Browser Choice? (UK)

[bjproc]

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?

 

[ignatzatsonic]

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

 

[Tews]

The WindowsE option was scrapped for the full install with IE and WMP... You are still free to use what ever you want.

 

[seekermeister]

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.

 

[bjproc]

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.