Microsoft offers web browser choice to IE users

Millions of European Internet Explorer (IE) users will have the option to choose an alternative browser from 1 March, Microsoft has announced.

It follows a legal agreement between Microsoft and Europe's Competition Commission in December 2009.

Microsoft committed to letting Windows PC users across Europe install the web browser of their choice, rather than having Microsoft IE as a default.

Figures suggest that over half the world's internet users have IE.

Testing for the update is already underway in the UK, Belgium and France.

The software update choice will arrive automatically for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 customers, according to a blog post by Dave Heiner, Microsoft's vice president and deputy general counsel.

The blog also contains screen grabs of the message as it will appear.

"Users who get the choice screen will be free to choose any browser or stick with the browser they have, as they prefer," wrote Mr Heiner.

Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Opera are among the alternative browsers that people will be offered.

"Millions of people who have never really thought about which browser to use will now be forced to make a choice," said BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones on his blog.

"That presents Microsoft's rivals with a unique marketing opportunity."

Mozilla Foundation chair Mitchell Baker described the news as "an important milestone towards helping people take control of their online lives."

Enable or Disable Tabbed Browsing

Configure whether you want tabbed browsing enabled or disabled in the Internet Explorer 7 web browser.By default, tabbed browsing should be enabled for Internet Explorer 7, allowing you to open websites in multiple tabs inside the same browser window. This post provides browser support to enable or disabled tabbed in internet explorer 7

A sample Internet Explorer 7 screenshot with tabbed browsing enabled.

Depending on your configuration, tabbed browsing might have accidentally been disabled and you want to turn it on. Or, you may hate tabbed browsing, wanting this "feature" removed. Turning off tabbed browsing changes the Internet Explorer 7 interface slightly as shown in the below screenshot.

A sample Internet Explorer 7 screenshot with tabbed browsing disabled.

To enable or disable tabbed browsing in Internet Explorer 7:
1. Click the "Tools" button, selecting "Internet Options".
2. When the "Internet Options" multi-tabbed dialog box appears, click the "General" tab.
3. Underneath "Tabs", click the "Settings" button.
4. A "Tabbed Browsing Settings" dialog box will appear. Near the top of the box, check or uncheck "Enable Tabbed Browsing" as desired.
5. Click "OK" on the two dialog boxes to close them.
6. Restart Internet Explorer 7 for the change to take place.

How To Prevent Link Color History Sniffing

By default, links change color when you have visited them. Browser history sniffing compares the link colors of links in your history folder to a master list of links (and their default non-visited colors) maintained by the website operator. A color mismatch indicates a particular site has been visited. Here's how to prevent link color history sniffing in Internet Explorer.

This post provide internet explorer support to prevent link color history Sniffing in Internet Explorer. Follow the steps given below

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click Tools then select Internet Options.
3. On the General tab, click the Colors button.
4. Click the Visited Link color and click the same blue that is used for Unvisited Links.
5. Click OK to accept the change.

How to Change the Internet Explorer Window Title

The title of the Internet Explorer window consists of the page title and the Internet Explorer window title. This post provide browser support to add or remove a custom Internet Explorer window title.

The page title is specified by the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) (title) tag on the current page. For example, when you view a Web page with the following (title) tag, "Welcome to Microsoft's Home Page" is displayed on the title bar of the Internet Explorer window:
"(title)Welcome to Microsoft's Home Page(/title) "

The default Internet Explorer window title is "Microsoft Internet Explorer." However, the window title can be customized by Internet content providers (ICPs), Internet service providers (ISPs), or corporate administrators by using Microsoft Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK). You can also manually customize the window title by editing the registry.

Steps to Manually change Windows Title

To Add a Custom Internet Explorer Window Title
Using Registry Editor, add a String value named Window Title to the following key in the registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
The data value is the title you want to appear on the Internet Explorer window.

NOTE: In Windows NT, the value should be of type REG_SZ instead of String.
To Remove a Custom Internet Explorer Window Title
Using Registry Editor, delete the following value in the registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window Title
When you delete this value, "Microsoft Internet Explorer" becomes the default window title.

