[nfbcs] reinstalling IE

[Tracy Carcione]

Thanks Steve for a very thorough answer.
In the Control Panel, Add/remove Programs, I hit Change/remove by IE8, and 
nothing happened.  After a few minutes, I opened IE and checked the version, 
and it was still IE8.
Nicole showed me how to see my add-ons under IE, and they look OK--the usual 
suspects, like Adobe.  But I could try the extoff option.
I'll also have a look at ipconfig.  It's not the easiest thing to 
understand, but I'll have a go.
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] reinstalling IE


> Tracy,
>
> In Windows 7, later versions of Internet Explorer are removed by going to 
> the history of Updates within Windows Update, but as I recall, in XP it is 
> in the Control Panel as you have
> already said.  Was there a "remove" or "uninstall" option that you tried, 
> and are you certain it didn't work?  I am asking if you are certain 
> because as I recall, removing IE 8 does
> not remove Internet Explorer but rather just causes it to revert to an 
> earlier version, IE 6 I think.  I also thought there was a "Repair" option 
> and that might be worth a try.  I
> am also a little suspicious, though, that if none of the software you have 
> tried detects that you have anything on your machine like rootkit, that 
> your problem is probably somewhere
> else.
>
> If your problems seem mostly confined to web pages and you didn't find any 
> problem with proxy settings, it might be worth checking the Domain Name 
> Server (DNS) addresses used on
> your PC against those specified by your internet service provider in case 
> something modified them.  I think that the program that allowed you to do 
> this under XP was WINIPCFG.  The
> addresses should either be the same as those that your Internet Service 
> Provider has supplied, or they could be within the address range of your 
> router, usually 192.168.something.
> I don't know exactly how all this works, but I understand there is also a 
> "HOSTS" file on your PC that can have domain names and IP addresses that 
> could have been modified.  Windows
> 7 has an option to clear your DNS Cache and I think there was an option 
> like that in WINIPCFG as well, but you will have to experiment with the 
> help options using the slash-question
> mark to find it, I'm afraid.
>
> IE 8 has a "no add-ins" option that forces it to run without any add-ins. 
> You may have a shortcut already available on your start menu somewhere to 
> do this, but if you don't, you
> can use the Run dialog and run
>
> iexplore.exe -extoff
>
> to run it without add-ons.  You might have to find the program and include 
> the path.  If you have a shortcut for this option, it is probably in the 
> "Accessories" submenu.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 8 May 2013 13:47:22 -0400, Tracy Carcione wrote:
>
>>I want to reinstall IE8, because I might have the rootkit malware, and 
>>that
>>was one of the suggested fixes.
>>I tried to remove IE8, using Add or Remove Programs, but it doesn't do
>>anything.
>>How can I uninstall IE8, so I can do a clean reinstall?
>>I am running Windows XP Pro.
>>Thanks.
>>Tracy
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