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Lesson 6 Configuring Internet Explorer Options
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■ How long Internet Explorer tracks the history of Web pages you have visited. The
History section of the General tab of the Internet Options dialog box allows you
to manage how long Internet Explorer stores recent links. Use the Days To Keep
Pages In History option to specify the number of days the history is maintained.
The default value is 20 days. Setting this value to 0 disables the History feature.
Use the Clear History button to clear the current history list. Similar to deleting
temporary Internet files, clearing the history is an excellent way to improve your
privacy.
The General tab also allows you to configure the colors, fonts, languages, and accessibility
options used.
Figure 16-15 Configure general options in Internet Explorer.
How to Configure Security Options
The Security tab of the Internet Options dialog box (see Figure 16-16) allows you to
assign Web sites to security zones and customize the security for each zone. The four
zones provided are as follows:
■ Internet Contains all Web sites that you have not placed in other zones.
■ Local Intranet Contains all Web sites that are on the local network. By default,
this zone includes all sites that bypass the proxy server (if a proxy server is being
used) and all local network paths. You can add additional sites to this zone by
selecting the zone and clicking Sites.