Importing and Exporting Internet Favorites

If you use Internet Explorer on multiple computers, you can easily share favorite items

among computers by exporting them on one computer and then importing them on

another. Exporting favorites is also a good way to back them up, share them with a

friend, or even create a single Web page with links to all your favorites.

Exporting Internet Favorites

To export Internet Favorites to an .htm file, follow these steps:

1. On the File menu of Internet Explorer, select Import and Export.

2. On the Welcome page of the Import/Export Wizard, click Next.

3. Select the Export Favorites option and click Next.

4. You can specify the primary Favorites folder or any particular subfolder for your

export. When you select a folder for export, all subfolders in that folder are also

exported. Select the folder you want to export and click Next.

5. Click Browse, select a location and name for the export file, and click Save. Click

Next and then click Finish.

6. Internet Explorer informs you that the export is successful. Click OK.

The exported file is saved as a Web page. Double-click it to open it in Internet

Explorer, and you can see a list of all your favorites—complete with hyperlinks. You

can transfer this file to another computer and import it, back it up to a safe place, or

even use it as a Web page.

Importing Internet Favorites

To import Internet Favorites from an .htm file, follow these steps:

1. On the File menu of Internet Explorer, select Import and Export.

2. On the Welcome page of the Import/Export Wizard, click Next.

3. Select the Import Favorites option and click Next.

4. Click Browse, locate and select the .htm file you want to import, and then click

Save.

5. Click Next and then select a folder in which the imported favorites will be placed.

Click Next and then click Finish.

6. Internet Explorer informs you that the import is successful. Click OK.

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Locked Toolbar

If a user complains that the toolbar is locked and cannot be moved, click View, point

to Toolbars, and clear the Lock The Toolbars command.

Personalizing the Favorites Menu

When users call to report that they cannot access all their favorites or that they have

saved favorites but the favorites are not listed in the Favorites list, it is most likely

because the Personalized Favorites menu option is enabled in the Advanced options of

Internet Explorer. Personalized menus keep the Favorites list clean by hiding links that are not used very often. The list shows only the links that are accessed frequently. Tell

the users that they can access the less-frequently-accessed links by clicking the down

arrow at the end of the Favorites list.

>Enabling Personalized Favorites Menus

To disable or enable personalized favorites menus, follow these steps:

1. Open Internet Explorer, and from the Tools menu, select Internet Options.

2. On the Advanced tab, scroll down to the Browsing section, and select or clear the

Enable Personalized Favorites Menu check box. Click OK.

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Many times we face some problems like how internet performs well, speed, Connectivity and other computer problems and solution can be resolved by customizing the Standard toolbar, changing what is.

Selected in the View menu, or personalizing the Advanced settings in the Internet

Options dialog box.

Missing Toolbar, Links Bar, or Status Bar

A common complaint from end users is that an Internet Explorer toolbar is missing, or

a toolbar that they used to have is not available anymore. The toolbars that you can

configure include the Standard toolbar, the Address bar, and the Links bar. Users might

also complain that they cannot see the information at the bottom of the screen that

shows which security zone they are in, denoting a missing Status bar. You can add and

remove these toolbars by using the View menu; and you can customize the placement

of the Standard toolbar, Address bar, and Links bar by dragging and dropping.

To show or hide any of the toolbars, follow these steps:

1. Open Internet Explorer, and from the View menu, point to Toolbars.

2. The Toolbars list contains Standard Buttons, Address Bar, Links, Lock The Toolbars,

and Customize selection. Toolbars marked with a check are showing; toolbars

without a check do not show. To select or clear a toolbar, select it from the list.

To customize the placement of the Standard toolbar, Address bar, or Links bar, follow

these steps:

1. In Internet Explorer, make sure that the toolbars are unlocked by going to the

View menu, pointing at Toolbars, and ensuring that the Lock The Toolbars command

does not have a check next to it. If it does, choose the command to toggle

it off.

2. Position the pointer at the far left of the toolbar you want to move.

3. Click and hold the mouse button; the pointer will change to a four-headed arrow.

4. Drag the toolbar to a new position to combine it with an existing toolbar or to

move its position onscreen.

5. Position the pointer on the light dotted lines that separate combined toolbars until

the pointer becomes a two-headed arrow. Drag to resize the toolbar.

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Configuring Privacy Settings in Internet Explorer

The Privacy tab of the Internet Options dialog box allows you to control how Internet

Explorer handles cookies, which are small text files stored on your computer by websites.

Websites use cookies to store user preferences for personalized sites, and cookies

often contain personal information used to identify the user to the website.

Although most cookies are legitimate, some are not. Unsatisfactory cookies are those

that are used to provide personally identifiable information for a secondary purpose,

such as selling your e-mail address to third-party vendors, or sharing your name and

address with other companies. Because there are unsatisfactory cookies, it is important

to understand the different types of cookies, how to delete cookies, and how to change

privacy settings to prevent different types of cookies from being saved to the computer.

Your company might require that changes be made to the default settings for cookies,

too, so you need to know how to make changes if asked.

Cookies can be either persistent (they remain after Internet Explorer is closed and can

be reused) or temporary (they are deleted when Internet Explorer is closed). Also,

there are first-party and third-party cookies. First-party cookies originate from the website

that you are currently viewing. Third-party cookies originate from a site different

from the one that you are currently viewing but are somehow related to the current

website. For example, many sites use advertising from third-party sites, and those sites

commonly use cookies to track your website usage for advertising purposes.

You can configure the following settings to manage cookies:

■ Block All Cookies Blocks new cookies from being created and prevents access

to existing cookies. If per-site privacy settings are configured, they do not override

this setting.

■ High Blocks all cookies that use personal information without the user’s explicit

consent. If per-site privacy settings are configured, they override this setting.

■ Medium High Blocks all third-party cookies that do not have a compact privacy

policy or that use personal information without the user’s explicit consent,

and all first-party cookies that use personal information without implicit consent.

If per-site privacy settings are configured, they override this setting.

■ Medium Blocks all third-party cookies that do not have a compact privacy policy

or that use personal information without the user’s explicit consent. First-party

cookies that use personal information without implicit consent are allowed, but

they are deleted when the browser is closed. Access to first-party cookies is

restricted to first-party context if the cookie does not have a compact privacy policy.

If per-site privacy settings are configured, they override this setting.

■ Low Permits websites to store all cookies on the computer. When the browser is

closed, third-party cookies are deleted. Access to first-party cookies is restricted to

first-party context if the cookie does not have a compact privacy policy. If per-site

privacy settings are configured, they override this setting.

■ Accept All Cookies Enables all websites to store and access cookies on the

computer. If per-site privacy settings are configured, they do not override this setting.

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