IE 8 DISASTER~ suggestions?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by captjacksparrow, Aug 24, 2009.

  1. captjacksparrow

    captjacksparrow Private E-2

    I upgraded from IE7 to IE8 through the Microsoft website. It was the worst choice I ever made.

    When the computer restarted, my desktop photo was posturized like an Andy Warhol painting. The font was supersized and everything from a-z was disrupted.

    I had to remove IE8 and do a complete restore to a point where my computer was normal. I'll NEVER touch IE8 again.

    I have XP home edition. Dell Desktop. It's for family entertainment only. Any suggestions on good browsers besides Firefox. I had issues with them too. Some sites wouldn't work well.

     
    captjacksparrow, Aug 24, 2009
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  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi Capt Jack


    Likelhood is a 3rd party add-on eg. Toolbar, Quicktime, popup blocker, security app like Spybot that adds or blocks IE components etc "may" have caused this, but I see why you wouldnt want to go back to installing IE8 (personally I do it via the manual download over WinUpdate).


    Alternative as you dont also like Firefox is Opera 10 while this is a beta its still very good. Googles Chrome is another to try out, again beta but is OK now.
     
    DavidGP, Aug 24, 2009
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  3. KingSteve

    KingSteve MajorGeek

    I saw a post here about Apple Safari being a good choice now as well.
     
    KingSteve, Aug 24, 2009
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