How to Reset Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 (IE 8)

How to Reset Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 (IE 8)

While surfing the Internet using Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 as your web browser, if you experience issues which prevent web sites from displaying properly or at all, or a failure to navigate to the correct site, or intermittent lock ups and restarts in Internet Explorer, you should first try clearing the Internet Explorer offline cache and disabling add-ons in order to find the root cause and resolve the issue. If these measures do not resolve the issue then resetting Internet Explorer to Microsoft defaults will usually resolve the issue.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

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1.      Step 1

First, close Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer prior to proceeding with the next steps.

2.      Step 2

Now, open Internet Explorer by clicking Start, then Internet Explorer or by double clicking on the Internet Explorer shortcut located on your PC desktop.

3.      Step 3

Next, after Internet Explorer is open, at the top of the Internet Explorer window, click the Tools button, and then click Internet Options.

4.      Step 4

Next, click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset.

5.      Step 5

Select the Delete personal settings check box (this will remove browsing history, search providers, Accelerators, home pages, and Private Filtering data).

6.      Step 6

Next, in the Reset Internet Explorer Settings dialog box, click Reset.

7.      Step 7

After Internet Explorer has completed the application of default settings, click Close, and then click OK.

8.      Step 8

Now, close Internet Explorer and then reopen and try again to connect to the Internet to confirm that the issue has been resolved.

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