My IE asked me if I wanted to update to 7. I did, everything seemed to download OK, but when I went in the first time it loaded up and said “Connecting …” and nothing happened - I had to use task manager to turn it off and use Firefox.
Same process about 5X
So I removed IE from all my folders - cleaned it and deleted it. Re-loaded I.E. 7 everything seemed OK, but when I went in the first time it loaded up and said “Connecting …” and nothing happened - I had to use task manager to turn it off and use Firefox.
An easy guess - IE7 is actually only available for XP or later. See this page (the section on Internet Connection Settings). It seems the closest match I’ve found.
I am getting used to Firefox - I am finding it really isn’t what I am used to but it is fine (go figure) but … my work uses a few apps that can only use IE - so when I work from home they may not run properly on Firefox (so they say).
I’m having the same problem with IE7 – it was installed this morning on the laptop I’m using now, and it just doesn’t take me anywhere…just stalls on “connecting.” This is my mom’s laptop and it connects to the internet via wireless network.
I’m using Firefox now, but I’d really like to go back to IE 6. I’ve tried searching for sites that let you download IE, but I can’t find any that give you IE 6 as a chunk – it’s either IE 7 or just, like, IE 6 add-ons and updates. Would those work?
IE7 knackered my hard drive when I installed it - corrupting the master file table and disabling the pagefile; fortunately I was able to put it all right (in part, by uninstalling IE7) - I’m not the only one to have had this problem, but there aren’t many of us. There are plenty of people experiencing problems just like the OP describes.
You should be able to uninstall IE7 and revert cleanly back to IE6 - if there isn’t an entry in the Add/remove programs dialog, look for this file: \Windows\IE7\Spuninst\Spuninst.exe and run it. Bye Bye IE7!
I don’t like suggesting Firefox in an IE thread, but as an IT support guy, I honestly have to tell you that I think it’s actually a worthwhile option; Firefox 2.0 is more like IE6 (and therefore a shallower learning curve) than IE7 is. IE7 is horrible to look at, and horrible and unintuitive to use for a person coming from IE6. Firefox, OTOH, is an easy switch.
There. Fixed the title for you. Personally I have made very sure to untick IE7 in the updates list - I’m going to wait a few months (like 6-12) until it’s actually ready. I think MS have made a mistake ramming it out to everyone automatically rather than following their usual practice of letting volunteers find most of the landmines first.
I unticked it in the updates list, and it only stayed hidden for about a week; I went back to Windows Update today and it was just listed there as normal.
When you click the update notification, you should get a dialog that gives you two options: Express and Custom (the verbiage may actually be different–I’m going from noncaffeinated memory here…). Click the Custom one (or whatever button it is they imply is the big scary one) and you’ll get a checkbox list of the updates that are available for install. Uncheck the IE7 one.
this site has a tool you can download that makes it easy! It’s a little program that blocks IE7 , but still allows you to install all other Windows updates
Even if you inadvertently download it, you can’t really accidentally install it - you would have to click your consent in a great big blue dialog box that pops up at the start of the IE7 installation wizard - it looks like this - you can’t really miss it.
