31st August 2001

Coming from the "Six of One" Department, Lockergnomie Ryan Hupp knows of an alternative way to get Internet Explorer to open in its biggest state. "You recently linked to something that would run in the background and automatically maximize IE windows when they were launched. There's a quick fix in the registry to make [Internet Explorer] always be maximized without having some program running." Open REGEDIT and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Internet Explorer \ Main. In the right- hand pane, you'll find the "fullscreen" value. Double-click it to change the "no" to a "yes" (or vice versa). From what I can tell, everything else in this key can be changed within the regular Internet Options dialog. As is the case for every other system tweak, I wouldn't suggest "optimizing" settings you don't understand. Have you ever used a Web browser? Okay, then you're clear for take-off... this time.