Is Internet Explorer 8 Install Broken?

Over at Tech Republic they have an interesting article about some of the installation problems some users are facing. It seems that some people are having issues when Internet Explorer 8 does not complete its installation process. IE8 will open but when you try to access a web page the browser locks up and the user can not doing anything. It is also being reported that there is no installation file in the Add/Remove feature as well. 

The article also states the following:

This mysterious problem of IE8 not working has been echoed by several TechRepublic members to me in private messages and in the Community Forums. I have not pinned down the exact cause, but in my brother’s situation, the problem was frustrating on several levels.

First, the symptoms of this problem don’t allow for much troubleshooting analysis. Internet Explorer 8 starts as if everything is fine until it tries to load a Web page. At that point it freezes into a continuous connecting mode and stops responding to commands. There is no error code or other indication of how to correct or proceed.

The second frustrating problem involves the Control Panel | Add Remove Programs applet. The installation of IE8 on my brother’s PC apparently did not progress enough to actually be listed in the tool to be removed or uninstalled.

Over at the Microsoft blog site ‘We know IE!’ there are several KB articles that hopefully will provide some relief on how to deal with these and other issues. If you have having problems with IE8 let us know what your experience has been. Also if you found a solution to the problems, let us know how you fixed it.

Comments welcome.

TechRepublic article.

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