How To Share Your Bookmarks in Internet Explorer

If you are like me, you have a ton of bookmarks. Occasionally, I like to share a few of my favorites with my friends. Here's how you can easily share yours using Internet Explorer. This post provide Internet Explorer support to share bookmark within 5 min.

Follow the Steps

1. Click on File, Then Import and Export.
2. A screen will pop up. click Next.
3. Choose Export Favorites. Click Next.
4. Choose the folder that contains the bookmarks you want to share. Click Next.
5. Choose where you want your favorites exported. If you change the default be to pick a place you will remember, like your desktop. - Click Next.
6. Click Finish.
7. A message will pop up saying the export was successfully. Click OK.
8. To share your bookmarks, find the file default is named bookmarks.htm in the My Documents Folder. Just attach that file to an email, and when the receipt opens they can browse your favorites.

Fix Ieframe.dll Browser Error

The ieframe.dll DLL file is related to Internet Explorer 7. In many cases, the installation of Internet Explorer 7 causes ieframe.dll errors to appear. Other causes include viruses, certain Windows Updates, incorrect firewall settings, outdated security software applications, and more.


Ieframe.dll errors are fairly varied and really depend on the cause of the problem. A few of the more common ieframe.dll related errors are shown here:

"Res://ieframe.dll/dnserror.htm#"
"File Not Found C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\IEFRAME.DLL"

Most ieframe.dll "not found" or "missing" type of errors occur when using Internet Explorer 7 or while using Visual Basic 6.

The "Res://ieframe.dll/dnserror.htm" and related messages are much more common and appear in the Internet Explorer 7 browser window itself.

This post provide Browser support to fix Ieframe.dll browser problems.


Important Note: Do not, under any circumstances, download the ieframe.dll DLL file individually from any "DLL download site." There are many reasons that downloading DLLs from these sites are never a good idea.

Note: If you've already downloaded ieframe.dll from one of those DLL download sites, remove it from wherever you placed it and continue with the following steps.


1. Restart your computer unless you've already done so. The ieframe.dll error might be a fluke and a simple restart could clear it up completely.

2. Install the latest version of Internet Explorer. No matter if you're missing ieframe.dll or if you're receiving a browser error message about it, reinstalling or updating to the latest version of Internet Explorer has resolved many user's issues with ieframe.dll.

3. Using Visual Basic 6? If so, change the reference for Microsoft Internet Controls from the existing ieframe.dll to shdocvw.ocx. Save your project and then reopen it.

4. Restart your router, switch, cable/DSL modem and anything else that's used to communicate to the Internet or other computers on your network. There may be an issue in one of these pieces of hardware that a simple restart could solve.

5. Scan your entire computer for viruses. Sometimes, the ieframe.dll error will show up when your computer is infected with certain kinds of viruses. Use your antivirus software to do a complete system scan for virus infections.

6. Disable Windows Firewall in Windows XP if you have another firewall installed. Running two firewall applications at the same time can cause problems so if you have a firewall program installed like ZoneAlarm, Norton Personal Firewall, Comodo Firewall, etc., then you should not be running Windows's built-in firewall simultaneously.

Note: Even if you're positive that the Windows firewall is disabled, check again. Some Microsoft security updates have been known to re-enable the firewall automatically even if you have an existing firewall enabled in another security software program.

7. Update all non-Microsoft firewall and other security software on your computer. Certain security updates from Microsoft have been known to cause issues with security software from other vendors that those vendors are responsible for resolving. Check their websites for updates or service packs and install any that are available.

Note: If you're already running a fully updated version of your security software, try uninstalling and then reinstalling the software instead. A clean installation may stop that nagging ieframe.dll error message.

8. Visit Windows Update and install any suggested Microsoft related updates. It is true that some previous updates from Microsoft may actually cause some ieframe.dll errors, but installing more recent updates, especially those to the Windows Update software itself, may help resolve the problem.

9. Clear the temporary Internet files in Internet Explorer 7. Some ieframe.dll issues may have to do with problems accessing existing temporary Internet files.

10. Increase the frequency that Internet Explorer 7 checks for new versions of web pages. If the default setting is too infrequent and there are issues with certain pages, you may see ieframe.dll and related errors.

