Removing the Channel Bar

Your Windows desktop may contain the Internet Explorer Channel bar which you can use to quickly access pages from your favorite Web sites. In order to use the bar, however, you must have an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and you need to set up Internet Explorer 4.0 to connect with your ISP. If you don’t plan on using the Channel bar in the near future, you may want to remove it from the desktop.

To remove the Channel bar from the desktop:1Right-click an empty area of the desktop.2Choose Active Desktop and then Customize my Desktop.3Turn off the Internet Explorer Channel Bar option.4Click OK.

Note: If you later decide you want to use the Channel bar,

just follow the above steps, except turn on the Internet Explorer Channel Bar option.

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