How to Get Rid of Internet Explorer 8? mapquest.com does not work

Hi,
I accidentally installed Internet Explorer 8 and now cannot connect to
mapquest.com in spite of having tried everything including compatibility mode.
How do I get rid of it and download Internet Explorer 7? Everytime I go to
the Microsoft.com web site to download Internet Explorer 7 it sends me to
the Internet 8 web pages. Hence, I cannot download Internet Explorer 7 from
Microsoft. Very frustrating. Time to buy an Apple computer and get rid of
this nonsense?
--
Senior Software Engineer

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How to uninstall or remove Internet Explorer 8
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700


Rob Johnson wrote:
> I accidentally installed Internet Explorer 8 and now cannot connect to
> mapquest.com in spite of having tried everything including compatibility
> mode. How do I get rid of it and download Internet Explorer 7? Everytime
> I go to the Microsoft.com web site to download Internet Explorer 7 it
> sends
> me to
> the Internet 8 web pages. Hence, I cannot download Internet Explorer 7
> from Microsoft. Very frustrating. Time to buy an Apple computer and
> get
> rid of this nonsense?

Time to buy an Apple computer and get rid of
: this nonsense?
: --
Just make sure you don't have any Windows-based programs that you need to
keep.

And, don't let the doorknob hit you on the way out.

IE8 connects fine to mapquest on this computer....
Jim
"Rob Johnson" <> wrote in message
news:0BF8CC2E-57EA-42A3-959F-...
> Hi,
> I accidentally installed Internet Explorer 8 and now cannot connect to
> mapquest.com in spite of having tried everything including compatibility
> mode.
> How do I get rid of it and download Internet Explorer 7? Everytime I go
> to
> the Microsoft.com web site to download Internet Explorer 7 it sends me to
> the Internet 8 web pages. Hence, I cannot download Internet Explorer 7
> from
> Microsoft. Very frustrating. Time to buy an Apple computer and get rid
> of
> this nonsense?
> --
> Senior Software Engineer

No problem here, either.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Jim wrote:
> IE8 connects fine to mapquest on this computer....
> Jim
> "Rob Johnson" <> wrote in message
> news:0BF8CC2E-57EA-42A3-959F-...
>> Hi,
>> I accidentally installed Internet Explorer 8 and now cannot connect to
>> mapquest.com in spite of having tried everything including compatibility
>> mode.
>> How do I get rid of it and download Internet Explorer 7? Everytime I go
>> to
>> the Microsoft.com web site to download Internet Explorer 7 it sends me to
>> the Internet 8 web pages. Hence, I cannot download Internet Explorer 7
>> from
>> Microsoft. Very frustrating. Time to buy an Apple computer and get rid
>> of
>> this nonsense?
>> --
>> Senior Software Engineer
>
>
>

On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:33:02 -0800, Rob Johnson wrote:

> I accidentally installed Internet Explorer 8 and now cannot connect to
> mapquest.com in spite of having tried everything including compatibility mode.

MS Internet Explorer 8 connect to Mapquest from my computer. Windows 7
(64-bit). Tried both the 32-bit version, and the 64-bit version of MSIE8.
Both work.

> How do I get rid of it and download Internet Explorer 7?

Which OS do you have? If Windows Vista, or earlier, did you upgrade to IE8?
If so, uninstalling it through "Add/Remove programs" should automatically
revert to IE7. You may have to also uninstall SP3 first; assuming you
installed SP3, then upgraded to IE8.

> Everytime I go to the Microsoft.com web site to download Internet Explorer 7
> it sends me to the Internet 8 web pages. Hence, I cannot download Internet
> Explorer 7 from Microsoft. Very frustrating.

Try the uninstall procedure first. You won't be able to install MSIE 7 over
MSIE 8, anyway.

> Time to buy an Apple computer and get rid of this nonsense?

Or learn how to use "this nonsense".

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:33:02 -0800, Rob Johnson wrote:

> I accidentally installed Internet Explorer 8 and now cannot connect to
> mapquest.com in spite of having tried everything including compatibility mode.

MS Internet Explorer 8 connect to Mapquest from my computer. Windows 7
(64-bit). Tried both the 32-bit version, and the 64-bit version of MSIE8.
Both work.

> How do I get rid of it and download Internet Explorer 7?

Which OS do you have? If Windows Vista, or earlier, did you upgrade to IE8?
If so, uninstalling it through "Add/Remove programs" should automatically
revert to IE7. You may have to also uninstall SP3 first; assuming you
installed SP3, then upgraded to IE8.

> Everytime I go to the Microsoft.com web site to download Internet Explorer 7
> it sends me to the Internet 8 web pages. Hence, I cannot download Internet
> Explorer 7 from Microsoft. Very frustrating.

Try the uninstall procedure first. You won't be able to install MSIE 7 over
MSIE 8, anyway.

> Time to buy an Apple computer and get rid of this nonsense?

Or learn how to use "this nonsense".

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:33:02 -0800, Rob Johnson wrote:

> I accidentally installed Internet Explorer 8 and now cannot connect to
> mapquest.com in spite of having tried everything including compatibility mode.

I can connect to Mapquest with MSIE 8 in Windows 7.

> How do I get rid of it and download Internet Explorer 7?

If you are on Windows Vista, you should be able to uninstall MSIE 8 through
"Add/Remove" programs. Same with Windows XP. That should revert you to MSIE
7, assuming you didn't install a Service Pack before updating the browser.

> Everytime I go to the Microsoft.com web site to download Internet Explorer 7
> it sends me to the Internet 8 web pages. Hence, I cannot download Internet
> Explorer 7 from Microsoft.

AFAIK, MSIE 8 won't allow you to install MSIE 7 while it resident on the
system. You have to uninstall MSIE 8, first.

> Very frustrating. Time to buy an Apple computer and get rid of
> this nonsense?

Or time to learn how to use "this nonsense".

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

If compatibility mode did not solve any problems for you, another thing I
might suggest is making sure mapquest is listed under your trusted sites
list, under internet options. Depending on the level of security you are
browsing at, this could be your problem.
Hope this helps!

-Kyler
IE8 Outreach Team


"Rob Johnson" wrote:

> Hi,
> I accidentally installed Internet Explorer 8 and now cannot connect to
> mapquest.com in spite of having tried everything including compatibility mode.
> How do I get rid of it and download Internet Explorer 7? Everytime I go to
> the Microsoft.com web site to download Internet Explorer 7 it sends me to
> the Internet 8 web pages. Hence, I cannot download Internet Explorer 7 from
> Microsoft. Very frustrating. Time to buy an Apple computer and get rid of
> this nonsense?
> --
> Senior Software Engineer