11. Disable Internet Explorer 7 add-ons one by one. One of your installed add-ons might be causing the ieframe.dll issue. Selectively disabling them will show you which one, if any, is causing problems.

12. Set Internet Explorer 7 security options back to their default levels. Some programs, even some updates from Microsoft, will sometimes make automatic changes to your Internet Explorer 7 security settings.

Incorrect or overprotective security settings can sometimes cause ieframe.dll issues. Returning these settings to their default levels may correct your issue.

13. Move the IE7 Temporary Internet Files Folder to its Default Location in Windows XP. If the Temporary Internet Files folder in Internet Explorer 7 has been moved from its original location, plus both Protected Mode and the Phishing Filter are enabled, the ieframe.dll error will occur.

14. Disable the Phishing Filter in Internet Explorer 7. This isn't a great long term solution if you don't have another phishing filter installed, but disabling IE7's phishing filter has been known to correct ieframe.dll issues in some situations.

15. Disable Protected Mode in Internet Explorer 7. The Protected Mode feature in Internet Explorer 7 can, in some very specific situations, be involved in generating an ieframe.dll error message.

How to Fix Runtime Errors in Internet Explorer

This post provides a resolution only for an error message that looks like the following Error

A Runtime Error has occurred.
Do you wish to Debug?
Line: line number
Error: nature of script error

This post provide also step by step instruction to Fix internet explorer run time error.

To do this automatically,

Click the Fix this problem link.
Then click Run in the File Download dialog boxes, and follow the steps in the Disable Microsoft Internet Explorer Script Debugging Wizard.

To do this Manually

To do this, follow these steps in Internet Explorer:

Click the Tools button , and then click Internet Options. Or, press ALT+T, and then press O.
In the Internet Options dialog box, click the Advanced tab.
Click to select the Disable script debugging (Internet Explorer) and Disable script debugging (Other) check boxes, and then click to clear the Display a notification about every script error check box.
Click OK to close the Internet Options dialog box.

Fix Internet Explorer is not currently as default browser

This post provide Browser Support to make internet explorer your default browser. Internet Explorer is not currently your default browser. Would you like to make it your default browser?

This error message will appear if Internet Explorer 5.0 is not registered as the default browser.

Resolution
To set Internet Explorer as your default browser, click 'Yes'. To keep your current default browser settings, clear the 'Always perform this check when starting Internet Explorer' check box, and click 'No'.

Details Information:

Do one of the following:
1) To set Internet Explorer as your default browser, click 'Yes'.
2) To keep your current default browser settings, clear the 'Always perform this check when starting Internet Explorer' check box, and click 'No'.

How to Check the browser's cache settings.

Using the recommended settings can improve browser performance by instructing the browser to display stored pages, rather than download fresh pages from the server, when revisiting a site.This post provide some browser support tips for check browser's cache setting in Internet Explorer and Netscape browser.

Recommended cache settings

1. Set your browser to refresh Web pages automatically when necessary. Do not specify that the browser refresh a page each time you view it.
2. Allocate adequate disk space for the browser cache. 10 MB is recommended. Do not specify zero space for the cache, and avoid allowing it to be larger than 50 MB.
3. Do not configure Internet Explorer to clear the cache each time you exit the browser (Supported Netscape browsers have no equivalent setting).
4. Retain the browser's History (log of recently visited sites) for 4 days.
5. Before changing settings. • Before changing cache/history settings, write down your current settings so that you can restore them if the new settings cause problems.
6. If you experience problems with Connexion browser or with other web-based applications when using the recommended cache settings, see 6. Resolve caching problems.

Internet Explorer
1. On the Tools menu click Internet Options.
2. On the General tab, under Temporary Internet Files, click Settings.
3. In the Settings dialog box, under Check for newer versions of stored pages, click Automatically.
4. Under Amount of disk space to use, type 10 in the text box.
5. Then click OK to close the Settings dialog box.
6. On the General tab, under History, for Days to keep pages in history, type 4 in the text box.
7. On the Advanced tab, under Security (the last group of items in the list), clear (uncheck) the check box labeled Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed.
8. Click OK to close the Internet Options dialog box.

