From: dwilli10@cox.net   
      
   Running a stable XP Home for several years I finally accepted the IE8   
   upgrade offered during updates.  I did create a new restore point before,   
   however.   
      
   IE8 installed but really ran wild, any time I ran it it said it had   
   "recovered" a URL, or some such thing.  I could never get it to accept any   
   of my desired locations.  It did present "Go to your home page" as an   
   option, but it always went back to that "recovered, maybe found" location.   
      
   After fighting that I did a system restore and got back a greatly damaged   
   IE7, no tool bars, scrambled favorites, wrong links, etc.   
      
   I did restores, uninstall of IE7 through add-remove windows components,   
   looked at sites which offer a download of a current version of IE7, but they   
   all included some other programs or toolbars.   
      
   I found a MS "Fix it" site which didn't respond automatically but I did a   
   manual step of removing one line in the registry.   
      
   Still no tool bar, no access to the toolbar/command headings, nothing.   
      
   After a restore it tried to load the home page but fails quickly by timeout,   
   nothing on the progress bar.   
      
   After many such manipulations I have an installation that pops up for 1   
   second, no toolbars, etc.   
      
   I do have another computer that I can use to download whatever I need to   
   copy to this laptop, that system runs XP Pro.   
      
   This system is too old to do a full re-install, even if I can find the XP CD   
   after moving here.   
      
   Any suggestions on how to get a clean reinstall of IE7?   
      
   Thanks for your consideration,   
      
   DAW   
      
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