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Clearing Browser Cache
Turning on Password Saving
Translating Websites to Other Languages
What is a Browser and How Do I Know Which One I'm Using?
Checking and Installing Windows Updates
Creating Shortcuts, Favorites and Bookmarks
Downloading Files from the Internet
Restricting Internet Access to Only Approved Sites
Restarting Your Computer
Looking up the Version of Windows
Looking up the CPU (Processing Speed) and RAM (Memory)
Looking up the Free Space on the Hard Drive
Looking up the Computer's IP Address
Looking up the System Type (32-bit or 64-bit)
Turning Off IE7 Compatibility View for ALLDATA Websites
Updating the Time, Date and Time Zone

Downloading Files from the Internet

Click the name of your default Internet browser to learn how to download a file from the Internet.

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  • Note: These instructions are for the default download process. If you have customized your download settings, the process may look different.

Internet Explorer

  1. On the first window that opens, click Save.

  2. Your download status will appear at the bottom of the window >> Once the download is complete, click Open (or Run) to open it.

Mozilla Firefox

  1. On the first window that opens, click Save File.

  2. The download icon will change to a status bar with a estimated completion time while the file is downloading.

  3. Once the download is complete, click the download icon >> select the downloaded file to open it.

Google Chrome

Your download status will appear at the bottom of the window >> Once the download is complete, select the file to open it.