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Removing 128 MSIE encryption.

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by xtrout 1 view

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Does anyone know how to remove 128-bit encryption after it has been installed? The OS is Win 2000 and the MSIE version is 5.1 which was the browser that came with the system.

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by Former member

Once 128-bit is installed you cannot remove it. The only way that you can revert the encryption level is to uninstall IE and then reinstall it using a version with a lower encryption rate.

by brettcard

He is correct that there is no way to uninstall it and there is no way of going to an oler version then the one you got installed. You could try reinstalling the version that you have installed by doing a search for IE.INF then right click it and click on install. That may work but after it reinstalls that way there will be two Icon on the desktop for IE and one will not work so you will have to remove it. The only other way would be to reinstall the OS by putting in the Win2k CD then choosing upgrade from the menu by doing a inplace upgrade. That option will not loose any of your settings but it will uninstall drivers and Service Packs and Windows updates that have been installed.

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