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How to add Google as default search in Internet Explorer

July 31, 2014 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

Internet Explorer is in-built with Bing as the default search engine. But it also provides users with the option to change the default search provider. Listed below are the steps for changing the default search engine in Internet Explorer 11 and 8

Make Google as default search engine in Internet Explorer 11

Launch Internet Explorer 11, navigate to address bar and click Search icon.

Search option in Address bar

Then click the Add Search Provider option in Search bar.

Add Search providers in Internet Explorer

Then select Google Search under Add-ons section

Select Google Search under Add-ons

In the Internet Explorer Gallery screen, click Add to Internet Explorer button.

Add Google Search to Internet Explorer

This should display the following Add Search Provider screen. Now mark the checkbox with caption as Make this my default search provider option. Then click Add button to confirm and save the changes.

make default search engine in Internet Explorer

Modifying default search provider using Manage add-ons option

If you had already added the search provider then you can follow the below mentioned steps to make it default.

Click the Tools menu and select Manage add-ons from the dropdown menu.

Manage add-ons in Internet Options

In the Manage Add-ons screen, navigate to Search Providers under Add-on-Types. Then select Google and click Set as default button.

Make Google Search as default

 

Set Google as default service provider in Internet Explorer 8

To add Google as a default search provider then it involves the following two steps

  • Adding Google Search Providers as Add-ons to Internet Explorer 8 (if not already added)
  • Changing the Google as the default search provider

You can use the Find More Search Providers and add Google to the Internet Explorer 8. Find More Search Providers can be accessed through Menu option available on clicking the Search text box drop down.

Find More Providers

Clicking on Find More Providers will display the Add-ons Gallery: Search Providers webpage and from this you can select Google and click on Add to Internet Explorer button. This would display Add Search Provider dialog box and to make Google as default search tick the check box Make this my default search provider and click on the Add button.

Add search provider in Internet Explorer

Filed Under: Internet Explorer Tagged With: Internet Explorer 11, Internet Explorer 8, Make Default, Manage add-ons, Search Provider

What is Caret browsing in Internet Explorer

July 28, 2014 By Ravi Shankar 15 Comments

Caret Browsing is cool feature available in Internet Explorer from version 8 onwards.

Rather than using a mouse to select text and move around within a webpage, you can use standard navigation keys on your keyboard-Home, End, Page Up, Page Down, and the arrow keys. This feature is called Caret Browsing and is named after the caret-or cursor-that appears when you edit a document.

You can press F7 to turn On or Off Caret browsing.

Turn on Caret Browsing

If you want to enable Caret browsing for new tabs or new windows then Enable Caret Browsing for new windows and tabs check box needs to be selected in Internet Options -> Advanced Tab.

Caret Browsing Internet Option

Filed Under: Browsers, Internet, Internet Explorer Tagged With: Internet Explorer 8, Tips

How to make Internet Explorer 11 as default browser on Windows 8.1

June 12, 2014 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

Windows 8.1 users can make Internet Explorer as the default browsers using Internet Options. Windows 8.1 comes with IE 11 as the default browser but if you have changed this setting then you can follow the below mentioned steps to revert the changes.

How to set Internet Explorer 11 as default browser

Step 1: Launch Internet Explorer and click the Settings icon available on the Top right hand side.

Internet Options on Windows 8.1

Step 2: Navigate to Programs tab in Internet Options window.

Make Internet Explorer the default browser

Step 3: Click “Make Internet Explorer the default browser” link under Opening Internet Explorer section. This should launch the Default Programs window as shown below.

Set Default Programs in Windows 8.1

Step 4: Select Internet Explorer under Programs section then choose “Set this program as default” option.

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If you want to make Internet Explorer as default programs for only selected file types then click Choose defaults for this program option. Now select the extensions for which you want to have Internet Explorer as the default program.

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Also See: How to disable the default browser check for Internet Explorer

Filed Under: Internet, Internet Explorer, Windows, Windows 8 Tagged With: Default Browser, Internet Explorer 11, Windows 8.1

How to start new browser session in Internet Explorer 10

March 10, 2012 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

I just came across a New Session feature on Internet Explorer 10 Consumer Preview. Generally we had to close the browser to start a new session and this would mean that all the open web pages has to be closed. But now using the New Session option, users can keep all open tabs and start a fresh session in a separate browser window.

You can start a new session by clicking the File menu then selecting New Session from the menu list.

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Filed Under: Browsers, Internet, Internet Explorer Tagged With: browser session, Internet Explorer 10, new session

How to turn on/off pop ups in Internet Explorer 8

July 8, 2009 By Ravi Shankar 2 Comments

Internet Explorer 8 has settings for blocking pop ups that appearing while accessing a website. Using this setting you can turn on or off a pop up, specify the sites where you want allow pop up to appear. To access Pop-up Blocker, click on Tools menu -> Options -> select Privacy tab in Internet Options dialog box.

popup blocker in Internet Explorer 8

On checking/un checking the Turn on Pop-up Blocker you enable or disable Pop ups. And on clicking settings button the following dialog would be displayed

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Using IE8 Pop-up Blocker settings you can specify the listed of sites that can be allowed Pop-ups and also provides options for changing the Notifications and blocking level.

Filed Under: Internet Explorer, Technical Tagged With: IE8, Tips

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