Internet Explorer is a program that allows you to look around the Internet, a network of computers around the world, and view pages of information on the World Wide Web. It is called a ‘browser’. Two other types of browsers are Netscape Navigator and Mozilla Firefox.
First click on the
Start Button,
Programs,
Internet Explorer
When you click on Internet Explorer,
the program will open and you are
ready to explore the Internet.
Or
Go to the big blue 
on your
desktop.
Once open, the Internet Explorer displays a window setup, like Paint and WordPad.
The Menu Bar has several drop down menus for you to explore.
Beneath the Menu Bar you will find the most used features on the:
standard toolbar - allows you to go forward and back, stop, refresh the screen, return to the home page, print a page, search and many other useful features.
address toolbar - allows you to put an address of a site in a space, select GO and be taken to the page.
As you roam through the pages, your mouse pointer will change to a hand so that you may select more pages to view.