Rollback IE8 1

[LilBob]

I recently bought a notebook with Widows 7 & just finished uninstalling all the crap it came with using Revo. I’m slowly adding some of my favorite apps. This is a big jump for me as I’ve been running XP Pro on all my other PC’s. It’s hard enough trying to learn a new OS & where/what the idiot engineers @ M$ have decided to move/rename things but I also don’t like IE 8. Is there anyway I can rollback to IE 7 until I get better acquainted with Widows 7? I was able to do it with XP but then I had upgraded from 7 to 8. Will it still allow me to rollback? I don’t want to take any chances as the first one I got stopped booting up before I could do much of anything. I just recently received the replacement & don’t want to start from scratch again. Thanks for any help you can offer me.

Bob

 

[linney]

IE 8 is not too different from IE 7 (as far as I remember). Are you showing the Menu bar in your current browser? Once you do that the browser should become a more familiar beast. Also IE 9 is not too far away from release which makes IE 7 even more of a backward step.

Windows 7 comes preinstalled with IE 8 so it is hard to remove it. Here are some suggestions for you to consider.

How can I install Internet Explorer 7 on Windows 7? [closed]

http://superuser.com/questions/32327/how-can-i-install-internet-explorer-7-on-windows-7

Windows Virtual PC
Download Windows XP Mode

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx

Windows XP Mode (Windows 7 only, but not any of the Home versions) "You are not eligible to download Windows XP Mode. You must have Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate to run Windows XP Mode".

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=r...&ie=&oe=&redir_esc=&ei=tAdzTcaHJoi2vQPllvm9AQ

There are also plenty of other third party browsers out there too.

 

[LilBob]

Thanks linney. I added the menu bar &, as you said. it's a more familiar beast. I kept the other sites for future reference but will stick it out with IE 8. Thanks again!

Bob

 

[jontout]

I tried to remove IE8 when I upgraded to Win7 and got nowhere fast. Also tried Chome, IE9 and then put on the latest stable release of FireFox, which uses less CPU than either of the other browsers I tried.

While it doesn't fix the issue, it does make it go away!

 

[Sympology]

Everyone has a favorite and that's what makes a choice great. Personally I like Opera (the one the others copy ) but I admit it has some quirks, so my second choice is ie9.

So my summary is try to find a browser you like, but avoid going back where possible, it will only give you grief further down the road.

Robert Wilensky:
We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.

 

[DKHM2]

The best advice I can offer you, and this is straight from the heart, is: please relax and try not to view Microsoft as the enemy. Complaining about them is so habitual that it can stand in the way of learning something new.

Fact: you have a new PC and you have to learn it
Fact: it will take you longer the longer you put it off
Fact: if you make it like XP, it will take you longer to learn it

Don't turn Win7 into XP. It's a losing proposition. Your skills will get old and people will think you complain too much instead of just dealing with reality like everyone else. If you were going to fight this change, then you would've opted for FreeDOS or Linux or Mac. But you didn't. So complaining now is a waste of time. Accept what you've done and get a good book, and practice patience.

I can highly recommend "Windows 7 Secrets" by Wiley for the User level stuff, and "Windows 7 Resource Kit" for the technical things that corporate IT people need to know. Note that the second book is not appropriate for the home user.