Internet Explorer is the program the browser, is a child of Microsoft corporation, was developed in far 1995. Internet Explorer is a part of standard programs of the Windows operating system.
Purpose of the Internet Explorer browser
The browser is an application program which is intended for viewing contents of web pages. Them there is a huge number. The most widespread, today, are:
- Internet Explorer;
- Google Chrome;
- Yandex Browser;
- Opera;
- Safari;
Besides functions some more are assigned to browsers, the main of them are:
- Information processing which is requested by the user;
- Downloading of different information, movies, music, games, etc.;
- Information storage, for example: the history of search queries, passwords, the logins elected by the user of the websites.
Popularity of Internet Explorer
From the moment of an output in 1995 till 2010, the Microsoft corporation released 9 versions of the Internet Explorer browser, and, speaking honestly, they did not enjoy special popularity, on that there was a huge set of the reasons, beginning from awful safety to poor appearance, or the interface. But in 2012 saw the world of Internet Explorer 10 of the version.
The new browser was selected among the ancestors at once, it was completely processed, received fresh modern appearance, excellent functionality and quite good safety. It was the excellent cause for receiving world recognition and gaining popularity at ordinary users.
There is statistics that before emergence of the tenth version of IE no more than 3% of the population used this browser. Today the share of users grew to 10%. So, if you decided to adjoin ranks of users of this browser, we will understand how to make so that all the Internet of the page opened in it.
Internet Explorer - the browser by default
The browser by default is the master browser installed on the computer, and any, saved to the hard drive HTML page will open in such browser.
All computers under management of the Windows operating system are delivered with already installed Internet Explorer browser. And, as a rule, additional actions are not necessary. But if you already installed any other browser, here it is necessary to make several simple operations:
- Open Internet Explorer.
- Find the button "Service", in the dropped-out window to click the line "Internet Options".
To find the Programs tab in the appeared window and to click "Use by Default".
Also there is second, easier way. If to start Internet Explorer, the window in which it will be offered to use it by default will jump out, it is enough to confirm, having clicked "Yes".
Your Internet Explorer will be configured as the browser by default.