Netscape
1. On the Edit menu click Preferences.
2. In the left pane of the Preferences dialog box, under Navigator, click History.
3. In the right pane (the History panel), under Browsing history, for Remember visited pages for the last __ days, type 4 in the text box.
4. In the left pane of the Preferences dialog box, under Advanced, click Cache.
5. In the right pane (the Cache panel), under Set Cache Options, change the number in the text box to 10. Make sure this number is not 0.
6. Under Compare the page in the cache to the page on the network, select When the page is out of date.
7. Then click OK to apply the changes and close the dialog box.

Microsoft Tightens IE 7's Security

This post provide information about Internet Explorer 7 security support . Microsoft has detailed several changes in the way its upcoming Internet Explorer (IE) 7 browser will classify Web sites for security, aiming to reduce the likelihood that users will fall victim to malicious code.

The browser, which will be released separately and also as part of the forthcoming Windows Vista operating system, is expected to ship in 2006, probably before Vista.

Network Admin Options
However, if a machine is running on a domain, IE 7 will automatically detect the intranet sites and revert to the intranet zone settings. Network administrators will be able to set group policies to ensure the browser runs as desired, the engineers wrote.

In Microsoft Windows Vista, the Internet zone will run in what the company calls "protected mode," to help protect against attacks that IE has been victim to in the past. Another feature, ActiveX Opt-In, will reduce potential damage from malicious Active X controls in the Internet zone, the engineers said. Those changes will be reflected in a new security level setting for the Internet zone, "medium high."

The "Trusted sites" zone, which provides a lot of autonomy for specific Web sites selected by the end user, will also change. It will now have a default security setting of "medium," the same as the Internet zone in IE 6. Users will be able to lower the setting if they want to, the engineers wrote.

Fix Service Unavailable Problems 0x80080203 and 0x80080204

Computer settings may be preventing you from validating Windows XP. you got a problem with internet services unavailable, Internet browser error.

To fix this problem follow the steps:

1.Start Internet Explorer, click Tools, and then click Internet Options.
2.Click the Security tab, and then click Custom Level.
3.Make sure that the related ActiveX Control options are enabled.
4.If you have third-party firewall software installed, disable the firewall.
5.Make sure that the Date and Time settings for the computer are correct.
6.Validate Windows XP again.

Outlook Live for IE, Firefox and Safari

Microsoft has not only taken Exchange Labs, its hosted email service aimed at university and college users, to the next level, but also rebranded the offering entirely in the process. On the way to Exchange 14, the next iteration of Exchange, the evolution of Exchange Labs is synonymous with the introduction of Outlook Live, which was unveiled at the end of the past week. But the new moniker is not the sole change, as Microsoft introduced a range of new features and improvements, focused on making the service more user friendly, but also to deliver additional performance and increase productivity. According to Microsoft, Outlook Live has in excess of 3.5 million users with Live@edu addresses.

“One of the biggest features we're announcing today is multi-browser support for the premium version of Outlook Web Access (OWA). With Exchange 14, you can access the premium version of OWA or Outlook Live with Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer. We’ve always supported all browsers with what we call 'OWA Light', a simpler version of OWA. The difference now is that you can get the full rich experience with drag ‘n drop & the rest of that AJAX-y goodness in all three browsers,” revealed KC Lemson, User Experience Manager for Exchange.

Lemson indicated that the concept of openness is in fact an integral part of Exchange's DNA. Adding support for rival browsers such as Firefox and Safari on top of Internet Explorer for Outlook Live is yet another example of Exchange's openness, which also includes Exchange ActiveSync licensing, and support for iPhone and Nokia phones on top of Windows Mobile devices.

“One of the things we're doing in E14 to address [the email overload] is introducing a new, turbo-charged conversation view. Although I get easily a hundred messages to me a day, they are usually part of the same 15 or 20 threads, so I use the new conversation view to make it far easier to keep track of the entire discussion at a time instead of letting the old ones slowly accrete in my inbox. So for me, conversations lets me cut down the items I have to deal with from 100 unique email messages to say ~20 conversations, cutting 80% of the clutter - and we're just getting started on that problem,” added.

