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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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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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#7. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#0)
Buy a Mac.
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.
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.
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.
LOL!!
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#11. To: wakeup (#7)
#19. To: James Deffenbach, wakeup (#11)
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.
#25. To: Original_Intent, James Deffenbach, F.A. Hayek Fan (#19)
#32. To: wudidiz (#25)
Once you get Linux, you'll likely never use Windows though.
#45. To: Original_Intent (#32)
I'll never use Broken Windows period. My order of preference runs OS X, and then Linux. Microschlock figures in there nowhere.
#46. To: James Deffenbach (#45)
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