Uninstall IE8 and install IE7, the original IE, please.

You need to find the old installation files for IE7, uninstall IE8, install IE7 and then make sure that automatic updates are switched off, otherwise Windows will update it to IE8 again automatically.

Are you sure you want to use IE7? IE8 is more secure.

In fact, Firefox is much more secure and faster than either IE7 or IE8.

first goto the control panel to uninstall the IE8,
then click on the add/remove program then find the windows internet explorer 8 uninstall it by clicking the remove button.
after uninstalling the IE8 restart the system
then check the wether the internet explorer come the 6 version or 7, if it is 6 install the IE7

ok bye.............................

go to control panel from start menu and then go to programs and features. under programs and features look for windows IE 8. and click on that and uninstall.
or other wise if you don't see it there click on show all installed updates on top left corner. then under installed update lists fine windows IE 8. and uninstall them all. it will prompt to restart coimputer. restart computer you will get windows IE 7.

Ok, I finally solved the problem, although it was for sure not the most
elegant way and I'm still not sure I didn't broke something else in the
process...

For those who may want to give it a try, here is all I did up to the moment
it started working again:
- Remove every single Microsoft internet software: All Windows live
applications, IE8, .Net Platform, etc.
- Remove every single app I knew had a link with IE : Sun's Java, Adobe
Flash Plugin, Skype, Cooliris, etc.
- Go to IE7's menu: Tools -> Options -> Contents -> Certificates, and remove
every single one issued by or for Microsoft (this is the step I'm the most
afraid of..., if I were you I'd try the first time without doing this...)
- Go to IE7's menu: Tools -> Options -> Advanced, and restore original
configuration (which in theory sets IE back to the "just installed" moment).

After all that, my.live.com is working again flawlessly, even after
re-installing IE8.

Of course, this was a last desperate move after having tried everything else.
If I had to do it again, I'd follow this trial procedure:
- Uninstall IE8 and restore original config in IE7.
- (if still not working) : Uninstall all programs with a IE plugin and try
restoring IE7 original config again.
- (if still not working) : Uninstall all Microsoft Internet software
(specially Live stuff and .Net) and try again restoring IE7 config.
- (if still not working) : Remove non root Microsoft certificates and try
again restoring IE7 config.
- (if still not working) : Remove all remaining Microsoft certificates and
try again restoring IE7 config.

You can simply install IE8, it will overwrite IE7.

In answer to your question, yes, there is no harm in leaving Add-ons disabled, however, some website features like Flash applets will not automatically start. Let’s try uninstalling IE8 and rolling back to IE7 to see if this resolves the print problem or to determine if there is something else going on. Here is a link the link to a Microsoft Knowledge Base article that has the steps to uninstall IE8 and return to IE7:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700
Once you are back to IE7 try and print from IE and some of your other apps. If you can print from IE7 then we will know that there is something definitely within your IE8 installation we need to troubleshoot. If you are STILL unable to print web pages we will know there is something else going on. Lets us know what you find out.

Yes. Go to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9ae91ebe-3385-447c-8a30-081805b2f90b&displayLang=en

to download IE7

basically your ie8 uninstallation is bad...try and see if you can get an ie8 uninstallation toolkit at microsoft.com to uninstall ie8 properly. Else, you might have to reinstall ie7 after uninstalling ie8.. this same problem persisted when micorosft released ie7 and i was supporting ie7 when released. so take my word. happens with all ie beta versions..

I had the same problem. I had IE7 and installed IE8. IE8 caused a lot of problems, so I used system restore. I was back to IE7 but it was not functioning properly. I had to downgrade to IE6 and then reinstall IE7. Its all back to normal. What a pain

uninstall ie8 and reinstall the ie7. the setup file for ie7 is available in the link given below.


http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/ie/getitnow.mspx