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Making the Internet Explorer & the Explorer
Toolbars Fancy
The
Internet Explorer toolbar looks pretty simple. Want to make it fancy and kewl?
Why not add a background image to it. To do this kewl hack launch the Windows
Registry Editor and go to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Internet Explorer\Toolbar\.
Now
in the right pane create a new String Value and name it BackBitmap and modify
it's value to the path of the Bitmap you want to dress it up with by
rightclicking on it and choosing Modify. When you reboot the Internet Explorer
and the Windows Explorer toolbars will have a new look.
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Change Internet Explorer's Caption
Don't
like the caption of Internet Explorer caption? Want to change it? Open the
registry editor and go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Main.
In
the right pane create a new String Value names Window Title (Note the space
between Window and Title). Right click on this newly created String Value and
select Modify. Type in the new caption you want to be displayed. Restart for
the settings to take place.
Now
let's move on to some Outlook Express Tricks.
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Colorful Background
Don't
like the boring background colors of Outlook Express? To change it launch the
Windows Registry Editor and scroll down to the
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Mail And News key.
On
the left pane, click on ColorCycle or select Edit and Modify in the menu. Now
change the value to 1. Close and restart. Now, launch Outlook Express and
whenever you open up a New Message, hold down ctrl-shift and tap the z key to
scroll to change the background color. Repeat the keystroke to cycle through
the colors.
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Internet Explorer 5 Hidden Features
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 has several hidden features which can be controlled using the Windows Registry. Open your registry and scroll down to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Restrictions
Create
a new DWORD value named x(See complete list of values of x below) and modify
it's value to 1 to enable it and to 0 to disable it.
NoBrowserClose
: Disable the option of closing Internet Explorer.
NoBrowserContextMenu
: Disable right-click context menu.
NoBrowserOptions
: Disable the Tools / Internet Options menu.
NoBrowserSaveAs
: Disable the ability to Save As.
NoFavorites
: Disable the Favorites.
NoFileNew
: Disable the File / New command.
NoFileOpen
: Disable the File / Open command.
NoFindFiles
: Disable the Find Files command.
NoSelectDownloadDir
: Disable the option of selecting a download directory.
NoTheaterMode
: Disable the Full Screen view option.
Soon
i will come up with a new whole range of tricks on iE. Till then enjoy this
one.
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