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Introducing the Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser

The Internet is a collection of computer networks that connects millions of computers around the world. Microsoft Internet Explorer enables you to connect to the Internet to gain access to the vast stores of information on these computers. Whether youÆre searching for information or having it delivered to your computer, take a look at some of the features that make it easy to browse the Internet.

Get the hottest Web content with channels

With channels, the latest Web content is automatically delivered to you from the world's best content providers. And if you have installed the Windows Desktop Update, you can also view the channels right on your desktop or as your screen saver.

Update your favorite Web sites and view them at your leisure

Subscribe to your favorite sites so that the content is automatically updated whenever you want—daily, weekly, or monthly. Internet Explorer can download updated Web pages or entire sites in the background while you do other work on your computer, or even while you sleep. Then you can look at them later online, offline, at work, at home, or on the road.

Keep your most-used Web pages handy

Create a button on the Links toolbar just by dragging a link to it from the Address bar or a Web page. You can easily customize the Links toolbar to display buttons the way you want them. Or add a Web page to your list of favorites for easy access from the Favorites menu or Explorer bar.

Move around the Web faster and easier with the Explorer bar

Search for Web sites using the new Explorer bar. Click the Search button on the toolbar: The Explorer bar appears in the left side of the browser window. Then you can click a link to view that page on the right side of your screen while still viewing the list of search results on the left. You can similarly browse through your Favorites and History folders, channels, or your documents.

Let Internet Explorer help you with Web addresses

With AutoComplete, when you start typing a frequently used URL in the Address bar, Internet Explorer can completes the address for you. And if a Web address you type or click in a Web page is wrong, Internet Explorer can search for similar Web addresses to try to find a match.

Browse the Web safely

Using security zones, you can set different levels of security for different areas of the Web to protect your computer. With Content Advisor, you can screen out objectionable or offensive content by using industry-standard ratings defined independently by the Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS) committee. With Microsoft Wallet, you can store your personal credit-card and shipping-address information on your computer, and take advantage of secure servers to connect to Web sites. And when Web sites request your personal information, you can use Microsoft Profile Assistant to store that information and control how it is shared.

View Web pages in other languages

Does your Web browsing take you around the world to Web pages written in languages other than the one you use on your computer? You can add the character sets for those languages, so that the pages are displayed correctly.