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Hi all!  I made a huge bad mistake!  I was trying to get rid of new toolbars I accidently downloaded.

I got into the extensions and disabled and deleted several items.

Now both my IE & Chrome won't go to certain pages (seems like sql data pages) that I want.

My QUESTION:  I have Windows 7.  Will a System Restore go back an fix this?

Or just give me ANY advice of how to end this problem!

I love all your help when I need it!

Pennie77 Yes a restore to a date earlier than your changes would achieve your objective. However have you actually ever created a restore point? Something else to bear in mind as well as the changes you made that you believe caused your current issue you will also lose any other changes SINCE the restore point date (ones you may NOT wish to lose) will be gone. Another option is to uninstall the 2 altered browsers and reinstall them. Do so from add remove programs in the case of Chrome. In the case of IE you cannot totally remove it. You will go back to the last previous version (which you can then upgrade to the edition (current)) that you downgraded from. However i RECENTLY read an article that seemed to state that dealing with IE removal is more convoluted in WIN 7 than in previous windows operating systems. Other members may wish to contribute re that. truenorthhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Removal_of_Internet_Explorer
There is an ENTIRE Wikipedia Article detailing all the ways you can go about totally removing Internet Explorer, most of which involve modifying your Windows SETUP DVD.


Quote from above:
One of Microsoft's arguments during the United States v. Microsoft trial was that removing Internet Explorer from Windows may result in system instability. At least one commentator supported this argument, and noted that removing Internet Explorer would also disable Windows Update, leaving the user without vital security updates to the operating system. Almost all Windows Updates can be downloaded from Microsoft's homepage independent of the operating system or web browser used.
When removing Internet Explorer prior to Windows installation using nLite, there is a distinction between removing Internet Explorer andInternet Explorer Core. If the latter is not removed, core components needed for displaying HTML help files and other operating system tasks are not removed, but the web browser is removed from the system.


United States vs Microsoft seems epic.
Internet Explorer shouldn't be removed if you want to be able to install Windows updates automatically, i.e. without using an internet browser and manually downloading all the updates you choose.Pennie, what version of IE do you have?  If you have version 9, you should be able to uninstall it, which would take you back to IE8, and then you could reinstall IE9.

And with Chrome, I would also uninstall and then reinstall. And when reinstalling, be sure to unselect any toolbars that come bundled with it.  soybean,isn't that what i was saying in reply #1?truenorth Quote from: truenorth on August 23, 2011, 05:37:01 PM
soybean,isn't that what i was saying in reply #1?truenorth
Close but not quite.  You made no mention of version #'s, as I did. So, I think my post may have added a bit of clarification to the issue. Maybe--but in any event it would be nice to hear how the O/P is making out with the issue.truenorth


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