Fix ieframe.dll not found or missing error

This post describes issues with IE 7.0.Most ieframe.dll 'not found' or 'missing' type of errors occur when using Internet Explorer 7 or while using Visual Basic 6. The ieframe.dll DLL files is related to Internet Explorer 7. In many cases, the installation of Internet Explorer 7 causes ieframe.dll errors to appear. Other causes include viruses, certain Windows Updates, incorrect firewall settings, outdated security software applications, and more.

Important : Do not, under any circumstances, download the ieframe.dll DLL file individually from any 'DLL download site.'

Optimize Internet Explorer.
Disable Phishing Filter
Open Internet Explorer 7.
From the Internet Explorer 7 command bar, choose Tools, then Phishing Filter, and finally Phishing Filter Settings.
In the Internet Options window that appears, locate the large Settings text area and scroll all the way to the bottom and locate the Phishing Filter options.
Under Phishing Filter, choose the Disable Phishing Filter radio button option.
Click OK on the Internet Options window.
Close Internet Explorer 7.
If you were troubleshooting an issue, repeat whatever steps caused your problem to see if disabling the Phishing Filter in Internet Explorer 7 has corrected it.

Disable Windows Firewall
Click on Start and then Control Panel.
Click on the Network and Internet Connections link.
Note: If you're viewing the Classic View of Control Panel, double-click on the Network Connections icon and skip to Step 4.
Under the or pick a Control Panel icon section, click on the Network Connections link.
In the Network Connections window, right-click on your network connection and choose Properties.

Note: If you have a 'high speed' Internet connection like Cable or DSL, or are on a network of some kind, your network connection will likely be titled Local Area Connection.

Choose the Advanced tab in the Properties window of your network connection.
In the Windows Firewall section under the Advanced tab, click on the Settings... button.
Choose the Off (not recommended) radio button in the Windows Firewall window.
Click OK in this window and click OK again in the Properties window of your network connection.
You can now close the Network Connections window.
Now that the Windows Firewall is disabled, repeat whatever steps caused your problem to see if disabling this option has fixed your problem.

Update Non-Window Firewalls
Disable Protected Mode.
Open Internet Explorer 7.
From the Internet Explorer 7 command bar, choose Tools and then Internet Options
In the Internet Options window, click on the Security tab.
Below the Security level for this zone area, and directly above the Custom level... and Default level buttons, uncheck the Enable Protected Mode checkbox.

Note: Disabling Protected Mode requires a restart of Internet Explorer 7, as you may have seen next to the checkbox in this step.

Click OK on the Internet Options window
If you're prompted with a Warning! dialog box, advising that The current security settings will put your computer at risk., click the OK button.
Close Internet Explorer 7 and then open it up again.
Try again to visit the web sites that were causing your problems to see if resetting the Internet Explorer 7 security settings on your computer helped.

Important: Protected Mode in not available with Internet Explorer 7 when installed on Windows XP. Windows Vista is the earliest operating system that supports Protected Mode in IE7. Re-install IE 7.0 or upgrade to latest Internet Explorer.

How to optimize or reset Internet Explorer 7

Configuration settings in Windows Internet Explorer 7 may cause one or more of the following issues:

* You experience performance problems in Internet Explorer 7.
* You receive an error message in Internet Explorer 7. For example, you receive an "Internet Explorer cannot display the Web page" error message.
* Internet Explorer 7 stops responding.

This Post describes Internet Explorer support how to optimize or reset Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Vista to resolve these issues.

Method 1: Clear cached data in Internet Explorer 7
To determine whether a performance issue or an error message is caused by corruption in the temporary Internet files or in other cached information that is used by Internet Explorer 7, you must clear cached data. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Open Internet Explorer 7.
2. Click Tools, and then click Delete Browsing History.
3. In Delete Browsing History, click Delete All.
4. Click to select the Also delete files and settings stored by add-ons check box, and then click OK.

A progress bar is displayed to indicate that the browsing history is being cleared. After this process is complete, test Internet Explorer to verify that it works correctly. If issues still occur, try Method 2.

