Description: I myself like the new IE8 feature, InPrivate Browsing. However, InPrivate browsing doesn’t inherit the properties of the default browsing and doesn’t open my default home page. I am baffled to see About:InPrivate page when I open a new session.

The following tweak helped me to set a default home page for InPrivate browsing too

Procedure:

1. Click Start, Run.
2. Type regedit.
3. Navigate to the below registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AboutURLs

4. Double-click InPrivate option and set your favorite URL.

5. Exit the registry.

For those who are not good at registry modification, I’ve created a .reg file. You may download and run the .reg file [Download Link]. However, this defaults to www.ietips.net website. If you wish to change it, right-click the .reg file and change the URL with the URL you wish to change.

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Issue - You may have issues enabling the InPrivate option in Internet Explorer 8.

Cause - This issue happens with Live Family Safety software that was installed.

Resolution - Currently, InPrviate Options doesn’t work when the Live Family Safety software is installed and the Activity reporting is on.

As the Live Family Safety option has more features than InPrivate browsing, it overrides IE8 options.

If you wish to enable the InPrivate Option, you may need to uninstall the Live Family Safety software.

To uninstall Live Family Safety software, visit Link & MS KB article.

To know more about Live Family Safety software, visit this website.

To know more about InPrivate Browsing, visit this website.

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Description:

InPrivate Browsing is a new feature added in Internet Explorer 8. This is a great feature and helps the people who are not very good at Internet. This feature removes all the traces of your browsing, including history, temporary files and log-in data.

However, the InPrivate option will be Off by default. Instead of switching the option On every time, you may create create a shortcut to launch just a specific website with InPrivate mode activated.

Below steps will help you to create a shortcut:

Procedure:

1. Right-click on the Desktop area, and select New, Shortcut
2. Cut and paste the following line in the Shortcut window:

“%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore” -private www.ietips.net

NOTE - If you Need only the IE shortcut without a site, use the below:

“%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore” -private

3. Click Next.
4. Add a name (If you include a Site, best is to give the site name) for the new shortcut, e.g. InPrivate - IETIPS

5. Click Finish.

Now you can launch your favorite site/blank IE window in InPrivate mode easily with out switching on the InPrivate mode option every time.

To know more about InPrivate Browsing, visit this website.

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InPrivate Browsing is a new feature that I find another intresting and good option in Internet Explorer 8. Netizens now need no worry, while using public computers as this option will not store any kind of user data. It prevents Internet Explorer from storing data about your browsing session, which includes cookies, temporary Internet files, history, and other data.

Any toolbars, or extensions that are enabled will be disabled with this option. I wasn’t able to use Shift, Ctrl, P to capture a screen shot using my sniping software, as the extension is disabled quite interesting..

You can either enable, completely disable or choose the sites using the InPrivate Filtering options from the Safety menu button.

Watch out the Viewlet that I’ve created to know how to open a browser in InPrivate mode. [Link]

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