We just bought a used Dell laptop. It has IE7 on it. I hate IE7. I hate
the tabbed browser, I hate the way the url is located above the command bar,
I hate the way I can't change it to the way I prefer it to look. Is it
possible to uninstall IE7 without destroying the system? If so, where can I
get a copy of IE6? When I went to the Microsoft website and searched, the
IE6 page redirects to the IE7 page. Very frustrating. Thanks for any help
you can offer!!

"Rainforest Pet Store" <Rainforest Pet Store@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:5DA7FA2C-11BC-44BE-BCE1-747D79046858@microsoft.com...
> We just bought a used Dell laptop. It has IE7 on it. I hate IE7. I hate
> the tabbed browser, I hate the way the url is located above the command
> bar,
> I hate the way I can't change it to the way I prefer it to look. Is it
> possible to uninstall IE7 without destroying the system? If so, where can
> I
> get a copy of IE6? When I went to the Microsoft website and searched, the
> IE6 page redirects to the IE7 page. Very frustrating. Thanks for any
> help
> you can offer!!


as posted MANY times daily on this group (you DID search first, didn't you?)
Go to Start-Control Panel-add/Remove Programs, uninstall, re-boot, and IE6
will be re-instated.

Rainforest Pet Store wrote:

> We just bought a used Dell laptop. It has IE7 on it. I hate IE7. I hate
> the tabbed browser, I hate the way the url is located above the command
> bar, I hate the way I can't change it to the way I prefer it to look. Is
> it possible to uninstall IE7 without destroying the system? If so, where
> can I get a copy of IE6? When I went to the Microsoft website and
> searched, the IE6 page redirects to the IE7 page. Very frustrating.
> Thanks for any help you can offer!!

Windows version?
Assuming Windows Vista, you can't uninstall IE7 in Vista.

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer & Security since 2003
My home: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/

Yes, I did search. LOL Actually I did a search on "Internet Explorer 7,"
and scanned all those entries. None of them dealt with uninstalling it, only
with various error message people had received.

Thanks, this is what I needed!!!


"Gordon" wrote:

> "Rainforest Pet Store" <Rainforest Pet Store@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in message news:5DA7FA2C-11BC-44BE-BCE1-747D79046858@microsoft.com...
> > We just bought a used Dell laptop. It has IE7 on it. I hate IE7. I hate
> > the tabbed browser, I hate the way the url is located above the command
> > bar,
> > I hate the way I can't change it to the way I prefer it to look. Is it
> > possible to uninstall IE7 without destroying the system? If so, where can
> > I
> > get a copy of IE6? When I went to the Microsoft website and searched, the
> > IE6 page redirects to the IE7 page. Very frustrating. Thanks for any
> > help
> > you can offer!!
>
>
> as posted MANY times daily on this group (you DID search first, didn't you?)
> Go to Start-Control Panel-add/Remove Programs, uninstall, re-boot, and IE6
> will be re-instated.
>
>
>

"Rainforest Pet Store" <Rainforest Pet Store@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:5DA7FA2C-11BC-44BE-BCE1-747D79046858@microsoft.com...
> We just bought a used Dell laptop. It has IE7 on it. I hate IE7. I hate
> the tabbed browser, I hate the way the url is located above the command
> bar,
> I hate the way I can't change it to the way I prefer it to look. Is it
> possible to uninstall IE7 without destroying the system? If so, where can
> I
> get a copy of IE6? When I went to the Microsoft website and searched, the
> IE6 page redirects to the IE7 page. Very frustrating. Thanks for any
> help
> you can offer!!

If it came with IE7 you can't go back to an earlier version.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com

"Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]" <enzodirusso@xoom.it> wrote in message
news:%23aSeKYkSIHA.3532@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Rainforest Pet Store wrote:
>
>> We just bought a used Dell laptop. >
> Windows version?
> Assuming Windows Vista, you can't uninstall IE7 in Vista.
>

Would a USED laptop have Vista on it? More likely XP....

If it had Vista on it, I wouldn't have bought it. LOL I should have
specified, XP Pro with SP2. Thanks for your quick reply! Looks like, from
another very quick reply, it'll be an easy process to remove IE7. What a
relief!




"Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]" wrote:

> Rainforest Pet Store wrote:
>
> > We just bought a used Dell laptop. It has IE7 on it. I hate IE7. I hate
> > the tabbed browser, I hate the way the url is located above the command
> > bar, I hate the way I can't change it to the way I prefer it to look. Is
> > it possible to uninstall IE7 without destroying the system? If so, where
> > can I get a copy of IE6? When I went to the Microsoft website and
> > searched, the IE6 page redirects to the IE7 page. Very frustrating.
> > Thanks for any help you can offer!!
>
> Windows version?
> Assuming Windows Vista, you can't uninstall IE7 in Vista.
>
> --
> Vincenzo Di Russo
> Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
> Windows - Internet Explorer & Security since 2003
> My home: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/
>
>

> Windows version?
> Assuming Windows Vista, you can't uninstall IE7 in Vista.

INTERESTING!

So the poor blokes are LOCKED IN with IE 7.

That's ANOTHER Good Reason for not buying VISTA.

I'm a Microsoft stockholder and am appalled at these REALLY dumb marketing
and production decisions MS is making...

And the share price is suffering as the Market cries back "Get your heads
screwed on right and start producing quality software again -- software we
want to use, instead of this junk."

DSH

"Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]" <enzodirusso@xoom.it> wrote in message
news:%23aSeKYkSIHA.3532@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> Rainforest Pet Store wrote:
>
>> We just bought a used Dell laptop. It has IE7 on it. I hate IE7. I
>> hate
>> the tabbed browser, I hate the way the url is located above the command
>> bar, I hate the way I can't change it to the way I prefer it to look. Is
>> it possible to uninstall IE7 without destroying the system? If so, where
>> can I get a copy of IE6? When I went to the Microsoft website and
>> searched, the IE6 page redirects to the IE7 page. Very frustrating.
>> Thanks for any help you can offer!!
>
> Windows version?
> Assuming Windows Vista, you can't uninstall IE7 in Vista.
>
> --
> Vincenzo Di Russo
> Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
> Windows - Internet Explorer & Security since 2003
> My home: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/

I didn't like the look and feel of IE 7 either -- coupled with its other
failings.

DSH

"Rainforest Pet Store" <RainforestPetStore@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:A640459C-1E45-45D9-BD1A-F786A3BAB84B@microsoft.com...

> If it had Vista on it, I wouldn't have bought it. LOL I should have
> specified, XP Pro with SP2. Thanks for your quick reply! Looks like,
> from
> another very quick reply, it'll be an easy process to remove IE7. What a
> relief!

You can download IE6 from this site:
http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=msie

George


"Rainforest Pet Store" <Rainforest Pet
Store@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5DA7FA2C-11BC-44BE-BCE1-747D79046858@microsoft.com...
> We just bought a used Dell laptop. It has IE7 on it. I hate
> IE7. I hate
> the tabbed browser, I hate the way the url is located above the
> command bar,
> I hate the way I can't change it to the way I prefer it to look.
> Is it
> possible to uninstall IE7 without destroying the system? If so,
> where can I
> get a copy of IE6? When I went to the Microsoft website and
> searched, the
> IE6 page redirects to the IE7 page. Very frustrating. Thanks
> for any help
> you can offer!!