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Home›Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer

27 articles

How to

How to disable Internet Explorer’s End of Life Upgrade Notification?

January 6, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

On January 12, 2106 i.e. on next Tuesday, support for older versions of Internet Explorer will end. If you’re using either Internet explorer 8 … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Internet Explorer, Tips and Tricks
How to

How to open Internet Explorer in Windows 10

July 9, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Can’t find Internet Explorer in Windows 10? Here is how to open it from the Start menu or by using taskbar search. Microsoft Edge … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Internet Explorer, Tips and Tricks
Internet Explorer

How to remove Bing Search box from IE11’s New Tab Page?

May 11, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

On October 14, 2014, Microsoft has pushed Kb3004247 update for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users via Windows Update to ‘increase prominence of web … [Read more…]

Posted in: Internet Explorer, Tips and Tricks
Internet Explorer

Fix Can’t add Google as Search Provider in Internet Explorer 11

May 3, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

When you visit Internet Explorer Gallery site in IE11 on Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8 and click ‘Add to Internet Explorer’ for Google … [Read more…]

Posted in: Internet Explorer, Troubleshooting
Internet Explorer

Download Internet Explorer 11 Final for Windows 7

November 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 2 Comments

Microsoft has released final version of Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7 and is available for download worldwide in 95 languages. While your Internet Explorer version-including IE11 Release Preview and Developer Preview- will be automatically updated to latest version, unless […]

Posted in: Internet Explorer, News
Internet Explorer

Update for Internet Explorer 11 disables Its Enhanced Protected Mode by default in Windows 8.1

November 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

An Update has been released for Internet Explorer 11 to change enhanced protected mode setting to off. Yesterday, Microsoft has released cumulative security update for Internet Explorer, of which one update 2907803 released for Windows 8.1 aimed at Internet Explorer […]

Posted in: Internet Explorer, News
Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer 11 Blocker Toolkit

Internet Explorer 11 Blocker Toolkit for Windows 7 is Available

October 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Internet Explorer 11 Blocker Toolkit

If you don’t want Internet Explorer 11 final to be installed automatically in Windows 7 through Automatic Updates, then you can prevent that happening by installing IE11 Blocker Toolkit. Recently Microsoft has released Release Preview of Internet Explorer 11 for […]

Posted in: Internet Explorer, News
Internet Explorer

Make Google As Default Search Engine in Internet Explorer 11

October 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 comes with only one search engine that too as default, that is Bing. You can add any other search provider like Google or Yahoo from Internet Explorer galley site and make […]

Posted in: Internet Explorer, Tips and Tricks
Internet Explorer

Download IE11 Release Preview for Windows 7

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Microsoft has released Release Preview of Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7 users and is available for download. Microsoft released Developer Preview for IE11 in July, this year and now Internet Explorer 11 Release Preview is up for grabs, software […]

Posted in: Internet Explorer, News
How to
Uninstalling Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 7

How to Uninstall IE11 on Windows 7 that restores Previous Version to IE10/IE9/IE8

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Uninstalling Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 7

Downgrading to IE10 or IE9 or IE8 from IE11 is easy. Yesterday, Microsoft has released Release Preview for Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7, this will be last Preview version and final version will be released this fall. If you’ve […]

Posted in: How to, Internet Explorer, Tips and Tricks
Internet Explorer
Adblock Plus for IE setup

Adblock Plus for Internet Explorer Final Version Available, Works on IE6-IE10

August 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Adblock Plus for IE setup

Final version of Adblock Plus for Internet Explorer is available. Finally it happened, Adblock Plus version 1.0 stable build has been released for Internet Explorer. This version works from IE6 on Windows XP t0 IE10 on Windows 8 and has […]

Posted in: Internet Explorer, News
Internet Explorer

IE11 for Windows 7 is Coming, Developer Preview now Available

July 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

First developer Preview of IE11 for Windows 7 has been released and is available for download, you must be using Windows 7 SP1 to install this preview. If you felt, Internet Explorer 11 might not be available for Windows 7

Posted in: Internet Explorer, News
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