Downgrading Internet Explorer from 9 to 8 is a feature “hidden” from view in Windows 7. Since there isn’t a download available for Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7, the only way to revert back is through the “View Installed Updates” menu inside Control Panel -> Programs.

I had to revert back to IE8 since we still have a number of users with Windows XP (which only runs in IE8)

You can remove IE9 and install IE8 using the following steps.

1. Close all programs.

2. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

3. …

Did you recently have a trial version of Office 2007 on your computer and decided to uninstall it? Often, the uninstaller in the trial version of Office will break. This leaves Office 2007 permanently on your computer, in an unusable state. I had this happen to a client’s computer today and had to run some tools in order to get Office 2007 reinstalled.

When I tried to install Office 2007 “over” the trial edition, the installer would get a vague error saying “Office 2007 encountered an error during setup.” Read more for the solution.

Here’s a few useful tools I have found for removing spyware, adware, popups from Windows computers. I recently had to help a client with a really bad case of popups and trojan horse software. McAfee and Symantec are good for catching viruses, but not so strong at cleaning up spyware and adware. Symantec Endpoint was good at detecting the threats, but not really good at cleaning them up.

So, what free programs are good right now for cleaning up spyware and adware?

1) Malwarebytes 1.4 – This is the best free anti spyware/adware program out there. I give it a 9 out of …