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Windows 7 & Internet Explorer 8 Stability issues
- I have recently upgraded my PC from Vista (32 Bit Home Premium) to Windows 7 (32 Bit Home Premium). IE8 (which I understand comes with the upgrade) is unusable. The browser accesses my default home page, the home page disappears and I get an error message saying "The tab has recovered. There was a problem with this webpage and IE had to close and reopen (pre Windows 7 upgrade IE8 worked perfectly). The browser then freezes and the toolbar disappears.
Is anyone else having the same problems?
Does anyone have any ideas how the above issue could be fixed? I don't really want to have to uninstall Windows 7 and go back to Vista.
Regards
DavoKilo
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- Try starting IE8 without Add-ons, see if that works.
Start / All Programs / Accessories / System Tools / Internet Explorer (No Add-ons)
If yes, then you need to determine which Add-on is causing the problem. Do this via Tools / Manage Add-ons in IE8.
Rich - Thank you for your reply Ztrucker.
I have tried starting IE8 as per your suggestion. Unfortunately, IE8 is still behaving erratically as per my previous description.
I have now installed Google Chrome on the PC, which works perfectly. But I really would like to be able to use IE8 (which was working perfectly when Vista was running).
If you, or anyone else, has any other ideas, they would be very welcome.
Regards
DavoKilo - Need some way to reinstall IE8 I think.
Try this. Open Control Panel then Programs and Features.
In the left pane, click on Turn Windows features on or off.
Uncheck Internet Explorer 8 then click on OK.
A reboot is required.
Once it completes, you should not have IE8 any more, so you have two choices.
One is to go back into Programs and Features and turn on IE8 then reboot and see what happens.
The other is to go to install the latest avaialble from MS.
Google shows the following: download internet explorer 8 - Google
Rich
Hi DavoKilo,
Is your problem resolved?
you may try to reset your Internet Explorer settings.You should delete all add-ons and customizations and basically start with a fresh version of Internet Explorer.
Or Uninstall the old version and install the new IE8 from microsoft website.
Does every other application working properly?
Thanks,
Jobin- Proposed As Answer byJobin JoshuaMSFT, ModeratorTuesday, November 10, 2009 5:07 PM
- Jobin, how do you uninstall IE8 from Windows 7? Do oyu do it differently than what I've already described?
Rich - That's what I already said. I thought there was another way.
Rich - Thank you Ztrucker and Jobin Joshua for your prompt and intelligent suggestions.
Stupidly, and before I saw your suggestions, I took the "cowards" way out/line of least resistance, and downgraded the PC back to Windows Vista!
At some stage I will pluck up the corage to reinstall Windows 7, and if I still have issues with IE8, I will try your suggestions.
Thank you both for your help.
Regards
DavoKilo
