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I have a windows 64 bit machine. Recently MS offered an upgrade to the next version of IE. Except it seems to be a downgrade.

There is no taskbar and I cannot change my search engine default. There is no more file print properties dropdown. No more search for words dropdown. All in all it is much less useful. Is there a way I can go back to my old IE which was much better.

This isnt even any faster than my old one and get the white screen more often.

Please no lectures about needing to change to Firefoxes or some bit-based browser that would require me to grow hair on my chest and wear nerd glasses to begin to comprehend...unless you really need to.

No I dont know what number IE I had, it was after XP and Vista, am I mixing things up here? I reallly don't know what I am talking about, as some of you know. I just want my old browser back.

Yours truly, Chickensoup

1 posted on 08/24/2011 11:24:18 AM PDT by Chickensoup
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Good luck!


2 posted on 08/24/2011 11:26:42 AM PDT by Logical me
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You can Right Click in the top area of the browser and select your toolbars from there you can take back control


3 posted on 08/24/2011 11:28:06 AM PDT by BallyBill (WARNING:Taking me serious could cause stress related illness.)
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I had the same problem.
I switched to Firefox & Google Crome I love them. I rarely use IE.
MS needs to learn: If it ain't broke don't fix it. . . .
4 posted on 08/24/2011 11:28:06 AM PDT by DeaconRed (To the idiots that didn't believe us about ZERO: Hope you enjoy your less than a dollar in change.)
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Kind of like going to the grocery store and getting a 32 oz box for the same price of a 36 oz box a few months ago.

“All Obamasized.”


5 posted on 08/24/2011 11:28:17 AM PDT by frithguild (We admitted we were powerless over government - that out lives had become unmanageable)
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Just keep playing with it, and you’ll soon have a solution on hand.


6 posted on 08/24/2011 11:29:21 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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My company move to W-7 has increased the demand For a transition to Apple products to a roar. They’re now testing IPads, etc for those of us who know technology and hate poor design. (Yup, we do hardware and software. Yup, we despise Microsoft.)


7 posted on 08/24/2011 11:29:21 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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Real men use Mosaic.

Seriously, though, I think you’re stuck. I don’t know of any good way to back out a MSIE “upgrade”. Been that way ever since they tried to own the Internet by going proprietary and making IE inseparable from the operating system.


8 posted on 08/24/2011 11:29:47 AM PDT by icanhasbailout
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I found that Windows 7 WAS A DOWNGRADE from XP. I am happy at XP SP2 and won’t be buying new machines for a long time.


9 posted on 08/24/2011 11:30:43 AM PDT by George from New England
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Obama insisted on screwing Internet Explorer up, too. It’s called the Making Disadvantaged Youth More Internet Savvy Act.


10 posted on 08/24/2011 11:31:15 AM PDT by Lazamataz (SmithL stole my tagline and won't give it back.)
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“Please no lectures about needing to change to Firefoxes “

That certainly takes all the fun out of it.

11 posted on 08/24/2011 11:31:18 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (I love how the FR spellchecker doesn't recognize the word "Obama")
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You probably had IE8 and MS sent you a notice to upgrade to IE9. I got the same thing, went ahead with the upgrade and HATED IE9.

You can go to your Add/Delete programs screen and delete IE9. You will not lose IE, but will return to IE8 as I did.

15 posted on 08/24/2011 11:35:46 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne (Buy Gold and Guns Now!)
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I have the same problem with my new Dell laptop with Windows 7. I upgraded IE and I just hate the results. I think the new version is number 9.

So you think Foxfire or Chrome would be much better. I’ll give that a try.


17 posted on 08/24/2011 11:36:19 AM PDT by Eternally-Optimistic (anything is possible)
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All of mickeysoft’sl lates crapware has worse functionality than previous versions.

MSN messenger? no way to block or view a list of blocked people any more. the most useful features gone. try to click on any links in their OWN WEB SITES- all broken

Net Meeting? Probably the best app ever from MS. Well that worked WAY too good for it to be a microsoft product- so it’s gone

Outlook Express? gone

Outlook- large bloated crapware

MSDN website? getting more and more to be a maze of broken links

Microsoft Word? move the menus around so you cant find anything, and stick them on a huge ‘ribbon’ that takes up a third of your laptop screen

Windows7? Well the main reason for buying that is because it is a $200 upgrade that fixes the crappy $200 upgrade to Vista. Oh and you can dock windows at the ceiling and side. - that’s worth $200

I was at Microsoft several times. It is taken over by libtards and their crappy products of late show it.

Sell MS stock now before the slow decline


18 posted on 08/24/2011 11:36:25 AM PDT by Mr. K (CAPSLOCK! -Unleash the fury! [Palin/Bachman 2012- unbeatable ticket])
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It's all still there. Like another post said, you just enable the toolbars you want, to give more space for the web pages.

To the right of the tabs, you should see a house icon (Home), star icon (Favorites), and sproket icon (Tools). Right-click on the blank area next to a tab to enable other toolbars. I prefer to keep all of them hidden to give more browsing area.

Actually, most reports show IE9 is very secure.

Microsoft IE9 Blocks Malware Best
Report finds that IE9's ability to block malicious URLs, malware, and phishing attacks far surpasses that of Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Opera.

19 posted on 08/24/2011 11:36:36 AM PDT by Mannaggia l'America
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I’ve got it also....yes, mine computer is also 64. It takes a little time but you can design your own tool bar. I have most of what you are looking for on my tool bar.


21 posted on 08/24/2011 11:38:03 AM PDT by shield (Rev 2:9 Woe unto those who say they are Judahites and are not, but are of the syna GOG ue of Satan.)
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You must have updated from Internet Explorer 8 to IE 9. I had the same issues when I did the same thing.

I hate searching from the address bar, so I ended up re-enabling the Google toolbar, that includes Google search.

The Tabs are in a different part of the header now, and if you click on the right edge of any tab you close it, even if it was not the currently displayed tab.

I hate IE9 but I’ve gotten used to it.


23 posted on 08/24/2011 11:38:28 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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Right click in a blank area of the toolbar at the top. You can re-enable any menus you want in IE9.


25 posted on 08/24/2011 11:39:52 AM PDT by fx45guy
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Please note that the "Internet Explorer 10" builds offered by Microsoft are essentially technology demonstration versions, not a full-fledged web browser. If you want a full-fledged version of Internet Explorer download and install the current Version 9.0, which is actually an under-appreciated browser, if just a tad slow.
27 posted on 08/24/2011 11:40:25 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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Find the toolbar menu item, you can turn on any toolbar to have it appear just like IE8


29 posted on 08/24/2011 11:42:37 AM PDT by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right)
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As noted above, most of theoptions can be brougth back. Microsoft has a preternatural ability to pick ever single default setting WRONG.


35 posted on 08/24/2011 11:52:01 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (It's fun to play with your vision, but don't ever play with your eyes.-1970's PSA)
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