Using Internet Explorer 7

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If you’ve used Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP, you’ll find that tabbed brows- … What Windows Vista adds to Internet Explorer 7 is a new level of …

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CHAPTER 6
Using Internet Explorer 7
Internet Explorer 7 is the fi rst major upgrade to Microsoft’s fl agship web browser since
2001. After a long public testing period, it was offi cially released in October 2006 as
an upgrade to Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Windows Vista uses Internet
Explorer 7 as its default web browser as well. Because the Windows Vista and Windows
XP versions share a common user interface, many features are identical in the two versions.
If you’ve used Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP, you’ll fi nd that tabbed browsing,
the Instant Search box, the built-in Phishing Filter, and web feed subscriptions
work exactly the same in Windows Vista, as do all of the basics of browsing. (We cover
all the above-mentioned features in this chapter.)
What Windows Vista adds to Internet Explorer 7 is a new level of security called Protected
Mode, which builds on the foundation of User Account Control. In Windows
Vista, the browser runs with sharply reduced rights and permissions. Any webpage
that attempts to install software, communicate with other running programs, or run a
script, hostile or otherwise, will fi nd itself unable to alter system…