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I need IE help from people that don’t learn their grammer by text messages

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Ok I made a stupid mistake and I admit it. Now I need help bringing some sense of normalcy back into my life.
I went and installed IE8 BETA2 and I want my IE 7 back. I tried install the 7 and it said it cannot continue becaue a newer version was installed. SO I unwittingly uninstalled all older versions hoping to confuse the program less. But, alas, it gives me the same error.
I ahve searched Microsoft and graciously they provided me a way to “INSTALL THE LATEST VERSION” aka IE8 Beta2…So I am back at square one.
ANY help is good help especially from the smarted ITs’ on the NET!
Thanks for your time 🙂

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Re-install IE8, Then use

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(if XP) the add/remove programs to uninstall IE8. (If Vista) Go to Control Panel, click on the uninstall programs icon, select – View installed updates link. Locate and select Windows Internet Explorer 8 in the list of installed updates, and then click on Uninstall button. Click on Yes when asked that are you sure want to uninstall the update.
Depending on how far back you removed the other(s) IE, you should now have IE 6 or 7.

Did it but with problems

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I did what you said but all I got was an IE where I was unable to select any buttons. So I can’t even tell what version it is!
This is hell

Can you do a System Restore

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back to a point before installing IE8.

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Did two restores actually

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I just went through two system restores and I WAS able to get IE7 but now every time I close it I get that stupid message that says Internet Explorer has encountered an error and needs to close.
Am I fighting a losing battle? I use Firefox as well and I love it but I really like have Internet Explorer 7 for when I come across things that Firefox can’t do.

Just put IE7 inside Firefox !! …

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Use the IE Tab add-on for Firefox, then when you ‘need’ Internet Explorer, Firefox will supply it for you. 😉

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419

It fools M$ every time. 🙂

Sweet! Thanks!

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I totally forgot all about that! Firefox is great isn’t it?!

Check

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windows updates and see if there is any for IE7.
Run Internet Explorer in “No Add-ons” mode. Here’s how to do it.

Go to Start, All Programs and System Tools

Click Internet Explorer (No Add-ons)

Restart Internet Explorer. If it runs smoothly, then it can be determined that one of the add-ons was causing the problem. You will need to continue troubleshooting this issue until you find out which add on was causing the problem.

Start Internet Explorer 7
Go to Tools, Programs, Manage Add-ons button

Under the option “Add-ons that have been used by Internet Explorer”, you will see a list of all of the add-ons installed on your system.
Click the name of an enabled add-on and then click Disable under the Settings option.
Note: You may want to speed this process by disabling 3 or more add-ons at a time.

1. Start Internet Explorer.
2. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.

3. On the Advanced tab, click to select the Disable Script Debugging check box in the Browsing section.

4. Click OK, and then restart Windows.

How to reinstall or repair Internet Explorer in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318378

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Try this as well

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1. Click Start, Run type CMD and press Enter.

2. Type the following command and press Enter:

“%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe” /rereg

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The old trial and error method

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Thanks for the step by step. It makes it a lot easier on me. There was a time I just LOVED doing all the trial and errors on my computers completely void of help. Great learning experience but OH SO VERY TIME CONSUMING! So yes even though I still have to do the add on disabling, you still saved me a lot of time with all your helpful info!
So I truly thank you!
(I am going to have to do the add on testing later today, I will let you know of the results)

No sense reinventing the wheel :D

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I hope that it works out OK for you. 😉

I ended up reformatting

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I made it back here. I buckled and just gave up and reformatted and now I have it finally. The IE I wanted in the first place!
I love this website everyone here is SMART! Have you ever tried asking a question in Yahoo! Answers?!?! wow.
Well, anyhow thank you so VERY MUCH! You and everyone else that took the time to lend me a hand! Even tolerant of my misspelled word as a thread starter! How embarrassing!!
Thanks again!!

With M$ Beta Products

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A Reload is quite the easiest solution to removing the Beta Product.

If nothing else it’s much faster and certainly cleans out any Registry Bloat that the unit was suffering from.

Col

Youre OK :D

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Glad to hear that you have it sorted out. 😀

The word is GRAMMAR …

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Or was that intentional? 😉

Wow do I feel like a tool

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I stand corrected. Ha Ha I was really frustrated that day and was typing faster then I was thinking.

How to Uninstall Windows Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) in Vista

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Beside, user interface of IE8 is generally similar to IE7, reducing the enticing for users who face problems when using IE8 to stay using it. If you decided to rollback and revert back to original IE7 or IE6, it?s possible to uninstall IE8 to do so.

IE8 can be uninstall by using Add or Remove Programs module in Windows XP, but in Windows Vista, Windows Internet Explorer 8 is not considered to be a ?program?. Instead, IE8 is categorizing as an ?update?. Thus, users will not be able to find Windows Internet Explorer 8 in ?Programs and Features? of Windows Vista.

To uninstall Internet Explorer 8, go to Control Panel, and click on Uninstall Programs link or Programs and Features icon. Then on Tasks pane on the left, click on View installed updates link. Locate and select Windows Internet Explorer 8 in the list of installed updates, and then click on Uninstall button. Click on Yes when asked that are you sure want to uninstall the update.

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