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Browser Friendly Settings - Microsoft Edge
This article gives instructions on how to set "browser friendly" settings on Microsoft Edge to better interact with UWM websites and browser-based applications. 
Contents
Reset your clock (EVEN IF your machine displays the correct time!)
Make English (EN-US) the Top Language
Allow Cookies
Delete the Cache
Update Java
Reset your clock (EVEN IF your machine displays the correct time!)
- Click the time at lower right hand corner of the desktop.
 - A window will appear entitled Change date and time settings
 - Click the Change time zone
 - Make sure the time zone is correct for your local time - for Milwaukee, choose (UTC -06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) from the drop-down menu.
 - Ensure that the box Automatically adjust for daylight saving changes is checked
 - Click OK
 - Click Change date and time
 - Adjust Date and Time (as close to the minute as possible)
 - Click OK
 - Click Apply
 - Click OK
 - Close all open browser windows
 
Make English (EN-US) the Top Language
- Go to to the computer's Control Panel by either searching in the tool bar or going through the start menu
 - Click on Add a Language under the Clock, Languages, Regions section
 - Click on the Add a Language button to select English (EN-US) if it's not selected in the list already
 - Click on Move Up to make English (EN-US) the top language
 - Close out of the window and restart Microsoft Edge
 - Browse the internet which should display the preferred languages
 

Allow Cookies
- Click on the three circle dots at the top of the browser 

 - Click on Settings
 - Scroll down and click on Advanced Settings
 - Scroll down until you see a section for Cookies with a dropdown bar
 - Click on the dropdown bar and select Don't block Cookies
 - Restart the browser
 

Delete the Cache
- Click on the three dots at the top of the browser 

 - Click on Settings
 - Under Clear Browsing Data, click on Choose What to Clear
 - Check the boxes for Browsing History, Cookies and saved website data, Cached data and files
 - Click on the Clear button
 


Another way of doing this is by clicking on the three horizontal bars. Click on the clock with the arrow going counter-clockwise, and select Clear all history.

Update Java
- Go to www.java.com
 - Click on the red 'Free Java Download' or 'Download' at the top of the page
 - Click on the 'Agree and Start Download' button to download Java
 - Install Java following the directions that it provides
 - Restart all browser windows
 

