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Measuring Browser performance…

Hi everyone!   When working with customers, we are often times asked about benchmarking and...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 04/27/2009

Internet Explorer fails to import Favorites where the URL string contains “%” characters

Hi Everyone! It must be “Favorites week” because I’ve got yet another behavior that I need to make...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 04/20/2009

Why am I getting Garbled international characters in the name when opening streamed file in IE?

Hi Folks! Here’s another IE behavior that we thought you might find interesting… Scenario: IE makes...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 04/16/2009

FTP and Internet Explorer… What to do, what to do.

Hi everyone! As many of you know, with the release of Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft made some...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 04/16/2009

And now for something completely different… “A Brief History of the Web” by Microsoft

Hi everyone! Some of you may have already come across these viral videos, but I thought I would pass...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 04/15/2009

How can I run a “Fix IT” silently?

Hi, Axel from the IE Escalation team again with a quick note on how to use a Microsoft Fix IT to...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 03/30/2009

Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows Internet Explorer 8 RTM is available for download

Hi everyone!   Just a real quick blog.  The final version of the spreadsheet, containing a...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 03/25/2009

Using Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration on Terminal Servers

Hi, Axel Rivera again with information about IE Enhanced Security and how it could affect users when...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 03/24/2009

Hi everyone! Here some interesting details around the Maxthon Browser and Internet Explorer that you...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 03/24/2009

Compatibility View Button Displays on web pages with X-UA-Compatible Tag in Internet Explorer 8

Hi everyone! I am sure you have noticed Internet Explorer’s Compatibility View button, located on...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 03/23/2009

Right floated element in Internet Explorer 8 is positioned differently than Internet Explorer 7

Hi everyone! Here is behavior difference between IE8 and IE7 that we’ve come across. Hopefully will...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 03/23/2009

Understanding Compatibility Modes in Internet Explorer 8

Hi everyone! With the release of IE 8, we felt that providing a little more detail around the...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 03/23/2009

How to get content rating to work with Internet Information Server 6.0 and Internet Explorer 7 and later

Hi everyone! Shahinur again…  I was working with a content-rating issue recently where we had...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 03/23/2009

Microsoft Knowledge Base articles regarding Internet Explorer 8

Hi everyone! We thought it might be a good idea to provide you folks a listing of KB articles...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 03/20/2009

“Open as Web Folder” Not In the Internet Explorer 8 File | Open dialog

Hi everyone! David Conner here.  I am a Senior Escalation Engineer on the IE Core and SDK team...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 03/20/2009

How to determine which IE tabs goes to which Iexplore.exe process when using Internet Explorer 8

Hi everyone! Here’s an interesting bit of information for those tech geeks out there revolving...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 03/20/2009

How to solve Internet Explorer 8 installation problems

Hi everyone! Lots of stuff coming out today with the release of IE8 almost upon us. Here’s another...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 03/19/2009

Automated uninstaller for Internet Explorer 8 now available from the Microsoft FixIT team!

Hi everyone! Just in case you run into trouble using IE8, the FixIT team has provided an automated...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 03/19/2009

Why is Internet Explorer 8 opening my web page at 125% zoom?

Hi Everyone, This is Bac Hoang with the IE Support Team. Today I want to discuss one of changes in...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 03/19/2009

“Open these the next time I use Internet Explorer” no longer an option in IE 8

Hi everyone! Just a quick post to make you aware of a feature in IE7 that is not going to be...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 03/16/2009

Closing an IE 8 TAB does not immediately close the spawned iexplore.exe process

Hi everyone! Just a quick blog about another feature of Loosely Coupled IE (LCIE)… When using...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 03/16/2009

Clicking on the blue “e” in taskbar does not launch a new process in IE8

Hi everyone! This is Shahinur continuing our discussion on IE8 changes related to its Loosely...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 03/13/2009

What does ielowutil.exe have to do with Internet Explorer 8.0?

