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Moving the IE7 Toolbar to Its Classic Position: Date - Apr 23, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Chris Sanders; The biggest uproar I have ever heard from an IE7 upgrade is that the standard toolbar has moved positions. Here is a registry fix to appease your users if they have this same complaint.
Blocking Web Browsing: Date - Aug 21, 2007; Rating - 1.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to prevent users from accessing the Web except for certain allowed sites.
Use Shortcuts To Navigate Explorer Folders: Date - Apr 26, 2005; Rating - 4.2; Author - Tony Bradley; Windows Explorer is a fairly functional tool for browsing files and folders and finding what you are looking for. But, depending on how large and how organized your hard drive is, it may take some time to sift through to the folder you really want. Using command line parameters, you can create desktop shortcuts that take you quickly to your most-used folders.
Do Not Save Encrypted Web Pages: Date - Oct 29, 2004; Rating - 4; Author - Tony Bradley; Internet Explorer saves a lot of web site information and data in temporary files for faster retrieval in the future. For most web sites that isn't a problem, but saving encrypted web pages that should be secure to a temp file on your disk can pose a security risk. This tip will show you how to disable the saving of encrypted web pages.
Zip Files Downloaded with Internet Explorer Are Not Saved to Your Computer: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 1; Author - Wayne Maples
Repair XP's IE: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.1; Author - Wayne Maples
Open a command prompt in any folder using Windows Explorer: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.5; Author - Wayne Maples
IE Booster: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples
Explorer crashes and screen blank: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.7; Author - Wayne Maples
Managing Windows Explorer Folder Options: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.8; Author - Wayne Maples
XP's IE Keyboard Shortcuts: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.6; Author - Wayne Maples
Personalize Internet Explorer's Title: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples
Set Explorer to open unknown files with Notepad: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2; Author - Wayne Maples
Windows XP User Tips Tidbits: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.3; Author - Wayne Maples