I have been round and round trying to get rid of IE 7 ("busy phone lines").
I cannot really afford the call and am glad now that I did not make it. Is
there not anything that can be done? I am furious. Does this mean that we
are stuck for now? A technical question for you as I am not technically
savy. If I should manage to uninstall it, how do I get a browser? Thanks.

"its_my_dime" wrote:

> At least for some (including me), IE 7 has not worked. See
> microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general.
>
> This program clearly has more than its fair share of problems.
>
> The newsgroup has not been helpful in dealing with issues.
>
> The microsoft phone help number is so busy that they ask you to call back
> later.
>
> Most (but not all) have been able to uninstall it (through the control
> panel) and return to IE 6.
>
> While it may well work for you without any difficulty, be aware that this
> upgrade clearly needs a great deal more work and waiting may be the best
> course.
>
>
>
>
>
>

<Cynical Mode>

I love these threads proclaiming that IE7 doesn't work. If IE7 didn't work,
it would not have been released and would not have been put on Windows
Update.

Meaning, if IE7 does not work FOR YOU, then there is something wrong with
your computer that is causing the problem.

</Cynical Mode>


"Nontechnical Grandma" <Nontechnical Grandma@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:37FB0476-2926-49C7-9875-2A4F8513BD8A@microsoft.com...
>I have been round and round trying to get rid of IE 7 ("busy phone lines").
> I cannot really afford the call and am glad now that I did not make it.
> Is
> there not anything that can be done? I am furious. Does this mean that
> we
> are stuck for now? A technical question for you as I am not technically
> savy. If I should manage to uninstall it, how do I get a browser?
> Thanks.
>
> "its_my_dime" wrote:
>
>> At least for some (including me), IE 7 has not worked. See
>> microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general.
>>
>> This program clearly has more than its fair share of problems.
>>
>> The newsgroup has not been helpful in dealing with issues.
>>
>> The microsoft phone help number is so busy that they ask you to call
>> back
>> later.
>>
>> Most (but not all) have been able to uninstall it (through the control
>> panel) and return to IE 6.
>>
>> While it may well work for you without any difficulty, be aware that this
>> upgrade clearly needs a great deal more work and waiting may be the best
>> course.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

<Cynical Mode>

I love these threads proclaiming that IE7 doesn't work. If IE7 didn't work,
it would not have been released and would not have been put on Windows
Update.

Meaning, if IE7 does not work FOR YOU, then there is something wrong with
your computer that is causing the problem.

</Cynical Mode>


"Nontechnical Grandma" <Nontechnical Grandma@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:37FB0476-2926-49C7-9875-2A4F8513BD8A@microsoft.com...
>I have been round and round trying to get rid of IE 7 ("busy phone lines").
> I cannot really afford the call and am glad now that I did not make it.
> Is
> there not anything that can be done? I am furious. Does this mean that
> we
> are stuck for now? A technical question for you as I am not technically
> savy. If I should manage to uninstall it, how do I get a browser?
> Thanks.
>
> "its_my_dime" wrote:
>
>> At least for some (including me), IE 7 has not worked. See
>> microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general.
>>
>> This program clearly has more than its fair share of problems.
>>
>> The newsgroup has not been helpful in dealing with issues.
>>
>> The microsoft phone help number is so busy that they ask you to call
>> back
>> later.
>>
>> Most (but not all) have been able to uninstall it (through the control
>> panel) and return to IE 6.
>>
>> While it may well work for you without any difficulty, be aware that this
>> upgrade clearly needs a great deal more work and waiting may be the best
>> course.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

"Nontechnical Grandma" wrote

>I have been round and round trying to get rid of IE 7 ("busy phone lines").
> I cannot really afford the call and am glad now that I did not make it.
> Is
> there not anything that can be done? I am furious. Does this mean that
> we
> are stuck for now? A technical question for you as I am not technically
> savy. If I should manage to uninstall it, how do I get a browser?
> Thanks.

IE7 questions should be asked in the Internet Explorer newsgroup. There are
quite a few posts there so peruse them for something on topic before posting
a new message.

Newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...plorer.general

On the Web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...plorer.general.

