Version 7.00 features and newsgroup

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Dean

Forgive me but I don't seem to see a 7.0 newsgroup, so I am posting this in
the old 6.0 one that I have used before. This may be OK anyway because I
want it to look more like the older 6.x versions.

Recently, probably via a routine windows upgrade, I ended up with the latest
internet explorer version - 7.00. Though I think I managed to remove some
of the noise, I still do not like the cartoonish look of the remaining icons
at the top. Is there some way to get a 'classic' look, similar to how one
can do so with windows XP?

Thanks all.
Dean
 
Those with IE7-specific questions or comments are asked to post to and seek
support in this newsgroup: microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

On the web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

In your newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

Required reading IMHO before installing IE7:

Sandi's Installation Tips <= FOLLOW THESE TIPS TO THE LETTER!
http://www.ie-vista.com/known_issues.html#pre-install

[And I strongly recommend using
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx as the installation source,
not Automatic/Windows Update.]

IEBlog : IE7 Installation and Anti-Malware Applications
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/10/11/IE7-Installation-and-Anti_2D00_Malware-Applications.aspx

What's New in Internet Explorer 7
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/essentials/whatsnew/whatsnew_70_sdk.asp?frame=true

Release Notes
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/ie/Aa740486
 
I'll give your links a look see, although it is too late for advice on
"before installation", unless I do a system restore, which I'd rather not.
Perhaps there is an easy way to uninstall and reinstall, without losing
favorites, etc?

Thanks much!
Dean

PA Bear said:
Those with IE7-specific questions or comments are asked to post to and
seek support in this newsgroup: microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

On the web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

In your newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

Required reading IMHO before installing IE7:

Sandi's Installation Tips <= FOLLOW THESE TIPS TO THE LETTER!
http://www.ie-vista.com/known_issues.html#pre-install

[And I strongly recommend using
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx as the installation
source, not Automatic/Windows Update.]

IEBlog : IE7 Installation and Anti-Malware Applications
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/10/11/IE7-Installation-and-Anti_2D00_Malware-Applications.aspx

What's New in Internet Explorer 7
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/essentials/whatsnew/whatsnew_70_sdk.asp?frame=true

Release Notes
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/ie/Aa740486
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
Forgive me but I don't seem to see a 7.0 newsgroup, so I am posting this
in
the old 6.0 one that I have used before. This may be OK anyway because I
want it to look more like the older 6.x versions.

Recently, probably via a routine windows upgrade, I ended up with the
latest
internet explorer version - 7.00. Though I think I managed to remove
some
of the noise, I still do not like the cartoonish look of the remaining
icons
at the top. Is there some way to get a 'classic' look, similar to how
one
can do so with windows XP?

Thanks all.
Dean
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Dean said:
I'll give your links a look see, although it is too late for advice on
"before installation", unless I do a system restore, which I'd rather not.
Perhaps there is an easy way to uninstall and reinstall, without losing
favorites, etc?
Click to expand...


Play it safe. First use IE's File | Import and Export to export your
favorites to a file.

Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs
Removing Windows Internet Explorer 7 returns you to IE6.

How to uninstall Internet Explorer 7
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927177
 
Actually, I now realize that, when I open up a window, it reads "Google
Windows Internet Explorer" at the top left. Within add/remove programs, it
seems to be listed simply as "windows internet explorer 7" and has a link to
Microsoft which, if you follow it, says nothing about Google.

It seems as if Google, which is my default home page, has branded itself
onto IE 7 when I installed it. Someone asked me if I installed it based on
some message from Google but, to the best of my recollection, I did it using
the windows update, though maybe not. I usually am very careful not to be
seduced by upgrade notices from anywhere except windows update.

In any event, you folks almost seem to be suggesting that I don't really
want IE7 - that IE6 is fine. Or am I misreading you? I assume there is a
way to reinstall IE7, if that is advisable, while sidestepping this Google
branding.

Kindly address these questions. Thanks so much!
Dean
 
Indeed, I installed the IE7 upgrade on another computer and the same thing
happened except that it is branded with yahoo, which was its default home
page, rather than Google. So, it seems that this IE7 does this kind of
thing, that I cannot blame it on Google, but should blame it on Microsoft?

Any thoughts as to how to stop this, if I reinstall 7.0, assuming you
suggest I should? Perhaps that was in the links you sent me?

