Browser Choice? (UK)


  1. Posts : 198
    Win 7 Pro 32bit
       #1

    Browser Choice? (UK)


    ok, i bought a retail version of 7 pro, i thought that you were meant to get a choice of brower when you installed win 7 (i did a clean install) due to some EU law.

    i never, it installed IE8 without any input from me (i did leave the installation for a wee bit so it maybe went to default browser)

    has anybody else had or seen this?
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  2. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #2

    I think the original plan, as of say a year ago, was to issue the Euro versions without a browser, but I think I recall where that plan was discarded in the last few months.

    Does your copy bear any suffix, such as Windows 7E?

    Edit:

    Look here:

    http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3602
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  3. Posts : 11,840
    64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
       #3

    The WindowsE option was scrapped for the full install with IE and WMP... You are still free to use what ever you want.
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  4. Posts : 6,618
    W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
       #4

    It won't hurt anything to have IE8 installed...you don't have to use it unless you want. I have multiple browsers installed, but use Opera as my primary. There are some websites that have backward programming and you may need IE for those. I doubt that the security has improved much, but IE8 does have alot better performance than in the past.
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  5. Posts : 198
    Win 7 Pro 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Tews said:
    The WindowsE option was scrapped for the full install with IE and WMP... You are still free to use what ever you want.
    i'd have picked IE anyway, but i thought the EU turn around was because MS was offering the installer the choice of which browser they wanted to install when installing the OS.
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