Set Up Trusted and Restricted Web Sites in IE 7

1. Double-click the Internet Explorer icon on the Windows desktop or Quick Launch bar to start your browser.

2. Choose Tools➪Internet Options.

3. In the Internet Options dialog box, click the Security tab.

4. Click the Trusted Sites icon and then click the Sites button.

5. In the resulting Trusted Sites dialog box, enter a URL in the Add This Web Site to the Zone text box for a Web site you want to allow your computer to access.

6. Click Add to add the site to the list of Web sites.

7. Repeat Steps 3–6 to add more sites.

8. When you’re done, click Close and then click OK to close the dialog boxes.

9. Repeat Steps 1–8, clicking the Restricted Sites icon rather than Trusted Sites in Step 4 to designate sites that you don’t want your computer to access.

If the Require Server Verification (https:) for All Sites In This Zone check box is selected in the Trusted Sites dialog box, any Trusted site you add must use the https prefix, which indicates that the site has a secure connection.

You can establish a Privacy setting on the Privacy tab of the Internet Options dialog box to control which sites are allowed to download cookiesto your computer . Cookiesare tiny files that a site uses to track your online activity and recognize you when you return to the source site. Trusted sitesare ones that you allow to download cookies to your computer even though the privacy setting you have made might not allow many other sites to do so. Restricted sitescan never download cookies to your computer, no matter what your privacy setting is.