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Title: Why is Internet Explorer still working when it was uninstalled?
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Published: Apr 4, 2011
Author: me
Post Date: 2011-04-04 11:01:34 by F.A. Hayek Fan
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Comments: 50

I uninstalled it from "add or remove programs" in the control panel and it successfully uninstalled (or so it said), however, when I attempt to open a link from an e-mail, instead of the link opening in Firefox, it opens in IE as if it were never uninstalled.

So how the heck is this happening when it was uninstalled and doesn't appear to even be on the computer? More importantly, how do I get rid of this POS program? I'm tired of fighting with it.

Has anyone else experienced this?

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#1. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#0) (Edited)

you've been infected with a very powerful TROJAN VIRUS

U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY

HAPPY2BME-4UM  posted on  2011-04-04   11:05:44 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Which version of Windows are you using?

wudidiz  posted on  2011-04-04   11:09:26 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Also, which IE are you using?

wudidiz  posted on  2011-04-04   11:14:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Microsoft claims IE is fundamental to Windows Explorer and the Desktop.

The Desktop is a special namespace extension of Windows Explorer. When they integrated IE into Windows Explorer (so you could use Favorites in Windows Explorer or display web pages in a Windows Explorer window), Microsoft claimed in court that IE could not be separated from Windows Explorer. They were trying to make the same claims for Windows Media Player but the EUros passed some laws that forced them to separate out the WMP from Windows Explorer and Microsoft suddenly discovered that they could actually separate those two. However, the EU never took action against IE the way they did with WMP. I assume Microsoft bought some EU legislators on that one, an international shakedown. And they were no doubt in a good position to demand extremely steep discounts on buying Windows for EU government desktops, a common way to shakedown Microsoft.

So IE continues to be a part of Windows, even if you "uninstall" it. Fundamentally, versions of Windows that have been hacked to remove IE don't actually remove it, they just change all of the default tools so it never gets invoked unless you try to open it explicitly. Even if you remove the iexplore.exe program, you still have all the various support DLLs for it still on your system, ready to be invoked in other ways, like through Windows Explorer hooks and callbacks.

TooConservative  posted on  2011-04-04   11:18:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I dont know how it happened but you can set FF as default browser.

support.mozilla.com/en-US...er?s=default+browser&as=s

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“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.” -Seneca

PSUSA  posted on  2011-04-04   11:25:01 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I dont know how it happened but you can set FF as default browser.

That's what I did. All links in email open in FF.

The Pentagon announced TODAY the formation of a new 500-man elite fighting unit called the United States Redneck Special Forces (USRSF) These boys will be dropped off in Afghanistan and have been given only the following facts about terrorists: 1. The season opened today. 2. There is no limit. 3. They taste just like chicken. 4. They don't like beer, pickups, country music or Jesus .... 5. They are directly responsible for the death of Dale Earnhardt. The Pentagon expects the problem in Afghanistan to be over by Friday.

farmfriend  posted on  2011-04-04   11:39:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Buy a Mac.

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wakeup  posted on  2011-04-04   11:53:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Apparently it can be done with windows vista.

wudidiz  posted on  2011-04-04   11:57:33 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

support.microsoft.com/kb/957700#stepsforvista

wudidiz  posted on  2011-04-04   12:00:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Buy a Mac.

I second the motion.

Even though I have Apple's Safari loaded it does not force me to use it. So it sets there. Since I use Firefox for my browser I never have to use it. Not that Safari is a bad browser and there are things I like about it, but I do not like the inability to change the default Search Engine which is Google. Since I use Scroogle and ixquick it is an annoyance to not be able to make one of them the default Search Engine.

Original_Intent  posted on  2011-04-04   12:49:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Buy a Mac? Kind of an expensive option if what you want to do is just get rid of IE. You can get almost any flavor of Linux for nothing and run it alone or as a dual boot system if, for example, you're a gamer. I guess Microsux does have some advantage there but almost any Linux beats it hands down on about everything but games.

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton

He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic.
OsamaBinGoldstein

The only difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. Albert Einstein

James Deffenbach  posted on  2011-04-04   12:55:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Which version of Windows are you using?

XP.

I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. - Benjamin Franklin

F.A. Hayek Fan  posted on  2011-04-04   13:05:08 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Also, which IE are you using?

IE 8

I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. - Benjamin Franklin

F.A. Hayek Fan  posted on  2011-04-04   13:05:36 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Thanks for the info.

I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. - Benjamin Franklin

F.A. Hayek Fan  posted on  2011-04-04   13:06:48 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Because all our base are belong to them!

