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Download of IE8

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Dan

Flightless Bird
"Zygy" <zygy@commonwealth.com> wrote in message
news:#xxgnUy$KHA.5464@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Uninstalling anything named BT Yahoo could deprive me of my connection to
> broadband.


Rubbish. The BT disc installs nothing that affects your connection.

> I tried to install IE8 hoping that the installation will wipe out the
> Yahoo Internet Explorer, but just at the start of the installation I get a
> notice stating that "IE8 cannot be installed because a latest version of
> Internet Explorer has been installed recently"


In which case you already have IE8, and my first reply to you gave
instructions on how to remove the Yahoo branding.

> My ISP does not reply to my request for instructions to remove their IE
> Surely there must be a way of removing it somehow?


I repeat, see my first reply to you and follow the instructions to remove
the branding. Remove the Yahoo toolbar and you should then be sorted.

Dan

>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eBqjr3o$KHA.5848@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Contact your ISP or Yahoo Support (or just uninstall anything named
>> YAHOO: You don't need ANY of it to access the internet via your new ISP.
>>
>> Zygy wrote:
>>> Thank you for replying, but how do I remove the Yahoo Internet Explorer,
>>> when it does not show in the Uninstall Programs?
>>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:etVZFAc$KHA.5536@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> Uninstall Yahoo Browser and any other Yahoo-branded software & reboot.
>>>>
>>>> Zygy wrote:
>>>>> The BT Home Hub I use for connection to Broadband packed up, so I had
>>>>> to
>>>>> have a new one. When I installed it it removed my IE 8 and installed a
>>>>> Yahoo
>>>>> one, which does not appear in the Add/Remove for me to remove it.
>>>>> My question is how do I remove it and where do I find a download of
>>>>> IE8
>>>>> to
>>>>> reinstall it.

>>

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