Method 2: Reset security settings for Internet Explorer 7
If you configure security settings to be too restrictive, you may prevent Internet Explorer 7 from displaying certain Web sites. To determine whether an issue is caused by overly restrictive security settings, revert to default security settings. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Open Internet Explorer 7.
2. Click Tools, and then click Internet Options.
3. Click the Security tab.
4. Click Reset all zones to default level, and then click OK.

After you do this, test Internet Explorer to verify that it works correctly.

How to troubleshoot installation problems during Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2

In this addition if you cannot install Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 and facing problem, to troubleshoot its follow these steps:

1. Restart your computer so that any pending updates that require a restart can be installed.
2. Make sure that the Windows Update service is running. To do this, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, click Run, type services.msc, and then press ENTER.
2. In the Services list, locate the Windows Update service. If the Windows Update service is not running, start it.

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 may need the following updates, depending on the operating system that you are running. The Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Setup program automatically installs the necessary updates for the system.

* Hotfix 932823:
932823 You may be unable to use Windows Internet Explorer to download files on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP
Install this hotfix to resolve an issue in which a user cannot use Internet Explorer 7 to download files. This issue occurs on computers that are running Windows XP with Input Method Editor enabled.
* Update 946501:
946501 An access violation occurs when an application exits on a Windows XP SP2-based multi-core computer
Install this update to resolve an issue in which a window that has a language bar crashes when it exits. This issue occurs on multi-core computers that are running Windows XP Service Pack 2.
* Update 943302:
943302 December 2007 Windows Vista Application Compatibility Update
Install this update to resolve a set of known application compatibility issues with Windows Vista.
* Update 956586:
956586 Software updates that are required to be installed before you install Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 on a Windows Vista-based computer
* Update 937287:
937287 A software update is available for the Windows Vista installation software feature
The Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Setup program does not automatically install this update. However, it is a required update for x64-based versions of Windows Vista. Install this update to enable future updates to be installed successfully on all editions of Windows Vista.

When you install Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, you may receive the following error message:
Setup cannot continue because one or more updates required to install Windows Internet Explorer 8 are not present. Double-click the “Internet Explorer Troubleshooting” shortcut on your desktop to install them separately and then reinstall Windows Internet Explorer 8.
To work around this issue, you must install the Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 prerequisites manually.

source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318378

Firefox is already running but is not responding

In addition discuss about if your Browser (Mozilla Firefox) is already but not running. To troubleshoot these problems you must close all programs to allow a previous installation attempt to complete, Restart browser. I hope that is provides Browser Support to solve this problems

Follow the steps to given below:

In Windows Vista If you are receiving the above error message while attempting to start Firefox, try to restart the program. If the problem persists, do the following:
1. Restart your computer.
2. Select the Start Menu in the Windows Taskbar.
3. In the Search box, enter the following:
%APPDATA%
4. Press Enter.
5. From the Application Data folder, navigate to Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox.
6. Delete the file xpicleanup.dat.
7. Restart Firefox.

In Windows XP
1. Click on the Start button and select Search to open the Search Results window.
2. On the left side of the Search Results window, click on the All files and folders link.
3. Click to expand the More advanced options list.
4. Put a check mark next to Search system folders, Search hidden files and folders, and Search subfolders.
5. In the All or part of the file name field, type xpicleanup.dat.
6. Click Search to begin the search.
7. If any results are returned, delete them.
8. Restart Firefox.

Search Supporter May Not List All Search Providers

In addition I discussed regarding If search Assistant not list all search providers. This actions can occur if a language other than U.S. English (en-us) is listed first in the Languages settings in Internet Explorer Properties. This causes the search assistant to return search engines that are compatible with the browser's default language setting, and the content returned to be in a specific language. For some languages, only a limited number of Web search engines are accessible.

To fix this problems follow the steps given below
1. In Internet Explorer, click Internet Options on the Tools menu.
2. On the General tab, click Languages.
3. If English [United States][en-us] does not appear in the list, click Add. If this entry does appear, skip to step 5.
4. Click English [United States][en-us], and then click OK.
5. In the Language Preference dialog box, click English [United States][en-us], and then click Move Up to place the selected entry at the top of the list.
6. Click OK to close the Language Preference dialog box. Click OK to close the Internet Options dialog box.

