Internet Explorer articles

The purpose of Protected Mode in internet explorer is to prevent malicious software from exploiting the vulnerabilities of the internet explorer and to protect your computer from hackers, who can easily gain access to your computer. The importance of using protected mode cannot be denied but many times people have …

ActiveX is a software framework that can be re-used by many application programs within a computer or among various computers in a network. Once installed ActiveX has access to your entire computer. Often referred to as an add-on, ActiveX is a small set of programs for Internet Explorer, which enable …

Since the first iteration of Windows was released in 1995 as a complement to Windows 95 in an update known as “Microsoft Plus!”, it’s been one of the browsers with most prominence on the internet. Its Golden Age was in 1999-2003 when it had about 95% dominance on the Internet. …

With all the Web Browsers available, such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, etc., you might think that Internet Explorer is not essential or necessary anymore. Some might even say, “Why would I? I already have mine with my favorite add-ons, my plugins and everything I need”. Let’s face it: …

Let’s admit it, you open your browser (it could be Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer 11 or Microsoft Edge), and sometimes there’s this annoying homepage that you didn’t choose. Let’s say, a News website that you didn’t ask for, or a page that your Antivirus set for you. That is …

Have you experienced web pages looking funny or otherwise working poorly? There's a risk that you have an old file somewhere in your cache. One of the most common problems faced by folks surfing online is issues in loading a webpage, which is usually due to an uncleared cache in …