

Entering anything into the MSN search bar redirects you to the Bing search engine. At the top of the page there are icons directing you to other Microsoft software and apps, like the Microsoft store, Outlook, One Drive, and the Microsoft Office Suite. On this page you can view the latest news headlines, see world news, news specifically about your city and more. More on privacy later.Īfter the quick setup, you'll be taken to the MSN homepage.

SmartScreen is a component that works to protect you from harmful websites by relaying them to Microsoft to be looked over. Using the recommended settings mostly affects the security and compatibility of your browser by enabling Windows Defender SmartScreen. You can either choose the recommended settings or opt-out and customize the settings your own way. The first thing that happens when you open the browser is a window pops up prompting you to properly set it up. In order to get to Internet Explorer, you'll need to search for it in the task bar. Edge is the default browser that will come up when you first use the internet on the Windows OS. The little blue 'e' that you'll see in your taskbar isn't Explorer though, it's Microsoft Edge, the newest browser from Microsoft that was first released in 2015. On Windows 10, the most recent version of the browser is Internet Explorer 11. If you have a computer running the Windows OS, you more than likely have a version of Internet Explorer already installed. Watch out: the browser wars just got exciting again.The most streamlined browser for the casual internet user In all, Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 is faster and prettier than its predecessors - and really throws down the gauntlet to its competitors.

New features like hang recovery and InPrivate Filtering provide Internet Explorer a stabler and more secure web experience than most other browsers. IE 9 features decent support for HTML 5 (the new generation of media-rich websites use this language), and now finishes the Acid 3 test with a near-perfect 95/100. Internet Explorer 9 also offers improved speed and performance, as well as better compliance with web standards and new technologies. The new Performance Advisor add-on identifies add-ons that are slowing Internet Explorer down (a feature badly needed in Mozilla Firefox). IE 9 also lets you 'pin' websites to the Superbar and allows you to bookmark your favorite websites as 'applications' in your OS.

Among the new features included in Internet Explorer 9 are better integration with the Windows operating system and a seriously beefed-up security system.
