Can't log on to internet explorer..get cant display page....so I downloaded firefox.working great :) can I use

Question

two browsers how do I unistall and reinstall internet explorer ...I have all my disc's that came with computer... I dont see internet explorer in my add/remove ....why would firefox work and not internet explorer...leaving internet explorer with it not working on computer does this lag the pc... HELP :(

Answer 1

I commend your move to firefox but if your IE is acting funny, then you may have a spyware infestation. As some of these programs can work outside IE and slow down your systems and internet, I would scan your system and remove them:There are quite a few free anti-spyware programs available! I suggest that users should use at least 3 different products to regularly scan their systems. Most of these products are free for non-commercial use versions that have disabled some features, usually the active resident protection.

Spybot Search and Destroy is an excellent program for scanning for and removing spyware. The resident modules can be a bit buggy, but the extra included tools such as startup manger are great! http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html

Adaware is another good scanner and removal tool but it has no resident abilities at all in the free version. http://free.lavasoft.com

Ewido is fairly new as a free spyware scanner, but it comes from the people who brought us AVG, so I expect good things: http://free.grisoft.com

Microsoft has their free scanner avalable for download although many advise that this tool is a bit permissive of questionable programs and add ons! Defender does offer a couple of options the others do not have such as scheduled scan and a resident process for active protection. http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

The Yahoo toolbar includes an Spyware scanner that works ok. Yahoo does not advise this but you can run this program outside the toolbar by simply creating a shortcut to the exe file found in the yahoo directory under program files. http://toolbar.yahoo.com/

A new player is on the scene with SUPERAntiSpware. I was fairly impressed with the deep scans performed by this product, and it found some inactive files with spyware embedded,that the others had missed. I will add this to the list of tools in the arsenal and see how it really performs on active spyware. If you want to try it you can download it here: http://www.superantispyware.com/download.html

Once you have your system cleaned up of all the spyware, then you should protect yourself against new infestations. Spyware Blaster does a very good job and does not use up any system resourses in doing so. Works with both IE and Firefox browsers: This Download can be found at http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Answer 2

you can have both browsers installed and only use one. It will not lag your computer. Just remember to click yes when firefox asks you if you would like it to be your default browser.

Unfortunately, there is no good way to uninstall Internet Explorer. Microsoft has it too embedded within windows.

Answer 3

I don`t think you will need Internet Explorer near Firefox...And not seeing Internet E. In the add/remove programs is normal, I use it as my only browser, and it is not im my Add/Remove programs list.

Answer 4

IE is more popular still so most malware applications are designed for it, over competitors. To remove IE, In add/remove programs select the button on the left that says “Add/Remove Windows Components”, it will be listed in there. Then download and install IE from here.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1e1550cb-5e5d-48f5-b02b-20b602228de6&DisplayLang=en

If you would like the new versions of IE with tabbed browsing go here: (only works on XP SP2)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4c1a8fbe-fb6a-47ac-867d-bb1f17e477ee&displaylang=en

Answer 5

go to add remove programs on left side you will see add remove windows components find Internet explorer in the list and un check it this will remove it if you want to keep it just reinstall from windows components

Answer 6

Keep both but make Firefox your default browser. Having more than one browser doesn't affect your pc performance.

Answer 7

I've tried a few times over the last 20 minutes and I'm getting the same.

Answer 8

on the ie desktop ikon click properties then click find target it will take you to where ie is stored delete it there i use msn mozilla and ie and have no problems with lag go to www.download.com for new downloads like browsers and other software.

Good Luck :)

Answer 9

you can't uninstall IE as it's part of windows - but you can make firefox your deffault browser - when you load firefox it will ask you if you want to make it the default - just select yes.

Mike
http://www.ipltips.com

Answer 10

Actually IE is integrated with all ur OS so it cannot be installed or removed....i thnk ur IE is correpted.....u need to repair ur OS..........

No need to do dat if Firefox is working...........there r 15 % peoples shifted from IE to Firefox......so use it....its free fast and very handy.......with plugins :)

I also use it.....as a default brswer.