[pchelpers] Re: Firefox

Hi George

>>>>>> This
>>>>>> happened after I installed SP2 on a vista Home Premium system. IE8 won't
>>>>>> work either, but Google's Chrome works fine. I don't want to use Chrome.
>>>>>> I want my FF back. For some reason my system restore points keep
>>>>>> disappearing so I can't go back to before IE8. Has anyone else had such
>>>>>> problems after installing IE8 or Vista SP2? I've run anti-malware scans
>>>>>> and found nothing. I have the latest version of Firefox. My email is
>>>>>> working fine so far.
>>>>>>
>> I think the main problem or at least another one is that you should have
>> SP3 for security and other reasons, especially before installing IE 8. I
>> think you can uninstall IE 8 and get back IE 7 by simply going to the
>> Control Panel. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700
>>
> I went to that page and checked on Google. There is no SP3 for Vista yet.

Since i didn't even know that there already was a SP2 for Vista, i 
assumed you were talking about XP and simply forgot you said Vista, sorry.

>>> I also tried doing a System Restore only to find that my restore points
>>> were gone. I think if I could get instructions on how to remove IE8
>>> things might return to normal. I tried HijackThis! and found nothing
>>> unusual. This, along with the above, has been the extent of my own
>>> attempts to solve this.
>>>
>> I wouldn't be surprised if a SP removes all system restore points. A SP
>> is such a major change that it probably prevents the system restore
>> function and instead requires an uninstallation of the SP.
>>
> System Restore points that I create after installing Vista SP2 keep
> disappearing.

Have you tried uninstalling IE8 using Control Panel\Programs and 
Features? If that doesn't get rid of the system restore problem, i'd 
definitely uninstall SP2.


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