Dean


Dean said:
Actually, I now realize that, when I open up a window, it reads "Google
Windows Internet Explorer" at the top left. Within add/remove programs,
it seems to be listed simply as "windows internet explorer 7" and has a
link to Microsoft which, if you follow it, says nothing about Google.

It seems as if Google, which is my default home page, has branded itself
onto IE 7 when I installed it. Someone asked me if I installed it based
on some message from Google but, to the best of my recollection, I did it
using the windows update, though maybe not. I usually am very careful not
to be seduced by upgrade notices from anywhere except windows update.

In any event, you folks almost seem to be suggesting that I don't really
want IE7 - that IE6 is fine. Or am I misreading you? I assume there is a
way to reinstall IE7, if that is advisable, while sidestepping this Google
branding.

Kindly address these questions. Thanks so much!
Dean
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Both Yahoo (http://downloads.yahoo.com/internetexplorer/index.php) and
Google (http://www.google.com/toolbar/ie7/) are offering customized (much
more than "branded') versions of IE7. If you have Yahoo or Google Toolbars
installed, these customized versions may have been offered to you via the
toolbar's autoupdater.

If you'd prefer the non-customized, default build of IE7, uninstall what you
have now then install IE7 using
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx as the installation source.

Uninstalling IE7
http://www.ie-vista.com/kbase2.html

How to uninstall Internet Explorer 7:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927177

Sandi's Installation Tips <= FOLLOW THESE TIPS TO THE LETTER!
http://www.ie-vista.com/known_issues.html#pre-install

NB: IE7 [Un]Installation and Anti-Malware Applications
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/10/11/IE7-Installation-and-Anti_2D00_Malware-Applications.aspx
 
Well, I have just uninstalled and reinstalled from the Microsoft site and
the result is the same. I now realize that the showing of the current
website in front of "windows internet explorer" at the top left of an IE7
window is part of IE7 or, at least, part of its default. Since I was
testing with my default website, it always said Google there. But, if I
visit msn site, it says msn.com in front. I guess if it said Google.com
rather than just Google, I might have figured out it was not branding. So,
this is attributable to Microsoft, I guess, though most would probably argue
that it's not a bad feature really, and I might now agree.

Also, some of the other things I didn't like about IE7, such as the icons
for favorite places and add favorite places on the left side of the bar
below the menu bar appear to be irremovable, though I could be wrong -KINDLY
LET ME KNOW HOW TO SUPPRESS THOSE, IF THERE IS A WAY. Also, the box where
it shows the current tab's website's logo is apparently part of the new
multi-tab based design and probably cannot be removed.

So, in summary, it appears that I did not need to reinstall. At least, I
now have a better idea of what is part of the IE7 design and what are
customizations. I'm slightly surprised that none of you realized my
stupidity on this! As far as I can tell, we're all stuck with some of these
new features though, with some acclimation, I am starting to realize that
most are really improvements! For example, I like having the words showing
on the menu bar, but the cartoonish icons are probably just as easy to use,
if I don't show the menu bar. If I do show it, then I simply have some
redundant functionality.

Thanks for your help!
Dean

PA Bear said:
Both Yahoo (http://downloads.yahoo.com/internetexplorer/index.php) and
Google (http://www.google.com/toolbar/ie7/) are offering customized (much
more than "branded') versions of IE7. If you have Yahoo or Google
Toolbars installed, these customized versions may have been offered to you
via the toolbar's autoupdater.

If you'd prefer the non-customized, default build of IE7, uninstall what
you have now then install IE7 using
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx as the installation
source.

Uninstalling IE7
http://www.ie-vista.com/kbase2.html

How to uninstall Internet Explorer 7:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927177

Sandi's Installation Tips <= FOLLOW THESE TIPS TO THE LETTER!
http://www.ie-vista.com/known_issues.html#pre-install

NB: IE7 [Un]Installation and Anti-Malware Applications
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/10/11/IE7-Installation-and-Anti_2D00_Malware-Applications.aspx
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
Indeed, I installed the IE7 upgrade on another computer and the same
thing
happened except that it is branded with yahoo, which was its default home
page, rather than Google. So, it seems that this IE7 does this kind of
thing, that I cannot blame it on Google, but should blame it on
Microsoft?

