Uninstall Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1
A quick break away from the norm here.
I recently downloaded and installed Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Vista. Big mistake, it is totally unstable right now and probably should be tested more from such a big corporation, I will not dismiss it but as I cannot use it, will not review it. I will revert back to Firefox until they release a better version. So how does one uninstall it from Vista? In XP, it is simple, go to Add/Remove programs and uninstall as per normal.
It seems Windows Vista does not regard Internet Explorer as a program so when you go to uninstall programs, it is nowhere to be seen, it is in fact, tucked away as an Update. Great, so how do I remove it?
Simple, go to control panel, click on Uninstall Programs, then glance over to your left, you will see “View Installed Updates”, click on this link, then, once it has loaded up, you will see a sub section called Microsoft Windows, you should see Internet Explorer 8 , click on it and then click on the uninstall button. Done.
You’ll need to then restart your PC. After that, download another version such as IE7 or Firefox.
Who says you learn nothing in here! 
(I copied this post into the fuelmyblog blog so sorry if you read it twice!)
This does not work in my XP Sp2. Remove does not show-up in add/remove programs.
Comment by John Alexander — March 16, 2008 @ 4:40 pm
Sorry, the instructions are for Vista, for XP, do the following:-
1. Click the Start Button and select Control Panel.
2. Select Add or Remove Programs.
3. Find and select Windows Internet Explorer 8 from the list of available applications.
4. Click the Remove button.
5. Restart your system.
Hope that helps
Comment by KevinD — March 27, 2008 @ 10:43 am