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Sam spade
Have Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 with subject browser.
What's entailed in upgrading my IE browser and how does one backup the
browser?
What's entailed in upgrading my IE browser and how does one backup the
browser?
Sam said:Have Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 with subject browser.
What's entailed in upgrading my IE browser and how does one backup the
browser?
To upgrade to a later version of IE (8 is recommended), simply go tohttp://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/default.aspxand
download/install it. There is no process to "backup" the IE6, per se,
but if you need to, you can simply use the Add/Remove Programs applet to
uninstall the newer version of IE, and IE6 - which is built into WinXP -
will be left.
I decided to see how it compared with ie 6.0 that comes with XP.
Big mistake.
Despite making a restore point, Windows would not let me remove ie
8.0.
I even manually deleted it in Safe Mode and registry references.
When I used Microsoft's IE 6.0 program, it just reinstalled 8.0.
Andy
IE is the "heart" of Windows XP. For you to revert back to Version 6,
you need to follow the specific "Uninstall" process.
I decided to see how it compared with ie 6.0 that comes with XP.
Big mistake.
Despite making a restore point, Windows would not let me remove ie
8.0.
I even manually deleted it in Safe Mode and registry references.
When I used Microsoft's IE 6.0 program, it just reinstalled 8.0.
IE is the "heart" of Windows XP. For you to revert back to
Version 6,
you need to follow the specific "Uninstall" process.
Doug guess I'm a "nervous nelly" when it comes to d/l etc.. MyDoug W. said:I did.
There is absolutely NO excuse for not giving a user the opportunity to
un-install a program.
M.S. continues to have "control issues" which explains their
continuing loss of share in the browser market.
Andy
==
If you had installed and uninstalled the proper way you could have
reverted to version 6. By idiotically manually deleting stuff you SCREWED
UP...don't blame Microsoft. There is nothing wrong with version 8 so live
with it, and learn to use it and while you are at it educate yourself.
There all all kinds of HELP features in all of the windows versions.
Wouldn't hurt to read them sometime in-between sessions of "manually
deleting" stuff which is just plain dumb.
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Sam spade said:Doug guess I'm a "nervous nelly" when it comes to d/l etc.. My
interpretation from Bruce was to click on url he supplied and
d/l and install Version 8. I went to add remove panel and
didn't find Version 6 so I don't know where that is. I also
found Yaahoo Tool Bar and Ask Tool Bar if I want to delete
them, which I don't. My mystery is where does IE8 show up in
the Add/Remove Panel after I d/l it and execute it. Obviously
if I don't like it I don't see where IE6 is in the Add/Remove
panel.
Thanks Doug and perhaps I wasn't that clear. I have not d/ld IE8 soDoug W. said:==
Well, mine shows up as Windows Internet Explorer 8. Perhaps you didn't
look more carefully...its in with the "Ws" alphabetically in the Add and
Remove Panel listings.
If you installed Version 8, it should show up. If you uninstall Version 8
then Version 6 will return to the listing and Version 8 will not be
listed.
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==Sam spade said:Thanks Doug and perhaps I wasn't that clear. I have not d/ld
IE8 so
obviously it will not show up in Add/remove Panel listing.
That being said, I do not find
Version 6 showing up anywhere in the Add/Remove Panel. Perhaps
it's not supposed
to and if you d/l IE8, don't like it and remove it via the
Add/Remove Panel then
you will be back to IE6 automatically. Would this be right?
Thanks for your
time.
Thanks Doug and perhaps I wasn't that clear. I have not d/ld IE8 so
obviously it will not show up in Add/remove Panel listing. That being said,
I do not find
Version 6 showing up anywhere in the Add/Remove Panel. Perhaps it's not
supposed
to and if you d/l IE8, don't like it and remove it via the Add/Remove Panel
then
you will be back to IE6 automatically. Would this be right? Thanks for your
time.
I did.
There is absolutely NO excuse for not giving a user the
opportunity to
un-install a program.
M.S. continues to have "control issues" which explains their
continuing loss of share in the browser market.
Andy
==
If you had installed and uninstalled the proper way you could
have reverted to version 6. By idiotically manually deleting
stuff you SCREWED UP...don't blame Microsoft. There is nothing
wrong with version 8 so live with it, and learn to use it and
while you are at it educate yourself. There all all kinds of
HELP features in all of the windows versions. Wouldn't hurt to
read them sometime in-between sessions of "manually deleting"
stuff which is just plain dumb.
===
How would you feel if you hired someone to clean you house and found
when you came home that they had rearranged your furniture and threw
out some stuff?
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