This page contains the top 10 questions regarding Internet Explorer 4.x. Click on the question below to be taken to the appropriate answer.
1) When I browse, everything is appearing in half a screen, Why?
A) This is caused when using the built in search facility within Internet Explorer. You are supposed to be able to browse in the right hand pane and search in the left, but sometimes you end up doing everything in the left. To resolve this problem, simple click on the 'X' at the top right hand corner of the left pane as indicated on the screen shot below.
2) I used to use FreeServe, how do I remove them completely?
A)
Removing the Freeserve branding
on the IE4 browser.
Windows 95 and Windows 98: To remove the Freeserve branding
from IE4 you can delete the directory called \signup in c:\program files\internet
explorer\. If you just wish to delete the toolbar motif, locate the file named
toolbar.bmp in the SIGNUP directory and delete only that file.
Turning off the Active Desktop and removing
the Freeserve channel.
Windows 95 and 98: To turn off the Active Desktop webpage view,
go to your Desktop view and click with your RIGHT-HAND mouse button on the desktop.
From the menu that appears, select 'Active Desktop'. The top entry 'View as
Webpage' will have a tick next to it - click once to remove the tick and return
your desktop to a normal view.
Windows 95 and 98: Removing the Freeserve channel. You can remove the Freeserve logo from your Active Desktop Channel bar by clicking on it with the RIGHT-HAND button of your mouse, then selecting delete.
Changing which connection is dialled by default to connect to the internet.
If you wish to decide for yourself which ISP to connect to,
the easiest way is to start the connection manually yourself.
Open Dialup Networking by double clicking on the 'My Computer' icon from
your desktop.
In the Dialup Networking folder you will see all your ISP connections including
your Freeserve connection.
Double click on whichever connection you wish to use, enter your password
if it isn't there and press 'Connect'.
(If you make a copy of each connection and put it on the desktop this will
make the procedure easier next time.)
Once you are connected you will see an icon in your system tray on your
taskbar which looks like two computers connected to each other.
Setting the connection used when Internet Explorer
4 is started (Windows 95 and 98):
Go to 'View', then 'Internet Options' and select 'Connection'.
The circle marked 'Connect to the Internet using a modem' should already
be checked. Press the button marked 'Settings'.
From the first box at the top you can select which connection should be
used as default.
If you don't want Windows to dial up a connection when you open the browser,
after you start Internet Explorer 4, when the connection dialogue appears,
click on 'Work Offline' .
Setting the connection used when Outlook Express is
started (Windows 95 and 98):
Select 'Tools' from the Outlook Express menu bar. Then go to 'Options' -
under the 'Dial Up' tab you will see options listed for which connection
to dial.
Dialup connections for all the Email accounts that you are accessing under
Outlook Express will be shown here.
You may not wish to connect to the internet when you start Outlook Express,
in which case you can select 'Do not dial a connection'.
If you wish to specify a particular connection to dial for a particular
email account, you should do this by going to the 'Tools' menu, then selecting
'Accounts', then selecting the 'Mail' tab. Highlight whichever mail account
you want to set the connection for and select 'Properties'. Under the 'Connection'
tab, you can specify which ISP connection to use.
Uninstalling all Freeserve components.
Windows 95: You can uninstall IE4 and Outlook Express (and
any of the other Microsoft packages that you could have chosen during the Freeserve
installation) using the Add/Remove Program functions in Control Panel as described
above.
Follow the other steps outlined above to remove the other Freeserve components.
Windows 98: You will not be able to uninstall IE4 or Outlook
Express.
The Freeserve icon can simply be deleted from your Desktop, and the icon itself
(freeserve.ico) can be deleted from the directory, C:\Windows.
Freeserve entries in the 'Start' menu can be removed from the following directory
in Windows Explorer:
C:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Freeserve
Registry settings.
You can modify your registry settings using the regedit tool. If you wish to
do this, from the Start menu, go to Run, and type 'regedit'. Search for those
Keys which refer to Freeserve and, if you wish, remove them.
NB. We do not advise modification of registry settings and cannot guarantee
to support customers who chose to adjust registry settings.
The methods detailed above are sufficient in most cases to remove all Freeserve
components from your system. Remember to make a back-up of the registry before
making any changes. Outstanding items that you may wish to remove that are not
covered by the instructions above include:
To modify the title of Internet Explorer:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Right click on Window Title to edit
To modify title of Outlook Express:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express
Right click on Window Title to edit
To remove the Infopane at the bottom of Outlook Express:
Remove the key 'BodyBarPath' in the same section as above.
3) How can I remove the Active Desktop?
A) You can turn off the Active Desktop without removing it by performing the following:
To actually remove Active Desktop completely while leaving the browser intact:
4) How do I change the default Search Engine?
A) The URL for the Search Engine used with the Go - Search the Web is stored in the registry so this can easily be changed:
NB. We do not advise modification of registry settings and cannot guarantee to support customers who chose to adjust registry settings.
Now when you select search you will be taken to this URL. If you want to change back to the default enter http://www.msn.com/access/allinone.htm
5) How can I change the default start page?
A) When you first start Internet Explorer it loads a page, by default this is a Microsoft page (http://home.microsoft.com) however this can be changed:
6) How do I clear Internet Explorers History?
A) Internet Explorer keeps a history of the sites you visit and can be viewed by clicking the History button on the toolbar. If you wish to clear this History perform the following
7) How do I add or remove the Windows Desktop Update component?
A) To remove Windows Desktop Update, follow these steps:
Internet Explorer 4.0 has modified the format of the Recycle Bin.
If you want to keep any of the items currently in the Recycle Bin, open the Recycle Bin and move the items to a different location.
To permanently delete all items from the Recycle Bin and continue, click OK.
Click OK when you are sure there are no files in the Recycle Bin that you want to restore.
Internet Explorer attempts to close all programs and reconfigure your computer to run without Windows Desktop Update.
8) Content Advisor problems!
A) Open Internet Explorer. Click on View, then Options. Click on the Security tab. At the top of the screen is the Content advisor settings. Click on Settings. When asked for a password, leave this blank and click on OK. If a password has already been set for this you must enter it here. On the next screen, click on OK. Now click on Disable ratings, enter your password (if you set one). Click on OK. Exit from Internet Explorer and run it again.
If you have entered a password and cannot remember it you will have
to do the following:
Click on Start, goto run, typ in regedit. Goto the following entry as specified
in the path below HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Policies/Ratings
and delete the key in this folder. Once this is done find the file named
Ratings.pol and remove it. Re-boot the machine and it should now let you in.
NB. We do not advise modification of registry settings and cannot guarantee to support customers who chose to adjust registry settings.
9) How can I make Internet Explorer use a different e-mail program?
A) Normally the default program for Internet Explorer to use for e-mail is Outlook Express. To change this follow these steps:
10) When I print, I don't get any of the background colour or images, just the text. Why?
A) The default setting for Internet Explorer for printing is with this setting off. To change this follow these steps: