If you want to delete some specific URL from the Firefox and Internet Explorer’s address bar, refer the following procedure:

How to delete specific URL from Firefox address bar?

In Firefox, you just need to move your mouse over the website entry and press Shift + Delete key combination to delete the desired address from history.

How to delete specific URL from Internet Explorer address bar?

In Internet Explorer 8, it is very easy to delete specific URL from address bar. All you need to do is just move over the website entry and click on red cross (X) button.

In older versions of Internet Explorer, it is little-bit difficult to delete specific URL from address bar. It needs editing the registry and you need to be very careful with it. Follow the below steps:

1. Close any open Internet Explorer window.

2. Go to Start > Run and Type regedit, press enter to launch registry editor.

3. Navigate to the following key :

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs

4. Delete the desired URL.

1. Go to C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc folder.
2. Find the file named as hosts and open it in notepad [For Linux users, this file is located in the /etc/ directory. you could run a sudo nano /etc/hosts/ to edit the file].
3. Under the line that says 127.0.0.1 localhost, add a new entry 127.0.0.2    <website to be blocked> and save the file.
4. For example, if you want to block “www.santabanta.com” website, then add an entry like this: 127.0.0.2 www.santabanta.com
5. For every website that you want to be blocked, just add “1” to the last number in the internal ip (127.0.0.2) followed by the web address to be blocked, as shown below:
   127.0.0.3         website0
   127.0.0.4         website1
   127.0.0.5         website2
   ..  127.0.0.33       website33  …. and so on.

I tested this procedure to block www.google.com website from my windows 7 operating system and it works. After adding entry for blocking Google website, my Firefox and IE browser shows a page like below:

Microsoft’s decision to remove Internet Explorer from Windows 7 in Europe means users will no longer be able to upgrade in place.

Until now, Windows Vista users have been able to upgrade to Windows 7 and retain their existing applications and data.

However, Microsoft says that anyone installing the new “E” versions of Windows 7 will have to start from scratch.

“The E versions will require a clean install,” a spokesman for Microsoft Europe told PC Pro. “They will need to rebuild their default settings after installation.”

The decision will cause great inconvenience to Vista owners, who will now have to reinstall all their software and re-copy documents, photos and other files back to their PC post-installation. XP users didn’t have the option of an in-place upgrade in the first place.

Although Internet Explorer 8 will be “removed” from the operating system itself, Microsoft will still effectively be bundling the browser with retail versions of the OS. The company will provide an IE8 CD-ROM with all copies of Windows 7, while PC manufacturers will be offered the browser for free to bundle with new PCs.

Microsoft has decided Windows 7 will be released in Europe without Internet Explorer. This decision comes as the European Commission prepares to rule on antitrust charges brought against Microsoft in January.

Microsoft deputy general counsel Dave Heiner on a blog post said that:

Given the pending legal proceeding, we’ve decided that instead of including Internet Explorer in Windows 7 in Europe, we will offer it separately and on an easy-to-install basis to both computer manufacturers and users.

This means that computer manufacturers and users will be free to install Internet Explorer on Windows 7, or not, as they prefer. Of course, they will also be free, as they are today, to install other web browsers.

By now everyone has heard about the Microsoft’s new search engine Bing. However, if you find that you liked Microsoft’s Bing search engine then why not add it to IE or Firefox search bar? It is very easy and can be done within a minute.

Add Bing to Internet Explorer’s Search Bar:

To set Bing search engine as the default search engine in your IE, visit this Bing Search IE Add-on page, click on the “Add to Internet Explorer” button. A pop-up will appear. Check the option that reads “Make this my default search provider” and hit “Add”.

Add Bing to Firefox’s Search Bar:

Visit the official Bing Add-On page, click on the “Add to Firefox” button to add Bing search to the search bar.