IE8 causing problems

Hi,

I really want to remove IE8, I am happy to get back to IE7 and I know if you remove 8 it is suppose to revert to 7 however I have tried the easy way to go through remove programs , but it is not listed there. I also went to the MS page and put a search in for the uninstall file (I am sorry I lost the name) that they suggest I use, this also turned up nothing.. Is there a way to completely remove it, and reinstall IE7? Or even if you can give me some pointers on how to get 8 off I will try that. But IE8 has always given me a lot of problems and when I get to a point where I am ready to blow I use Firefox. However I really feel I need IE7 on my computer and workable.

Some info on my computer---HP pavilion dv 6700 Notebook PC ---AMD Turion 64 X2 2 GHz

32 bit vista---3 GB Ram--I have SP2 installed---Hard disk is 174 GB with 96 GB free

If I can just get the internet explorer reverted or reinstalled I will be most happy

Thanks for any help you all can give me

Have you had a good read through here Joanie?

Is this the site you went to?

Edit.. forgot link!!

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700#fixit4me

This article suggests it's fairly straightforward to remove it from Vista ... http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2817/how_to_uninstall_ie8/