LonePalm
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Is there any way to safely uninstall or otherwise disable Internet Explorer?
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How to Disable Internet Explorer
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Hello LonePalm,
Welcome to 7 Forums.
Control Panel (icons view) > Programs and Features > Turn Windows features on/off > Uncheck IE8.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/5023-windows-features-turn-off.html
Hope this helps.
Gary
Welcome to 7 Forums.
Control Panel (icons view) > Programs and Features > Turn Windows features on/off > Uncheck IE8.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/5023-windows-features-turn-off.html
Hope this helps.
Gary
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LonePalm, do what Gary instructed. If you have problems afterwards, here is the MS tutorial
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Oddly enough, if you remove IE8 this way, and have Google Chrome onboard and subsequently uninstall Google Chrome you'll find you are faced with an IE8 page which asks you why you decided to uninstall Google Chrome!!!
Microsofts 'remove IE8' option is therefore nothing but a farce, the executables are still there are can still be run - all it does is removes the shortcuts to the program, it does not actually remove the Microsoft browser from your system as is implied...
It's a little like the browser ballot screen which never was...
Microsofts 'remove IE8' option is therefore nothing but a farce, the executables are still there are can still be run - all it does is removes the shortcuts to the program, it does not actually remove the Microsoft browser from your system as is implied...
It's a little like the browser ballot screen which never was...
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I think that kept the lawsuits at bay...
Is there a way to truly uninstall it?
Is there a way to truly uninstall it?
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It might be possible to take ownership of the IE program folder and delete it - but I'm not absolutely certain this wouldn't upset Windows Explorer functionality as IE used to provide much of the HTML functionality in the Windows Shell and WMP in the past.
You can certainly block it at firewall level and try altering the permissions that apply to it's executables, but since it doesn't run as a service it's not clear under Windows Seven quite what else may depend upon it.
You can certainly block it at firewall level and try altering the permissions that apply to it's executables, but since it doesn't run as a service it's not clear under Windows Seven quite what else may depend upon it.
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- 4Gb OCZ Gold 1,333Mhz
- Graphics Card(s)
- Palit HD4850 O/C Sonic 512Mb DDR3, Dual DViD's
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- Azalia to twin Samson 50w Studio Monitors
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- Twin Dell (E-IPS) U2311H 23.6" Screens
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- 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz
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- PSU
- OCZ 600w
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- Lian-Li PC8 acoustifoamed' aluminium tower
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- Scythe 140mm Zipang
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- Cherry PS/2 custom model
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- Lenovo USB laser "Thinkpad" Mouse
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- Antivirus
- NOD32
- Browser
- Opera
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- Silicon Dust HD Homerun Dual FTA (Ethernet) TV Tuners, Dray Tek Vigor 2850Vn router and 8x HP Gigabit Switch. Lian-Li CR26 Card Reader, Canon MF4430 iSensys laser printer/scanner.
I did not uninstall it, but I removed it from all accessible means.
The only way to start it now is by clicking on the .exe file itself.
I love Chrome.
The only way to start it now is by clicking on the .exe file itself.
I love Chrome.
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@Qdos, it does in fact remove IE from the computer. What it doesn't remove is the components that are dependent on like the HTML rendering engine Trident or DLLs that are used for core shell systems. But the IE shell and browser is removed. A lot of other applications make use of the libraries provided by IE.
DO NOT delete anything concerning IE, use the prescribed means of uninstalling it.
DO NOT delete anything concerning IE, use the prescribed means of uninstalling it.
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- NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB
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- Creative SB X-Fi audio
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- HP w2207 + HPvs15
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- 1680x1050 + 1024x768
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- 2-WD5000AAKS-500 GB
WD5000AAV-500 GB external
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- Microsoft Comfort Curve
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- MX Revolution
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- Wacom Intuos 2 Graphics Tablet
Experience Index=5.5