Know Your Internet Browser

Microsoft Internet Explorer is very famous browser which is being used by many. IE is the fix internet browser canada which is widely accepted and used all over the world. In the browsers generation we are now seeing other browsers enter the market like firefox, opera and others.Now, Firefox is the main rival of IE. Since new alternatives like Firefox and Opera have come out we now know that, yes there is faster browsing out there.

Most of Firefox's advantages are MSIE's disadvantages, and vice-versa. Firefox allows you to "open in tabs. There has also been a joke circulating among Firefox fans that there is only one thing that is more secure in Internet Explorer than in Firefox and that is a feature that has not been implemented yet in Internet Explorer. It is internet explorer vs firefox

There is a strong integration with IE with Microsofts OS, though there is a positive side and a negative side to this because this enhances security problems. The Firefox team made a conscious decision to support neither ActiveX nor VBScript, activex and vbscript are not standards in the web society are often the problem when it comes to security vulnerabilities when using IE. Internet Explorer version 7 has been improved a great deal to help users a glimpse of the type of functionality you can expect from the new Windows Vista, it will not only do this but is fixes many security problems and introduced many new features into the browser. If you end up at a site that you think is questionable, and it does not have the appropriate security certificate, IE7 will now warn you by displaying messages.

When the internet bad guys create and execute massive scale hoaxes such as ID theft and phishing, then safety is Comprised. With the introduction of IE7 Microsoft has added new features called phishing, Phishing is stealing your identity by bringing to sites that mimic other websites. What is phishing, phishing is when people send emails and falsely portray that they are from a bank or credit card company in hopes you will give you personal information to them. You think the site you are entering your information is the real site, by clicking the link in a email, but it is not.

source:articlebase.com

It is Firefox vs Internet Explorer

For the first time in a web browser’s era, we are witnessing real action behind a browser other than Internet Explorer. The most browser history we can remember, major and widely accepted internet browser was Internet Explorer.

In late 90s, there was a time when Netscape was trying to claim superiority in that browser market share, but Internet Explorer walk away winning a lions share. However at present, for the first time Microsoft is facing tough competition. The new contender of Internet Explorer is “Firefox”, which is likely to take advantage of the security concerns that is counted as loop holes in Internet Explorer structure.

A browser from the producers of Mozilla, Firefox is drawing massive attention. Firefox is a browser that focuses on opening websites rapidly while keeping malicious pop-ups and spyware a side.

While, at final stages Firefox luckily was picked for the upcoming browser two federal agencies that recommended Internet users to select browser other than Internet Explorer for the first time, because of security concerns.

Internet users began switching over Firefox after facing numerous security issues with Internet Explorer. Users believe that Internet Explorer has not actually been upgraded since beginning of 20s. Users have to download the patch known as Service Pack 2 as well as upgrade their system up to windows XP for more secured Internet Explorer.

Internet Explorer use to hold around 95 percent of market share for web browsers but slide down to nearly 92 percent in just the few months. This might seem a few percentage points, but these few percentages depict millions of people who have switched over to Firefox from Internet Explorer.

It shows that Firefox is becoming widely accepted by millions of its fans, for its excellent features such as download speed, outstanding user interface along with its pop-up blocker.

But the biggest advantage for Internet Explorer is that most websites are still built to work best with Microsoft's browsers. It may result that some sites may not sees right or not be accessible at all through internet browser other than IE.

So, who will win this race Internet Explorer or Firefox? If Firefox sustains getting market share as it has at current phase than future is bright for Firefox. But, if Fix Internet Explorer Browser comes out with the solutions for its security issues, it can hold onto its over 90 percent lions share in the browser market.

Whatever, but the fact is that both browsers have had advantages along with security problems and loop-holes. So only the time will show the right answer, just wait and watch.

source:ezinearticles.com

Internet - A Small Introduction

The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that interchange data by packet switching using the standardized Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP). It is a "network of networks" that consists of millions of private and public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope that are linked by copper wires, fiber-optic cables, wireless connections, and other technologies.The Internet carries various information resources and services, such as electronic mail, online chat, file transfer and file sharing, online gaming, and the inter-linked hypertext documents and other resources of the World Wide Web (WWW).