How do I remove the latest IE update - Internet Explorer 8?

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Leo,

I definitely agree the Microsoft utility should be tried, probably first. However, the link you provide at the beginning of the article appears to be broken. I've provided the actual URL below.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700

The "Fix it" tool is small (less than 1 MB) and automatically rolls back IE 8 to IE 7. It worked like a charm for me, and hopefully it might help others.

I think I'm the only one who hasn't had any trouble with IE8. Thanks for the instructions though, in case I ever need them.

thanks!

I'm another one who hasn't encountered any trouble yet with IE8 on Vista SP1. I mostly use FF3 but still.

I really *want* to like IE8.

I have it installed on my XP machine (1GB RAM, SP3) at work and it runs like a charm (almost). OK, it's slower to initially load the application than IE7, but performance is generally good.

However, on my Vista (Home premium, SP1, 2GB RAM) machine at home, it runs like a sack of spuds!! 15+ seconds to load the program, plus another 15-20+ to load additional tabs *each tab*. It is unusable.

Incidentally, I have followed all sorts of advice ranging from disabling add-on's, re-registering dll's and uninstalling security applications - to no avail.

So, c'mon Microsoft, this is the sort of thing I'd expect from a Beta!

My 2 pennies worth.

Hope they fix it soon!

Another reason for Linux

All the problems I have seen with IE 8 have concerns about its speed or incompatibility. My problems have been that it has slowed the opening of programs. If I doubleclick something it normally opens immediately, with IE 8 I'm waiting for a couple of seconds - not really knowing if the program is opening or what.

I'm glad I have daily backups to fall back on.

I would recommend they download IE 7 in setup after you remove noxious IE 8

Before upgrading in General I keep a copy of the setup files in a special folder ... called setup files

I have a user who could not access Outlook Web Access after installing IE8. It would not accept his password. So I had him download and install Firefox and use OWA through Firefox. Problem solved. I think it is ironic that he can no longer use a Microsoft browser to connect to a Microsoft program.

After installing IE 8 via Automatic Updates, I began to get "Internet Explorer has stopped working" when exiting AOL mail. IE would then close down, automatically reopen and recover the page, only to have the same thing happen again. After the second loop, IE would open a page that informed me "Internet Explorer has stopped trying to restore this website. It appears that the website continues to have a problem."
I started using Firefox and visited the same webpage without any issues.
Problem solved.

I had the same problem. I installed IE to over-ride IE7. I later wished that I hadn't so I tried to remove it. I looked up remove a programme but it wasn,t there. I was frustrated but,not for long as I later read that IE8 was not installed as a programme but as an UPDATE, and that all I had to do was to go into my 'updates' and remove the entry/line(s) were I installed IE8.I did this without any problem and reinstalled IE7. IE8 is NOT a programme but an update. By the way I am running Windows Vist Basic version.
Tony (Denmark)

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