Internet Options General tab

Address

Displays the Internet address for the page that is currently set as your home page. The home (start) page is the page you see each time you start Internet Explorer. You can return to the home page at any time by clicking the Home button on the toolbar.

Use Current

Sets the Web page that you currently have open as the home (start) page.

Use Default

Uses the home page that was set when Internet Explorer 4.0 was first installed.

Use Blank

Specifies that your home page will be a blank HTML page.

Delete Files

Click this to delete the contents of the Temporary Internet Files folder or folders. This option is useful if disk space is low and you don't want to browse through the pages you viewed previously.

To see where the Temporary Internet Files are stored, click the Settings button and look at the folder listed for Current folder.

Settings

Click this to define the amount of disk space you want to make available for your temporary Internet files, or move the location of the Temporary Internet Files folder.

History

Days to keep pages in history

Specifies the number of days that Internet Explorer should keep track of your viewed pages in the History list.

Internet Explorer creates shortcuts to pages you viewed in this and previous sessions. If you are low on disk space, you might want to decrease this number.

Clear History

Empties the History folder.

Colors

Click this to change your default text and background colors.

Fonts

Click this to change the fonts you want to use when you display a Web page.

Languages

Click this to specify which language(s) to use for displaying Web pages.

Accessibility

Click this to preserve and specify your color, font, and style settings so that your settings always override settings specified by a Web site.