Question
How do I downgrade to Internet Explorer 8 from Internet Explorer 9 on a Windows 7 64 bit Professional?
Answer
To downgrade your IE 9 to IE 8, please do the following steps:
- Go to Control Panel, click on windows update.
- On the left at the bottom click on installed updates.
- Scroll down the updates until you see Windows Internet Explorer 9. click on it once to highlight it.
- At the top, click uninstall.
- The uninstallation process may take awhile to complete
- When the uninstallation is complete, reboot your machine when prompted
- The system will reconfigure itself and when windows loads back up, you will have Internet Explorer 8.
Please note: IE 9 will show up as an important update. You might want to reset your update settings to not automatically install windows updates or you will keep getting 9 installed.
