How to Uninstall Windows Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) in Vista

Fed up with Internet Explorer 8 which is unstable at best? Here’s how to uninstall it.

Put a Shortcut on the Desktop

Sometimes you arrive on a web site that you absolutely want to come back to over-and-over again, but you don’t want to find it in a list of favorites. To get quick access to a web site you can put a shortcut on your desktop.

Shortcut Keys to Search Page in Internet Explorer and Firefox

When it’s possible to save a few clicks, and a little time, I also make a not of it. Instead of clicking Edit –> Find in (or on) this page.

Add or Remove an RSS Feed in Vista

Windows Vista introduced RSS support which included the Common Feed List. This list of RSS feeds is built whenever a news feed is subscribed to with Internet Explorer. The list is shared with some Windows Sidebar gadgets, and Outlook 2007…

Shortcut Keys to Complete URL

In Windows you can perform a lot of tasks with a mouse click, or a shortcut key combination. In Internet Explorer 7, and Mozilla Firefox, you can type in word like nerdgrind, and use shortcut keys to complete the url with a www and a .com. Here’s an example.

Internet Explorer 7 Hangs Preparing to Copy

Since the release of Windows Vista, Microsoft has been aware of a problem affecting downloads using their web browser. Internet Explorer in Windows Vista will hang after it downloads a file, and begins to copy that file to the folder location.

Always use ClearType for HTML or Not

If you are currently reading NerdGrind with an LCD monitor, then your computer is probably already configured to use Microsoft’s ClearType technology. If not then click here for configuration help. ClearType is a software technology developed by Microsoft that improves the readability of text on existing LCDs (Liquid Crystal Displays), such as laptop screens, Pocket [...]

Add Internet Explorer 7 Icon to the Desktop in Windows Vista

If you’ve used Windows in the past, but are now using Windows Vista, you may have noticed the Internet Explorer shortcut icon is missing from the desktop. The IE (Internet Explorer) shortcut allowed you to launched the IE web browser, and allowed easy access to the Internet Options page by right-clicking and choosing Properties.

When [...]