If you are having trouble getting Adobe Flash Player to work in IE this can typically be resolved by installing the Flash Player as a standalone.

Errors that could provide information about if you need to install Flash Player as a standalone:

You are currently using Flash Player -1

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If you have turned off remember passwords in Internet Explorer it is easy to turn them back on. Follow the instructions below to turn on remember passwords in IE.

1. Open IE: Open your Internet Explorer
2. Open IE Options: Click Tools from the menu above and then click Internet Options
3. Navigate to Content Options: Click the Content tab in the new Internet Options window

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Tags: autocomplete, IE, IE 7, Internet Explorer, Internet Options, password, username, windows, windows xp

This article will assist in removing any annoying User Agent displaying for Windows Internet Explorer.

You are probably curious what this is after you saw it in some web logs of some sort. It is likely from a legitimate application you have installed as some form of add-on to Internet Explorer. I did a bunch of reading trying to find out exactly how it got there but ended up concluding that it could have been any number of third party add-ons I have added to IE. So anyhow then I decided I did not want it showing up as my User Agent so I attempted to remove it following the steps below.

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Normally when debugging problems with web applications, I try to use Firefox. However, every once in awhile there is a web application that is very Internet Explorer specific and will not work in Firefox at all.

To that end, here is a list of nice tools and add-ins for Internet Explorer.

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I do a lot of testing of web applications and feel like I am constantly deleting my Internet Explorer browser cache. Sometimes this takes forever and its a pain if you delete all of your browser history, etc. Windows has a way to view your cache which includes all of your cookies and cache files which you could then search and then delete the file you are looking for. I found a little application called IECacheView that has a really nice display and makes it much easier to search your cache and make adjustments.

IECacheView can be downloaded here. Once you download it you unpack it and run the .exe file whenever you need to use it. I added a shortcut to my Windows XP Quick Launch toolbar so now when I need to manipulate my Internet Explorer cache at all I launch this program and have an immediate view of my cache with available tools to work with.

IECacheView - Internet Explorer Cache Viewer