Having Updated to the latest version of Windows 8.1 proposed by MicrosoftSurely you have noticed different types of changes in terms of the use of different functions. One of them that is classified as harmful to its users is found in Internet Explorer 11.
To be more specific, if at a certain moment you have wanted to navigate using Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 8.1 and this has given you unsuccessful results, then you should consider modifying a few keys of this operating system; Microsoft has come to install a few restrictions on this Internet browser, with the aim of avoiding some kind of instability in its operation, making it practically difficult to browse pages that may be compatible with Internet Explorer versions 7 or 8. In this article we will mention how to place a small switch that will help you activate or deactivate this functionality proposed by Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.
Configuring Internet Explorer 11 to browse any environment
We are not referring to some type of private browsing, but rather, to the possibility of being able to explore web pages that may have a classic structure that identifies with Internet explore 7 or 8 as we have previously suggested. To be able to know if this function is active or not in your browser, follow these steps:
- Open your Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 browser.
- Right-click on the top strip of the browser.
- Activates the menu bar of the contextual option.
It should be clarified that previously you should have jumped from Windows 8.1 Start Screen to Desktop, having to later click on the icon of this browser that It is located in the Toolbar and next to the new Start Menu Button of this operating system. The procedure does not apply to the browser in Modern Home Screen Apps.
Once we have taken these considerations into account, it is certain that anda we will have activated the Menu Bar in the Internet browser. There we will only have to go to the options of Tools and try to find the option that says «Company Mode«; By default, this function is not active, so we must follow the following steps for it to appear:
- We head towards him Desktop if we are on the Windows 8.1 Start Screen.
- Now they do a key combination win+r.
- In the space we write the following command: gpedit.msc
- Now we press the key Login.
- The window of the Local Group Policy Editor.
- We are heading towards the following route:
Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer
We will have to locate the path that we have mentioned previously to the left side of the window, while on the right side we will have to find the option that says:
Allow users to activate or use enterprise mode from the Tools menu
Once we have found this option, we will only have to double-click it so that the window of Edition; once there we will find that this function is in «not configured«, Having to change this condition towards«Enabled«. Later we will only have to click on Apply and Accept and finally, close the Local Group Policy Editor window.
Basically that's the only thing we have to do to be able to make that the "Enterprise Mode" option appears in Internet Explorer 11; We will only have to go to the Tools option on the menu bar that we activated previously.
If we have faithfully followed the procedure according to the steps suggested above, then We will be able to notice that the "company mode" option has appeared; When we want to explore Internet sites that are compatible with a version prior to this Internet browser, we must deactivate this function, having to activate it when we want Internet Explorer 11 to work by default as proposed by Microsoft.