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wine~o

Post subject: Internet explorer 9

Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 8:11 pm

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Just upgraded to IE9, and hate it..how do I get IE8 back??? (Haven't done a back up in ages..)

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Post subject: Re: Internet explorer 9

Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 8:33 pm

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Same here so I did a sytem restore,with me it was I hated the fact that Bing was the default search engine tried everything to change it but it always defaulted back,also didnt like not having my favourites in the tool bar

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Post subject: Re: Internet explorer 9

Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 8:48 pm

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Are you using Windows 7?
If so:>>>
Start -> Control Panel -> Programs & Features -> In the left pane click 'View Installed Updates -> Find the IE9 and right click it -> click Uninstall.

That will uninstall it and revert you back to IE8.

If XP Just look in the Control panel and do the same sort of procedure as above.
(Not got XP or Vista so not quite sure how to get to the Updates uninstall)

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wine~o

Post subject: Re: Internet explorer 9

Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 10:07 pm

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Worked perfectly Dave so thanks again...

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Post subject: Re: Internet explorer 9

Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 10:09 pm

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Why do you have to have IE to get windows updates. ::b

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wine~o

Post subject: Re: Internet explorer 9

Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 10:10 pm

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thescruff wrote:

Why do you have to have IE to get windows updates. ::b

They share the same bed....

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Post subject: Re: Internet explorer 9

Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 10:11 pm

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wine~o wrote:

thescruff wrote:

Why do you have to have IE to get windows updates. ::b

They share the same bed....

Would have thought that was illegal.

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wine~o

Post subject: Re: Internet explorer 9

Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 10:14 pm

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Should be...possibly the same reason Google search engine share with "ask" (Or jeeves as it was) and Yahoo search shares with Bing?? or is it the other way round...

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scot-canuck

Post subject: Re: Internet explorer 9

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:36 pm

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Its because Microsoft need a browser to access the windows update site and the only browser they can guarantee is on a windows machine is IE (though not anymore, likely why windows update has its own application in windows 7)

I don't use IE (though the local rags obit section was written to ONLY work in IE..... ::b

friggin media types, think because they can turn the computer on they are capable of producing a website.....of course they use some piece of msoft tosh like frontpage and the site never works outwith IE :angryfire:

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Nor do I use opera, tried both, didn't get on with either.

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