In an attempt to avoid a mistake, why would you want to do that?
"senta" <senta@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I would like to downgrade IE 7 to IE 6 but my Windows XP would not allow me
> to do so. Any ideas?
In news:6EA8409A-72C5-40DF-B157-E5EFC0C2D711@microsoft.com,
senta <senta@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I would like to downgrade IE 7 to IE 6 but my Windows XP
> would not
> allow me to do so. Any ideas?
Internet Explorer 7 can be uninstalled by going to Control
Panel -> Add or Remove Programs. Scroll down to Windows
Internet Explorer 7 and hit the Remove button. Uninstalling IE7
should restore IE6 on your system.
On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:10:01 -0700, senta
<senta@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I would like to downgrade IE 7 to IE 6 but my Windows XP would not allow me
> to do so. Any ideas?
Exactly *how* are you trying to do this? What does "my Windows XP
would not allow me to do so" mean? What happens when you try? If you
get an error message, please quote it verbatim.
Why do you want to do this? It's almost always a mistake.
--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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Here are the steps:
download the IE6 exe from Microsoft.
uninstall IE7 by add/remove program from Control Panel
run the IE6 exe file
I get the following message from my Window XP
"setup has detected a newer version of Internet Explorer on this system.
setup cannot continue."
Can you help?
"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:10:01 -0700, senta
> <senta@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > I would like to downgrade IE 7 to IE 6 but my Windows XP would not allow me
> > to do so. Any ideas?
>
>
>
> Exactly *how* are you trying to do this? What does "my Windows XP
> would not allow me to do so" mean? What happens when you try? If you
> get an error message, please quote it verbatim.
>
> Why do you want to do this? It's almost always a mistake.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>
On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 08:16:02 -0700, senta
<senta@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Here are the steps:
> download the IE6 exe from Microsoft.
> uninstall IE7 by add/remove program from Control Panel
> run the IE6 exe file
>
> I get the following message from my Window XP
> "setup has detected a newer version of Internet Explorer on this system.
> setup cannot continue."
>
> Can you help?
Googling that error message gets a lot of hits. Here are the first
three:
> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:10:01 -0700, senta
> > <senta@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I would like to downgrade IE 7 to IE 6 but my Windows XP would not allow me
> > > to do so. Any ideas?
> >
> >
> >
> > Exactly *how* are you trying to do this? What does "my Windows XP
> > would not allow me to do so" mean? What happens when you try? If you
> > get an error message, please quote it verbatim.
> >
> > Why do you want to do this? It's almost always a mistake.
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
> >
--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
Please Reply to the Newsgroup
"senta" <senta@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Here are the steps:
> download the IE6 exe from Microsoft.
> uninstall IE7 by add/remove program from Control Panel
> run the IE6 exe file
>
> I get the following message from my Window XP
> "setup has detected a newer version of Internet Explorer on this system.
> setup cannot continue."
>
> Can you help?
Jumping in the middle of the thread - the way to revert to IE6 is just to
uninstall IE7 and reboot. If that doesn't work, (presumably you have SP2
installed) then insert your XP disc (you will need to slipstream SP2 into
it) and do Start-Run-"sfc /scannow" (without the quotes).
I could not go back to IE6. I am just about to reinstall XP. IE7 gives me a
lot of problems of viewing pdf & mime files. I have enough of it!
"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 08:16:02 -0700, senta
> <senta@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > Here are the steps:
> > download the IE6 exe from Microsoft.
> > uninstall IE7 by add/remove program from Control Panel
> > run the IE6 exe file
> >
> > I get the following message from my Window XP
> > "setup has detected a newer version of Internet Explorer on this system.
> > setup cannot continue."
> >
> > Can you help?
>
>
> Googling that error message gets a lot of hits. Here are the first
> three:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318378
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304872
>
> http://www.compu-docs.com/ieadmininstall.htm
>
>
> > "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:10:01 -0700, senta
> > > <senta@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I would like to downgrade IE 7 to IE 6 but my Windows XP would not allow me
> > > > to do so. Any ideas?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Exactly *how* are you trying to do this? What does "my Windows XP
> > > would not allow me to do so" mean? What happens when you try? If you
> > > get an error message, please quote it verbatim.
> > >
> > > Why do you want to do this? It's almost always a mistake.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> > > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
> > >
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>
Downgrade IE 7 to IE 6 
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