Nimuel Vincent F.

Reyes
BSIT 101l

Prelims Lab Exercise #3 - M1U3

Lab 3 / Browsing a Website

1. Start the computer and sign in, Then, if necessary, show the desktop (START+D).

2. Click the Microsoft Edge icon on the taskbar to start the browser.

START+D

3. Your browser home page is locked. Navigate to comptia.org by typing in the address bar
and

pressing ENTER.
4. Spend a couple of minutes browsing the site. Try all the following:
 Using the scroll bar or mouse scroll wheel to view a page.
 Following text and picture hyperlinks to other pages within the same site.
 Using the Back button of Backspace to return to a previous page.
 Following hyperlinks to pages on other sites.

5. Point
to the new tab icon and click it. This opens a new tab. Tabbed browsing makes it easier to
view multiple pages at the same time. In the address bar, type msn.com and press Enter.
6. Click the Hub button. This displays a number of options:
 Favorites – a list of web pages that you have bookmarked. You can bookmark a page by
visiting it then clicking the Add To icon in the address bar.
 Reading list – adding a page to the reading list rather than favorites saves a copy of the
page to your device, meaning that you can view it later, even if you connected to the
Internet.
 History – a browser keeps a record of the pages you have visited, unless you choose to
browse in “private” mode.
 Downloads – some web pages include files that you can download, such as documents
or apps. The downloads icon lets you see which files you have chosen to save to your
computer.
7. Click History and
then click the comptia.org.
8. Close the comptia tab.

9. Click the More Actions ellipse icon and then click Settings.
10. Click View advance settings. You can configure a number of options and control the way
Microsoft Edge handles new tabs and website browsing and security options.

11. Close Microsoft Edge and when prompted, click Close all.
12. Click Start, scroll down and click Windows Accessories.

13. Right-click Internet Explorer, point to More, and then click pin to taskbar.

14.

On the taskbar, click the Internet Explorer icon.

15. Click the Tools icon and then click Internet Options.

16. In
the

Internet Options dialog box, click through the available tabs (General, Security, Privacy,
Content, Connections, Programs, and Advanced). View the available options and then click
Cancel.
17. To configure a preferred browser, click Start and then click Settings.

18.

Click Apps, and then, on the Default apps tab, under the Web browser heading, click and select
Internet Explorer. If prompted, click Switch anyway.

19. To

default to Microsoft Edge, under Web browser, click and select Microsoft Edge. Close
settings.
20.

Optionally, shut down your computer if you are not continuing to use it after this lab.