Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0

Advanced Properties Tab – within Internet Options (the ones that are checked)

Browsing
Always send URLs as UTF-8
Close unused folders in History and Favorites
Disable script debugging
Enable folder view for FTP sites
Enable Install On Demand
Enable Offline items to be synchronized on a schedule
Enable page transitions
Enable third party browser extensions
Notify when downloads complete
Reuse windows for launching shortcuts
Show IE on the desktop
Always underline links
Use inline Autocomplete

HTTP 1.1 Settings
Use HTTP 1.1

Microsoft VM
Java console enabled
JIT compiler for virtual machine enabled

Multimedia
Enable Automatic Image Resizing
Enable Image Toolbar
Play animations in web pages
Play sounds in web pages
Play videos in web pages
Show pictures
Smart image dithering

Search from the Address bar
Just go to the most likely site

Security
Check for publisher’s certificate revocation
Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed
Enable Profile Assistant
Use SSL 2.0
Use SSL 3.0
Warn about invalid site certificates
Warn if forms submittal is being redirected

Privacy Tab
Medium High Setting
Blocks 3rd-party cookies that do not have a compact privacy policy
Blocks 3rd-party cookies that use personally identifiable information without your explicit Consent
Blocks 1st-party cookies that use personally identifiable information without implicit consent

Security Tab – Internet Zone

Medium Setting
Safe browsing and still functional
Prompts before downloading potentially unsafe content
Unsigned ActiveX controls will not be downloaded
Appropriate for most Internet sites

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
Advanced Settings Tab:

Accessibility
None

Browsing
Always send URLs as UTF-8
Close unused folders in History + Favorites
Disable script de-bugging
Enable folder view for FTP sites
Enable off-line items to be synchronized on a schedule
Enable page hit counting
Enable page transitions
Enable personalized Favorites Menu
Reuse windows for launching shortcuts
Show friendly HTTP error messages
Show Go button in Address Bar
Show Internet Explorer on the desktop

Underline Links
Always

HTTP 1.1 Settings
Use HTTP 1.1

Microsoft VM
JIT compiler for virtual machine enabled (requires restart)

Multimedia
Play animations
Play sounds
Play videos
Show pictures
Smart image dithering

Search from Address Bar
Display results and go back to the most likely site

Security
Check for publisher’s certification revocation
Enable Profile Assistant
Use Fortezza
Use SSL 2.0
Use SSL 3.0
Warn about invalid site certificates
Warn if forms submitted is being redirected

Security Settings Tab
ActiveX Controls and Plug-ins
Download signed ActiveX controls
Prompt
Download unsigned ActiveX controls
Disable
Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe
Disable
Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins
Enable
Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting
Enable

Cookies
Allow cookies that are stored on your computer
Enable
Allow per-session cookies (not started)
Enable

Downloads
File downloads
Enable
Font downloads
Enable

Microsoft VM
Java permission
High safety

Miscellaneous
Access data source
Disable
Drag and drop or copy and paste files
Enable
Installation of desktop items
Prompt
Launching programs and files in an I FRAME
Prompt
Navigate sub-forms across different domains
Enable
Software channel permissions
Medium safety
Submit non-encrypted form data
Enable
User data persistence
Enable

Scripting
Active scripting
Enable
Allow paste operations via script
Enable
Scripting of Java applets
Enable

User Authentication

Logon
Automatic logon only in Intranet zone

Netscape Navigator 6.0 Advanced Settings
Advanced
Enable features that help interpret web pages:
Enable Java
Enable JavaScript for Navigator
Enable JavaScript for Mail & Newsgroups

Cache
Memory Cache: 4096 KB
Disk Cache: 50000 KB
Compare the page in the cache to the page on the network:
Automatically

Proxies
Manual proxy configuration:
HTTP Proxy:www.buzz.navsup.navy.mil
Socks V5

Software Installation
Enable software installation. (You will be prompted for each update)

Mouse Wheel
Scroll the document by: Use the system default

System
Windows should use Netscape 6 to open these file types:
HTML Documents
JPEG images
GIF images
PNG images
XML documents
XUL documents

Windows should use Netscape 6 to handle these protocols:
http:
https:
ftp:
Chrome:
Gopher

Offline and Disk Space

When starting Netscape 6:
Ask me if I want online or offline mode
When going online:
Ask me if I want to send my unsent messages
When going offline:
Ask me if I want to download messages for offline use

Netscape Navigator 4.76
Security
Show a warning before:
Entering an encrypted site
Leaving an encrypted site
Viewing a page with an encrypted/unencrypted mix
Sending unencrypted information to a Site

Certificate to identify you to a web site:
Ask Every Time

Advanced Security (SSL) Configuration:
Enable SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) v2
Enable SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) v3

Advanced Settings – under Preferences

Automatically Load Images
Enable Java
Enable JavaScript
Enable JavaScript for Mail and News
Enable style sheets
Accept all Cookies
Document in cache is compared to document on network: once per session