Manage Internet Explorer Add-Ons on Internet Explorer 7

Series Summary

Computers are complex machines built upon very simple principles. They perform arithmetical operations millions of times over to transform digital information, moving at lightning speed, into usable human data.

A personal computer's job is to help a user create, manipulate, deliver, receive, or delete media content. This is a simple, sterile definition that sounds uninteresting on the surface. Nevertheless, these fundamental functions mimic human ability in some surprising ways. Therefore, the computer is increasingly becoming an engine of the imagination, a platform for the digital life.

The computer’s basic functionality is behind the growing demand for improved home computing capability. It has driven much of the computer industry to continually construct hardware and software systems that can meet and exceed the expectations of the computer user, whose wants are manifold and myriad.

In this free internet explorer training video series, learn how to use some of IE7’s many helpful functions. Our expert will show you how to clear your internet browser history, use the content advisor, enable cookies, set a default homepage, and manage many other web browser features. Take this Windows Internet Explorer 7.0 tutorial today!

Video Transcript

" Hi! I am Ross on behalf of expertvillage.com, windows Internet Explorer, let us check it out. In this clip I am going to show you how to manage add on’s. I have the Google bar here and this is an add on, I want to disable it, I can go up to tools, manage add on’s and right now I am showing the add on’s that are enabled for Internet Explorer. I can see here Google toolbar, it is enabled. If I click on Google and go down to settings I can disable it. It comes up telling me that I can disable this add on and I may need to restart the Internet Explorer or click OK and then OK. The Google toolbar is still here and I will access the Internet Explorer, restart it and now I can see the Google toolbar is no longer showing. Now if I want to enable it I will go up to tools, manage add on’s and here, where it says show I need to change it from the currently loaded add on’s to all the ones that have been used. Now I can find the Google toolbar and it is disabled I will click on of it, enable it. A similar message comes up about enabling it and that you may need to restart Internet Explorer. To restart you close the program and start it again. This is not restarting windows but Internet Explorer, the application itself and now I have the Google toolbar. "