This is something that appears to be new as far as a new install copy of Windows 7 Pro 32-bit with SP1 preinstalled, I would guess by those wonderful people at Microsoft. So if someone could please show me where it is that I am being blind it would be really helpful. Here is every single installed Updates screen with IE9 disabled in Windows Features.Īnd here is 2 shots showing all of the installed Programs screen with IE9 disabled in Windows Features. So after making a system image so I can get back to where I am now, and without changing anything else, I have disabled IE9 in the Windows Features as shown here. When I had IE9 disabled in the Windows Feature screen there was not "Windows Internet Explorer 9" installed update or installed program, I did not have the window positioned so that it would clearly show that. The screen shots from before show when I had IE9 disabled from the Windows Features screen and this set is from having turned it back on. Now if anyone can show me where Windows Internet Explorer 9 is installed on this system some place other than in the Windows Feature screen I would be more than willing to thank them profusely and maybe even give them a kiss. And this is with IE9 enabled in Windows Features too. So this is Updates with IE9 enabled in Windows Features.Īnd just to make certain here is 2 shots showing all of my installed Programs screen. ![]() Also note the item that just says Update is highlighted and you can see at the bottom that it was an AutoCAD 2000i update. Now since everyone is convinced, not just you Tom, that IE9 is installed as an update, here is my installed Updates screen so that you can see every single update installed on this system. Ok here is my Windows Features with IE9 re-enabled. Not sure at this point if this was Dell's doing or MS's doing either.Īnd I see that the links I provided automatically posted the pictures. Then if I want to "upgrade" to IE9 I could, and then I would be able to get rid of it again if it still is an issue. I did managed to get around my problem of linking my database to my Outlook strictly by accident, but I would still like an answer as to how do I get completely rid of IE9 as the default browser and install IE8. Yes I can "Turn Off" IE9, but it does not "Roll Back" to IE8, IE9 appears to be the default browser on this machine's Windows 7 Pro 32-bit, bought from Dell at the end of July.Īnd I still cannot find an installable version of IE8 that will install on Windows 7. Sorry I don't know how to post pictures here. I do not see how I can uninstall either at this moment. Maybe if there was a way I could uninstall SP1 and then uninstall IE9 it MIGHT roll back to IE8. Either way I did not install IE9 or SP1, this machine came loaded this way and there is not an uninstall for either in the "Programs Installed" or in the "Updates" section. Also I still cannot find a way to install IE8 in Windows 7.įrom a lot of the reading I have done it appears that if you have IE9 installed first, then install Windows 7 SP1, if you want to "roll back" to IE8 you first have to uninstall SP1, then uninstall IE9. I can "Disable" the "Feature" but there does not appear to be a way to uninstall IE9 once it shows up under the "Windows Feature" section, and this machine came pre-loaded this way. If there is a way to "Uninstall" IE9 and the Install IE8 I have yet to find a way. Is there a version of IE8 that can be downloaded and installed on a Windows 7 SP1 PC or some type of work around?Īny efforts spent to help me resolve this issue is greatly appreciated. I also checked before and after removing Internet Explorer 9 from the Program and Features to see if Internet Explorer 9 was listed as a Program to uninstall or as a Program Update and Internet Explorer 9 is not listed in either of these sections. Unfortunately, this too is considered to be incompatible. Also tried setting the compatability for the IE8 install files to Vista SP2 and XP SP3 and run as Administrator, no help. After not being able to find a version of IE8 for Windows 7, I downloaded a copy of IE8 for Windows Vista 32 bit. ![]() When I attempted to install a Windows XP copy of IE8 that I have, I got an error stating that this browser is incompatible with the current operating system. So I went to Turn Windows features on or off and unchecked Internet Explorer 9 then rebooted. I went to Control Panel > Programs and Features, Internet Explorer 9 was not listed as a program that can be uninstalled. ![]() Our company is not yet supporting IE9 so I need to rollback to IE8. I have a Dell Optiplex 380 that came preloaded with Windows 7 Pro SP1 (32 bit) and Internet Explorer 9.
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