Recommended Web Browser Settings
We recommend that you configure your web browser so that it will check for new versions of stored web pages each time you visit a page. This is especially important for students using VUSN's online clinical log and should help minimize problems with VUMC's Outlook Web Mail system.
Recommended Settings (Internet Explorer)
- Open Interet Explorer.
- Select Tools | Internet Options.
- On the General tab click the Settings button, which is located about halfway down the right side of the window.
- In the Settings window you will see four radio button choices. Click on the top one next to Every visit to the page.
- Click the OK button.
- Click on the Advanced tab and scroll down to the Security section. Check the box next to Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed.
- In the Security section of the Advanced tab page, users who have Windows XP with Service Pack 2 installed should also check the boxes next to the first two items - Allow active content from CD to run on My Computer and Allow active content to run in files on My Computer
- Click the OK button.
- Open Interet Explorer.
- Select Tools | Internet Options.
- On the General tab you should see quite a few buttons. Click on these three: Delete Files, Delete Cookies and Clear History. Earlier versions of Internet Explorer do not have the Delete Cookies button. (The Delete Files button is the most important one).
- Click the OK button to close the window.
- Close your browser and re-open it.