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Thanks for the feedback on IE Tweaker

No comments December 28th, 2009 admin

I would like to Thanks every one for their valuable feedback on IE Tweaker. We are further working on the tool to make it the best Tweaker for Internet Explorer. We would love to hear more feedback on the same. Please leave your further suggestions using the Contact Us link, so that we would be able to look into the further enhacements of the Tweaker.

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Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (974455)

No comments October 17th, 2009 admin

On Oct 13,2009, Microsoft has release the IE Cumulative Security Update for October 2009. This update addresses three privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability as per Microsoft in its MSDN Blog.

The security update addresses these vulnerabilities by modifying the way that Internet Explorer processes data stream headers, validates arguments, and handles objects in memory. To know more about the update, visit:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-054.mspx

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974455

However, some of the users have reported that installation of the cumlative update 974455 causes “Type Mismatch” error.

Do run our FiX IE utlity to resolve these issues.

Post with any other issues that you may have for further assistance.

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Remove the “Download Windows Search” Prompt in Internet Explorer 8 Address Bar

No comments October 15th, 2009 admin

Issue: You may see “Download Windows Search to improve history and favorites results” message while entering the website address as shown in the below screen shot:

Cause: This is not an issue and is by design. You may proceed with the download and install Windows Search. If you don’t want to install the Windows search, you may proceed with the solution provided below. However, when you install the Windows search, it will remove the prompt in a week days.

Solution: To remove the “Download Windows Search” Prompt, you have to modify the registry. The following steps will guide you modifying the same.

However, it is always recommended to backup the Windows registry before making any changes as incorrect changes may cause stability to the Operating system and you may need to reinstall the Operating system.

Click Start, type Regedit.exe and press ENTER
Navigate to the following registry path:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Microsoft Internet Explorer Main WindowsSearch

Right-click in the right pane and select New option.
Select REG_DWORD value and name it as ShowPrompt
Click OK which will default the value to 0.
Exit the Registry Editor.
Reopen Internet Explorer.

If you still see the prompt, perform the following:

Go to registry editor and navigate to the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows Search

Right-click in the right pane and select New.
Create a new String (REG_SZ) value and name it as CurrentVersion
Double-click CurrentVersion and set its value data to 4.0
Exit the Registry Editor.
Reopen the Internet Explorer.

This will resolve the issue.

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KB970858 Installation causing Internet connectivity issues

1 comment October 14th, 2009 admin

Issue - Installation of KB970858 update may cause issues with browsing Internet.

Applies to - Internet Explorer 8, Windows 7

Cause - This issue was not reported by many users who are running Windows 7 operating system.

Solution - You may run the the Fix IE tool. Download using the link below.

If the issue persists, you may need to uninstall the update. Follow the steps to perform the same:

Click Start, Control Panel.
Click Programs and Features.
Choose the check box view installed updates.
Scroll down to KB970858 update and right-click and select uninstall option.

Restart the system now.

Go to Windows update and choose hide that update. You may choose this option when you are again prompted to install this update.

NOTE - The above provided solution is a workaround and doesn’t fix any of your OS files otherthan re-registering the DLL and OCX files that are required by Internet Explorer.

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Fix IE Tool Launched for IE8

1 comment October 13th, 2009 admin

We have replaced the IEFIX.BAT file and launched “Fix IE” tool which will correct the incorrectly registered DLL and OCX file. Many users have downloaded this tool to fix various issues such as slow response time, issues in opening new windows, new tabs, issues with various options in IE and so on..