They have given us into the hand of new unhappy lords. Lords without anger and honor, who dare not carry their swords. They fight by shuffling papers; they have bright dead alien eyes; They look at our labor and laughter as a tired man looks at flies. - G.K. Chesterton

Turtle  posted on  2011-04-04   13:09:02 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I dont know how it happened but you can set FF as default browser.

support.mozilla.com/en-US...er?s=default+browser&as=s

I thought I had already done that but I guess not because Firefox wasn't set as the default. Thanks. That was probably the problem

I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. - Benjamin Franklin

F.A. Hayek Fan  posted on  2011-04-04   13:10:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Exploder has to be on the system for Windows Update to function.

FWTW

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Lod  posted on  2011-04-04   13:42:08 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

i just upgraded to FF 4.0 and i don't like it as much as i did 3.6. all the icons for reload, etc are in different places and real tiny. i'm going to try to go back to the older version.

christine  posted on  2011-04-04   13:52:44 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Buy a Mac? Kind of an expensive option if what you want to do is just get rid of IE. You can get almost any flavor of Linux for nothing and run it alone or as a dual boot system if, for example, you're a gamer. I guess Microsux does have some advantage there but almost any Linux beats it hands down on about everything but games.

I ran Ubuntu for about a year, and while I found it acceptable I still prefer Mac OS X. On ease of use it wins hands down over both Microschlock and Linux. I am not a gamer so that is not a consideration at all. I have avoided games because they are a time sink. I would rather use my time doing stuff I enjoy more rather than getting mind-trapped into some gamer fantasy world.

So, for me the only consideration is does it do what I need simply and without getting in the way. For that OS X wins hands down. I browse, use the word processor, and an occasional spreadsheet. A nice DB would be nice but it is not a must have so I have not shelled out the $$$ for one. My all time favorite will no longer run under the current OS - it was a freeform database called Fact Finder which allowed me to keep organized stacks of data sheets. Very useful for a collector of odd bits of information, but alas it is no longer compatible here some 20 years down the road from when I first bought it, and it has never been updated to run on the current OS.

Original_Intent  posted on  2011-04-04   13:54:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

In XP you can't uninstall IE, it is part of the OS. But you can in Vista and Windows 7. I just installed Windows 7 a few days ago and it is much better than Vista. So far I would say it is the best OS Microsoft has ever made. That isn't saying much though, since all their past OS's sucked. BTW, I didn't buy Windows 7, I am not crazy or rich enough to pay for their OS, I downloaded it from the Pirate Bay.

Oh, as a side note, IE9 is the best IE browser ever. It actually competes competitively speed wise with Firefox and Chrome now. It might even beat them in speed, but it isn't the speed king, that title belongs to Opera.

God is always good!

RickyJ  posted on  2011-04-04   13:55:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Microsoft and the Barvarian Illuminati

www.awpi.com/Combs/Humor/microill.html

Itistoolate  posted on  2011-04-04   14:03:17 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Just add scroogle as a search engine addon, then use the seach engine pull down to select it when you need it. Two clicks ..

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?q=scroogle&cat=all&x=0&y=0

U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY

HAPPY2BME-4UM  posted on  2011-04-04   14:20:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Thanks. I've already done that on Firefox - I was whining about not being able to do it with Safari.

Original_Intent  posted on  2011-04-04   14:26:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Maybe this will do more than the uninstall programs will?

Alternative steps for Windows XP

To uninstall Internet Explorer 8, follow these steps:

1. Carefully select and then copy the following command: %windir%ie8spuninstspuninst.exe
2. Click Start, and then click Run.
3. In the Open box, type Cmd.exe, and then press ENTER.
4. Right-click inside the Cmd.exe window, and then click Paste to paste the command that you copied in step 1.
5. Press ENTER to uninstall Internet Explorer 8.
6. When the uninstall program is finished, restart your computer.

If you got firefox to act as default maybe your problem is solved anyway though. Like Lod says, you need IE for the windows updates to work too and there's nothing wrong with having it on their in case you ever need it.

wudidiz  posted on  2011-04-04   15:10:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Nice thing about Linux is it's free. So are the thousands and thousands of available programs. No viruses ever like Mac too. None of those annoying windows updates or pop-ups either. Like James says, you can have dual boot. Windows and Linux. Once you get Linux, you'll likely never use Windows though.

wudidiz  posted on  2011-04-04   15:15:17 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I think IE is actually part of the operating system, and that Windows Explorer actually uses it to display your folders.

You can't really remove it, but you can switch to a different browser by setting that other browser as your default browser.

More than likely, when you perform an uninstall of it via Add/Remove programs, you're simply removing some of it's features.

FormerLurker  posted on  2011-04-04   15:18:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Linux is the best. At least for me.

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton

He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic.
OsamaBinGoldstein

The only difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. Albert Einstein

James Deffenbach  posted on  2011-04-04   15:19:23 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Linux is the best. At least for me.

It's the best OS in security primarily because it is open source. With millions of eyes looking at it the chance of hidden holes going unnoticed and used by virus makers is much lower than any propitiatory OS. However it isn't the best OS for ease of use, that title still belongs to Mac OSX. The only reason Windows continues to be dominate OS for desktops is the vast amount of software written specifically for it and the fact it is installed by default by most PC manufactures. Linux however dominates for servers specifically because of its greater security over other operating systems.

