[Blue Highway]

Thanks, I will try it and test it. Hopefully it will install over the bundled version of IE8 in Win7 as I haven’t found out if there is a way to uninstall the bundled version of IE8, even though Microsoft was supposed to be required to release an OS without the IE being so integral that it cannot be uninstalled (wasn’t that supposed to be Win7 with IE8???).

[the anti-liberal]

Keep in mind that, since you already have Win7 installed, you can run the install with Windos running and do an 'upgrade' rather than a clean install - if you want (I did, and it upgraded IE8).

Here is a nice Side by side: UI changes from Windows 7 beta to build 7057.

This will also give you an idea of what to expect.

:^)

[the anti-liberal]

Also, there’s a new feature that let’s you de-select services - including IE8 (though some are broken and don’t actually remove them (and doesn’t remove all the files, just the .exe), and I beleive IE8 is one of those).

[the anti-liberal]

Oh, I nearly forgot - when the desktop loads desktop.ini loads in notepad.

Every time you start or reboot your computer, the system itself will open a Notepad automatically at startup. Actually that's because the desktop.ini has been put into the wrong place.Here is the fix.

*Explorer - Orgnize - Folder and search opition - view
*uncheck "Hide protected system files"
*check "Show hidden files,folders and drivers"
*Navigate to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
*Delete the desktop.ini file
*Done