Comments on: Internet Explorer 8 Can Be Uninstalled In Latest Windows 7 Build

By: Marco

Marco — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:50:27 +0000

My default browser is Google Chrome, but sometimes I need Internet Explorer, because some pages works with Active X or only works with IE.

For this reason, I would’nt uninstall IE.

By: Blake Elias

Blake Elias — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:08:32 +0000

In Windows XP I think you used to be able to remove it like Mike said, go Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs > on the left side: Add/Remove Windows Components > Find IE, uncheck. In Vista I went to the same place, but I can’t find IE anymore. Weird. Either way, I bet you could still delete the executable. At the very least there’s nothing making you use IE (how is it a monopoly?), and you can change the default browser (again, no monopoly)…who needs to remove it entirely?

Nobody gets upset with Apple for bundling Safari with the Mac OS, did they? The folks at Mozilla could pull the same trick and say it’s not fair, it “undermines the competition” for Firefox on Mac. But they don’t because such a monopoly claim would make no sense, just like it makes no sense here.

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Windows 7 leis pašalinti Internet Explorer? : nežinau.lt — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:55:19 +0000

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By: CardGameInstructions

CardGameInstructions — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:47:55 +0000

that’s is excellent, a choice for the user.

By: Paul(us)

Paul(us) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:51:41 +0000

There are many sites who are only want to convers (compitable) with the the Microsoft Internet brouwser. First fix that problem.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:37:01 +0000

I agree with darkkosmos, most windows users are morons (say 70% of them) and uninstalling anything is “too time consuming”. Not to mention the option to remove IE is already their (just click “remove system applications”)

I hope IE does not get taken out (IE8 is actually ok from a developer point of view and I don’t want another wave of idiots who can’t figuring something out for themselves spamming up forums), but if it is MS should put FF in just to annoy opera :P

By: darkkosmos

darkkosmos — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:57:24 +0000

This is just going to lead to the problem of idiots who can’t figure anything out to uninstall the only browser they have. Opera is just complaining because they have about 1% share lol

By: 1000FreeOnlineGames

1000FreeOnlineGames — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:56:28 +0000

That’s a good for me

By: Klemen

Klemen — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:27:25 +0000

It’s their OS, so why not integrating their own browser. You still need IE to download Firefox :)
Uninstalling it is pointless, since some (older) software requires IE to run, and not the real default browser. And to be honest, IE8 doesn’t look half bad nowadays.

There were rumors tho, that you would be able to choose which browser to install when installing the OS. That could be useful (and would only require browser software update after first login to the new OS).

By: Danny

Danny — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:03:04 +0000

It doesn’t hurt to have the option, but I hope it won’t uninstall IE when there are no other browsers installed. In other words: it should be idiot-proof.

I probably won’t use it myself. I use Chrome as my primary browser and IE for sites that need it.