"Nontechnical Grandma" wrote

>I have been round and round trying to get rid of IE 7 ("busy phone lines").
> I cannot really afford the call and am glad now that I did not make it.
> Is
> there not anything that can be done? I am furious. Does this mean that
> we
> are stuck for now? A technical question for you as I am not technically
> savy. If I should manage to uninstall it, how do I get a browser?
> Thanks.

IE7 questions should be asked in the Internet Explorer newsgroup. There are
quite a few posts there so peruse them for something on topic before posting
a new message.

Newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...plorer.general

On the Web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...plorer.general.

I love cynicism as much as the next guy, but I have now installed Firefox,
deleted IE 7, and am having no more problems. This mode also should not
believe everything it sees or hears. Thanks anyway.

"Mike C." wrote:

> <Cynical Mode>
>
> I love these threads proclaiming that IE7 doesn't work. If IE7 didn't work,
> it would not have been released and would not have been put on Windows
> Update.
>
> Meaning, if IE7 does not work FOR YOU, then there is something wrong with
> your computer that is causing the problem.
>
> </Cynical Mode>
>
>
> "Nontechnical Grandma" <Nontechnical Grandma@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in message news:37FB0476-2926-49C7-9875-2A4F8513BD8A@microsoft.com...
> >I have been round and round trying to get rid of IE 7 ("busy phone lines").
> > I cannot really afford the call and am glad now that I did not make it.
> > Is
> > there not anything that can be done? I am furious. Does this mean that
> > we
> > are stuck for now? A technical question for you as I am not technically
> > savy. If I should manage to uninstall it, how do I get a browser?
> > Thanks.
> >
> > "its_my_dime" wrote:
> >
> >> At least for some (including me), IE 7 has not worked. See
> >> microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general.
> >>
> >> This program clearly has more than its fair share of problems.
> >>
> >> The newsgroup has not been helpful in dealing with issues.
> >>
> >> The microsoft phone help number is so busy that they ask you to call
> >> back
> >> later.
> >>
> >> Most (but not all) have been able to uninstall it (through the control
> >> panel) and return to IE 6.
> >>
> >> While it may well work for you without any difficulty, be aware that this
> >> upgrade clearly needs a great deal more work and waiting may be the best
> >> course.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

I love cynicism as much as the next guy, but I have now installed Firefox,
deleted IE 7, and am having no more problems. This mode also should not
believe everything it sees or hears. Thanks anyway.

"Mike C." wrote:

> <Cynical Mode>
>
> I love these threads proclaiming that IE7 doesn't work. If IE7 didn't work,
> it would not have been released and would not have been put on Windows
> Update.
>
> Meaning, if IE7 does not work FOR YOU, then there is something wrong with
> your computer that is causing the problem.
>
> </Cynical Mode>
>
>
> "Nontechnical Grandma" <Nontechnical Grandma@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in message news:37FB0476-2926-49C7-9875-2A4F8513BD8A@microsoft.com...
> >I have been round and round trying to get rid of IE 7 ("busy phone lines").
> > I cannot really afford the call and am glad now that I did not make it.
> > Is
> > there not anything that can be done? I am furious. Does this mean that
> > we
> > are stuck for now? A technical question for you as I am not technically
> > savy. If I should manage to uninstall it, how do I get a browser?
> > Thanks.
> >
> > "its_my_dime" wrote:
> >
> >> At least for some (including me), IE 7 has not worked. See
> >> microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general.
> >>
> >> This program clearly has more than its fair share of problems.
> >>
> >> The newsgroup has not been helpful in dealing with issues.
> >>
> >> The microsoft phone help number is so busy that they ask you to call
> >> back
> >> later.
> >>
> >> Most (but not all) have been able to uninstall it (through the control
> >> panel) and return to IE 6.
> >>
> >> While it may well work for you without any difficulty, be aware that this
> >> upgrade clearly needs a great deal more work and waiting may be the best
> >> course.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 19:49:00 -0800, Nontechnical Grandma
<NontechnicalGrandma@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I love cynicism as much as the next guy, but I have now installed Firefox,
>deleted IE 7, and am having no more problems. This mode also should not
>believe everything it sees or hears. Thanks anyway.

