I have been running IE7 (I should say it's running in the background of my sbc yahoo browser, I use both) for about a month now. One thing I noticed when I switched from IE6 to IE7 was an increase in pop ups, even though I have two different popup blockers installed. Three nights ago, I received an update from microsoft, I believe it has to do with melicious softwares detection. Anyway, not one popup has gotten through since the update, so I am hoping that solved the problem. It was generally about one or two popups every time I was on the 'net (generally for about a half hour to an hour's time). I was about ready to roll it back to ie6, but now I think I will keep it and see how it goes. I do like a number of the new features, especially the tabbed browsing. --J

as you can see from this old article they have had issues with compatibility with the 2 from the beginning Microsoft Resolves Windows Live Mail, IE8 Conflict however is was supposed to be resolved. Have you done all of the IE8 updates and have the latest version of it? Would also suggest you try it with Ie blocking all of the add ons to see if one may cause a conflict To do this click Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Internet Explorer (No Add-ons).

Compatibility Compatibility issues with websites Website compatibility Windows Internet Explorer 8 improves browser interoperability and advances the Web by delivering a better implementation of web standards. Although this is a move in the right direction, you might encounter compatibility issues with some sites that still rely on the behavior of earlier versions of Internet Explorer. Common symptoms of site compatibility problems are out-of-place menus, images, or text. Would this be the problem I was having? I keep getting the error message Sorry but IE has encountered a problem and needs to shut down,sorry,bla,bla. and had to shut down IE and start over. It did not shut down whole computer and have to re boot but just IE. I uninstalled IE8 and went back to IE7 and all is well.Thanks

I would immediately be removing all those darn toolbars most can be done through add remove programs. I hate it when there are so many you can barely have enough real estate for viewing a webpage. But you sure can go back to IE7 just make sure you continue to get all your critical windows updates for IE7. also if you do choose to keep it you can change the address bar back to how it was in earlier versions of IE I have posted that tip here on a few threads but if you can not find it just either ask or google make IE8 look like Ie7 or IE6 there are a lot of things you can change to make it look more familiar, changing the look to the classic menu will be one easy change.