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Internet Explorer 8

15 years ago

Prompted to up-grade to Internet Explorer 8 - and did so - now want to return to Internet Explorer 7 XP or maybe 6 - I've had it for a while and don't remember which one I had. . I am inexperienced but perhaps my two problems might be easier to solve then going back to 6 or 7. I can't figure out how to get rid of the security warning which seems to be popping up all the time and my e-mails with pictures (such as recipes, etc.) are not showing up - only indicating a symbol. It's not that I have not tried - I have - but can't seem to solve the problem and don't want to mess things up more than they are now. Should have left things as they were. Thanks. PS-please don't get too technical in your response!

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zep516
15 years ago
Can you tell us what the Security Warning says, that pops up? That's the first thing to address as that could indicate an infection. Does it say your infected or anything like that? Or is it the actual windows security center telling you that the firewall is off or your Anti Virus is out of date.

What operating System are you using XP, Vista, Windows7?
DA_Mccoy
15 years ago
If you choose to revisit IE7 that would be fine as personal choice is what makes the world go around. However, IE6 is obsolete and vulnerable so please consider avoiding it.

How about Firefox instead?

DA
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oceanbaby
Original Author
15 years ago
Thank you for your quick replies. The message says: "Do you want to view only web page contents that were delivered securely. Your web wage contain contents that will not be delivered using a secure HTTPS connection which could compromise the security of the entire web wage. Answer yes or no." This pops up twice before I get to my e-mails.

The second part is that all pictures are not displayed - only small colored squares indicate where the pictures should be.

Have Windows XP - guess I went from Internet Explorer 7 to 8 as prompted (without thinking about it) and now want to go back.

Had Firefox a long, long time ago - don't like change!

Use computer only for emails and to google.

Await your response and thanks again.
DA_Mccoy
15 years ago
Is your Java, Shockwave and Flash Player current?

As far as FF goes, since you should have more than one browser on your system why not try it again? Depending how long ago your contact was there have been improvements through the versions. I admit that originally I wasn't too impressed with FF, now it is all that I use.

DA

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