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On your Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 computer, you want to uninstall Internet Explorer 7. However, when you go to Add/Remove Programs and try to remove Internet Explorer 7, the "Remove" button is not available.
In some situations, the button is still there but when you click on it,�the following message appears:
Uninstaller Error
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An error occurred while trying to remove Windows Internet Explorer 7. It may have already been uninstalled.
Would you like to remove Windows Internet Explorer 7 from the Add or Remove programs list?
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This behavior occurs if Internet Explorer 7 was installed on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1. Service pack 2 was installed later than that.
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In order to uninstall Internet Explorer 7 from this system, you can follow the steps below:
1. Uninstall Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2003 and restart the computer.
2. Uninstall Internet Explorer 7.0 and restart the computer.
3. Reinstall Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2003.
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