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User interface
Browser layout
For information about how to customize the Internet Explorer Web
browser layout and toolbars, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:
Home page
You can configure Internet Explorer to use a particular Web site
as the default home page. When you start Internet Explorer or click the
Home button on the Internet Explorer toolbar, Internet
Explorer opens the specified Web site.
For additional information
about how to set the home page, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Accessibility features
Computer technology is an important and powerful tool for people
with disabilities. Internet Explorer's assistive technology solutions help
people of all abilities realize their potential.
For additional
information about our commitment to our customers and about how to use the
accessibility features of Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft Web
sites:
Features
Search
For information about how to search the Web in Internet Explorer,
visit the following Microsoft Web sites:
Favorites
Internet Explorer has a Favorites feature that you can use to put
Web sites that you visit frequently in easy reach. For additional information
about how to use Favorites to access the Web, visit the following Microsoft Web
site:
AutoComplete
You can save time while using Internet Explorer by automating
routine tasks. You can automate such tasks as filling out Web addresses, user
names, and passwords. With the AutoComplete feature, you can also fill out some
Web form entries automatically.
For more information about
AutoComplete, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:
For more information about how to use the AutoComplete feature, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
217148
How
to use the AutoComplete feature in Internet Explorer 5 and 6
Pop-up blocker
Internet Explorer includes features that can help control Internet
pop-up advertisements that appear in new windows while you are using the
Internet.
For more information about how to control Internet pop-up advertisements, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
308446
A
new window appears when you visit some Web sites
For more information about how to control Internet
pop-up advertisements, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:
Security and privacy
As a leader in the computing industry, Microsoft carries a
substantial responsibility. We are making significant investments to increase
the security of our products and to provide implementation guides and training
based on industry best practices for security. Internet Explorer includes
privacy and security features that let you specify settings to help in three
ways:
- To help protect your personally identifiable
information
- To help prevent people from obtaining information that you
have not given them permission to obtain
- To help protect your computer from unsafe
software
For more information about the privacy and security features
that are included in Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft Web
sites:
Content Advisor and helping protect children online
We express our commitment to children's online safety by regularly
providing technology tools and educational materials. The Content Advisor
feature in Internet Explorer 6 helps you limit what your children can view
online. For more information about Internet safety, visit the following
Microsoft Web sites:
Protection information
For more information about how to protect your computer, visit the
following Microsoft Web sites:
For more information about deceptive Web sites, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
833786
Steps that you can take to help identify and to help protect yourself
from deceptive (spoofed) Web sites and malicious hyperlinks
Deceptive software
Deceptive software includes programs that take over your home
page or search page without your permission. There are a number of ways that
deceptive software can install on your computer. A frequent trick is to
covertly install the software during the installation of other software that
you want. For example, when you download an add-on toolbar for Internet
Explorer or a music or video file sharing program, the deceptive program may
download at the same time. For more information, visit the following Microsoft
Web sites:
For more information about deceptive software, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
827315
Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software
Cookies
Some Web sites store information in a small text file on your
computer. This file is known as a cookie. There are several types of cookies.
You can set up Internet Explorer to save some, none, or all of them on your
computer. If you do not allow cookies at all, you may not be able to view some
Web sites or take advantage of customization features (such as local news and
weather, or stock quotes). For more information about Cookies, visit one of the
following Microsoft Web sites:
Troubleshooting
General
For general support information, visit the following Microsoft Web
sites:
To search the Knowledge Base for troubleshooting information,
visit the following Microsoft Web site:
For more information about how to search the Knowledge Base, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
242450
How
to query the Microsoft Knowledge Base by using keywords and query
words
Optimizing performance
For information about how to optimize the performance of Internet
Explorer, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
153790
How to improve browsing performance in Internet Explorer
Error messages