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Title: uninstalling ie8
Post by: muterboys on October 21, 2009, 02:51:47 PM

HI hope someone can  help i have ie8 on windows xp pro and its runs very very slow.
I have tried uninstalling through add and remove programs it goes so far then asks if i want to skip files i say yes and at the end say uninstall incomplete.I cant go back far enough on system restore to take it out either.Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance Barry Taylor i am using sp2

Title: Re: uninstalling ie8
Post by: alaabelbeisi on October 23, 2009, 03:34:27 PM

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700   you'll find everything you need to remove IE8 ;)

Title: Re: uninstalling ie8
Post by: rthompson80819 on October 23, 2009, 04:40:28 PM

Why do you want to uninstall IE8?  I'm not a big IE fan but I think you have more problems than just IE.  I use Firefox most of the time, but IE8 isn't necessarily slow by itself.

Have you ran an av scan?  Have you tried other browsers?

Title: Re: uninstalling ie8
Post by: muterboys on November 01, 2009, 06:27:07 AM

hi
since installing ie8 it takes a very long time for the programs to start up maybe 5 minutes then everything is fine .I was just assuming that ie8 was the problem i have done a virus check and my system if fine.
Thanks Barry

Title: Re: uninstalling ie8
Post by: Karnac on November 01, 2009, 06:44:16 AM

I still think you may have a malware issue....When I downloaded IE8 the first time something piggybacked on the download and I had the same slowdowns, with repeated .dll issues which had IE continuosly asking to close. I removed the virus, and went back to IE7., and the problems went away.....Finally, while away for a week of fishing, I returned to find IE8 had installed with an automatic update, and it's been running fine ever since......What AV scans did you run?.......consider running the scans in the virus and spyware  forum  (http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,46313.0.html) ....... Be sure to run only one real-time antivirus progam at a time.

Title: Re: uninstalling ie8
Post by: Helper4789 on November 01, 2009, 10:46:23 AM

You shouldn't skip the file systems.