Hi everyone!   Let’s start off by providing a little history around the challenges seen with...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 03/12/2009

Opening a New Tab may launch a New Process with Internet Explorer 8.0

Hi everyone! Shahinur again, with an IE8 topic this time… If you have been using IE7, you are...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 03/09/2009

Using and trouble-shooting the IE 8 Blocker Toolkit

Hello everyone! Louis Shanks again with some information about the IE 8 Blocker Toolkit along with...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 03/08/2009

Certain VB controls no longer display on web pages after installing KB960715

Hi everyone, This is Shahinur again and I wanted to write about an important issue that could affect...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 02/20/2009

How to set IE 8 Blocker policy

Hi everyone! Axel Rivera again with another blog that provides a step by step instruction on how to...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 02/19/2009

How can I tell if IE has received a WPAD configuration file when “Automatic detection” is enabled?

Alejendro, this blogs for you!   Unfortunately, there is nothing within the IE User Interface...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 02/18/2009

Demystifying the file version information in the Help->About dialog in Internet Explorer

Hi everyone! Louis Shanks again with another blog that discusses a long-known issue in amongst IE...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 02/18/2009

Script URL will no longer work in a meta tag after installing 956390 on IE6

Hi everyone! It’s Shahinur again with another blog that I hope you find informative… I was working...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 02/18/2009

Protected Mode now disabled for the Local Intranet Zone in Internet Explorer 8

Hi! It’s Veena Karanam again. I wanted to take some time to discuss another change regarding...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 02/17/2009

FixIT available for Method 4 of KB967941

Hi everyone!   Microsoft recently released a KB article that talks about available work-arounds...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 02/16/2009

Automatic Proxy Configuration Script failing on Vista

Hello everyone! My name is Louis Shanks and I am a Senior Escalation Engineer on the IE Core team. I...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 02/16/2009

Issue when attempting to save documents on a SharePoint Server using IE7

Hi everyone! Pierre-Louis Coll, one of our Senior Escalation Engineers out of Microsoft France, came...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 02/15/2009

“Fix it” – The next phase in improving the customer experience around KB articles!

Hi everyone! This is quick post to make you aware of some of cool things Microsoft is doing to...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 02/15/2009

Update regarding "Navigate to the webpage was canceled" error after installing MS09-002 (KB961260)

Hi everyone! Microsoft has just released KB967941, located here, which discusses several...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 02/13/2009

Hi everyone!   This is quick post but an important one.  The IE support team is seeing...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 02/13/2009

The IE cumulative update for February 2009 is now available for download!

The IE Cumulative Security Update for February 2009 is now available via Windows Update....

Author: BrentgMS Date: 02/10/2009

Operation aborted errors when using Ajax tool kit

Hello there! My name is Veena Karanam and I am an Escalation Engineer on the IE Support Team. Here’s...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 02/09/2009

"Remote Desktop Web Connection ActiveX Control Could Not Be Installed" error after Installing Windows XP SP3

Hello there! My name is Axel Rivera. I am a Senior Support Escalation Engineer on the IE Support...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 02/09/2009

Unable to view Internet Explorer Group Policies on Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP 64-bit Edition with IE8 RC1

Hi everyone! We just came across this issue with the RC1 release of IE8 and thought we should pass...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 02/03/2009

IEAK 8, RC1 has shipped and is available for download and testing!

Hey Folks! The RC1 build of IEAK 8 can be found Here. Please download and test this version of the...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 01/30/2009

More information about Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility View

You might remember a blog we posted back in December regarding Compatibility View in IE8. Well,...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 01/27/2009

FIX IT FOR ME blog site - check it out!

Hi everyone! Take a gander at this blog site available from Microsoft.  Below is their mission...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 01/27/2009

What does Internet Explorer have to do with the “Logon as a Batch Job” Local Policy?

Hello everyone! This blog outlines and interesting issue that just came through the IE Support...

Author: BrentgMS Date: 01/22/2009

Issues with Microsoft File Transfer Manager..

Lately we’ve had to field some customer issues regarding failures when attempting to use FTM....

Author: BrentgMS Date: 01/21/2009

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