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IE8 Beta Testers Wanted 05 August 08 06:00 AM: Although Internet Explorer support is no longer part of our portfolio on the Performance team, we do still keep an eye on what’s going on in the world of IE. The IE team is looking for Beta Testers. Below is the post from the IE Team Blog Read More...
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Internet Explorer 8 - First Look 14 March 08 06:00 AM: Last week, at the MIX conference in Las Vegas, the Internet Explorer team made several announcements regarding IE8, the first of which was that a Developer Beta (emphasis on the Developer ) is now available. You can download the beta from the IE8 Read More...
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BHO's, Security and Shell Extensions 11 December 07 06:08 AM: Today we're going to wrap up our overview of Browser Helper Objects with a look at BHO's and Security as well as similarities between BHO's and Shell Extensions. If you recall from our first post on BHO's , a BHO is an extension to Internet Explorer Read More...
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The Basics of Browser Helper Objects 07 December 07 06:00 AM: In our last few posts on Internet Explorer, we've looked at ActiveX Controls. Today we're going to take a look at the Basics of Browser Helper Objects (BHO's). We're not going to cover BHO's and Security in this post, that will be covered Read More...
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Introduction to ActiveX - Part Three: Security and Security Zones 04 December 07 05:47 AM: One of the most common calls that we get relates to the warning dialogs, the "gold bar" message or even the infamous "Red X" image being displayed where the ActiveX control should be loaded. In some instances, the problem is Read More...
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Introduction to ActiveX - Part Two: Managing ActiveX controls 30 November 07 06:26 AM: In Part One of our Introduction to ActiveX , we covered the basics of ActiveX controls. Today we're going to go over some ActiveX specifics as they relate to the Internet Explorer environment and the management of ActiveX controls. The default installation Read More...
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Managing the "Launching Applications and Unsafe Files" Setting 27 November 07 06:30 AM: We are often asked about the centralized management of Internet Explorer configuration options for which there are no Group Policy settings included with the default IE GPO templates. One of the settings that we are asked about the most is the "Launching Read More...
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Introduction to ActiveX - Part One 16 November 07 07:27 AM: On Tuesday, we wrote about the upcoming changes in behavior for how Internet Explorer handles embedded controls . Today we're going to discuss the basics of ActiveX controls themselves - what they are and why they are important. We're not Read More...
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IE Automatic Component Activation 13 November 07 05:00 AM: Back in April 2006, Microsoft made a change in how IE handled embedded controls used on some web pages. These changes resulted in some sites requiring users to "Click to Activate" before they could interact with the control. Microsoft Read More...
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Internet Explorer and SSL Closure Alerts 09 November 07 06:00 AM: Today we're going to talk about SSL Closure Alerts in Internet Explorer. This is usually manifested as the user getting the "Page Cannot Be Displayed" error when connecting to a secure website hosted on a non-Microsoft Web Server. Read More...
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Introduction to the Application Compatibility Toolkit v5 19 October 07 06:49 AM: Deploying a new Operating System or a new version of Internet Explorer is no easy task at the best of times in a heterogeneous environment. The problem becomes exponentially more difficult when you consider the myriad of third-party applications Read More...
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Internet Explorer: A Bigger Cookie Jar 18 September 07 06:26 AM: Although the majority of IE cookie issues are handled by our Developer Support team, every now and then a question about cookies will reach us on the Performance team. Often, the question will revolve around the number of cookies stored per domain. Prior Read More...
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Under the Hood: WinHTTP 07 September 07 05:30 AM: A couple of weeks ago we took a look at WinINet . Today, our focus shifts to WinHTTP. The WinHTTP API is designed to provide client side HTTP services to server applications. If you recall from our post, WinINet was designed as an HTTP API client platform Read More...
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Under the Hood: WinINet 21 August 07 11:19 AM: We often have to work with customers to understand why a specific IE scenario fails. In some instances we may have to enable some custom logging and data collection to get to the root cause. However, understanding why we are doing what we are doing is Read More...
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IE7 Security Guide and other resources 17 August 07 07:20 AM: There have been several requests for good IE resources - especially resources pertaining to Internet Explorer 7. The majority of these requests are in reference to three areas - Security, Deployment and Developing for IE7. Bearing in mind that the folks Read More...
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