uninstalling IE8

My new Toshiba netbook running WinXP SP3 (now fully updated) came with IE8.
I'd like to go back to IE7 and get Outlook Express onto this computer. Do I
first need to downgrade to IE6 in order to get OE? Could someone point me to
an easy-to-follow set of instructions for getting IE7 and OE6?

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

If Windows Internet Explorer 8 appears in Add/Remove Programs, you can
remove it and return to your previous version of Internet Explorer,
whatever that was. If it does not appear in Add/Remove Programs, you
cannot remove it.

Outlook Express is part of the Windows XP operating system. You can find
it here:

"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe"

or simply search for msimn.exe.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Jo-Anne wrote:
> My new Toshiba netbook running WinXP SP3 (now fully updated) came with IE8.
> I'd like to go back to IE7 and get Outlook Express onto this computer. Do I
> first need to downgrade to IE6 in order to get OE? Could someone point me to
> an easy-to-follow set of instructions for getting IE7 and OE6?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Jo-Anne
>
>

Hi,
Outlook Express may be available on the machine. Go to Control Panel> Add or
remove programs> Add/remove windows components. If Outlook Express is in the
list, check it then OK your way out. Outlook Express will work just fine
with IE8.

Don
[MS MVP- IE]


"Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
news:%...
> My new Toshiba netbook running WinXP SP3 (now fully updated) came with
IE8.
> I'd like to go back to IE7 and get Outlook Express onto this computer. Do
I
> first need to downgrade to IE6 in order to get OE? Could someone point me
to
> an easy-to-follow set of instructions for getting IE7 and OE6?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Jo-Anne

Thank you, Leonard! I did find msimn.exe--but when I double-clicked it, I
got the following screen:

Internet Connection Wizard
This computer does not have an internet connection.
To create one, you can set up an internet account with the Internet service
provider (ISP) offered by your computer manufacturer, or use the New
Connection Wizard to select another connection method. What do you want to
do?

I do have an internet connection through my wireless router. In fact, I've
downloaded all the Windows Updates to the new netbook. I might not have set
up a network connection, though on the netbook. All I did to connect to the
internet with my netbook was type in my wireless router key. So...what do I
need to do next? Use the New Connection Wizard? (Or perhaps ask at another
forum?)

Thank you again!

Jo-Anne

"Leonard Grey" <> wrote in message
news:...
> If Windows Internet Explorer 8 appears in Add/Remove Programs, you can
> remove it and return to your previous version of Internet Explorer,
> whatever that was. If it does not appear in Add/Remove Programs, you
> cannot remove it.
>
> Outlook Express is part of the Windows XP operating system. You can find
> it here:
>
> "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe"
>
> or simply search for msimn.exe.
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> Jo-Anne wrote:
>> My new Toshiba netbook running WinXP SP3 (now fully updated) came with
>> IE8. I'd like to go back to IE7 and get Outlook Express onto this
>> computer. Do I first need to downgrade to IE6 in order to get OE? Could
>> someone point me to an easy-to-follow set of instructions for getting IE7
>> and OE6?
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Jo-Anne

Thank you, Don! I managed to find it with Leonard's help, but so far I
haven't been able to get it to work (see my earlier post). I suspect I have
to set up something with the network first...

Jo-Anne

"Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi,
> Outlook Express may be available on the machine. Go to Control Panel> Add
> or
> remove programs> Add/remove windows components. If Outlook Express is in
> the
> list, check it then OK your way out. Outlook Express will work just fine
> with IE8.
>
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
>
> "Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> My new Toshiba netbook running WinXP SP3 (now fully updated) came with
> IE8.
>> I'd like to go back to IE7 and get Outlook Express onto this computer. Do
> I
>> first need to downgrade to IE6 in order to get OE? Could someone point me
> to
>> an easy-to-follow set of instructions for getting IE7 and OE6?
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Jo-Anne
>

Have you setup an email account on the computer in question? Your ISP
will help you with that.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Jo-Anne wrote:
> Thank you, Leonard! I did find msimn.exe--but when I double-clicked it, I
> got the following screen:
>
> Internet Connection Wizard
> This computer does not have an internet connection.
> To create one, you can set up an internet account with the Internet service
> provider (ISP) offered by your computer manufacturer, or use the New
> Connection Wizard to select another connection method. What do you want to
> do?
>
> I do have an internet connection through my wireless router. In fact, I've
> downloaded all the Windows Updates to the new netbook. I might not have set
> up a network connection, though on the netbook. All I did to connect to the
> internet with my netbook was type in my wireless router key. So...what do I
> need to do next? Use the New Connection Wizard? (Or perhaps ask at another
> forum?)
>
> Thank you again!
>
> Jo-Anne
>
> "Leonard Grey" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> If Windows Internet Explorer 8 appears in Add/Remove Programs, you can
>> remove it and return to your previous version of Internet Explorer,
>> whatever that was. If it does not appear in Add/Remove Programs, you
>> cannot remove it.
>>
>> Outlook Express is part of the Windows XP operating system. You can find
>> it here:
>>
>> "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe"
>>
>> or simply search for msimn.exe.
>> ---
>> Leonard Grey
>> Errare humanum est
>>
>> Jo-Anne wrote:
>>> My new Toshiba netbook running WinXP SP3 (now fully updated) came with
>>> IE8. I'd like to go back to IE7 and get Outlook Express onto this
>>> computer. Do I first need to downgrade to IE6 in order to get OE? Could
>>> someone point me to an easy-to-follow set of instructions for getting IE7
>>> and OE6?
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>>
>>> Jo-Anne
>
>

Oh...do I have to do that BEFORE I can start Outlook Express? I could have
sworn the last time I set up a new computer, I was able to do it in OE. I'll
call my ISP tomorrow, though, and see what they can do. It's weird, though,
that OE says I have no internet connection...