God is always good!

RickyJ  posted on  2011-04-04   15:48:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I guess Mac is good, never have used one. And I know the people who own them love them. Linux, Mac, it's all good. Anything that takes market share from the abomination Bill Gates whomped up is all right.

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton

He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic.
OsamaBinGoldstein

The only difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. Albert Einstein

James Deffenbach  posted on  2011-04-04   16:08:00 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Buy a Mac.

I second the motion.

All in favor say iMac.

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wakeup  posted on  2011-04-05   0:25:38 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

The Macs have it.

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wakeup  posted on  2011-04-05   0:26:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Once you get Linux, you'll likely never use Windows though.

I'll never use Broken Windows period. My order of preference runs OS X, and then Linux. Microschlock figures in there nowhere. Since I use it only for writing and browsing Linux would work fine but it is just a bit more knowledge intensive and so gets in the way of doing work. If you like fussing with your computer Linux is just peachy. If you just want it to get out of the way and let you work then OS X. If you like cursing at your computer and pulling your hair out then Windows.

Original_Intent  posted on  2011-04-05   2:51:51 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

The Macs have it.

The motion is carried.

Next order of business - a snack.

Original_Intent  posted on  2011-04-05   2:52:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

What is the perfect Mac snack?

Try raw cashews, purple grapes and unsweetened dark chocolate chips all at the same time.

The best ratio is one cashew, two grapes (four raisons works as well) and four chips.

A sip of sweet red wine makes a great chaser.

Do I hear a counter-offer?

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wakeup  posted on  2011-04-06   2:46:16 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

If you like cursing at your computer and pulling your hair out then Windows.

I have the latest and greatest from MS, and some serious hardware, so I can not take the Mac side in this. Last time I used a Mac, it was about 10 years behind what a PC could do.

In fact, in various real world tasks, my machine blows away even most serious machines out there in terms of actually doing real work. It didn't even cost that much money to build, you just have to get the right components.

FormerLurker  posted on  2011-04-06   2:52:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

With millions of eyes looking at it the chance of hidden holes going unnoticed and used by virus makers is much lower than any propitiatory OS.

Likewise, it can be easily hacked since all of its vulnerabilities are there for anyone to see.

FormerLurker  posted on  2011-04-06   2:59:05 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I think it depends upon the kind of work you are doing. Apple, the Mac, got handed a big setback in the time that Scully ran the company. He managed to take a thriving franchise that had a growing market share, and tank it. At that time, pre Scully, the Mac was THE machine to have for graphics and serious print production. A lot of developers fled the Mac World when they crashed to just 2 or 3 percent of the market. The Mac is now back at about 15 percent and growing. As it holds, and hopefully expands, market share then the developers will return. Some already have. It is going to be interesting to see how it shakes out. There is a different mix now than in the late 80's/early 90's with the Linux world taking a larger share in competition to both. For what I use it for I prefer a Mac.

Original_Intent  posted on  2011-04-06   3:31:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

When I used one about a decade or so ago, it was simply for use as a workstation that I could connect to a UNIX server with. It sucked big time.

I had built my own PC back then which ran circles around it, and I am talking 15 years ago.

Nowadays, I'd pretty have to say I do quantum jumps with what I have now.

FormerLurker  posted on  2011-04-06   3:36:17 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

15 years ago would have been during the time they were recovering from having Scully nearly destroy the company. It was really only with the advent of the iPhone that they really began to take off again. The current OS is completely different from what was running on those '95 machines. The only similarity is the visual interface and the label. The current OS (OS X) is built on a Linux Shell and is light years removed from the machine you didn't like. And while there are some software packages that are available only on Windows machines OS X is much more stable, much less buggy, and very very rarely crashes, and I don't even have the latest and greatest. I'm still running 10.4.11 and they are just about to release 10.7. It doesn't bother me though because it still does what I need it to do - reliably.

Original_Intent  posted on  2011-04-06   3:58:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Since moving up to Windows 7, I haven't had one crash or bluescreen.

Basically, I can do video editing, play on the net, and do my real job all at the same time.

I can even run distributed software and blow other machines out of the water, WHILE I'm doing the above, except the video editing part.

I can also watch (and record) Blu-Ray movies on my PC in surround sound on a huge wide screen monitor, and play the most demanding games with no lag at the highest settings.

FormerLurker  posted on  2011-04-06   4:03:53 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

And hell, I haven't even bothered moving up to I7, I'm still on a late generation quad core of the Core Duo 2 line.

Besides a nicely overclocked quad, I have high performance memory and a very nice NVidia graphics card which equals or surpasses their latest offerings.

The motherboard and power supply aren't too shabby either.

FormerLurker  posted on  2011-04-06   4:06:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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