I have been using Firefox and IE6 together for some time now. With
the passing of each day, I have used Firefox a little more than IE6
than the previous day. I will still be forced to use IE6 for M$
Update site usage but will probably never put that IE7 thing on my
system or at least until the problems are worked out... if at all. And
don't be led astray by these M$ ass licking clones that tell you that
M$ would NEVER put anything out that doesn't work. That's just an all
out bare faced lie and anyone that knows M$'s track record knows that.
You have to watch anything these M$ Clones tell you. They are as
unscrupulous as their WGA Malware distributing Master is. Read the
trade mags to keep current with what to watch out for and what to stay
clear of. Except in the demented minds of the programmed M$ Clones,
IE7 is still a problem causer. Just think of it this way... what do
you think of someone that tells you that your computer is causing a
problem when that computer was running just fine until this software
was installed on it. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that
the problem was not the perfectly running computer but the software
that brought that perfectly running computer down after this software
was installed on it, software produced by a company that already has a
track record of putting stuff out way before it has been properly
tested and/or put out on the public making them unknowing beta testers
for that company.

Regards,

On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 19:49:00 -0800, Nontechnical Grandma
<NontechnicalGrandma@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I love cynicism as much as the next guy, but I have now installed Firefox,
>deleted IE 7, and am having no more problems. This mode also should not
>believe everything it sees or hears. Thanks anyway.

I have been using Firefox and IE6 together for some time now. With
the passing of each day, I have used Firefox a little more than IE6
than the previous day. I will still be forced to use IE6 for M$
Update site usage but will probably never put that IE7 thing on my
system or at least until the problems are worked out... if at all. And
don't be led astray by these M$ ass licking clones that tell you that
M$ would NEVER put anything out that doesn't work. That's just an all
out bare faced lie and anyone that knows M$'s track record knows that.
You have to watch anything these M$ Clones tell you. They are as
unscrupulous as their WGA Malware distributing Master is. Read the
trade mags to keep current with what to watch out for and what to stay
clear of. Except in the demented minds of the programmed M$ Clones,
IE7 is still a problem causer. Just think of it this way... what do
you think of someone that tells you that your computer is causing a
problem when that computer was running just fine until this software
was installed on it. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that
the problem was not the perfectly running computer but the software
that brought that perfectly running computer down after this software
was installed on it, software produced by a company that already has a
track record of putting stuff out way before it has been properly
tested and/or put out on the public making them unknowing beta testers
for that company.

Regards,

Look in add/remove programs.
Scroll down to Windows Internet Explorer and choose remove.
Reboot and your previous browser and settings will be restored.
--
mae

"Nontechnical Grandma" <Nontechnical Grandma@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:37FB0476-2926-49C7-9875-2A4F8513BD8A@microsoft.com...
|I have been round and round trying to get rid of IE 7 ("busy phone lines").
| I cannot really afford the call and am glad now that I did not make it.
Is
| there not anything that can be done? I am furious. Does this mean that
we
| are stuck for now? A technical question for you as I am not technically
| savy. If I should manage to uninstall it, how do I get a browser?
Thanks.
|
| "its_my_dime" wrote:
|
--snip--

Look in add/remove programs.
Scroll down to Windows Internet Explorer and choose remove.
Reboot and your previous browser and settings will be restored.
--
mae

"Nontechnical Grandma" <Nontechnical Grandma@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:37FB0476-2926-49C7-9875-2A4F8513BD8A@microsoft.com...
|I have been round and round trying to get rid of IE 7 ("busy phone lines").
| I cannot really afford the call and am glad now that I did not make it.
Is
| there not anything that can be done? I am furious. Does this mean that
we
| are stuck for now? A technical question for you as I am not technically
| savy. If I should manage to uninstall it, how do I get a browser?
Thanks.
|
| "its_my_dime" wrote:
|
--snip--

