Am I wrong here?

[imported_LoKe]

[14:37] LoKe: You gotta use IE to download it.
[14:37] Steve: i dont even have ie
[14:38] LoKe: Yes you do.
[14:38] Steve: nope, uninstalled it
[14:38] LoKe: You can't, it's impossible
[14:38] Steve: yes you can, and i did
[14:38] LoKe: No, it's tied in with explorer
[14:38] Steve: go to add/remove programs, system components. uncheck internet explorer
[14:38] LoKe: You can't remove IE that way
[14:39] Steve: that doesnt mean you can't get rid of it
[14:39] LoKe: start -> run -> cmd
[14:39] LoKe: iexplorer.exe
[14:39] Steve: 'iexplorer.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file
[14:39] LoKe: bs
[14:39] Steve: im serious
[14:41] LoKe: All that add/remove does is remove it from the desktop and start menu. I'm telling you, you can't remove IE, it's necessary for explorer to run
[14:42] Steve: no its not, im telling you and i uninstalled it

I'm under the impression that Windows XP users can't remove IE without doing some serious damage. Is that not the case?

 

[dullard]

LoKe, you are wrong.

Even Microsoft says how to do it.

 

[junkerman123]

They had to do it per anti-trust laws.

 

[Kev]

Steve: go to add/remove programs, system components. uncheck internet explorer

that's not right

 

[nakedfrog]

/me points and laughs at LoKe

 

[imported_LoKe]

Anti-trust...I remember that lawsuit. When was that? I didn't know they had changed this.

Thanks, Dullard. Now...to go appologize.

 

[igowerf]

start->run->iexplore.exe doesn't work on any of my computers. I have to actually type C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe.

The link that dullard posted seems to show how to revert to an older version of IE, not completely uninstall it. It even has a note regarding WinXP and IE 6.0:

Internet Explorer 6 is preinstalled by default in all versions of Windows XP. To provide computer manufacturers greater flexibility in configuring desktop versions of Windows XP, Microsoft has made it possible for OEMs, administrators, and users to remove user access to Internet Explorer while leaving the Internet Explorer code intact and fully functional to ensure the functionality of programs and operating system functions that rely on it.

 

[Baked]

Why the hell would you uninstall IE in the 1st place?

 

[junkerman123]

Tell "Steve" he should search his "computer" for iexplore.exe to solve the "problem."

 

[imported_LoKe]

OK, now I'm confused. Was I right or was I wrong? Is it possible to remove IE entirely, or just remove access to it?

Personally, I need IE for web dev. As far as I know, IETab jsut accesses IE from within FF.

 

[nakedfrog]

Are you familiar with XP Lite?

 

[EKKC]

wow i didnt know about this ietab thing! awesome! thanks!

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: LoKe
OK, now I'm confused. Was I right or was I wrong? Is it possible to remove IE entirely, or just remove access to it?

Personally, I need IE for web dev. As far as I know, IETab jsut accesses IE from within FF.

According to the article that dullard posted, you can only remove access in WinXP to maintain support for programs that rely on IE. Did you read the article?

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Are you familiar with XP Lite?

Nope, but I'm positive he doesn't use it. Personally, I'm ready to make the switch to a linux distro. The only thing stopping me would be the fonts, I just can't get them right in Ubuntu.

Originally posted by: igowerf

Originally posted by: LoKe
OK, now I'm confused. Was I right or was I wrong? Is it possible to remove IE entirely, or just remove access to it?

Personally, I need IE for web dev. As far as I know, IETab jsut accesses IE from within FF.

According to the article that dullard posted, you can only remove access in WinXP to maintain support for programs that rely on IE. Did you read the article?

My time is limited at this moment and I neglected to read the article. I had assumed that Dullard was posting concrete evidence to support the claim that it was removed entirely.

Thanks for clarifying!

 

[Skiguy411]

errm cant you just open up My Computer and type in the address at the top?

 

[Zolty]

Originally posted by: dullard
LoKe, you are wrong.

Even Microsoft says how to do it.

This article describes how to uninstall Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0 and return to your previous version of Internet Explorer on computers that are running any of the following operating systems:
? Microsoft Windows 2000
? Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
? Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
? Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
? Microsoft Windows 98
? Microsoft Windows Advanced Server Limited Editio



I dont see XP on that list.

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: Zolty
I dont see XP on that list.

Ok, you got me on a technicality. I linked the wrong link. Big deal. Now for another technicality: no where in that conversation that was posted was XP mentioned. It could have been any operating system. Yes, LoKe mentioned XP elsewhere, but it wasn't from the copied conversation that we had to base our discussions on.

Rather than me scour Microsofts website, look at NakedFrog's suggestion: XPLite is a program produced by Shane Brooks based on 98lite which removes components of the Windows operating system that Microsoft has chosen not to be removable, including out-of-box experience, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Windows Media Player, and others.

The fact remains that a user can make it possible to not have access to IE. That is the whole point of their conversation. LoKe was incorrect in that aspect (implying that anyone at any time can just use IE).

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: dullard

Originally posted by: Zolty
I dont see XP on that list.

Ok, you got me on a technicality. I linked the wrong link. Big deal. Now for another technicality: no where in that conversation that was posted was XP mentioned. It could have been any operating system.

Rather than me scour Microsofts website, look at NakedFrog's suggestion: XPLite is a program produced by Shane Brooks based on 98lite which removes components of the Windows operating system that Microsoft has chosen not to be removable, including out-of-box experience, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Windows Media Player, and others.

The fact remains that a user can make it possible to not have access to IE. That is the whole point of their conversation. LoKe was incorrect in that aspect (implying that anyone at any time can just use IE).

Originally posted by: LoKe
I'm under the impression that Windows XP users can't remove IE without doing some serious damage. Is that not the case?

My mistake, I wasn't being entirely clear. He's using Windows XP. Thanks for the links though, good to know anyways. I knew you could revert/uninstall on the other OS's, though.

Originally posted by: dullard

Originally posted by: Zolty
I dont see XP on that list.

Ok, you got me on a technicality. I linked the wrong link. Big deal. Now for another technicality: no where in that conversation that was posted was XP mentioned. It could have been any operating system. Yes, LoKe mentioned XP elsewhere, but it wasn't from the copied conversation that we had to base our discussions on.

Rather than me scour Microsofts website, look at NakedFrog's suggestion: XPLite is a program produced by Shane Brooks based on 98lite which removes components of the Windows operating system that Microsoft has chosen not to be removable, including out-of-box experience, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Windows Media Player, and others.

The fact remains that a user can make it possible to not have access to IE. That is the whole point of their conversation. LoKe was incorrect in that aspect (implying that anyone at any time can just use IE).

According to the chat logs, I was trying to say that one could not uninstall IE. My fault for not being clear.

 

[wetcat007]

Can't you still open up a window such as my docs and just type in a web address in the address bar and still be using it that way?

 

[MangoTBG]

Originally posted by: wetcat007
Can't you still open up a window such as my docs and just type in a web address in the address bar and still be using it that way?