All components of ZAISS (i.e., anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewall)
should have been disabled and the Windows Firewall enabled prior to
installing and uninstalling IE8, Stewart.

If IE8 is uninstalled, a Restore Point predating the install of IE8 might
resolve your issues.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


Stewart Berman wrote:
> Windows XP Pro SP3 with all priority patches -- with the IE8 high priority
> patch reverted.
>
> Using Zone Alarms Internet Security Suite 8.0.298.035 for both anti-virus,
> anti-spyware and firewall. They are always running.
>
> Please note all of these were installed and operational when IE7 was
> originally working -- before I applied one high priority patch (IE8) too
> many.
>
> AFAIK, no Norton or McAfee product has been installed since the last
> rebuild of this machine.
>
> I found a script that is supposed to list all system restore points and it
> only listed the ones for July 2 and 3. It appears something wiped out all
> of my system restore points before the July 2 one was created. (I also
> tried accessing them from System Restore and it also only listed the two
> repair points.)
>
> According to MS Updates the last update applied to the machine was The
> 2007
> Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2) on June 14, 2009. It says IE8
> was installed on June 14, 2009 -- before Office 2007 SP2 was applied.
> (Office 2007 SP2 is not removable so I doubt I could go back before IE8
> was
> installed as that would require rolling back the Office 2007 SP2 patch. I
> removed IE8 on June 20, 2009.
>
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP******.com> wrote:
>
>> Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Vista x64 SP2)
>> when posting to this newsgroup.
>>
>> What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
>> subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than
>> Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these
>> applications running in the background when you installed and/or
>> uninstalled IE8?
>>
>> Has a Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this machine
>> (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought it)?
>>
>> Just asking for now!! Do NOT use such a Restore Point yet!! => Do you
>> have
>> an available Restore Point which predates the install of IE8?