Internet Explorer 6 and 7

I am posting this here because I cannot seem to find the correct board.

How is this for a tale of woe! I have spent hours and hours installing and
uninstalling IE 6 and IE7 on my Win XP as advised by my ISP provider and my
computer mfr Hardware and Software Depts.



My DSL ISP told me it was an IE7 problem that was slowing down my computer.
I went back to IE6 and forgot about all this then I reinstalled IE7 again
and it worked fine for a long time then my computer started running very
slow and then a tech from my computer mfr. Hdwe. Dept told me IE7 is really
for Vista and after awhile it slows down the system. See last paragraph in
this post.



At this point I went back to IE6 but the computer was still very slow. My
DSL ISP checked my line for 4 days and finally a tech told me it was my
modem. He was going to send me a new one but at the time I had already
decided to switch to cable so I then had a cable connection to the Internet
and a cable modem and IE6. (Note the computer mfr Hdwe. Tech changed my
options so that I would be notified before I installed Windows Updates so I
could do a custom setting and not select any IE7 installs.



At this point I was having trouble with a page not displaying properly. I
called my cable company and they told me it was a fault of my
computer-either plug-ins or security settings. I called my computer mfr.
software support dept. and I explained the page problem. -too far to the
left with no way to move it further right. The computer mfr. tech asked me
if I had SP3. At this point I suppose I still had SP3 but IE6 and it was my
understanding that there was no way to remove the SP3 so he reinstalled the
IE7 and this seems to have corrected the page that would not display
properly. Seems he never came across this problem before. Now I am
wondering how long it will be before IE7 slows things down again. Once
again I guess I should switch to automatic download and install since I now
have IE7 and I won't get anymore messages from one of my browsers about
optimization meaning change to automatic.



IE7 by the way is awful when it comes to getting pages to print with larger
print. I realize the lines do not get cut off like they sometimes do with
IE6. Pasting everything into word to rearrange the lines and print larger
is a headache as is trying to change the print options in the preview menu.
Any suggestions?



(Another question I had for my Hdwe dept. tech (mfr.) was why did my Windows
Update tell me there was a newer version of IE when I had IE6 on a Windows
XP computer if IE7 is not for Windows XP.

The tech (mfr.) told me something about these messages going out to all
types of computers such as Win. 2000 and I believe he even mentioned Apple.)

"Joni" <me.RemoveThis@spanfree.com> wrote in message
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>
> I am posting this here because I cannot seem to find the correct board.
>
> How is this for a tale of woe! I have spent hours and hours installing
and
> uninstalling IE 6 and IE7 on my Win XP as advised by my ISP provider and
my
> computer mfr Hardware and Software Depts.
>
>
>
> My DSL ISP told me it was an IE7 problem that was slowing down my
computer.
> I went back to IE6 and forgot about all this then I reinstalled IE7 again
> and it worked fine for a long time then my computer started running very
> slow and then a tech from my computer mfr. Hdwe. Dept told me IE7 is
really
> for Vista and after awhile it slows down the system. See last paragraph
in
> this post.
>
>
>
> At this point I went back to IE6 but the computer was still very slow. My
> DSL ISP checked my line for 4 days and finally a tech told me it was my
> modem. He was going to send me a new one but at the time I had already
> decided to switch to cable so I then had a cable connection to the
Internet
> and a cable modem and IE6. (Note the computer mfr Hdwe. Tech changed my
> options so that I would be notified before I installed Windows Updates so
I
> could do a custom setting and not select any IE7 installs.
>
>
>
> At this point I was having trouble with a page not displaying properly. I
> called my cable company and they told me it was a fault of my
> computer-either plug-ins or security settings. I called my computer mfr.
> software support dept. and I explained the page problem. -too far to the
> left with no way to move it further right. The computer mfr. tech asked
me
> if I had SP3. At this point I suppose I still had SP3 but IE6 and it was
my
> understanding that there was no way to remove the SP3 so he reinstalled
the
> IE7 and this seems to have corrected the page that would not display
> properly. Seems he never came across this problem before. Now I am
> wondering how long it will be before IE7 slows things down again. Once
> again I guess I should switch to automatic download and install since I
now
> have IE7 and I won't get anymore messages from one of my browsers about
> optimization meaning change to automatic.
>
>
>
> IE7 by the way is awful when it comes to getting pages to print with
larger
> print. I realize the lines do not get cut off like they sometimes do with
> IE6. Pasting everything into word to rearrange the lines and print larger
> is a headache as is trying to change the print options in the preview
menu.
> Any suggestions?
>
>
>
> (Another question I had for my Hdwe dept. tech (mfr.) was why did my
Windows
> Update tell me there was a newer version of IE when I had IE6 on a Windows
> XP computer if IE7 is not for Windows XP.
>
> The tech (mfr.) told me something about these messages going out to all
> types of computers such as Win. 2000 and I believe he even mentioned
Apple.)
>
>


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