[yeshuas]

It doesn't matter what website I am at or going to after a few minutes of browsing my I.E. 7 locks up and I get the not responding message at the top.
This all seems to have started after I uninstalled I.E. 8 beta.

I was going to reinstall I.E. 7 after downloading it, but I get the message that it is not for my OS which is Vista Ult 64.

I guess it is time to format and install again

[NT50]

Try flushing the DNS

ipconfig /flushdns

If that does not work then yes a reinstall may be needed to get rid of the beta upgrade.

[yeshuas]

Try flushing the DNS

ipconfig /flushdns

If that does not work then yes a reinstall may be needed to get rid of the beta upgrade.

I forgot to mention, I flushed the DNS, didn't help.

I have deleted all my browsing history, files, cookies etc.

Seems like once you try I.E. 8 Beta you are kinda screwed even though it doesn't work the best, at least the 64 bit version has issues and when I try to do a install of I.E. 7 it gives me this


and I know I have I.E. 7

[NT50]

System restore back to date before install???????????????????????

[yeshuas]

I am afraid I waited to long, I don't show a restore point that goes back before I installed I.E. 8.

Oh well I am going to wait until I get the eVGA graphics card and then format and start over. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130398

[JabbaPapa]

Uninstalling Internet Explorer has been broken in some ways ever since IE7 came out.

The issue is that IE6 and IE7 (but not I believe IE8) were created as integral parts of Windows, so that you cannot install a later version without actually completely removing some core components of Windows. I *believe* that IE8 and especially the future Windows 7 use a more modular approach, so that some time in the future, downgrading your IE will no longer break Windows ; but that is not currently the case, because if you upgrade *from* IE7, some core components of Windows will basically be erased (the IE8 versions of these components are not IE7-friendly, but uninstalling IE8 will not necessarily restore the old IE7 versions).

I can see two things you can try :

1) Reinstall IE8 (this would be my personal recommendation)

2) Reinstall Vista

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Please bear in mind that IE upgrades are not designed to be optional upgrades, nor are they designed for downgradeability. The IE8 upgrade will eventually be distributed as a compulsory upgrade for all Windows versions.

It is not surprising if uninstalling a Beta version might create a mess, given that installing IE8 will affect some core elements of the operating System.

[imintheloserssquare]

I did the same thing trying out that beta and when i tried to get rid of it ...my computer was all messed up so i had to re-install. *sigh*