I once wrote over the first couple K of the IE exe file to make it inoperable, and just did without the things that broke, on the assumption that if they weren't designed well, I didn't need to use them. --- Josh Coffman wrote: > > > --- Dragos Neagu wrote: > > > On 9/20/05, Josh Coffman > > wrote: > > > Now, to say you can't connect to the internet on > > > windows without IE and/or outlook is just plain > > > ignorant. Sorry, but it is. I ran firefox and > > > thunderbird after i gave up IE and outlook. I > then > > > switched to all webmail, so I had no email > client. > > > > You can "remove" IE via; Add/Remove Programs > > > Windows Components > IE. > > BUT...if you open explorer and type an Internet > > address, it'll still > > use IE (this is how they sidestepped the monopoly > > lawsuit and still > > shipped IE, because it was "required" for the OS > to > > run). Also > > certain programs don't obey your prefered browsers > > and open IE > > whenever you click on a link. You just can't get > > away from IE on > > windows. > > > > -- > > -Dragos Neagu <>< > > "If I have been able to see farther, it was only > > because I stood on > > the shoulders of giants." - Sir Isaac Newton > > "Open source is like science, closed source is > like > > witchcraft" - Linus Torvalds > > I never ran into any of those IE-linked apps, but I > can see how, as a programmer, that might be. (Using > a > path to launch the browser instead of the system > default setting. generally a bad progamming to do > that.) > > I also never bought into that monopoly thing... MS > isn't a monopoly; it is(was?) an oligopoly. I'm not > sure if that's the right word, but basically a > seller > or group of sellers that have such a large portion > of > the market that thay basically have a strangle hold > of > potential buyers. Like a monopoly, but not an > absence > of choices. Problem for the MS-is-monopoly crowd is > that an oligopoly isn't illegal. Otherwise, the > utility companies would also be in violation. > > I recall reading some how-to to really remove IE, > but > I figured it was more work than I cared for. and, if > I > wanted, there is a certain dll that could be altered > or removed to criple IE (and possibly IP sockets). > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > Yahoo! for Good > Donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. > http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail > settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss