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| **Connected experience** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
|ActiveX Filtering|ActiveX controls are small apps that allow websites to provide content such as videos and games, and let users interact with controls like toolbars and stock tickers. However, these apps can sometimes malfunction, and in some cases, they might be used to collect information from user devices, install software without a user's agreement, or be used to control a device remotely without user's permission.</br> ActiveX Filtering in Internet Explorer prevents sites from installing and using these apps which, can help keep users safer as they browse, but it can also affect the user experience of certain sites as interactive content might not work when ActiveX Filtering is on. <br/>Note: To further enhance security, Internet Explorer also allows you to block out-of-date ActiveX controls. |
|ActiveX Filtering|ActiveX controls are small apps that allow websites to provide content such as videos and games, and let users interact with controls like toolbars and stock tickers. However, these apps can sometimes malfunction, and in some cases, they might be used to collect information from user devices, install software without a user's agreement, or be used to control a device remotely without a user's permission.</br> ActiveX Filtering in Internet Explorer prevents sites from installing and using these apps which, can help keep users safer as they browse, but it can also affect the user experience of certain sites as interactive content might not work when ActiveX Filtering is on. <br/>Note: To further enhance security, Internet Explorer also allows you to block out-of-date ActiveX controls. |
|Suggested Sites|Suggested Sites is an online experience that recommends websites, images, or videos a user might be interested in. When Suggested Sites is turned on, a user’s web browsing history is periodically sent to Microsoft.|
| Address Bar and Search suggestions | With search suggestions enabled, users will be offered suggested search terms as they type in the Address Bar. As users type information, it will be sent to the default search provider. |
| Auto-complete feature for web addresses | The auto-complete feature suggests possible matches when users are typing web addresses in the browser address bar. |
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| Flip ahead | Flip ahead enables users to flip through web content quickly by swiping across the page or by clicking forward. When flip ahead is turned on, web browsing history is periodically sent to Microsoft. If you turn off this setting, users will no longer be able swipe across a screen or click forward to go to the next pre-loaded page of a website. |
| Web Slices | A Web Slice enables users to subscribe to and automatically receive updates to content directly within a web page. Disabling the RSS Feeds setting will turn off background synchronization for feeds and Web Slices. |
| Accelerators | Accelerators are menu options in Internet Explorer that help automate common browser-related tasks. In Internet Explorer, when you right-click selected text, Accelerators appear in the list of available options. <br/>For example, if you select a word, you can use the "Translate with Bing" Accelerator to obtain a translation of that word. |
| Pinning websites to Start | When a user pins a website to the Start menu, it displays as a tile similar to the way apps are displayed. Like Microsoft Store apps, website tiles might display updates if the website has been designed to do so. For example, an online email service might send updates to the tile indicating how many new messages a user has. |
| Pinning websites to Start | When a user pins a website to the Start menu, it displays as a tile similar to the way apps are displayed. Like Microsoft Store apps, website tiles might display updates if the website has been designed to do so. For example, an online email website might send updates to the tile indicating how many new messages a user has. |
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