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Q194372: Virtual Globe 99: Internet Explorer 4.01 Set as Default Browser

Article: Q194372
Product(s): Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles
Version(s): WINDOWS:1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb3rdparty kbsetup kbimukbfaq
Last Modified: 11-JUN-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Encarta Reference Suite 99 
- Microsoft Encarta Virtual Globe 99, version 1.0 
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IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

SYMPTOMS
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To run properly, Microsoft Encarta Virtual Globe 99 requires Microsoft Internet
Explorer 4.01 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later to be installed on your
computer. If Internet Explorer 4.01 SP1 is not already installed, Encarta
Virtual Globe 99 Setup installs it automatically and configures it to be the
default Web browser.

RESOLUTION
==========

To configure a different Web browser to be the default Web browser, use the
appropriate method for the browser you want to use.

Earlier Versions of Internet Explorer
-------------------------------------

Multiple versions of Internet Explorer cannot coexist on the same computer.

If you have an earlier version of Internet Explorer installed on your computer,
Encarta Virtual Globe Setup upgrades it automatically to Internet Explorer 4.01
SP1.

Netscape Navigator (3.x and 4.x)
--------------------------------

To configure Netscape Navigator to be the default Web browser, follow these
steps:

1. Start Netscape Navigator.

2. When you receive the following message, click Yes:

  Navigator is no longer registered to handle Internet Shortcuts.

  Would you like to register Navigator as your default browser?

  NOTE: If you click to select the Do not perform this check in the future check
  box and then click No, the prompt to set Netscape Navigator as the default
  browser does not appear, and you cannot make Netscape Navigator the default
  browser.

MORE INFORMATION
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To restore the "register Navigator as your default browser" prompt, use the
appropriate method for your version of Netscape Navigator.

Netscape Navigator 3.x
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WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems
that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot
guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor
incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

To restore the "register Navigator as your default browser" prompt in Netscape
Navigator 3.x, use Registry Editor to locate the IgnoreDefCheckn value setting
in the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Netscape/Netscape Navigator/Main

Change the value for the IgnoreDefCheckn value setting to "no" (without the
quotation marks).

Netscape Navigator 4.x (Communicator)
-------------------------------------

To restore the "register Navigator as your default browser" prompt in Netscape
Navigator 4.x (Communicator), follow these steps:

1. Locate the following file in the Netscape folder:

  Prefs.js

2. Use a text editor such as Notepad to open the Prefs.js file.

3. Locate the following entry:

  user_pref("browser.wfe.ignore_def_check", True);

4. Replace the word "True" with the word "False."

5. Save the file, and then quit the text editor.

The third-party products discussed in this article are manufactured by vendors
independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding
these products' performance or reliability.


Additional query words: multi multi-media media mm world atlas evg

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Keywords          : kb3rdparty kbsetup kbimu kbfaq
Technology        : kbHomeProdSearch _IKkbbogus kbHomeMMsearch kbEncartaSearch kbEncartaReference99 kbEncartaVirtGlobe99
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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