"Ed" <fake_address@spamtrap.com> wrote in message
news:0jn4n250u6e02n0pfkednodhh094umr9i5@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 19:49:00 -0800, Nontechnical Grandma
> <NontechnicalGrandma@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>I love cynicism as much as the next guy, but I have now installed Firefox,
>>deleted IE 7, and am having no more problems. This mode also should not
>>believe everything it sees or hears. Thanks anyway.
>
> I have been using Firefox and IE6 together for some time now. With
> the passing of each day, I have used Firefox a little more than IE6
> than the previous day. I will still be forced to use IE6 for M$
> Update site usage but will probably never put that IE7 thing on my
> system or at least until the problems are worked out... if at all. And
> don't be led astray by these M$ ass licking clones that tell you that
> M$ would NEVER put anything out that doesn't work. That's just an all
> out bare faced lie and anyone that knows M$'s track record knows that.
> You have to watch anything these M$ Clones tell you. They are as
> unscrupulous as their WGA Malware distributing Master is. Read the
> trade mags to keep current with what to watch out for and what to stay
> clear of. Except in the demented minds of the programmed M$ Clones,
> IE7 is still a problem causer. Just think of it this way... what do
> you think of someone that tells you that your computer is causing a
> problem when that computer was running just fine until this software
> was installed on it. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that
> the problem was not the perfectly running computer but the software
> that brought that perfectly running computer down after this software
> was installed on it, software produced by a company that already has a
> track record of putting stuff out way before it has been properly
> tested and/or put out on the public making them unknowing beta testers
> for that company.
>
> Regards,


You'd have more credibility if you dropped the juvenile "M$" designation.

"Ed" <fake_address@spamtrap.com> wrote in message
news:0jn4n250u6e02n0pfkednodhh094umr9i5@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 19:49:00 -0800, Nontechnical Grandma
> <NontechnicalGrandma@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>I love cynicism as much as the next guy, but I have now installed Firefox,
>>deleted IE 7, and am having no more problems. This mode also should not
>>believe everything it sees or hears. Thanks anyway.
>
> I have been using Firefox and IE6 together for some time now. With
> the passing of each day, I have used Firefox a little more than IE6
> than the previous day. I will still be forced to use IE6 for M$
> Update site usage but will probably never put that IE7 thing on my
> system or at least until the problems are worked out... if at all. And
> don't be led astray by these M$ ass licking clones that tell you that
> M$ would NEVER put anything out that doesn't work. That's just an all
> out bare faced lie and anyone that knows M$'s track record knows that.
> You have to watch anything these M$ Clones tell you. They are as
> unscrupulous as their WGA Malware distributing Master is. Read the
> trade mags to keep current with what to watch out for and what to stay
> clear of. Except in the demented minds of the programmed M$ Clones,
> IE7 is still a problem causer. Just think of it this way... what do
> you think of someone that tells you that your computer is causing a
> problem when that computer was running just fine until this software
> was installed on it. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that
> the problem was not the perfectly running computer but the software
> that brought that perfectly running computer down after this software
> was installed on it, software produced by a company that already has a
> track record of putting stuff out way before it has been properly
> tested and/or put out on the public making them unknowing beta testers
> for that company.
>
> Regards,


You'd have more credibility if you dropped the juvenile "M$" designation.

I'm not sure why all the fuss and feathers about IE7. I've been using it
since Beta, it's rock solid and in fact is now a required "Critical Update"
which means it's here to stay.

If you really are that anxious to get rid of it, just go into the control
panel, add/remove and take it out and you will roll back to the former (and
now outdated and not adequate for safety) IE6, at least until the next
critical update puts it back in.

Seriously, if you are having some specific problem with it, find out what
the answer is to that problem and fix it. Most of the time it isn't IE7
that caused it.

Maybe I'm just lucky, but I've had zero problems with it, since the fist
beta release.

I'm not sure why all the fuss and feathers about IE7. I've been using it
since Beta, it's rock solid and in fact is now a required "Critical Update"
which means it's here to stay.

If you really are that anxious to get rid of it, just go into the control
panel, add/remove and take it out and you will roll back to the former (and
now outdated and not adequate for safety) IE6, at least until the next
critical update puts it back in.

Seriously, if you are having some specific problem with it, find out what
the answer is to that problem and fix it. Most of the time it isn't IE7
that caused it.

Maybe I'm just lucky, but I've had zero problems with it, since the fist
beta release.