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Default Start Page in Internet Explorer

admin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:37:23 +0000

Most people might already know how to set up a default start page in Internet Explorer (tools > options > main tab), but what I thought I’d teach you today is just how to set your default page using a registry edit.

Open your registry editor
Navigate to the following location – HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Find the following key – Start Page
Double click it
Change the value data to whatever new home page you want
Here is a suggestion!

Stop IE7 Storing Names and Passwords

admin — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:10:39 +0000

For security reasons (especially if you are using a shared PC) you may want stop Internet Explorer 7 from saving all passwords and user names. This will prevent other people from possibly getting access to anything you need a password for (banks, social sites etc).

To stop IE7 from saving any user names and passwords do the following;

Open IE7
Click tools and select internet options
Click the content tab
Click the setting buttons next to autocomplete
Uncheck prompt me to save passwords
Click OK
Done

Default Browsers

admin — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:50:31 +0000

Whenever you start a web application one type of browser will start (ie, firefox etc), but what do you do if you want your default browser to be different. Here are the steps you should take to make each browser your default;

Internet Explorer

Open internet explorer
Click tools
Select internet options
Select internet properties
Click the programs tab
Click the make default button under default web browser

Google Chrome

Open chrome
Click tools
Select options
Click the basic tab
Click Make Google Chrome my default browser

Mozilla Firefox

Open firefox
Click tools
Select options
Click the advanced tab
Click the general tab
Click the check now button under system defaults

Opera

Go to Tools
Click preferences
Click advanced
Select programs
Tick the checkbox for Check if Opera is default browser on startup

Disable Internet Explorer 7 Search Bar

admin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:21:23 +0000

Most likely you will have the Google toolbar or something similar installed (yahoo, msn toolbar), so you may have no use for the search bar installed in your IE7.

If you want to disable the IE7 search bar then you need to perform a basic registry edit so make sure you backup your registry first. Here is how you disable the IE7 search bar;

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\InternetExplorer\Infodelivery\Restrictions

Note: You may have to create the new keys InternetExplorer\Infodelivery\Restrictions
Create a new DWORD in Restrictions
Call it NoSearchBox
Set the value to 1
Done
Set the value to 0 if you want to activate the search bar again

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Disabling Your IE7 Command Bar

admin — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:37:13 +0000

If you use or have used IE7 you will have noticed that new bar at the top of the page, this is the command bar. The command bar comes with these menu choices;

Home
Feeds
Read mail
Print
Page
Tools

Some people do like this feature on IE7 and quite a few more have emailed me asking just how they can disable the command bar. Disabling the command bar in IE7 is fairly easy but it does require a registry edit so if you are unsure make sure you backup your registry before you attempt anything.

Disabling the IE7 Command Bar

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\CommandBar\

Create a DWORD called enabled
Set the value to 0
Done
Set the value to 1 if you want it back again

Firefox TimeTracker Add On

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:25:31 +0000

I just added this add-on to my Firefox and the results rather embarrassed me!

The TimeTracker add-on tool records how much time you spend browsing the web using Firefox and records it conveniently on your browser. It can help you control your browsing habits and stop you getting internetitis from being online too long.

TimeTracker features;

Tracks browsing time across sessions
Pauses automatically when you stop browsing
Reset counter
Pause toggle per window
List ‘work’ sites that should not count
Tooltip showing total time today, since last reset and since installing

To find out more about TimeTracker and to download it click here