http://malektips.com/microsoft_internet_explorer_7_help_and_tips.html Tips on downloading, installing, and configuring the Internet Explorer 7 web browser. Also includes tips on helping to increase security and privacy, managing tabs, and modifying your Favorites. en-us Tue, 2 Dec 2008 17:29:32 GMT Tue, 2 Dec 2008 17:29:32 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Custom webmaster@envprogramming.com (Andrew Malek) webmaster@envprogramming.com (Andrew Malek) http://malektips.com/graphics/logo_88x30.gif http://malektips.com/microsoft_internet_explorer_7_help_and_tips.html 88 30 http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-prevent-automatic-image-resizing.html Keep Internet Explorer 7 from automatically resizing large images.

By default, when viewing large images in Internet Explorer 7, the browser will attempt to resize the images down so they fit in your browser window. This way you can view an entire image without having to use the scroll bar.

Though many people appreciate this automatic feature, others would rather see images, such as photos, in full detail. Thus, this setting can be disabled....

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:57:48 GMT http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-prevent-automatic-image-resizing.html http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-prevent-storing-passwords.html Prevent Internet Explorer 7 from storing user names and passwords entered into webpages, and delete passwords already stored.

Internet Explorer 7, depending on how it is configured, may automatically store user names and passwords you enter in web pages, or it may prompt to do so. This way you don't have to remember such information if you frequently revisit the same sites.

Unfortunately, this storage of usernames and passwords is a potential privacy and security risk. Thus, if you are comfortable remembering your passwords, you may wish to disable this feature....

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:03:11 GMT http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-prevent-storing-passwords.html http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-default-browser.html Configure your computer to run Internet Explorer when applications need to access webpages.

If you have installed other web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, or Safari for Windows, you may have set one of these browsers to be the default browser Windows opens when applications access webpages.

Whether this was done deliberately or accidentally, you may later decide to make Internet Explorer 7 the default browser. This may be useful if you often visit websites that do not display correctly on other browsers....

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:03:30 GMT http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-default-browser.html http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-print-background-colors-images.html Toggle whether Internet Explorer 7 should print webpage backgrounds and colors.

Depending on your configuration, when printing webpages from Internet Explorer 7, if webpages contain background colors or images, these colors/images may not be printed. This is to help reduce toner required when printing webpages, as well as to reduce print time.

You may, however, want more realistic-looking printouts with these background colors and images printed. If so, this setting can be toggled:...

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Wed, 5 Nov 2008 19:31:07 GMT http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-print-background-colors-images.html http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-move-temporary-internet-files.html Choose a different folder to use when storing Internet Explorer 7's Temporary Internet Files.

By default, Internet Explorer 7 stores Temporary Internet (cache) Files in a "Temporary Internet Files" folder inside the user's settings folder. For various reasons you may wish to use a different folder for such files. For example, you may have multiple hard drives or hard drive partitions and want to separate program data from programs files.

1. Click on the "Tools" button in the toolbar, selecting "Internet Options"....

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:47:22 GMT http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-move-temporary-internet-files.html http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-smooth-scrolling.html Turn Internet Explorer 7's smooth scrolling on or off.

Depending on your configuration, when you scroll through long webpages in Internet Explorer 7, the scrolling may appear smooth or jerky. Some prefer the look of smooth scrolling; others prefer the slightly faster scrolling speed when this feature is turned off.

1. Click on the "Tools" button in the toolbar, selecting "Internet Options"....

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:05:15 GMT http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-smooth-scrolling.html http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-send-link-email.html Found an interesting website? Let your friends know via e-mail.

Found an entertaining, informative, or useful website while browsing the web with Internet Explorer 7 and wish to share it with your friends, family, or officemates?

If you use client-based e-mail software such as Outlook 2003 or Outlook Express, Internet Explorer makes this easy....

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:47:09 GMT http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-send-link-email.html http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-find-text-webpage.html Search for desired text in the current webpage. Also perform case-sensitive and whole word only searches.

When viewing search engine query results, you might come across a webpage that, at first glance, does not seem to contain your desired search term.

If you're unable to find desired text in a particular webpage, Internet Explorer 7 has a "Find" dialog box you can open to search for text. To open it, either:...

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:31:52 GMT http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-find-text-webpage.html http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-change-cache-size.html Alter the amount of room Internet Explorer 7 can use to store Temporary Internet Files.

Internet Explorer 7 uses some of the room on your hard drive for its cache, a storage of Temporary Internet Files. This speeds up webpage display if you frequent the same pages often, as images, multimedia, and the pages themselves can be reloaded from disk instead of online.

If Internet Explorer 7 is filling up your hard drive by caching too much information, if you're worried about privacy, or if you have a large hard drive with plenty of room to store more cached items, this cache size can be altered....

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:29:51 GMT http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-change-cache-size.html http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-underline-hyperlinks.html Internet Explorer underlines hyperlinks by default. Learn how to change this setting.

Unless a website specifies otherwise, Internet Explorer 7 underlines hyperlinks. While many people find this helpful in differentiating plain from clickable text, others may rather either not underline hyperlinks, or underline hyperlinks only when the mouse hovers over them.

To change this setting:...

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Wed, 8 Oct 2008 17:00:16 GMT http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-underline-hyperlinks.html http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-pop-ups-where-opened.html Determine how pop-up windows are opened in Internet Explorer 7.

Unless configured to not open windows at all, Internet Explorer 7 can be configured to open most pop-up windows in three ways: as determined by the web browser, in a new window, or in a new tab.

Note that In-page pop-ups and some pop-up windows may still not be handled the desired way, just as the pop-up blocker is not 100% guaranteed to block all pop-up windows....

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Fri, 3 Oct 2008 22:29:17 GMT http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-pop-ups-where-opened.html http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-command-bar.html Customize the commands shown on Internet Explorer 7's Command Bar.

The Internet Explorer 7 Command Bar graphically provides access to frequently-used commands in place of a menu bar. By default, the Command Bar provides access to:

* Home page options...

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:28:33 GMT http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-command-bar.html http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-popup-blocker-sounds.html Stop playing sounds and displaying an Information Bar whenever pop-up windows are trapped by Internet Explorer.

Depending on your configuration, when Internet Explorer 7 prevents a pop-up window from appearing, it plays a sound and displays an information bar at the top of the browser window.

While some appreciate these notifications as they are browsing the web, others find them annoying and would rather Internet Explorer 7 block pop-up windows silently....

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:42:53 GMT http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-popup-blocker-sounds.html http://malektips.com/internet-explorer-7-jagged-text.html If text contained in browsed pages inside Internet Explorer 7 appears jagged, try this tweak.

Due to configuration issues, some Internet Explorer 7 users have reported webpage text appearing jagged. This may occur because ClearType, a font smoothing feature, has been disabled.

To turn on ClearType for smoother-rendering text, try the following:...

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