Tabs button, then Open Favorites in Tabs, then the folder name, and finally Open in Tabs.

Windows Live Toolbar open favoritesin tabs
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Download and install more buttons and tools for the Windows Live Toolbar by visiting the Toolbar Gallery.

Obviously you’ll want to install the Simplehelp button :)

Customize your Windows Live Toolbar even further with buttons for your favorite web sites by using the online at tool at http://gallery.live.com/createcustombutton.aspx.

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If you’re unable to load or view the contents of a secure site (https:// instead of http://), the most common cause for this problem is that the time, date or time zone on your computer is set incorrectly. To verify that the time, date and time zone on your PC is set correctly..

start by double-clicking the time and date area of your task-bar

On the Date and Time tab, ensure that the month, year, date and time are all set correctly.

Then select the Time Zone tab, and make sure that you have the correct time zone set.

Now try to view/sign-in to the secure web site you were having trouble with. If you’re still unable, you may need to restart your PC.

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]]> http://www.simplehelp.net/2006/07/04/why-cant-i-load-secure-web-sites-online-banking-webmail-etc/feed/ 0 How to reset the logo in Internet Explorer http://www.simplehelp.net/2006/07/04/how-to-reset-the-logo-in-internet-explorer/ http://www.simplehelp.net/2006/07/04/how-to-reset-the-logo-in-internet-explorer/#comments Wed, 05 Jul 2006 02:40:20 +0000 Ross McKillop http://www.simplehelp.net/2006/07/04/how-to-reset-the-logo-in-internet-explorer/ Windows
default IE logo Sometimes a piece of software will change the “logo” (often called branding) in Internet Explorer. A lot of the time your ISP will do this when they install their ‘required’ software. To reset the logo to its default, follow the instructions outlined below.

  1. Close all open Internet Explorer windows
  2. Click Start and select Run
  3. Type in rundll32 iedkcs32.dll,Clear

    4. remove the ie logo

  4. Click OK
  5. Reboot your PC
  6. Open Internet Explorer and the “branding” (logo) is now reset to the default for Internet Explorer

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