>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.

I can understand disabling anti-vrus, etc. (which did not appear to interfere with either installing
or uninstalling IE8 -- at least no problems were reported.) but why is it necessary to enable the
Windows Firewall?

>If IE8 is uninstalled, a Restore Point predating the install of IE8 might
>resolve your issues.

I think you missed a couple of thinks in my post:

>> 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.

There are no restore points before the IE8 installation.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP******.com> wrote:

>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?