Oi! Kas!
Posts: 2462
  • Posted On: Dec 15 2004 3:41am
Again, as they said above, many products (mostly microsoft products, that I've noticed) refuse to obey Windows' selection for default browser. This is usually because they integrate with IE for added functionality and security flaws.

If you uninstall IE it does it! But I guess you need it to test websites, and such.

Tough luck.
Posts: 7745
  • Posted On: Dec 15 2004 4:00am
Not possible to uninstall IE, it's integrated into the windows shell pretty doggon good. IIRC it may have been possible in 9x and previous versions, but not in XP.
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  • Posted On: Dec 15 2004 4:36am
Sure it is. You insert your CD and select "Remove Windows Components". Whether it actually removes the program I don't know, but it makes it inaccessible and forces programs to launch Firefox instead of IE to open web pages...
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  • Posted On: Dec 15 2004 6:08am
DON'T UNINSTALL IE.

It causes problems. Block it's access to the web but it around, quiet, impotent, and unused.

And it is possible under any version Kas, just very, very dirty.
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  • Posted On: Dec 15 2004 2:59pm
Yes, it is very dirty, and bound to get even dirtier with Longhorn, when Microsoft intends to make the browser a seamlessly integrated part of the desktop, rather than a separate program.

Yuck.
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  • Posted On: Dec 15 2004 8:52pm
When your firefix arives im afraid it will find a fully functional IE

The power of IE compells you...
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  • Posted On: Dec 15 2004 9:01pm
Heir Raktus
When your firefix arives im afraid it will find a fully functional IE

The power of IE compells you...


Firefix? Is that some type of new drug I don't know about?
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  • Posted On: Dec 16 2004 1:22am
Heir Raktus
When your firefix arives im afraid it will find a fully functional IE

The power of IE compells you...
A fully functional, but sadly out of date and aged IE.
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  • Posted On: Dec 16 2004 2:55am
Short horn will be coming out before longhorn.