IE9: Disable Internet Options

The Internet Options is the center place for tweaking most of all important settings in . Because this option can be easily accessed by anyone, problems may arise when an user erases or tweaks the settings of other users. Luckily, you can lock the option by using this registry tweak.
In a public environment, users frequently will manipulate internet options thus harming the experience of other users. This registry hack prevents this from occurring. Remember that registry errors can cause massive issues, so backing up your system first is always a good idea.

Disable pinning sites to the taskbar

Pinning a site to the taskbar in IE9 is an useful feature, but may also be an annoying thing when everybody in your family tries to pin their favorite websites to the taskbar. To keep your Windows taskbar organized, you may want to disable this feature.

Steps to Follow

• Hold Win key+ R to open up the run box, type in regedit and hit Enter.

Internet Explorer Tips

Enable or Disable Toolbars and Extensions Add-ons

These are web browser add-ons that add features (for example, extra toolbars, animated mouse pointers, stock tickers, and pop-up ad blockers) to your Internet Explorer web browser.This will show you how to enable or disable a Toolbar and Extension add-on on Windows 7 Internet Explorer.

Steps to Follow

• Open Internet Explorer.
• Click on the Tools Menu Bar item and click on Manage Add-ons.
• Select a enabled add-on that you want to disable and click on the Disable button

NOTE: You can double click on the add-on to see more information about it, or click on the More information link after selecting the add-on.

• Click on the Close button.
• You may need to close and reopen Internet Explorer for this to take affect

How to Mute RSS?!!

Internet Explorer can be set to play a sound each time a feed is discovered on a web page. This can be quite useful to some and annoying to others depending on their preference.Here are the steps to Disable sound.

Steps To Follow

1. Open Internet Explorer 7.

2. Go to the Command Bar, click Tools and select Internet Options.

Internet Explorer Tips

Disable Sounds in WebPages in IE

Sound playing on web sites can be annoying, and often there is no option to disable the sound on the site. There are a number of ways to disable/block sound produced from websites. Embedded sound is easier to block than Flash audio sound.In IE we can disable these sounds very easily

Follow the Folowing steps to Disable Sounds in WebPages in IE

1. Open Internet Explorer.

2. Click Tools and select Internet Options.

Internet Explorer Tips

How to Disable Data Execution Prevention (DEP)

Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a security feature that can help prevent damage to your computer from viruses and other security threats. By default it is enabled in Internet Explorer. You still want to disable the Data Execution Prevention feature in Internet Explorer.

Here is the simple guide you to disable the DEP feature in Internet Explorer.

Disable Windows 7 Tab Previews in IE9/IE8

If you have downloaded Internet Explorer 9 or have been using Internet Explorer 8 with Windows 7, you might be familiar with tab previews shown in the taskbar for individual tabs open in the browser.
Though this feature is useful, it can get quite annoying if you have multiple tabs open in the browser. However, thankfully there is an option to disable the tab previews in Internet Explorer 8 and IE 9. To do that, follow the steps listed below.

Internet Explorer Tips

Disable Internet Explorer First Run Welcome Screen Pop Up

When you install Internet Explorer 8 or IE9 and launch it for the first time (or even when you reset the settings), you might have noticed the Set Up Windows Internet Explorer 8 (applies to Internet Explorer 9 as well) screen (Tour and RunOnce) appears asking you to go through a few steps to change the configuration of the search and accelerator settings.
You might not want to see this popup every time you install IE (IE8 or IE9) or reset settings in IE. Unfortunately Microsoft hasn’t made it easier to disable this initial set up. However there are workarounds to achieve the same.

Disable the Search Box in IE

This policy setting allows you to disable the Internet Explorer Search box. The Search box includes all installed search providers as well as a link to search settings.If you enable this policy setting, the Search box in Internet Explorer will be disabled, and will not appear in the Internet Explorer frame.If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the Search box will appear by default in the Internet Explorer frame.

Note: If you enable this policy setting, Internet Explorer will not enumerate search providers for the Accelerators infrastructure. If Accelerators are not turned off, users can install search providers as Accelerators to include them on the Accelerator menu.

