Thanks to CNet for this How-to. I posted this up here, as I believe it may prove useful to many of you out there experiencing the dreaded “I installed IE7 but now my computer doesn’t work properly” syndrome.

Question:

I downloaded Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, but would like to revert back to Internet Explorer 6. If I remove it, how can I get IE6 back? Or is there other ways to go about it? Thanks in advance for your advice.

Answer:

Before you do anything you should backup any valuable data, particularly the important data since the installation. Make sure you have obtained or download a copy of Internet Explorer 6 backed up as well.

It may be a good idea to create a before a major install/uninstall ‘Restore Point’ too.

- Go to Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System Restore
- Make sure that ‘Create a restore point’ is selected, then press Next
- Type in a name, for instance “Before IE7 Removal.” Then click Create
- Click Close to complete

This is useful to restore if anything goes wrong with the system (unless you format the whole partition of course).

To uninstall Internet Explorer 7 to return to Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP

1. Click “Start,” and then click “Control Panel.”
2. Click “Add or Remove Programs.”
3. Check “Show Updates” at the top of the dialog box.
4. Scroll down the list and highlight the version of Internet Explorer 7 that you are running, and then click “Change/Remove.” (If you are running Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview - March 20 or later - it is not necessary to check “Show Updates.”)

And that should be about it. If “Remove” appeared instead of “Change/Remove” or Internet Explorer 6 did not appear, then reinstall Internet Explorer 6. Restart and test IE6. Restore any necessary files from the backup.

Source [Cnet]

It’s no secret that Amazon offers a 30-day price refund if you make a purchase from them. The programs works easily enough: you find a lower price on an item within 30 days of your purchase and Amazon refunds the difference. The trouble has been actually finding those prices to watch for.

Now you don’t have to.

You just submit your Amazon purchase to Refund Please and they’ll email you if the price drops within 30 days of your purchase. One cool item on their site is located at the top of the page. You can see the total amount of refunds that Refund Please has been able to get for people, along with the largest single refund to date. Somebody got really lucky and got a credit of over $3,000! I’m just wondering what they bought to get that massive amount of shekels back…

If you’re like me and you did some last minute online Christmas shopping, Refund Please might help you pay for some of those credit card bills that will be coming in over the next month or so

Read [Refund Please] Via [LifeHacker]

I love movies, but my favorite part about going to the movies is, of course, the previews. And I love the fact that there are numerous sites on the web that offer movie previews to watch in the comfort of your own home without paying $10 to see them in the theater. I’m a Mac user, so I frequent the trailers provided by Apple, and now I know how to save those trailers so I can watch my favorite ones over and over again, without having to wait to download the 120 MB 1080p HD files.

You’ve got 3 options for getting the job done.

• Use Quicktime Pro and save the trailer (Quicktime Pro costs $29 from Apple)
• Visit the iTunes Music Store Movie Trailer section and download the trailer for free (but in iPod format)
• Use this tip by Krunk4ever to dig into the HTML code of the trailer web page and use a little command line action (not easy and probably downright scary for some)

You decide how you want to save your trailers, easy and free, easy and $29, or not-quite-so-easy and free. Since I’ve already got Quicktime Pro, I’ll get my trailers delivered in HD, thank you very much.

Read [TUAW]

This is a good tip that was sent in anonymously for a Windows XP Easter Egg (or hidden program).

Go to Start > Run > and type in eudcedit

This will open up a font editor and allow you to design your own custom fonts and characters to be used in word processors like Microsoft Word.