Well I musta membered rong.

I reviewed my post from last May 28 about struggling with SP3/DotNet install. I recalled removing IE7 prior to installing IE8 but what happened was I had to start over a couple times with the SP3 rigamaroll and that included removing IE8 a couple times because it had to be installed (I think) AFTER the SP3 or the Dot Net. Something like that anyway.

Actually I never did have IE7 as I blocked it in the registry. That had to be unblocked among many other registry blocks before the SP3/dotnet would "take". On the final update of that whole bloody mess I was offered IE7 or IE8 and went directly to the IE8 from IE6.

Since the IE6 was never removed the Favorites remained intact. Not only that they were all exported/duplicated in another browser anyway. My impression is the IE6 is bundled into W/XP anyway and cannot be merely uninstalled and if that is so than losing the favorites could not happen due to uninstalling IE7 or IE8.

Sorry about that.