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Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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ive managed 2 mess up my internet explorer (damn) where can i download another one?

thanks 4 your help

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    If you click the Start button >> settings >> control panel .. click on the ' add /remove programs icon.

    If Internet Explorer is listed in the box them d/click on it and it should give you a few options.

    One of these options is 'repair' <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif"&gt;

    Hopefully this'll work, but only with Internet Explorer 5.5 .. click the help >> about IE button to get the version .. any hassles just write another post <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif"&gt;

    What happened to your IE anyway? If all else fails then you can download it from MIcrosofts website: www.microsoft.com
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    [This message has been edited by Powerslave (edited 21-07-2001).]
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    When you say messed up your IE what do you mean by messed?

    What platform are you running? I'm assuming its probably Windows 98 SE...

    Please bear in mind that you will have great difficulty uninstalling Internet Explorer as it writes itself all over the GUI of Win98SE (basically its everywhere in windows.. ie. part of it)

    Your best plan of action would be to upgrade, if your running IE5 or IE5.5 then I'd recommend going to Microsofts site and downloading the Public Preview version of Internet Explorer 6 which is very secure and I use myself. However you probably won't be on a duel ISDN line (its about 40mb)... God I love my job... muhahaha!

    So my only recommendation would be to purchase a computer mag (such as .net) as they have (99% of the time) copies on a free CD of IE5.5/6 or NN6/6.1...

    Just be careful when playing with uninstalling IE, I've had to do it here and I have ended up with no option but to flatten the machine thanks to Windows Protection Errors... <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif"&gt;
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    hi

    sorry i took so long 2 reply but ive been on holiday

    well my family have messed it up in 2 ways:

    1)the font has gone really large

    and

    2)the password thing in the system admin thing has been messed up and now u have 2 type the password everything u open a new window

    (did ANY of that make sense?)

    anyway im going 2 try and get it off the microsoft site

    btw im on windows Me edition but im not sure which explorer!

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    right, first one is easy:

    view >> text size >> medium

    will get it back to normal.

    and this may work for the 2nd problem, but no promises...

    tools >> internet options >> select the "security" tab >> towards the bottom are two buttons "custom level" and "defualt level". select "default level"

    hope this helps...or that someone more intelligent than me comes along and shows u the proper way to work it <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif"&gt;
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    the_Paranoid_bunnythe_Paranoid_bunny Posts: 487 Listening Ear
    yeah do what turtle said... installing a new version of Internet Explorer probably wouldn't fix these problems anyway.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    yeah do as turtle said
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i got the size back but the other one isnt working! oh it dosnt matter ill just get a new explorer from msn! thanks for your help eveyone
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    make sure u unintall ur original IE first, otherwise the preferences will probably end up being kept the same. is there no "revert to default set up" option somewhere in explorer?

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    If its prompting you for a password all the time in IE then you've changed the security settings...

    You can change them back by going:

    Internet Explorer > Tools > Internet Options > Security > Custom Level

    Then browse down and un-tick any User Authentication settings you've put... or change the security back to default... <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif"&gt;
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