TSGL: IE6 and IE7 - huh?!?

[The Computer Whisperer]

This is why we try to avoid in-place upgrades, people... lol.

So, Michael... is that somewhere between 7 and 9 years of overlapping
upgrade? i'm impressed it's not more of a mess.

Good luck with that one

Justin

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On 22/01/07, Russell W. Coover <coover at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
> I'm not sure, but it sounds like you've somehow got both IE 6 and IE7
> loaded
> on that computer.
>
> The first thing I would do is to go to Add/Delete and delete IE7. Reboot.
> Then open IE6 and see if you get and see if you still have something
> strange. If not, set a System Restore Point and then reinstall IE7 from
> the
> Microsoft IE7 Website rather than from a copy you've previously
> downloaded.
>
> I don't guarantee this will work, but it may. Good Luck.
>
> Russ Coover
>
> I am trying to find myself. If you see me before I do, please ask me to
> wait
> until I return.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> Behalf Of Michael Sweeden
> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 9:13 AM
> To: 'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'
> Subject: TSGL: IE6 and IE7 - huh?!?
>
> I've in a bigger quandary that I've been in for awhile. I've got a PC that
> was running 98SE and I upgraded to XP Home SP2, and then installed the IE7
> update. If I launch IE directly, IE7 starts and looks fine. If I create an
> http shortcut, or launch Windows Update, then a browser window that looks
> like IE6 pops up, followed by a second IE6-looking window that load the
> page. In this case, iexplore.exe is not listed in the processes tab as it
> is
> when I start IE directly. If in these old-style Windows I click on the
> about
> it says it is indeed version 7. I've done all the setting of things back
> to
> default I can find, I've reloaded IE7, and I CANNOT figure this out!
>
>
>
> Any light anybody could shed on this issue would be GREATLY appreciated!
>
> Michael
>
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