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1 General Question
2 User Plug-in
- 2.1 How do I stop the "Connect to baremetal.com" dialog box from popping up when I am browsing?
- 2.2 Why is my icon green?

[edit] General Question

[edit] I have installed IE7Pro, but where is it?

Is IE7pro Add-on enabled?

Check Internet Explorer 7 -> Tools -> Manage Add-ons -> Enable or Disable Add-ons
Check if Browser Extension "IE7proCtrl Alt 7" is enabled when you can't find IE7Pro on Toolbar.
Check if Browser Help Class "IEbho" is enabled when you can't find IE7Pro on Status Bar.

Is IE7Pro.dll missing ?

Check ie7pro install directory, eg. c:/program files/ie7pro/ , and is there a dll file - ie7pro.dll .
You can Open a command prompt window. Navigate to the IE7pro install directory, which is typically something like c:\program files\ie7pro\.In this directory, you should find the file "ie7pro.dll". Run the following command in that directory: "regsvr32 ie7pro.dll".

What other add-on have you installed ?

We now know some add-on will conflict with ie7pro ,such as NIS2007,DAP and Debug-bar . If you can't solve the problem ,please send the add-on enabled list to ie7pro@gmail.com

Are all of your IE add-ons disabled?

If all of your IE extension do not work, please check [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main],to see if

"Enable Browser Extensions"="yes" .

Does IE7Pro work with IE6 ?

IE7Pro can work with IE6 as well as IE7.

Does IE7Pro work with IE8 Beta??? ?

So far yes. At least one person has tested it with IE8 Beta 2 and IE8 release candidate 1.

[edit] What is 'Max connections per server' for?

When we load a page like http://www.slashdot.org, it contains 1 html file, 23 image files and 4 css files from the Slashdot server (approximately). By default, IE will use 4 connections to load these 28 files; If you use 10 connections to download them and your internet connection is fast enough, the page will display quicker.

However, this violates section 8 of RFC 2068 and RFC 2616

   8.1.4 Practical Considerations

   ...

   Clients that use persistent connections SHOULD limit the number of simultaneous
   connections that they maintain to a given server. A single-user client SHOULD NOT 
   maintain more than 2 connections with any server or proxy. A proxy SHOULD use up 
   to 2*N connections to another server or proxy, where N is the number of simultaneously
   active users. These guidelines are intended to improve HTTP response times and avoid 
   congestion.

That said, while it violoates RFC 2068 and RFC 2616, those RFC's were written a LONG time ago and need revision; they are obsolete. With the advent of AJAX technology, anyone with an HTTP client stack limited to 2 connections will experience horrible delays on many websites, as each AJAX request uses one of the 2 pipes, all other requests, such as for images, will stop. It only takes 2 concurrent AJAX requests, which can be long running compared to resource requests to stopper-up a page so that it becomes completely non-responsive.

[edit] Is there a common place that IE7Pro settings are maintained, especially URL Aliases?

Settings and the Ad Filter URLS are stored in conf.ini and filter.ini respectively, in \Documents and Settings\<user-name>\Application Data\IE7pro\ in XP or \Users\<user-name>\AppData\LocalLow\IE7Pro in Vista.

[edit] How does the Search Alias feature in Preferences work?

Open the page you want to make an alias for.
Put some recognizable string (for instance, TEST) in the search field and perform the search.
Copy the resulting URL from the address bar and paste it in the "Engine" field of the "Search" options.
Then replace the previously entered string with {KW_UTF8} or {KW_LOCALE} - including the curly brackets - depending on the code-page used by the site. If you aren't sure, try {KW_UTF8} first.
Fill in the other fields as you wish and press the Add button.
Then you can enter in the address bar just the alias, a space and the search string and press Enter. That's it.

For example: to search www.imdb.com you could use:

    Name: IMDb
    Alias: i
    Engine: http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q={KW_UTF8}

Note: If you have Google Toolbar installed and in the Google Toolbar Options you have "Browse By Name in the address bar" selected, the Google Toolbar will take precedence.

[edit] What does the option Wide IE7Pro icon display area do when it is enabled?

IE7Pro may conflict with some add-ons, such as Google notebook. When this happens, the IE7Pro icon status bar will be replaced by the Google notebook icon. When you enable "Wide IE7Pro icon display area", both icons will be displayed.

[edit] About shows "the ie7pro BHO hasn't been loaded"

Enable 'enable third-party browser extensions' option within Tools > Internet options > Advanced settings

[edit] Does IE7Pro Work with Internet Explorer 8 ?

Starting from version 2.2 Beta2, IE7 begin to support IE8 There's a thread in the ie7pro forum: http://forum.ie7pro.com/viewtopic.php?id=2759

[edit] IE7Pro 404 Redirect

1、Enhance the internet browsing experience If you happen to mistype an address to a webpage or try to go to a website that does not exist, IE7Pro provides you with a redirect page that is meant to help provide you some suggestions to the actual webpage. The Customized Error Page including a Google search box to help you search for what you are looking for, or you can go back. We hope we can make you browse the web more smoothly.

2、Setting If you don't like it, you can also change a few settings to disable it.

[edit] What is OpenCandy?

1、What is OpenCandy? OpenCandy is advertising application. It is similar to Google AdSense, except it displays advertisements in installation program instead of websites. These advertisements promote another software packages. The advertisements are selected by providers of software being installed (in case of IE7Pro it means IE7Pro developers). When user installing a software (IE7Pro) chooses to install promoted package, revenue is generated and shared between OpenCandy and software providers (IE7Pro developers).

2、Is it Adware? Some may consider OpenCandy is an adware. In fact, OpenCandy does not demonstrate the negative characteristics commonly associated with adware. Advertisement is only shown as a one step of software installation. Once software (IE7Pro) is installed, you do not receive any more advertisements. No unwanted software is installed. User has to explicitly choose to install promoted software to actually receive it. And the default action is “do not install”: No private information are collected. We collect only information necessary to choose relevant advertisement, such as geo-location, operating system and language. For details see OpenCandy privacy policy.

3、What is the benefit of using OpenCandy? Some softwares can be promoted by using OpenCandy. The promotion is not mandatory. It's all from the information which software you had installed.

4、Can I avoid OpenCandy? Yes you can. Use /NOCANDY parameter when starting installation program.

[edit] User Plug-in

[edit] How do I stop the "Connect to baremetal.com" dialog box from popping up when I am browsing?

Disable your "Server Info" plug-in, or uninstall your old version of ie7pro and update to new version 0.9.16 and above.

[edit] Why is my icon green?

When connecting to the internet via a proxy, the IE7Pro icon if displayed in the status area of the browser will turn from blue to green.

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