Windows 7 Lets You Uninstall IE8 474
CWmike writes "A just-leaked build of Windows 7 lets users remove Internet Explorer, the first time that Microsoft has offered the option since it integrated the browser with Windows in 1997, two bloggers reported today. The move might have been prompted by recent charges by the European Union that Microsoft has stifled browser competition by bundling IE with its operating system, the bloggers speculated. One solution under consideration by the EU would require Microsoft to disable IE if the user decided to install a different browser, such as Mozilla's Firefox or Google's Chrome. Microsoft had no comment when asked to confirm whether Windows 7 will let users dump IE8 or whether the option was in reaction to the EU charges."
At last! (Score:5, Funny)
A compelling feature to drag people away from XP.
Now only if it included a utility to uninstall Windows...
Confucius say (Score:5, Funny)
Man who remove Internet Explorer but not Windows is a little like Lance Armstrong: still one Ballmer remaining.
Uninstall? Yeah, right... (Score:1, Funny)
Don't say yes, you'll be lying.
Re:At last! (Score:3, Funny)
it does. it's called "format c:"
Re:Hardly new. (Score:4, Funny)
The problem is that even if you did that, certain programs would still launch IE (Autodesk's feedback utitlity for software crashes for example) instead of the default system browseer.
IE != Gecko. Gecko is used to render help files and other system-wide things that need an HTML rendering engine (same think as WebKit on OSX), but that does not mean that the IE application needs to be present to do so.
Re:Why remove it alltogether? (Score:5, Funny)
> ... 6 apps that I have that will break, off the top of my head.
You may want to move your head out of the way - you're liable to get a concussion.
Re:At last! (Score:2, Funny)
It will format everything except that c:\boot\ folder.
That doesn't belong to you! Didn't you read the EULA?
Re:Confucius say (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe he had mod points and wanted to mod himself up?
Re:rm -rf / (Score:5, Funny)
Cool! I think I'll try for myse
Text editor innovation (Score:2, Funny)
They've also stifled text editor innovation by bundling notepad.exe. They haven't even had the good graces to update it since the NT version. A classic example of MS sitting on its laurels.
Re:rm -rf / (Score:4, Funny)
Tag: andnothingofvaluewaslost
Re:At last! (Score:1, Funny)
Arch worked for me and I'm a complete Linux noob, only hard part was waiting for X11 to download and compile.
Re:You can already do this ... (Score:2, Funny)
Apaches are kick ass Indians or equally kick ass combat helicopters.