Webmaster Forum / Browsers / Internet Explorer / October 2008

I had IE8 installed and was happy with it.  Then yesterday I received an
unsolicited offer to install Safari, which I accepted.  I declined Safari's
offer to make it the default browser, but used it occasionally.  Today I
clicked on IE to open it, but Safari opened.  When I tried to open IE,
Safari opened instead.  Apparently it simply usurped the default position,
contrary to my instruction.  So I removed Safari from the computer, thinking
I could then use IE.  When I click on the IE icon, only a configuration
window opens, and I notice that the IE icon has had the gold band stripped
off it.  I thought of removing IE from the computer, but a warning tells me
that a long list of programs were installed after IE and might be adversely
affected if IE is removed.  What should I do?  At the moment, I have no
installed web browser, but I do have an uninstalled copy of Firefox, which
I'll now have to install.  Should I go to the MS website and download IE
again?  Could this be a problem of the beta?

Thomas