From: blackhole@3rdleft.com   
      
   "DAW"  a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion   
   : j8c24r$h2v$1@speranza.aioe.org...   
   > 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   
      
   Well for a start use a cleaner (orseveral) to clean out all cookies and   
   temporary internet files. You can get IE7 here:   
   http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=2   
      
   I assume it is without toolbars etc.   
      
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