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Computer help, please (vanity)
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Posted on 03/24/2014 3:56:30 PM PDT by Leaning Right

So I'm downloading a Microsoft security update (at microsoft.com) and I get a message: Do you want to update to IE8? Why not, I says to myself, so I check the box. Well, something went wrong. My Favorites, Tools, etc. line has disappeared. And right-click no longer works when I'm online. Any help would be appreciated.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: ie7; ie8
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To: Leaning Right

Make sure you update your computer’s graphics card too.


21 posted on 03/24/2014 4:30:20 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: Leaning Right

Try putting the mouse cursor over that spot and hitting F10. It’s a long shot...


22 posted on 03/24/2014 4:32:05 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Leaning Right
This might be slightly different from what you have already tried. Method 3 is the one for Windows XP users. Crossing my fingers!

Here's the link!

23 posted on 03/24/2014 4:39:48 PM PDT by deoetdoctrinae (Gun-free zones are playgrounds for felons.)
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To: Leaning Right

DId you actually reboot the computer? Installation isn’t complete until you reboot.


24 posted on 03/24/2014 4:40:58 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Leaning Right

25 posted on 03/24/2014 4:41:55 PM PDT by Lucky9teen (No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. ~ Albert Einstein)
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To: Leaning Right
If I switch to Firefox or Chrome, will things look that much different?

Not much different although things may be in a different spot. You'll have to do some customizing (but you do with IE too) to select search engine, etc. Tool bars are done the same way.

Chrome is probably the easiest and fastest.

26 posted on 03/24/2014 4:47:02 PM PDT by Abby4116
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To: Leaning Right

System restre won’t do it.

The new IE thinks it is part of Windows 8 (the worst OS since ME).

You now get to go through the fun of trying to figure out where they hid the User Interface (such as the File toolbar).

Start by right-clicking in the upper left and see if you can find the “Toolbars” selection - turn on “Menu Bar” and the old menu will come back.

I agree Firefox is better UI and Chrome is tons faster — download them and keep IE for pure business essentials.


27 posted on 03/24/2014 4:51:37 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Fight Tapinophobia in all its forms! Do not submit to arduus privilege.)
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To: Leaning Right

To me they look more like IE than IE does.

It won’t be a huge change.

Chrome is the easiest, especially if you remember the address bar is also the search bar.


28 posted on 03/24/2014 4:56:56 PM PDT by dangerdoc (pWestboro Bank you should be forced to make the same decision I did even if I know I'm right.)
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To: Leaning Right; South40; dainbramaged

What South40 and dainbramaged both said.


29 posted on 03/24/2014 4:58:29 PM PDT by Resettozero
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To: Leaning Right
Have you considered an iMac ?
Everyone I've recommended the Apple has been pleased with the way they work.
30 posted on 03/24/2014 5:21:34 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: Leaning Right

Have you tried doing a Restore from Safemode?


31 posted on 03/24/2014 5:32:38 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Leaning Right

Don’t right click the Web page ... right click up in the gray area where the menus were.


32 posted on 03/24/2014 5:37:08 PM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: al_c

Yep, tried that. Right-click doesn’t work anywhere, including in the grey area.

And for what it’s worth, I did a quick Google search. Others who have “upgraded” to IE8 report the exact same problems. But I can’t find any solutions!

Thanks for trying to help.


33 posted on 03/24/2014 5:47:43 PM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Leaning Right

Weird.


34 posted on 03/24/2014 6:11:44 PM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: Leaning Right
Please protect your sanity and ignore all the drooling idiot perverts whose only contribution is "Buy a ***!"

(Rhymes with "hack")

35 posted on 03/24/2014 6:45:07 PM PDT by publius911 ( At least Nixon had the good g race to resign!)
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To: dangerdoc
Suppose I move over to Chrome. What happens to my Favorites list? Do I have to build it up from scratch again? Does Chrome even have a Favorites list? Thanks.
36 posted on 03/24/2014 6:51:30 PM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Leaning Right

goto Control Panel, then click Add/Remove. Check “Show Updates”, Click on the latest IE Update, then click remove. Hopefully this should help. Try removing in the “Safe Mode” if the firt method doesn’t work.

A nice slimmer and more secure browser is Comodo Dragon (based on Chrome).


37 posted on 03/24/2014 7:38:05 PM PDT by A_Tradition_Continues (formerly known as Politicalwit ...05/28/98 Class of '98)
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To: A_Tradition_Continues
Thanks for the suggestion. When I tried to uninstall IE8, the uninstall stopped and I got a message asking me for the location of vgx.dll.000.

I did a search, and vgx.dll.000 (whatever that is) is not on my computer. And I cannot find a way to get it on my computer.

There has got to be a way to get back to IE7, but I sure can't find it.

Thanks for trying to help.

38 posted on 03/24/2014 7:50:26 PM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Leaning Right

When I installed it, it imported my favorites from fire fox. You can install another browser without removing ie. Load one and see what you think.


39 posted on 03/24/2014 8:18:07 PM PDT by dangerdoc (pWestboro Bank you should be forced to make the same decision I did even if I know I'm right.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Solve a free software question with a thousand dollar hardware answer.


40 posted on 03/24/2014 8:23:45 PM PDT by dangerdoc (pWestboro Bank you should be forced to make the same decision I did even if I know I'm right.)
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