Change the default search engine in IE via reigstry
Posted on August 17, 2009 - Filed Under Internet Explorer Tips | Leave a Comment
If you are under a corporate network that has its own implementation of IE settings – most likely your default search engine is Live Search (now called Bing). You can verify this by opening IE and entering a search term in the search box at the upper right side of the IE window.
In the example below I typed “utah jazz” and the result comes out at the main part of the IE window:
How to access files cached by a web browser
Posted on July 22, 2009 - Filed Under Internet Explorer Tips | Leave a Comment
Web browsers store copies of recently viewed pages and all associated media (images, audio, and video) in a folder on your hard disk, called the cache. This improves performance when you’re surfing, but also makes it easy to grab copies of media files—such as Flash videos or .flv files—for storage elsewhere.
Internet Explorer’s cache folder is \Users\{username}\AppData\Local\ Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files. In IE, go to Tools ➝ Internet Options, click Settings in the Browsing history section, and then click View files.
You can verify this location under the Internet Options > General Tab > Browsing History settings:
How to use IE 8’s InPrivate Browsing?
Posted on May 26, 2009 - Filed Under Internet Explorer Tips | Leave a Comment
Do you want to keep your browsing history unrecorded? InPrivate browsing in IE 8 helps prevent anyone else who might be using your computer from seeing where you visited and what you looked at on the web.
It basically allows you to browse the Internet anonymously. When you start InPrivate Browsing, Internet Explorer opens a new window.
The protection that InPrivate Browsing provides is only in effect during the time that you use that window. You can open as many tabs as you want in that window, and they will all be protected by InPrivate Browsing.
How to display the Links toolbar as icons only in IE 8
Posted on May 23, 2009 - Filed Under Internet Explorer Tips | 2 Comments
I’ve been using Internet Explorer 8 recently and I have to say it’s definitely better than all of the older versions of IE. It’s faster and it’s got some nice features like favorite websites when you open a new tab, private browsing, and more.
The Favorites toolbar (aka Links toolbar) in IE 8 is just like the toolbar in previous versions of IE. You can drag a website to the toolbar and have 1-click access to that website.
Change View Source Code editor in IE
Posted on March 13, 2009 - Filed Under Internet Explorer Tips | 7 Comments
There’s a lot you can learn by viewing the source code of a website, i.e. what kind of analytics they are using, what CSS styles are being applied, and lots more! I routinely view the source code on many websites to learn how to do stuff.
However, one thing that was always annoying for me was that I didn’t like the default source code viewer for Internet Explorer, which I think was just notepad. It’s nice for normal text, but it’s not a great code viewer.
Prevent users from deleting IE browsing history
Posted on January 19, 2009 - Filed Under Internet Explorer Tips | 4 Comments
I’ve previously written several articles on how you can delete your Internet Explorer browsing history using a plugin, delete browsing history manually, or delete just your Google search history.
This is all great for those who want to get rid of any trace of the websites they visited, but what if you want to make sure that someone cannot delete the browsing history on a computer?
