TimPawlak Posted January 3, 2006 CID Share Posted January 3, 2006 How can I Uninstall IE? Thanks -Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyswhirl Posted January 3, 2006 CID Share Posted January 3, 2006 what do you really want to do?? does it need repair or do you just want to get rid of it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted January 3, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 3, 2006 i just want to get rid of it... on Windows XP Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted January 3, 2006 CID Share Posted January 3, 2006 There is a way to roll back to a pervious version.. But I believe if you have sp2 then you are stuck with IE6. I have heard of people completly removing it before.. but then some of the functionality go out the window.. But the system is more secure they say.. <- never tried it.. and dont really plan on it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted January 3, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 3, 2006 Yeah, I liked IE6 untill I read a webpage saying *IE6 has less security than IE 5.5* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted January 3, 2006 CID Share Posted January 3, 2006 Umm... i dont know if that is true 100%.. I would like to see this site.. IE6 fixed some of the stability issues that 5.5 had back in the day.. However it also made it kinda of slow.. I remember when IE was fast to load and quick to browse with. I dont know if you want to remove it then. You might want to try opera, firefox, or one of the other open souce free browsers. Nothing is ever going to be 100% secure. There will always be debates over which browser is the best.. However, it comes down to personal preference. I personally like Firefox 1.5 a lot and dont really plan on switching to IE 7. I was not impressed with it when I got the original beta for windows vista. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug7272 Posted January 3, 2006 CID Share Posted January 3, 2006 Go to control panel, add remove programs, then go to remove windows components. You can remove it from there. What I do is just delete all the links to IE so others wont use it on my pc (remember you might need it to access certain sites). Older versions of your uninstaller pro could rip it out but the new ones dont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted January 4, 2006 CID Share Posted January 4, 2006 Shug.. does that work for SP2? I thought that is was part of sp2 that you had to have IE6 no matter what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug7272 Posted January 4, 2006 CID Share Posted January 4, 2006 I could be mistaken there bra. Ill check real quick. Well I just did it and there is no sign of it on my PC, but I could be missing it somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted January 4, 2006 CID Share Posted January 4, 2006 Shug.. does that work for SP2? I thought that is was part of sp2 that you had to have IE6 no matter what. You do. The Add/Remove just removes the links to IE in SP1 and SP2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted January 4, 2006 CID Share Posted January 4, 2006 i thought the law sute to microsoft was all about incorporating IE into windows and that now they had to make it removable i think you can remove it from control panel in the windows componets have u managed to get rid of it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted January 6, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 6, 2006 nope, its still there... see, i wanted to install an older version cause ie6 has less security features... *besides activeX and popups* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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