Issue - The Buttons, text in the page, and text boxes where you enter user name, password, and search boxes may look tiny after upgrading to Internet Explorer 8.

Cause - This issue happens with one of the following:

1. Visual style option
2. CSS that was set by third party software
3. Add-ons

Resolution -

To resolve this issue, perform the following:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Go to Tools, Internet Options and choose the Advanced tab.
3. uncheck the “Enable visual styles on buttons and controls in webpages” option.
4. Click OK.

The above solution should resolve the issue. If the problem still persists, perform the following.

Download the IE8.CSS [Download Link] and perform the following:

1. Go to Internet Options, General tab.
2. Click Accessibility button.
3. Select Format documents using my style sheet and choose the ie8.css file
4. Click OK.

If the issue still persists, see if a browser add-on is causing the problem.

Start Internet Explorer without add-ons:

Right-click the IE icon on the desktop. Choose Start without add-ons.

If the issue is resolved, then an incompatible browser add-on which was installed is causing the issue.

To troubleshooting further, visit the below link - IEBlog  Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer’s (No Add-ons) Mode:

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

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Restore stop and refresh buttons next to address bar

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Issue - The menu bar is displayed down to the address bar, instead on top.

Reason - This is not an issue and is by design.

Solution - You can force the menu to be displayed on the top, instead of in the middle of all the buttons. To do this, create this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerToolbarWebBrowser

Create a dword value named ITBar7Position and set the value to 1. To set it at the default position, set value to 0.

If you don’t want to play with the registry, download and run the corresponding .reg file.

Move menu bar to top, Restore menu bar to default location

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Issue: The “Stop” & “Refresh” buttons are displayed next to back and forward buttons (before the address bar), instead of next to the address bar.

Reason: This is a new feature added in IE8 and is by design.

Resolution:

1. Hold Win key and press R (To open the Run dialog box)
2. Type gpedit.msc and click OK.

3. Under Local Computer Policy, Expand Computer Configuration, and Administrative Templates.
4. Goto Windows Components

5. Double-click Internet Explorer, Toolbars

6. Double-click “Set location of Stop and Refresh buttons”

If you enable this setting, the Stop and Refresh buttons will be next to the Forward and Back buttons, and cannot be moved by the user.

If you disable this setting, the Stop and Refresh buttons will be next to the Address bar, and cannot be moved by the user.

If you do not configure this setting, the Stop and Refresh buttons will be next to the Address bar by default, and the user can chose to move them.

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