IE7 fiasco

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Ross M. Greenberg

My 10 year old son went to the Microsoft site and did me a "favor": he
installed IE7 whilst I was out. And now, nothing works right! There's a
reason they call it a beta!

How do I revert back to IE6? I already did a System Restore and restored
the executable. How do I remove all traces of IE7 and go back to IE6?

Thanks!

Ross
 
To uninstall Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 and return to Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP:

1. Click "Start," and then click "Control Panel."
2. Click "Add or Remove Programs."
3. Check "Show Updates" at the top of the dialog box.
4. Scroll down the list to "Windows XP - Software Updates," select "Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview," and then click
"Change/Remove."
5. If "Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2" does not exist,
run: %windir%\$NtUninstallie7bet2p$\spuninst\spuninst.exe
(To do this, you need to have "view hidden folders" enabled.)

Uninstalling Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview
http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie/releasenotes/default.aspx

Internet Explorer 7 Newsgroup:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...3eb-7037-4d4f-bde1-d8efee1f1420&lang=en&cr=us


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| My 10 year old son went to the Microsoft site and did me a "favor": he
| installed IE7 whilst I was out. And now, nothing works right! There's a
| reason they call it a beta!
|
| How do I revert back to IE6? I already did a System Restore and restored
| the executable. How do I remove all traces of IE7 and go back to IE6?
|
| Thanks!
|
| Ross
 
Ross said:
My 10 year old son went to the Microsoft site and did me a "favor": he
installed IE7 whilst I was out.
Click to expand...

The kid has a bright future.
And now, nothing works right! There's a
reason they call it a beta!

How do I revert back to IE6? I already did a System Restore and restored
the executable. How do I remove all traces of IE7 and go back to IE6?

Thanks!

Ross
Click to expand...

Did you try Control Panel/Add/Remove Programs and then clicking on the
button on the left that says Add/Remove Windows Components?

Alias
 
Alias said:
The kid has a bright future.


Did you try Control Panel/Add/Remove Programs and then clicking on the
button on the left that says Add/Remove Windows Components?

Alias
Click to expand...

Carey's right, my mistake.

Alias
 
Thanks, Carey! Life is back to normal -- a life with Firefox is *not* one I
wanted! :-)
 
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