Internet Explorer 7 by default is not placed on the desktop on either Vista or Longhorn. It is however on the Start Menu and once its launched for the first time will automatically be placed in the Quick Launch menu on that Task Bar.
To place it on the Desktop, Click on Start, and click and drag the Internet Explorer icon from your Start Menu to your desktop.
Using the local policy editor you can change the Internet Explorer Title Bar Text either for the current user or for all users of the computer.
Click on Start and type gpedit.msc and hit enter to bring up the local policy editor.
If you want to edit the title bar text for your own user account, choose the User Configuration folder. If you want to edit the title bar text for all users on this computer, choose the Computer Configuration Folder.
Expand Windows Settings and expand Internet Explorer Maintenance and finally click on Browser User Interface.
In the right hand side of the console, Right click on Browser Title and choose Properties.
Check the box to "Customize Title Bars" and enter in the text you want to have displayed in the title bar.
Using the local policy editor you can change the Internet Explorer Toolbars either for the current user or for all users of the computer.
Click on Start and type gpedit.msc and hit enter to bring up the local policy editor.
If you want to edit the Internet Explorer Toolbars for your own user account, choose the User Configuration folder. If you want to edit the Internet Explorer Toolbars for all users on this computer, choose the Computer Configuration Folder.
Expand Windows Settings and expand Internet Explorer Maintenance and finally click on Browser User Interface.
In the right hand side of the console, Right click on Browser Toolbar Customizations and choose Properties.
Check the radio button "Customize Toolbar Backgroup Bitmap" and browse to a bitmap image you'd like to use as a background for Internet Explorer.
If you have additional Toolbars you'd like to add, or remove from your system you can do so from this window as well.
To disable the phishing filter:
Load Internet Explorer.
Select the Tools menu and click Internet Options.
Click the Advanced tab, and scroll down near the bottom of the list then select the “Disable Phishing Filter radio button
Click OK and restart Internet Explorer.
Whilst the phishing filter is a good idea which provides additional security when visiting sites that may attempt to extract personal information from you, it has been reported that some people are having troubles with it, from poor performance to IE crashing.
Its worth noting that Microsoft has released a knowledge base article about this, with a patch which may help. You can check out this article here: Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 928089
This article is for Internet Explorer 7 running on XP, 2003 and Vista.
At the top right of the Internet Explorer 7 window is the search bar which enables you to perform a search against your favorite search engine. However, by default, only Microsoft's own "Live" service is configured.
So to add you own search providers, follow these easy steps:
Click the "Down Arrow" icon next to the Search bar and choose "Find More Providers". This will take you to a Microsoft Web Page that Microsoft has supplied additional Search Providers to choose from.
From this Web Page click on the Hyperlink for the Search Provider you wish to configure (eg. Google) and it will ask you whether you want to add it to your list of search providers. To do so, click the Add Provider button. If you like, you can also check the box to make this new provider the default search engine.
If you would like to change your default search provider to another one (assuming you have more than 1 already configured), click the "Down Arrow" icon next to the Search bar and choose "Change Search Defaults".
From this list you can select the Search Provider that you'd like to be the default and click on the "Set Default" button.
Internet Explorer has several command line options you can use to start Internet Explorer in different modes.
To use any of these methods, open up a command prompt or simply type the following in the Run command dialog box (Click Start, then Run or press the Windows key + R)
Start Internet Explorer with a specific web page loaded:
iexplore.exe www.yoursite.com
Start Internet Explorer with no toolbars or add-ons:
iexplore.exe -extoff
Start Internet Explorer in kiosk mode:
iexplore.exe -k
Start Internet Explorer without loading the homepage:
iexplore.exe -nohome
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