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Jan 23^rd, 2005 at 12:44am

Drumlineramos Ex Member

is it possible to uninstall IE

i got Firefox recently (

) and want to get rid of IE ) Angry

)

is it possible

operating sys: XP Home (downgraded because of network)

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Reply #1 - Jan 23^rd, 2005 at 2:33am

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I don't know if you can actually remove it, seeing how it's a part of windows and would probably screw your OS over.
But you could always just delete all the shortcuts leading to IE.

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Reply #2 - Jan 23^rd, 2005 at 3:31am

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DON'T get rid of IE ....... some software requires it for help files etc. You'll also find that some sites don't work fully with Firefox. Keep IE there as a backup.
As said above ......just delete the shortcuts if you don't want to look at them.

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Reply #3 - Jan 23^rd, 2005 at 6:52am

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It can be un-installed but not recomended.
Like the others say some features of Windows need it.
Such as Automatic update (i know you don't use that Wink

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and just about anything that ties into M$ uses it for everything.

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Reply #4 - Jan 23^rd, 2005 at 8:11am

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DON'T get rid of IE ....... some software requires it for help files etc. You'll also find that some sites don't work fully with Firefox. Keep IE there as a backup.
As said above ......just delete the shortcuts if you don't want to look at them.

This is what I was going to say, there have been some sites I have been to that didn't work with Mozilla.

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Reply #5 - Jan 23^rd, 2005 at 4:20pm

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hey!,

so wat is firefox is like?

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Reply #6 - Jan 23^rd, 2005 at 4:43pm

Drumlineramos Ex Member

well, i do like
>the tabs better than separate windows
>the google search bar
>takes up less resources
>the popup blocker allows popups that you click

i really like the tab thing, it clears up my taskbar.

what I don't like
>not compatible with everything

this and trillian go great at minimizing computer use.

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Reply #7 - Jan 26^th, 2005 at 2:08am

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well, i do like
>the tabs better than separate windows
>the google search bar
>takes up less resources
>the popup blocker allows popups that you click

i really like the tab thing, it clears up my taskbar.

what I don't like
>not compatible with everything

this and trillian go great at minimizing computer use.

rating 9-10

Personally, I hate the tabs and I prefer Yahoo as to google. As for resources, IE takes up none as it is technically part of the Operating system while firefox does as it is a seperate entity from the OS. And IE does have a popup blocker that works like the one in Firefox.

I mainly just use firefox for its security which is the best. I pretty much hate it though for its features.

As for uninstalling IE, you can uninstall parts of the browser componet, but thats not recommened. IE is still good as a backup solution. I recommend against uninstalling it.

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