From: dwilli10@cox.net
"DAW" wrote in message
news: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
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Found another version "No add ons" which runs but with no attempt to
download anywhere. It does seem to have some old sites listed, just no
communications attempt. Is this a good starting point?
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