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Electronic Student Services

310 Sherman Hall
Office: 309/298-3158
HelpDesk/Support: 309/298-2092

Internet Explorer Help Documents

Find below all of the Internet Explorer help documents that we currently have available. Please use the search feature on the right if you cannot find what you are looking for.

Note: Help documents are designed for Western Illinois University staff supported by Electronic Student Services.

Document	Subcategory
Backing up your Internet Explorer Bookmarks or Favorites Bookmarks and Favorites are stored on your local machine. To protect these, especially if you have a very large list of bookmarks, it is good to export a copy regularly to your M:Drive. Since the standard internet browser in the Division is Internet Explorer, the following example is based on that program. You can do a similar process in Netscape also. You have to do this regularly to make sure your backup is up-to-date.	General
Changing My Home Page I tried to change my home page and it went back to what it was. How do I change my default web page? How do I change the page that my browser starts with?	General
Creating a new bookmark/favorite Find out how to save a webpage as a favorite in Internet Explorer. (Favorites are sometimes called bookmarks, so don't get confused).	General
Finding An Internet Search Engine How to find a search engine and bookmark it for later use.	General
How to organize your bookmarks (IE Only) How can I move my bookmarks around so they work better? How can I organize my favorites?	General
How to turn off auto-complete in Internet Explorer If you wish to turn off the feature in Internet Explorer that automatically fills in forms, web addresses, usernames & passwords, follow these steps.	General
Importing Your Bookmarks Getting your bookmarks back into Internet Explorer	General
Java Virtual Machine Update How do I update my Java Virtual Machine? I keep getting a pop-up window with Java in it. I keep getting a automatic update with Java inside it.	General
Making Internet Explorer your default web browser Sometimes you will lose your default web browser. Follow these steps to make Internet Explorer your default browser.	General
Receiving an error: "Windows cannot find PROGRAM.EXE. This program is needed for opening files of type URL-Hyper Text Transfer Protocol" If you do not have a default internet browser, you may receive this error message.	General
Saving New Wallpaper How do I save new wallpaper? How can I make a picture I found on the internet my wallpaper?	General
Setting Your Home Page How do I set my home page? How do I get Internet Explorer to start at a different web site?	General
Using The Google Toolbar How do I allow pop ups on a web site? How can I tell if Google closed a window? How do I stop Google from making a sound everytime it closes a window/pop up?	General

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Office:	309/298-3158
HelpDesk/Support:	309/298-2092
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