jim said:
I hardly ever use internet explorer. I never updated it from Inet 5.
Facebook claimed i would have a 'better experience' if i updated to inet
8.
So I did.
Apparently it also installed .net framework 3.0 sp2.
Apparently it also installed the super "go slow" module. Not just for
boot, but for all third party application starts in session.
Inet explr 8 does not show up in "add/remove" programs.
The new .net framework does.
How do i return to Inet 5 from here?
jim
It says, if you had installed SP3 after installing IE8, then IE8
could not be removed. It doesn't sound like you did that. So
these would be your recipes.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700#stepsforxp
"To uninstall Internet Explorer 8, follow these steps:
1. Exit all programs.
2. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. In the list of currently installed programs,
click "Windows Internet Explorer 8", and then click Remove.
Note If Windows Internet Explorer 8 is not included in the
list of installed updates, you can try the alternative steps
for Windows XP and for Windows Server 2003 .
5. Follow the instructions to uninstall Internet Explorer 8.
6. When the uninstall program is finished, restart your computer.
"
"Alternative steps for Windows XP [i.e. if first recipe fails to work]
To uninstall Internet Explorer 8, follow these steps:
1. Carefully select and then copy the following command:
%windir%\ie8\spuninst\spuninst.exe
2. Click Start, and then click Run.
3. In the Open box, type Cmd.exe, and then press Enter.
4. Right-click inside the Cmd.exe window, and then click Paste to paste the command that you copied in step 1.
5. Press Enter to uninstall Internet Explorer 8.
6. After the program is removed, restart your computer.
"
The second procedure uses a Command Prompt window. What they're
claiming, is there is an "ie8" folder on your C: drive, and
down in there, is an "spuninst.exe" file. You run that file
from the Command Prompt, by pasting that string with the
percents in it. The %windir% gets converted to C:\WINDOWS
when the environment variable is translated. So it
could be in effect
C:\WINDOWS\ie8\spuninst\spuninst.exe
and that is the same thing that gets executed if there had
been an Add/Remove entry for IE8 listed. It would be
executing that same file. The Command Prompt window will
whine, if that file doesn't exist when you try to run it.
You can use the file explorer to check for it.
*******
I have this bookmark to offer you. It's a recipe to get
IE6 SP1. I think that's what I'm running here on some
machines. The idea is, using this method, to prepare a
directory with whatever is needed for IE6 SP1, so it
doesn't need to download any additional stuff. But seeing
as how you've been a "victim" so far, I wouldn't be
doing this today
Wait a week, until you've got
the bad taste out of your mouth
http://www.updatexp.com/download-ie6.html
Note that the web site, also hate IE6 SP1, and will be
making statements that "your experience will be so much
better, if you install something more bloated". So it's
not like the abuse from these sites will stop or anything,
if you switch to IE6 SP1.
HTH,
Paul
