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Internet Explorer
#11
RE: Internet Explorer
(September 23, 2010 at 11:25 am)lrh9 Wrote: It can be done, but I strongly advise against it. Microsoft idiotically made Internet Explorer a vital component in manually retrieving Windows updates from the web. Uninstalling Internet Explorer may cause other problems I haven't observed.

I thought Microsoft may have purposely *ahem* idiotically have done that. Jerk-offs!
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#12
RE: Internet Explorer
(September 23, 2010 at 11:25 am)lrh9 Wrote:
(September 23, 2010 at 11:08 am)Shell B Wrote: Epic, Eli. Smile Now if anyone could just tell me how to uninstall that shite, I will be happy. (I've already tried all the likely methods.)

It can be done, but I strongly advise against it. Microsoft idiotically made Internet Explorer a vital component in manually retrieving Windows updates from the web. Uninstalling Internet Explorer may cause other problems I haven't observed.

What are you talking about? I've uninstalled Internet Explorer plenty of times, and it's worked just fine. You're thinking of "Explorer" which is a totally different program. IE can be safely uninstalled...

...Unless they changed this in Windows 7 or something... then that's stupid.
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#13
RE: Internet Explorer
(September 23, 2010 at 10:23 pm)IceSage Wrote: What are you talking about? I've uninstalled Internet Explorer plenty of times, and it's worked just fine. You're thinking of "Explorer" which is a totally different program. IE can be safely uninstalled...

...Unless they changed this in Windows 7 or something... then that's stupid.

To use the Windows update site, you have to access it using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or later.
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#14
RE: Internet Explorer
I don't use I.E to download better browsers...I use Safari for that (although to be fair, Safari is a pretty decent browser anyway).
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#15
RE: Internet Explorer
(September 23, 2010 at 11:32 pm)Tiberius Wrote: I don't use I.E to download better browsers...I use Safari for that (although to be fair, Safari is a pretty decent browser anyway).

I wish my computer came bundled with Safari.
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#16
RE: Internet Explorer
(September 23, 2010 at 11:01 pm)lrh9 Wrote:
(September 23, 2010 at 10:23 pm)IceSage Wrote: What are you talking about? I've uninstalled Internet Explorer plenty of times, and it's worked just fine. You're thinking of "Explorer" which is a totally different program. IE can be safely uninstalled...

...Unless they changed this in Windows 7 or something... then that's stupid.

To use the Windows update site, you have to access it using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or later.

You are getting Internet Explorer confused with the rendering engine that runs Internet Explorer.

http://www.ehow.com/how_4813013_uninstal...lorer.html
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927177
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700

Personally, I get my Windows Updates via Firefox with the IE Tab 2 extension installed.
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