[ale] Firefox & IE ... yada yada yada

[james at sumners.ath.cx]

You would like to think so but that isn't accurate. Yes, you can go to
add/remove programs and "uninstall" IE, and you don't have to install
SP1 to do it. But, it does nothing other than remove the shortcuts and
mime type references to the program. It is still installed and Windows
will still use it to display web pages and help files. The ONLY way to
"uninstall" it is to get a third party utility that will do it. And then
chances are great that the system is no longer going to work properly if
at all.

Gee, I wonder why MS wanted to make it such an integral part of the
operating system.

On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 02:21:55PM -0400, Warren Myers wrote:
> Hi,
> After installing SP1, you shuld be able to go to he Add/Remove
> Programs Control Panel, click on Windows Components, and near the
> bottom of the list is IE. The only reason I haven't sucked it off my
> machine is that I like to be able to run Windows Update on demand, not
> just via the Automatic Updater.
> WMM

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