How to uninstall IE8 in Vista & How to uninstall IE8 in XP

Under VISTA, you can uninstall in the following way: Since IE8 is installed as an update rather than a regular program, you can restore the previous IE7 by uninstalling the update. It's pretty simple. First, find the location for uninstallation: Control Panel --> Programs and Features --> View Installed Updates (note, it's here) under the Microsoft Windows category, there will be an entry for Windows Internet Explorer 8. Uninstall it.

For XP, the uninstall method is as follows: (Since I don't use XP personally, I haven't tested this, but these methods are very practical.)

a. You can directly uninstall it from "Add/Remove Programs," which is the most common method.