Any thoughts as to how to stop this, if I reinstall 7.0, assuming you
suggest I should? Perhaps that was in the links you sent me?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
WYSIWYG, then, and YW.

Please post any further IE7-specific questions or comments to this
newsgroup: microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

On the web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

In your newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general
--
~PA Bear


Well, I have just uninstalled and reinstalled from the Microsoft site and
the result is the same. I now realize that the showing of the current
website in front of "windows internet explorer" at the top left of an IE7
window is part of IE7 or, at least, part of its default. Since I was
testing with my default website, it always said Google there. But, if I
visit msn site, it says msn.com in front. I guess if it said Google.com
rather than just Google, I might have figured out it was not branding.
So,
this is attributable to Microsoft, I guess, though most would probably
argue
that it's not a bad feature really, and I might now agree.

Also, some of the other things I didn't like about IE7, such as the icons
for favorite places and add favorite places on the left side of the bar
below the menu bar appear to be irremovable, though I could be
wrong -KINDLY
LET ME KNOW HOW TO SUPPRESS THOSE, IF THERE IS A WAY. Also, the box where
it shows the current tab's website's logo is apparently part of the new
multi-tab based design and probably cannot be removed.

So, in summary, it appears that I did not need to reinstall. At least, I
now have a better idea of what is part of the IE7 design and what are
customizations. I'm slightly surprised that none of you realized my
stupidity on this! As far as I can tell, we're all stuck with some of
these
new features though, with some acclimation, I am starting to realize that
most are really improvements! For example, I like having the words
showing
on the menu bar, but the cartoonish icons are probably just as easy to
use,
if I don't show the menu bar. If I do show it, then I simply have some
redundant functionality.

Thanks for your help!
Dean

PA Bear said:
Both Yahoo (http://downloads.yahoo.com/internetexplorer/index.php) and
Google (http://www.google.com/toolbar/ie7/) are offering customized (much
more than "branded') versions of IE7. If you have Yahoo or Google
Toolbars installed, these customized versions may have been offered to
you
via the toolbar's autoupdater.

If you'd prefer the non-customized, default build of IE7, uninstall what
you have now then install IE7 using
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx as the installation
source.

Uninstalling IE7
http://www.ie-vista.com/kbase2.html

How to uninstall Internet Explorer 7:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927177

Sandi's Installation Tips <= FOLLOW THESE TIPS TO THE LETTER!
http://www.ie-vista.com/known_issues.html#pre-install

NB: IE7 [Un]Installation and Anti-Malware Applications
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/10/11/IE7-Installation-and-Anti_2D00_Malware-Applications.aspx
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
Indeed, I installed the IE7 upgrade on another computer and the same
thing
happened except that it is branded with yahoo, which was its default
home
page, rather than Google. So, it seems that this IE7 does this kind of
thing, that I cannot blame it on Google, but should blame it on
Microsoft?

Any thoughts as to how to stop this, if I reinstall 7.0, assuming you
suggest I should? Perhaps that was in the links you sent me?

Actually, I now realize that, when I open up a window, it reads "Google
Windows Internet Explorer" at the top left. Within add/remove
programs,
it seems to be listed simply as "windows internet explorer 7" and has a
link to Microsoft which, if you follow it, says nothing about Google.

It seems as if Google, which is my default home page, has branded
itself
onto IE 7 when I installed it. Someone asked me if I installed it
based
on some message from Google but, to the best of my recollection, I did
it
using the windows update, though maybe not. I usually am very careful
not
to be seduced by upgrade notices from anywhere except windows update.

In any event, you folks almost seem to be suggesting that I don't
really
want IE7 - that IE6 is fine. Or am I misreading you? I assume there
is
a
way to reinstall IE7, if that is advisable, while sidestepping this
Google
branding.

Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM wrote:
I'll give your links a look see, although it is too late for advice
on
"before installation", unless I do a system restore, which I'd
rather
not.
Perhaps there is an easy way to uninstall and reinstall, without
losing
favorites, etc?

Play it safe. First use IE's File | Import and Export to export your
favorites to a file.

Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs
Removing Windows Internet Explorer 7 returns you to IE6.

How to uninstall Internet Explorer 7
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927177

Also see:

Uninstalling IE7
http://www.ie-vista.com/kbase2.html
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