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Web browsers and applications

• Microsoft Windows Explorer

  Microsoft Windows Explorer is a graphical file management utility included with Microsoft Windows 95 and later; finally renamed File Explorer with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. Continue Reading

• How can you improve Google Chrome management?

  IT professionals should deploy Group Policies to their browsers to improve the user experience. Check out this step-by-step guide on applying Group Policies to Google Chrome. Continue Reading

• Windows Defender Application Guard

  Windows Defender Application Guard is a security tool built into Microsoft Edge that isolates browser sessions from the desktop in a virtual machine (VM) to prevent any malicious activity from reaching the desktop. Continue Reading

• ActiveX

  ActiveX is a set of object-oriented programming technologies Microsoft developed for Internet Explorer to facilitate rich media playback. Continue Reading

• Internet Explorer (IE)

  Internet Explorer (IE) is a World Wide Web browser made by Microsoft for use on its Windows operating system. Continue Reading

• Definitions to Get Started

  • Microsoft Windows Explorer
  • Windows Defender Application Guard
  • ActiveX
  • Internet Explorer (IE)

  • tabbed browsing
  • Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK)
  • ActiveX control
  • desktop search (integrated search)

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• How do Web Notes in the Edge browser work?

  Workers can use Web Notes in Microsoft's Edge browser to mark up websites, but saving the notes is a little wonky.Continue Reading

• Hands-on look at Microsoft's Edge Web browser

  Microsoft Edge, the new browser for Windows 10, makes reading websites easier, allows users to annotate a page and integrates with Cortana.Continue Reading

• Why doesn't closing a file return me to Microsoft Windows Explorer?

  If you open a Windows document in Windows Explorer rather than in the Microsoft Word interface, closing it launches File Explorer. The file hasn't moved.Continue Reading

• Why to try LibreOffice vs. OpenOffice free office suites

  After comparing Office 2013 and Office 365, our expert examines how free productivity suites OpenOffice and LibreOffice stack up.Continue Reading

• Comparing Windows 10 features with those in earlier OSes

  IT got a glimpse of new Windows 10 features in the technical preview and updated build. See how they compare to Windows 7 and Windows 8 features.Continue Reading

• IE is everywhere, but don't dismiss alternative browsers

  Our columnist says free alternative browsers such as Google Chrome and Firefox are giving IE a run for its money because they run anywhere and don't rely on mandatory updates.Continue Reading

• Windows 8 FAQ: Windows 8 features, news and more

  Now that the consumer preview is out, we have more information about new Windows 8 features. This Windows 8 FAQ has the latest Windows 8 news and analysis.Continue Reading

• tabbed browsing

  Tabbed browsing, also called a tabbed document interface (TDI), is a feature recently implemented in Web browsers to effectively contain multiple pages or documents in a single window... (Continued)Continue Reading

• Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK)

  Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) is a product from Microsoft that enables an organization to centrally manage the customizing, deployment, and maintenance of Microsoft's Web browser, Internet Explorer, for users on different computer ...Continue Reading

• ActiveX control

  An ActiveX control is a component program object that can be re-used by many application programs within a computer or among computers in a network.Continue Reading