Att: all gru's, computer question

[LMTC]

The best two things I did for my computer in the last month was get rid of Norton Internet Security (it was expiring anyway) and go to Zone Alarm Sercurity Suite. It's alot simplier and uses less of my computer's resources. (Got it for $39.99 with a $40 rebate at Fry's) you can download the demo at zonelabs.com and try it for 15 days.

Doing this and and reverting back to IE6.
You can simply uninstall IE7 by clicking on "START" then control panel. Click on add/remove programs and removing IE7.

You will need to change you automatic updates setting to "Notify my but don't automatically download and install them.

Where does one change the automatic update settings?

FWIW, I did the remove programs thing with IE7 and still had problems with Quickbooks Pro refusing to run because of IE7, so apparently not all components were removed. (QB has a patch out now). I would love to get rid of it and go bac to 6.xxx The other PCs in our office that sometimes go online do updates but have not, for some reason, changed to IE7.

 

[BillyP]

I run Windows XP Pro and use Automatic Update but it's never did the IE7 thing. I'm glad it didn't, since I've read some strange goings on with it.

Just curious though, should it?

 

[Jagmandave]

Hmmm, I have IE 7 running on all three of my computers with absolutely no problems, although I did turn off the phishing filter as it did slow things down a bit........

 

[ByronBob]

Pineridge you might want to consider holding off on IE7 for now. My wife says it's not debugged yet.

Also another thought is how much ram do you have? Could you possibly add some to help with logging slow problems? Todays computers should have a minimum of 512 mb.

 

[DCRC]

Where does one change the automatic update settings?

Start , Control Panel, Automatic updates

 

[LMTC]

Thanks!

 

[PineRidge]

Pineridge you might want to consider holding off on IE7 for now. My wife says it's not debugged yet.

Also another thought is how much ram do you have? Could you possibly add some to help with logging slow problems? Todays computers should have a minimum of 512 mb.

This particular computer is a Pentium 4 running at 3.2 GHZ. with 1 GB of ram.

I would like to go back to IE 6 but when I go to add/remove software IE 7 is not in any of the propagated lists??? I think IE 7 knows I want to delete it and it's lurking in the shadows hiding......

Lots of good advice coming out here guys, thanks.....

 

[Bird]

Mike, I just went to the Add or Remove Programs today, found IE7 at the bottom of the list and removed it to go back to IE6.

 

[PineRidge]

Mike, I just went to the Add or Remove Programs today, found IE7 at the bottom of the list and removed it to go back to IE6.

Bird the computer shows but a few items under name, size, or date last used. Looks like everything else is under frequency of use but there is still no IE listed in any of the lists.

 

[Bird]

That's weird, Mike, but then nearly anything to do with computers is a mystery to me anyway.

 

[SPIKER]

MIKE:
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it should show up under the programs,

START
SETTINGS
CONTROL PANEL
ADD or REMOVE PROGRAMS (make sure you have the top left click button clicked on (CHANGE OR REMOVE PROGRAMS) also make sure that you have the check box (SHOW UPDATES) at the top clicked, then make sure the drop down menu/button has (NAME) on it in the upper right hand side. this is where you scroll down to Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 highlight that then click the button (REMOVE PROGRAM) that will pop up when the program is highlighted inside the info/blue highlight box.)


that should help and it should automatically go back to ie6XX AFTER IT IS DONE REMOVING IE7.

anyhow that is how it worked for me, as first I started looking for a DL copy of IE6 figuring I'd have to reinstall it but it was done automatically luckily!

Mark M

 

[PineRidge]

That's weird, Mike, but then nearly anything to do with computers is a mystery to me anyway.

Bird the more I learn about computers, the less I understand.

 

[SPIKER]

MIKE: can you substitute WOMAN for computers too?



Mark M

 

[PineRidge]

This really s----! But here's control panel under the name tab.... Not much going on considering this computer is the busiest and has the most software installed on it. Thanks for trying to help here guys.....

 

[jwstewar]

Mike is that the complete list? It is obviously getting truncated somehow.

 

[PineRidge]

Mike is that the complete list? It is obviously getting truncated somehow.

Under the name tag, yes according to the computer that is the complete list. There are however many more titles including IE that it's not showing, any further ideas?

 

[Jagmandave]

Did you scroll all the way to the bottom of the page? For some reason our laptop has a huge gap between the first programs on the list and the rest clear down at the very bottom of the page. You wouldn't know they were there unless you went to the bottom. I'd love to know how to fix this too!

 

[PineRidge]

Did you scroll all the way to the bottom of the page? For some reason our laptop has a huge gap between the first programs on the list and the rest clear down at the very bottom of the page. You wouldn't know they were there unless you went to the bottom. I'd love to know how to fix this too!

THAT WAS IT!!! I can't believe all that white space was in front of the majority of the programs. Wonder if Bill Gates purposely did that to frustrate us?

IE 7 is now history.....

Thanks Jagmandave!

 

[SPIKER]

T Wonder if Bill Gates purposely did that to frustrate us?

IE 7 is now history.....

Thanks Jagmandave!

that is why I'll never buy any more software from him, it is going to be lunix probably soon for this machine. long like the under dog! down with the top dog

SPIKER

 

[MossRoad]

that is why I'll never buy any more software from him, it is going to be lunix probably soon for this machine. long like the under dog! down with the top dog

SPIKER

Bill's spell and grammar check would have caught the lower case "t" in "that", the lower case "l" in "long like the under dog!" (probably complain about "long" instead of like which I think you meant "live"), the lower case "d" in down and the missing period after dog.