In most web browsers the Stop button and Refresh button both appear before the Address Bar. Here’s how to make both appear before the Address Bar in Internet Explorer 8.

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After upgrading to Internet Explorer 8 you might find the Home Page button, or icon, has disappeared. There is an easy way to bring it back.

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Fed up with Internet Explorer 8 which is unstable at best? IE8 Beta 1 may occasionally crashes or not responding when browsing websites, and users have to close the browser with request to send the error report to Microsoft. The bugs or crashes happen more frequently especially if users using third-party add-ons such as Google Toolbar. This is generally expected as this is the first beta of IE 8.

Beside, user interface of IE8 is generally similar to IE7, reducing the enticing for users who face problems when using IE8 to stay using it. If you decided to rollback and revert back to original IE7 or IE6, it’s possible to uninstall IE8 to do so.

IE8 can be uninstall by using Add or Remove Programs module in Windows XP, but in Windows Vista, Windows Internet Explorer 8 is not considered to be a ‘program’. Instead, IE8 is categorizing as an ‘update’. Thus, users will not be able to find Windows Internet Explorer 8 in “Programs and Features” of Windows Vista.

To uninstall Internet Explorer 8, go to Control Panel, and click on Uninstall Programs link or Programs and Features icon. Then on Tasks pane on the left, click on View installed updates link. Locate and select Windows Internet Explorer 8 in the list of installed updates, and then click on Uninstall button. Click on Yes when asked that are you sure want to uninstall the update.

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. When you are on the page you want to create a web shortcut to just right-click the page, and left-click Create Shortcut.

Now Internet Explorer will ask "Do you want to put a shortcut to this website on your desktop?" Click Yes.

There is a second way. Shrink your Internet Explorer window. Use the restore button in the upper right corner of Internet Explorer, then grab and edge and make the window smaller until you can see an empty space on the desktop.

Now go to the address bar and left click the "e" just like you see below. Hold the left mouse button down and drag the shortcut web address out to the desktop.

Now let go of the left mouse button, and you’ve got your shortcut. Right-click the shortcut and rename it if you need to. To access the web site again simply double click the shortcut, and the site loads.

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. You can simply use the shortcut keys Ctrl+F. This will work in both Internet Explorer…

and Mozilla Firefox.