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October 17th, 2009 admin

How to download Internet Explorer 8?
Internet Explorer 8 was already distributed by Windows update. If you still have a older version of IE, check the Windows update.

You may also download Internet Explorer 8 from the below link:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/Internet-explorer/default.aspx
How to uninstall IE8 in Windows7?
To uninstall IE8 in Windows 7, perform the following steps:

1. Goto Control Panel and find out the “All Control Panel Options”
2. Click “Programs and Features”
3. Click “Turn Windows Features On or Off” in the left pane.
4. Find out Internet Explorer 8 listed in the program list.
5. uncheck the option.
6. Click OK and rebook the system.
How to Uninstall Internet Explorer 8?
To uninstall Internet Explorer 8, follow the steps mentioned below:

For Windows XP Users:

Click Start, Control Panel.
Select Add or Remove Programs.

Find and select Windows Internet Explorer 8 from the list of available applications.

Click the Remove button.
Restart your system.

For Windows Vista Users

Click Start and select Control Panel.
Select Programs (Programs and Features if you are using the Classic View).

Select View installed updates (it will be under the Tasks column if you’re using the Classic View).

Find and select Windows Internet Explorer 8 from the list.
Click the Uninstall button at the top of the list.
Restart the system.

How to speedup Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7?
Close IE8.
Go to elevated command prompt, by following the steps below:

Click Start, All Programs
Go to Accessories
Right-click Command Prompt
Select "Run as administrator" option.
Select "Yes" when the UAC prompt appears.
Enter the following:

regsvr32 actxprxy.dll

Press Enter.
Click OK when the confirmation prompt appears.

Also, you may try installing the chrome plugin which improves the performance 10 times to the current speed.w
What are the command line switches that I can use with IE8?
Below command line switches are recognized by Internet Explorer. To use these switches, click Start, Run (Press Win+R) and type iexplore.exe followed by a space and the key:


iexplore.exe -private - To start Internet Explorer in Private mode
iexplore.exe -extoff - To start Internet Explorer without any add-ons
iexplore.exe <URL> - Opens the given URL
iexplore.exe -k <URL> - Starts Internet Explorer in "Kiosk" mode ( client area takes entire monitor screen - this is different from 'Full screen' mode as there's no toggling out of it ).
iexplore.exe -nohome - Starts Internet Explorer with no webpage displayed ( does not load the homepage ).
iexplore.exe -restart
- Only for system administrators and programmers
iexplore.exe -slf - Starts Internet Explorer normally but loads the homepage from the browsers's cache.

How to Speed up Internet Explorer 8 by evaluating through Add-on Load time?
If you feel that Internet Explorer 8 is taking more time to load in Windows 7, you may follow this solution.

Open Internet Explorer 8.
Click Tools, select Manage Add-ons option.
Select All Add-ons and check the column "Loading time"

You may see the loading time for toolbars, add-ons, plugins and extensions installed in your PC. If you find any add-on/plug-in that takes more time (in minutes), you can consider disabling it. Use the Disable button to disable it directly.

If there is are any depended add-ons, IE8 will automatically search for them and gives a choice to disable them as well.

If you see any add-ons without the Load time, you may find the latest version or try disabling it to isolate if that is causing the slow down.

How to reset Internet Explorer settings?
You can reset the Internet Explorer settings automatically by using an utlity by Microsoft. For more information on the tool, and the procedure to use it, visit the following Support KBASE article:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737
How to resolve Internet Explorer Script Errors?
To resolve the script errors, you may not to install some additional software. However, you disable these errors by following the steps below:

1. Open Internet Explorer

2. Goto Tools menu
3. Click Internet Options, menu item
4. Click Advanced tab
5. Check the box "Disable script debugging" option.
6. Uncheck "Display a notification about every script error"
7. Click OK.

For complete troubleshooting steps, visit:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308260
How to run IE troubleshooter in Windows7?
Follow the below steps:

1. Close all the IE Windows and any other active applications. This will perform the operation smoothly.
2. Click Start, Control Panel.
3. Navigate to System and Security, and click Find and fix problems.
4. On the left task pane, click View All.
5. Click Internet Explorer Performance.
6. Click Next.

This will run the troubleshooter, which will fix all the identified issues.
How to stop an ActiveX control from running in Internet Explorer?
To stop an active ActiveX control, visit the following Support KBASE article:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240797
IE 8 began crashing on startup and the issue is not resolved even after a system restart?
This issue mostly happens when any new updates are installed. Please check Add or Remove programs for any new updates related to IE installed and uninstall them.

If the issue still persists, restart the IE in No Add-on mode. Visit the below website for more information to safe in No Add on mode:

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx

If the issue still persists, use our Fix IE tool to re-register all the IE related DLL and OCX files.
IE takes long time to open at the startup?

This issue happens, if the temporary Internet Files, Prefetch data and other files that are not required were not deleted.

To resolve this issue, delete all the temporary files, prefetch data and cookies and try reloading Internet Explorer.

IETips.net recommends Ccleaner (search in google to download for free) software, which will do all these tasks with ease. Its a nice application that I've installed myself to clear lots of files that are not required. Don't be surprise to see 100s of MBs when you run it for first time.

If the issue still persists, check the startup programs using MSCONFIG. (Click Start, Run, type msconfig.exe and press enter.) Don't uncheck any of the startup items that you may not know. Some of these are required by Windows, AntiVirus
and the other applications that you are using.
Internet Explorer 8 doesn't show any webpages in Windows7. How should I resolve the issue?
Windows 7 has a new feature called as IE Troubleshooter. Perform the steps mentioned below, which will resolve the issue:

1. Close all the IE Windows and any other active applications. This will perform the operation smoothly.
2. Click Start, Control Panel.
3. Navigate to System and Security, and click Find and fix problems.
4. On the left task pane, click View All.
5. Click Internet Explorer Performance.
6. Click Next.
My IE in Windows 7 displays only blank pages. How should I troubleshoot?
You may follow the steps below to resolve the "IE displays only blank pages" issue:

1. Close all the IE Windows and any other active applications. This will perform the operation smoothly.
2. Click Start, Control Panel.
3. Navigate to System and Security, and click Find and fix problems.
4. On the left task pane, click View All.
5. Click Internet Explorer Performance.
6. Click Next.

This will fix any identified issues.
What are Internet Explorer Script Error?
An Internet Explorer Script Error occurs when your web browser (Internet Explorer) experiences difficulties running a client-side script from a web site.

These scripts may be in JavaScript, JScript, or VisualBasic script.

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