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I have both Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla Firefox installed on this PC

w/XP running on it. I'd like to uninstall IE 7 and it's listed in

add/remove in control panel but at only 2.46 MBs. I assume that's an

upgrade so haven't tried to uninstall it. Any suggestions anyone? Anyone?

Thanks.
 
bandi wrote:

> I have both Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla Firefox installed on this PC

> w/XP running on it. I'd like to uninstall IE 7 and it's listed in

> add/remove in control panel but at only 2.46 MBs. I assume that's an

> upgrade so haven't tried to uninstall it. Any suggestions anyone? Anyone?

> Thanks.

>

>





though you can uninstall it...

I'd keep it



not sure why you'd want to go back to IE6?
 
"bandi" wrote in message

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>I have both Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla Firefox installed on this PC

>w/XP running on it. I'd like to uninstall IE 7 and it's listed in

>add/remove in control panel but at only 2.46 MBs. I assume that's an

>upgrade so haven't tried to uninstall it. Any suggestions anyone?

>Anyone? Thanks.





XP came with IE6, so if IE7 is listed in Add/remove, it is removable. That

will revert you back to IE6 which is not removable.



If you go into the Control Panel | Add Remove Programs | Add/Remove

Windows Components. you can uncheck Internet Explorer and that will stop

it from running regardless of the version.

--

Bruce Hagen

MS-MVP [Mail]

Imperial Beach, CA
 
bandi wrote:

> I have both Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla Firefox installed on this

> PC w/XP running on it. I'd like to uninstall IE 7 and it's listed in

> add/remove in control panel but at only 2.46 MBs. I assume that's an

> upgrade so haven't tried to uninstall it. Any suggestions anyone?

> Anyone? Thanks.



When you upgraded to IE7, were you at SP2 or SP3? The bottom line is if

you upgraded to IE7 before upgrading to SP3, you need to uninstall SP3

before you uninstall IE7.



That being said, *why* do you want to roll back to IE6? This is very

likely a very bad idea!
 
Daave wrote:

> bandi wrote:

>> I have both Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla Firefox installed on this

>> PC w/XP running on it. I'd like to uninstall IE 7 and it's listed in

>> add/remove in control panel but at only 2.46 MBs. I assume that's an

>> upgrade so haven't tried to uninstall it. Any suggestions anyone?

>> Anyone? Thanks.

>

> When you upgraded to IE7, were you at SP2 or SP3? The bottom line is if

> you upgraded to IE7 before upgrading to SP3, you need to uninstall SP3

> before you uninstall IE7.

>

> That being said, *why* do you want to roll back to IE6? This is very

> likely a very bad idea!



Some of us can't stand IE7, and actually *prefer* IE6, if, for nothing else,

it's customability. Actually, in my case, it's even more than that; I

can't use CacheSentryPro reliably with IE7 or IE8, and I rely on that TIF

cache manager (since I'm on dial-up, it really comes in handy with its

options for the caching).
 
On Feb 14, 7:36 pm, "bandi" wrote:

> I have both Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla Firefox installed on this PC

> w/XP running on it.  I'd like to uninstall IE 7 and it's listed in

> add/remove in control panel but at only 2.46 MBs.  I assume that's an

> upgrade so haven't tried to uninstall it.  Any suggestions anyone?   Anyone?

> Thanks.



Since you are looking at MBs, are you trying to free up room on your

hard disk? There are probably many better alternatives.



Sometimes when folks compose WWW pages, their attitude is if it works

with IE, development is done and they will not be keen to fix problems

concerning other popular browsers - like Firefox.



Also, at some point you may need to use the Microsoft WWW site (a

Windows update for example) and they are going to insist you use some

version of their browser (IE something). Sooner or later, you may

need a reliable IE when you find something that is peculiar in some

non IE browser. If you say you have a problem with Firefox, the next

question is likely going to be "Does it work in IE?". You need to

have a good answer or avoid the question by testing it yourself before

the question gets asked.



I have IE7 and Firefox also, and still have a reason to use IE once in

a great while. Now I use Chrome mostly - I don't even like Firefox

much anymore and used to think it was great! If I have a Chrome

oddity, I will try it in Firefox, then try it in IE.



Unless you have a compelling reason to uninstall IE7 and go back to

IE6, I would leave it.



That is my suggestion.
 
Guess I failed to say that I don't want either IE6 or IE7 but will continue

with what I have, both 7 and Firefox. No, I'm not trying to save space.





"Jose" wrote in message

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On Feb 14, 7:36 pm, "bandi" wrote:

> I have both Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla Firefox installed on this PC

> w/XP running on it. I'd like to uninstall IE 7 and it's listed in

> add/remove in control panel but at only 2.46 MBs. I assume that's an

> upgrade so haven't tried to uninstall it. Any suggestions anyone? Anyone?

> Thanks.



Since you are looking at MBs, are you trying to free up room on your

hard disk? There are probably many better alternatives.



Sometimes when folks compose WWW pages, their attitude is if it works

with IE, development is done and they will not be keen to fix problems

concerning other popular browsers - like Firefox.



Also, at some point you may need to use the Microsoft WWW site (a

Windows update for example) and they are going to insist you use some

version of their browser (IE something). Sooner or later, you may

need a reliable IE when you find something that is peculiar in some

non IE browser. If you say you have a problem with Firefox, the next

question is likely going to be "Does it work in IE?". You need to

have a good answer or avoid the question by testing it yourself before

the question gets asked.



I have IE7 and Firefox also, and still have a reason to use IE once in

a great while. Now I use Chrome mostly - I don't even like Firefox

much anymore and used to think it was great! If I have a Chrome

oddity, I will try it in Firefox, then try it in IE.



Unless you have a compelling reason to uninstall IE7 and go back to

IE6, I would leave it.



That is my suggestion.
 
You can uninstall IE7 via Add/Remove Programs but all that will do is

restore IE6. You can deny access to IE but you cannot remove it from any

version of Windows.

--

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002





bandi wrote:

> I have both Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla Firefox installed on this PC

> w/XP running on it. I'd like to uninstall IE 7 and it's listed in

> add/remove in control panel but at only 2.46 MBs. I assume that's an

> upgrade so haven't tried to uninstall it. Any suggestions anyone?

> Anyone?

> Thanks.
 
Since IE is integrated into Windows XP, you don't have a choice in the

matter (unless you do some serious hacking, I suppose).



My recommendation is to simply use Firefox whenever you surf the Web.

Trash the shortcuts for IE if you wish.



Question: How do you plan on getting critical Windows updates?





bandi wrote:

> Guess I failed to say that I don't want either IE6 or IE7 but will

> continue with what I have, both 7 and Firefox. No, I'm not trying to

> save space.
 
"Daave" wrote in message

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> Since IE is integrated into Windows XP, you don't have a choice in the

> matter (unless you do some serious hacking, I suppose).

>

> My recommendation is to simply use Firefox whenever you surf the Web.

> Trash the shortcuts for IE if you wish.

>

> Question: How do you plan on getting critical Windows updates?



In Europe, the domination of IE is likely to end from end of this month when

we will get a patch/pop up to ditch IE. The pop up will not be from any

spyware writer but MICROSOFT. Read the entire article here:



http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49303146,00.htm



I am sure BBC website also has a news story about this. The effective date

is 1st March 2010 but I understand M$ wants some time to sort out how to

push critical updates for Windows and other applications.



I will search for the article on BBC website and post it here if I can find

it.
 
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