Keyboard Shortcuts for Internet Explorer Esc Stop downloading page Tab Tabs forward between items in the browser (useful for forms, address bar, search bar, etc.) Backspace Equivalent to the back page button F1 Displays the help screen F4 Display address bar history F5 Refresh browser page Shift+Ctrl+Tab Moves backward between frames F6 Moves forward between [...]
How To Backup Internet Explorer Favorites It’s a good idea to backup your browser favorites every once in awhile – just in case your computer crashes or if a time comes that you must reformat. You can also do this to copy your favorites from one computer to another or upload your favorites to your [...]
How To Turn Off Auto Complete In Internet Explorer Well it seemed like a good idea at the time didn’t it? Auto complete. However some have decided this feature is more annoying than helpful or some have decided they’d rather not have their usernames and passwords tracked. Here’s how you can turn off that feature: [...]
Help Downloading Software Downloading is the process of copying a file from a web server or computer to your computer. The file can be a piece of software, a music file (.mp3), a document, etc. You are simply copying one file to your computer for your use. Downloading Files When you go to the location [...]
How To Clear The Cache In Internet Explorer As you surf the net, your browser saves bits of information from each website that you visit (ie. graphics, etc.). This helps to load the websites faster the next time you visit. By following the instructions below, you can clear your cache anytime you wish: Open your [...]
Are You a Power Surfer? Time For Tabbed Browsers! If you regularly visit a lot of websites and are quite the power surfer, you may want to consider tabbed browsing. This utilizes a browser that enables you to have multiple windows and sites open at the same time. You just jump from tab to tab [...]
Help Downloading and Reading PDF Files PDF files are the most common and accessible ebook format on the net. Adobe’s Portable Document Format (pdf) is mainly used to distribute files on the internet or across a network. Files with a .pdf extension have been created in another application such as Word Perfect and even HTML, [...]
Hiding Email Addresses Most of us have received emails that are sent to a big list of people. Notice that you can read and swipe all the email addresses listed in the To: line. This is one way that spammers can collect and find your email address. This also exposes private email addresses to everyone. [...]
Here you will find various tips and tricks to using the Windows platform. Some are targetted for newbies, but there are more intermediate and advanced tips as well. Tweak your computer to be faster, cleaner and more reliable.