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

"Leonard Grey" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Have you setup an email account on the computer in question? Your ISP will
> help you with that.
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> Jo-Anne wrote:
>> Thank you, Leonard! I did find msimn.exe--but when I double-clicked it, I
>> got the following screen:
>>
>> Internet Connection Wizard
>> This computer does not have an internet connection.
>> To create one, you can set up an internet account with the Internet
>> service provider (ISP) offered by your computer manufacturer, or use the
>> New Connection Wizard to select another connection method. What do you
>> want to do?
>>
>> I do have an internet connection through my wireless router. In fact,
>> I've downloaded all the Windows Updates to the new netbook. I might not
>> have set up a network connection, though on the netbook. All I did to
>> connect to the internet with my netbook was type in my wireless router
>> key. So...what do I need to do next? Use the New Connection Wizard? (Or
>> perhaps ask at another forum?)
>>
>> Thank you again!
>>
>> Jo-Anne
>>
>> "Leonard Grey" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> If Windows Internet Explorer 8 appears in Add/Remove Programs, you can
>>> remove it and return to your previous version of Internet Explorer,
>>> whatever that was. If it does not appear in Add/Remove Programs, you
>>> cannot remove it.
>>>
>>> Outlook Express is part of the Windows XP operating system. You can find
>>> it here:
>>>
>>> "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe"
>>>
>>> or simply search for msimn.exe.
>>> ---
>>> Leonard Grey
>>> Errare humanum est
>>>
>>> Jo-Anne wrote:
>>>> My new Toshiba netbook running WinXP SP3 (now fully updated) came with
>>>> IE8. I'd like to go back to IE7 and get Outlook Express onto this
>>>> computer. Do I first need to downgrade to IE6 in order to get OE? Could
>>>> someone point me to an easy-to-follow set of instructions for getting
>>>> IE7 and OE6?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you!
>>>>
>>>> Jo-Anne
>>

Your WinXP SP3 computer still has Outlook Express (6) installed, Jo-Anne.
In fact, you posted here using OE (or didn't you use your netbook to post)?

OE should be listed in Start | (All) Programs. If not, open Add/Remove
Programs | Add/Remove Windows Components and make sure the OE option is
checked, then reboot.

START | RUN | MSIMN.EXE | OK should open OE.
--
OE-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com


Jo-Anne wrote:
> My new Toshiba netbook running WinXP SP3 (now fully updated) came with
> IE8.
> I'd like to go back to IE7 and get Outlook Express onto this computer. Do
> I
> first need to downgrade to IE6 in order to get OE? Could someone point me
> to
> an easy-to-follow set of instructions for getting IE7 and OE6?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Jo-Anne

And then I read...

Don Varnau wrote:
> Hi,
> Outlook Express may be available on the machine. Go to Control Panel> Add
> or
> remove programs> Add/remove windows components. If Outlook Express is in
> the
> list, check it then OK your way out. Outlook Express will work just fine
> with IE8.
>
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
>
> "Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> My new Toshiba netbook running WinXP SP3 (now fully updated) came with
>> IE8.
>> I'd like to go back to IE7 and get Outlook Express onto this computer. Do
>> I
>> first need to downgrade to IE6 in order to get OE? Could someone point me
>> to an easy-to-follow set of instructions for getting IE7 and OE6?
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Jo-Anne

Hi, Robear,

I used my desktop computer to post.

I did manage to find OE on the netbook finally, but, as I mentioned to
Leonard, when I double-clicked it, I got the following screen:

Internet Connection Wizard
This computer does not have an internet connection.
To create one, you can set up an internet account with the Internet service
provider (ISP) offered by your computer manufacturer, or use the New
Connection Wizard to select another connection method. What do you want to
do?

I suspect I haven't actually set up the netbook in the network with my other
computers, but I'm not sure what to do. With the laptop I bought a year ago,
a friend set up the wireless connection (big mistake on my part; I should
have learned then what to do).

What I did to get the netbook connected to the internet was simply
right-click on the wireless icon in the system tray, choose my network by
name, and type in the key. That connected me wirelessly to the internet.

However, it looks like I need to do more to be able to start sending and
receiving email.

Jo-Anne


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Your WinXP SP3 computer still has Outlook Express (6) installed, Jo-Anne.
> In fact, you posted here using OE (or didn't you use your netbook to
> post)?
>
> OE should be listed in Start | (All) Programs. If not, open Add/Remove
> Programs | Add/Remove Windows Components and make sure the OE option is
> checked, then reboot.
>
> START | RUN | MSIMN.EXE | OK should open OE.
> --
> OE-specific newsgroup:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xpress.general
>
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
> www.banthecheck.com
>
>
> Jo-Anne wrote:
>> My new Toshiba netbook running WinXP SP3 (now fully updated) came with
>> IE8.
>> I'd like to go back to IE7 and get Outlook Express onto this computer. Do
>> I
>> first need to downgrade to IE6 in order to get OE? Could someone point me
>> to
>> an easy-to-follow set of instructions for getting IE7 and OE6?
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Jo-Anne
>