Disable Changing IE’s Proxy Settings

This setting specifies to connect to the internet using the proxy server settings specified. A proxy server acts as an intermediary between your internal network (intranet) and the Internet, retrieving files from remote Web servers.If you enable this policy, the user will not be able to configure proxy settings. You can import your current Proxy settings from your machine using Internet Explorer Maintenance under Admin Templates using group policy editor.If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the user will have the freedom to configure proxy settings.

Steps to Follow

• Type gpedit.msc in the Start menu’s search box and then press Enter.

Disable Changing IE’s Link Color Settings

If you enable this policy, the color settings for links appear dimmed. The settings are located in the Links area of the dialog box that appears when users click the General tab and then click the Colors button in the Internet Options dialog box.If you disable this policy or do not configure it, users can change the default color of links on Web pages.If you set the “Disable the General page” policy (located in \User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer\Internet Control Panel), you do not need to set this policy, because the “Disable the General page” policy removes the General tab from the interface.

Note: The default link colors are ignored on Web pages on which the author has specified link colors.

Steps to Follow

• Type gpedit.msc in the Start menu’s search box and then press Enter.

How to Disable Animated Ads in Internet Explorer

Some users getting tired of seeing those animated ads on the sides of web pages. Animated ads in web pages can be annoying and can disrupt your browsing experience. So you want to disable animated ads in internet Explorer. Here is the simple tutorial guide you to disable animated ads.

Steps to Follow

• Open Internet Explorer and click on Tools

Disable IE’s Automatic Crash Recovery

The Automatic Crash Recovery (ACR) feature of Internet Explorer 8 helps prevent the loss of work in the unlikely event of browser failure. ACR takes advantage of the Loosely Coupled Internet Explorer (LCIE) feature to provide new crash recovery capabilities including tab recovery that minimize interruptions to a browsing session.But you can turn off the feature ,if you are more concern about privacy.

Disable Changing Home Page Settings

The Home page specified on the General tab of the Internet Options dialog box is the default Web page that Internet Explorer loads whenever it is run.

If you enable this policy setting, a user cannot set a custom default home page. You must specify which default home page should load on the user machine. For machines with Internet Explorer 7 or higher, the home page can be set within this policy to override other home page policies.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the Home page box is enabled and users can choose their own home page.

Disable Changing IE’s Home Page Settings

• Type gpedit.msc in the Start menu’s search box and then press Enter.

How to Uninstall, Disable or Delete Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7

If you do not want to have IE8 in your Windows 7, we can easily turn off that from the PC

• Click "Start" button, and then choose "Control Panel".

How to disable auto refresh page in IE

Auto refreshing the pages in IE eats up a lot of bandwidth. This situation may disturb you when you have a limited bandwidth network. This guide will show you how to disable auto refresh page in IE.

• Click Tools menu  on IE, then choose Internet Options.

How to Disable Internet Explorer Script Error

An Internet Explorer Script Error occurs when your Internet Explorer experiences difficulties running a client side script from a website. If you are possibly running a pop up killer of some kind which closes the pop up too quickly this causes the script of the website to fail and thus giving you the error for this.

You have some sort of spyware or adware infection that tries to launch something such as a popup but causes script errors. By disabling the debug feature, you can eliminate the possibility of getting script error messages while you are online. Just follow the simple steps to disable the error message.

Steps to Follow

• Open Internet Explorer.
• Toolbar menu > Tools.

How to Disable and Remove Suggested Sites from Internet Explorer 8

 

You might be tired of seeing the annoying Suggested Sites feature in the Favorites Bar. Let’s see how to disable Suggested Sites and remove it from the Toolbar.

Suggested Sites is a feature in Internet Explorer 8 and enables you to find sites similar to the one you’re visiting. When Suggested Sites is turned on, your browsing history is sent to Microsoft where they compare it to a list of updated sites that are related.

If you’re concerned about Microsoft tracking your browsing; you might want to turn off the Suggested Sites feature. This is a good solution for getting rid of it being displayed on the Favorite bar as well since you’re not using it.