Just installed IE 7 nowhowdo I get back to IE 6?

o uninstall Internet Explorer 7 to return to Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP

Click "Start," and then click "Control Panel."

Click "Add or Remove Programs."

Check "Show Updates" at the top of the dialog box.

Scroll down the list and highlight the version of Internet Explorer 7 that you are running, and then click "Change/Remove."

Uninstall that,restart your PC and you are on IE6

Just installed IE 7 nowhowdo I get back to IE 6?windows installer

Going back to IE6 is a bit tough. The default on install for IE7 is to over write IE6. For all-practicable-purposes that means IE6 doesn't exist on your computer any more. You could Google (I don't know why I always say Google鈥擸ahoo has a perfectly good search engine as well) the term "IE6" you'll be surprised at all the places you can get the program.

The problem then may be that you can't have them both residing on your computer at the same time. (I haven't tried this as I have zero interest in Internet Explorer.) Just one way Microsoft makes life鈥攁hem鈥攅asier.

This is a bit of a bind. But, assuming that you really don't want to be hassled right now, just do your download of IE6. Then you can safely Uninstall IE7, and re-install IE6. I would expect that Microsoft has a number of nasty surprises awaiting those who don't want the hassle of IE7 after they downloaded and installed it.

Fear not I have an alternative suggestion. Get Firefox 2.0 instead. It is Open Source鈥攆ree. For the 200,000,000 people who have downloaded Firefox there are so few gripes that none has ever registered on my desk top. And, once you learn how to use it, you will never wait for five years for an update for you to learn all over. The program has "micro-updates avery few days to weeks. They politely wait for you to agree to install them鈥擮h, and they work!

These things are all true because the improvements and changes come one at a time, as they are available from thousands of people who are working on the browser in their spare time.

Well, you might ask, just who oversees the quality of all of these people? Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit corporation that keeps everyone headed in the same general direction and makes decisions among the very dedicated volunteers.

The result Firefox 2.0 for browsing, Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 for email, Sunbird beta Calendar.