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To clear out your browsing history, complete these steps:

1. Close all Internet Explorer windows. Click Start

➝ Control Panel ➝ Network and

Internet

➝ Internet Options.

2. On the General tab, click Delete under Browsing History. This displays the

Delete Browsing History dialog box shown in Figure 7-18.

3. Delete individual types of temporary Internet files by clicking the related but-

tons. When prompted, click Yes to confirm the action.

4. Click “Delete all” to clear out your entire browsing history, including temporary

Internet files, cookies, the history list, form data, and passwords. When prompted,

select “Also delete files and settings stored by add-ons” to delete temporary files

and settings created by browser add-ons. Click Yes to confirm the action.

Blocking Pop Ups

Some web pages contain pop ups. A pop up is a subwindow that is displayed when

you access a web page. Sometimes pop ups appear on top of the browser window;

other times they appear under the browser window. Because most pop ups contain

ads or are otherwise unwanted content, Internet Explorer blocks most types of pop

ups it recognizes by default in all security zones, except the Local Intranet zone. This

Figure 7-17. Configuring cookie settings for the Internet zone

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means Internet Explorer uses the Pop-up Blocker when you are browsing sites on the

public Internet, trusted sites, and restricted sites, but does not use the Pop-up

Blocker when you access sites on your local network.

By default, when a pop up is blocked, Internet Explorer displays a message on the Infor-

mation bar stating this. If you right-click the Information bar and select “Allow pop-up

to display,” Internet Explorer will display the pop up. Alternatively, if you right-click the

Information bar and select “Allow all pop-ups for this site,” Internet Explorer will con-

figure the site as an Allowed Site, and all pop ups for the site will then be displayed.

You can enable or disable pop-up blocking by completing the following steps:

1. In Internet Explorer, click Tools

➝ Internet Options. This displays the Internet

Options dialog box.

2. On the Privacy tab, select the “Turn on Pop-up Blocker” checkbox to enable the

Pop-up Blocker, or clear the “Turn on Pop-up Blocker” checkbox to disable the

Pop-up Blocker.

With pop-up blocking enabled, you can configure the way the Pop-up Blocker works

by completing the following steps:

1. In Internet Explorer, click Tools

➝ Internet Options. This displays the Internet

Options dialog box.

2. On the Privacy tab, select Settings under Pop-up Blocker. This displays the Pop-

up Blocker Settings dialog box shown in Figure 7-19.

Figure 7-18. Deleting your browsing history

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3. You can use these options to add or remove allowed sites:

Add

To allow a site’s pop ups to be displayed, type the address of the site in the

field provided, such as

www.msn.com, and then click Add. This site is then

permitted to use pop ups regardless of Internet Explorer settings.

Remove

To remove a site that is currently allowed to display pop ups, click the site

address and then click Remove.

Remove All

To remove all sites that are currently allowed to display pop ups, click

Remove All. When prompted to confirm the action, click Yes.

4. To stop playing a sound when a pop up is blocked, clear “Play a sound when a

pop-up is blocked.”

Figure 7-19. Configuring Pop-up Blocker settings