Six tips to help you stay safer online

Check out the Six tips to help you stay safer online, it is good tips to keep us reminded to stay safe online:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/family-safety/online-safety-tips.aspx

Get these tips in an easy to download and print Top Tips Card (PDF).

What's New in Internet Explorer 11 Preview

For those who would like to find more about improvements and few features about Internet Explorer 11 Preview, check out What's New in Internet Explorer 11 Preview.  If you would like to try out Internet Explorer 11 Preview, go to Download Internet Explorer 11 Release Preview or go to my previous post on Internet Explorer 11 Release Preview for Windows 7 for more information.

Blocker Toolkit prevents from receiving Internet Explorer 11

As stated on the Toolkit to Disable Automatic Delivery of Internet Explorer 11, Microsoft will distribute Windows Internet Explorer 11 as an important update through Automatic Updates for Windows 7 SP1 and higher for x64 and x86 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and higher for x64.

It is important for IT to ensure all business applications are tested compatible with Internet Explore 11 before Internet Explorer version updated on computers.  The Blocker Toolkit is to help for those who would like to block automatic delivery of Internet Explorer 11 to computers in environments where Automatic Updates is enabled, check out the Toolkit to Disable Automatic Delivery of Internet Explorer 11 to safeguard your environment :)

Office Web Apps on SkyDrive

Using Office Web Apps on SkyDrive, you can access, store, share, create, online edit  Microsoft Office document from anywhere at anytime via browser including on any devices including PCs, Macs, iPads, and tablets as well as smartphones.  With Office Web Apps, it has resolved the compatibility issues of Microsoft Application on (as you do not even need a copy of Microsoft Office installed on your device, the online Web Apps does the trick!) and at the sametime Office Web Apps enabled Microsoft Office mobility.

Check out the Get started with Office Web Apps  at http://office.microsoft.com/en-001/web-apps-help/get-started-with-office-web-apps-HA101785172.aspx

Internet Explorer 11 Release Preview for Windows 7

Microsoft has recently release the Internet Explorer 11 Release Preview for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008.  Download and try out the Internet Explorer 11 Release Preview at:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/2/2/122F5DA2-9E20-443D-BFD6-1B6A153A894C/IE11-Windows6.1.exe

You may find the Internet Explorer 11 Release Preview FAQ at:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/ie-11-faq

Toolkit to Disable Automatic Delivery of Internet Explorer 10

For those who would like to block automatic delivery of Internet Explorer 10 to machines in environments where Automatic Updates is enabled.  Microsoft has released Toolkit to Disable Automatic Delivery of Internet Explorer 10 to disable automatic delivery of Internet Explorer 10 as an important class update via Automatic Updates (AU) feature of Windows Update (WU).   Download and test out the toolkit if you are not ready for Internet Explore 10 in your environment :)

Toolkit to Disable Automatic Delivery of Internet Explorer 10

For those who would like to block automatic delivery of Internet Explorer 10 to machines in environments where Automatic Updates is enabled  while in-house application compatibility evaluation still in progress.  The Internet Explorer 10 Blocker Toolkit enables users to disable automatic delivery of Internet Explorer 10 as an important class update via Automatic Updates (AU) feature of Windows Update (WU).

Check out Toolkit to Disable Automatic Delivery of Internet Explorer 10 at  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36512

Internet Explorer 10 - Install new version automatically

 

For those who wanted to disable 'Install new versions automatically' or Auto Update for Internet Explorer 10, it can be done easily with the following quick steps.

 

To disable 'Install new versions automatically', goto Tools - About Internet Explorer.  Uncheck the box to disable the Auto Update.  To enable 'Install new versions automatically' simply check the checkbox and it will does the job accordingly.

The Internet Explorer 6 Countdown

Check out the Internet Explorer 6 Countdown page, it is a website dedicated to watching Internet Explorer 6 usage drop to less than 1% worldwide!  Let's join the world to move Internet Explorer 6 usage below 1%!

And there are lots of education articles on Why shall we move off of Internet Explorer 6? for both consumer and corporate user.  Enjoy reading :)

Compare browsers to Internet Explorer 9

If you are now planning for justification for Internet Explorer upgrade to standardized and to improve your environment and at the sametime looking for Internet Explorer 9 vs older version of Internet Explorer(s) comparison, you may now check out the ready made comparison of Internet Explorer 7, 8 & 9 on the official Microsoft Internet Explorer website - Compare browsers to Internet Explorer 9. 

It helps a lot!!!  :)

Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 4 Test Drive

The Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 4 is available for download now.  The Internet Explorer Platform Preview requires the Windows 8 Developer Preview and it is not available for Windows 7 yet.  You will get the below error by trying to install IE10 on Windows 7 :)

- Platform Preview Breaking Changes & Known Issues is available on the Release Note page
- Internet Explorer 10 Guide for Developers can be viewed here.

Check out and feel free to share your comment :)