Dell Studio 1749 (Early 2010) - Manual (Page 177)

Accessing the Internet
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Saving Space by Setting the way the Browser Logs Viewing History
Internet Explorer keeps a log of the websites that you visit in order to speed
up the process of downloading graphics each time you re-visit a web page. You
can delete or decrease the amount of space the history logs use.
1 Click Start→ Control Panel→ Network and Internet Connections→
Internet Options.
2 Delete the files in the browsing history by clicking Delete, or minimize the
amount of space by clicking Settings.
3 Reduce the file size (the number of MBs in memory) and/or reduce the
number of days to keep information in the browsing history to limit the
space used to store this information.
Increasing Computer Speed by Limiting the Number of Open Internet
Windows
Tabs allow you to open multiple web pages at the same time in the same
browsing window. It is not necessary to have multiple instances of Internet
Explorer running simultaneously.
The tab feature speeds computer processing by limiting the number of
programs that are open.
1 Click Start→ Control Panel→ Network and Internet Connections→
Internet Options.
2 In the Tabs section, click Settings.
3 Click to select the check box next to Enable Tabbed Browsing.
4 Click to select Enable Quick Tabs check box. This option provides a visual
display of all the tabs that are open.
Zoom Adjust the size of everything on the screen by using the Zoom
feature.
Hold the <Ctrl> key down while pressing the plus (+) key to
zoom in.
Hold the <Ctrl> key down while pressing the minus (–) key to
zoom out.