Deleting IE?

projectmayhem

Is there actually any way to completely get rid of IE? The reason I'm asking is my brothers afinity with spyware, and his complete refusal to use Firefox. So if I get rid of IE, then he can't use it at all.

I've done the add/remove windows components thing but IE is still hanging around..

Thanks

NutJob

Microsoft dont want you to be able to remove it.

Theres cross linked functionality everywhere. So if you do manage to get rid of it expect problems:eek:

You can disable it using group policy but only disable.

Or you can give it crap proxy settings all of which will not remove it

Hobart

I've asked this before and the answer is no, well no if you are using win2000 or XP. It seems the functionality of explorer has been broadened to include not just browsing, but the core of the windows desktop. For example, open you My Documents folder, then type a URL into the address bar (assuming you are using XP) and you are redirected to that web page.

You could try modifing internet explorer to dial out over a modem in the internet options panel, and if you are on broadband, it will not make a connection. But if your bro knows how to manually setup a intenet connection, it's a waste of time.

Another option would be to upgrade to the latest explorer version (which has robbed quite a few ideas from Firefox) and install some sort of personal firewall (google will give you a few results), or you could just give your bro a clip 'round the ear, assuming he is younger and smaller.:D

Capt'n Midnight

you could hobble IE
tools - options - connections - lan - setup a non-existant proxy server
then IE won't be able to connect to the internet.

You'll have to untick , patch and retick it later on unless you want to setup all of the windows update links to bypass proxy

Not sure if it's all of them though
• http://Windowsupdate.microsoft.com
• http://V4.Windowsupdate.microsoft.com
• https://v4.Windowsupdate.microsoft.com
• http://download.windowsupdate.com
• https://*.windowsupdate.microsoft.com
• http://*.windowsupdate.microsoft.com
• http://*.update.microsoft.com

blobert

You can use XP Lite to remove IE and to customise XP to your liking:

http://www.litepc.com/xplite.html

It's pretty good, I use it myself.

Blub2k4

There used to be a program which did this under 9x called IEradicate, see if it is still out there and has been updated.

projectmayhem

thanks for the help guys, i'll check all that stuff out

..bar the clip round the ear. he just joined the army

KAGY

Don't forget that web developers are lazy too. I've switched to Firefox but ocassionaly I've to go back to IE to view some dynamic sites. Can't remember any in particular at this time of night.

Ruu_Old

Get yourself IE tab for Firefox and you switch browsers from within Firefox with a click, so you can use one or the other easily.

KAGY

Ruu wrote:

Get yourself IE tab for Firefox and you switch browsers from within Firefox with a click, so you can use one or the other easily.

Must check that out, but I assume that you still have to have explorer installed on your pc to use it?

Cabaal

Maybe get this, http://www.firefoxie.net/
Fool your brother into thinking he's using IE

KAGY wrote:

Must check that out, but I assume that you still have to have explorer installed on your pc to use it?

yes you do and I don't really think it'll stop any spyware problems either,

seamus

It's actually not possible to correctly uninstall IE. I've tried

If you're handy enough with computers, and ye use separate logins, you can use group policy to lock down IE and make it unusable. You can also delete shortcuts to IE, etc etc, so that he'll just give up and use firefox.

Chucky

There would be a way to delete it but you would need a machine running two operating systems. You simply load up one OS and then delete the IE files belonging to the other OS.


There also used to be a program called XT-Gold out years and years ago (Over a decade) that could delete ANYTHING.

The Bollox

projectmayhem wrote:

thanks for the help guys, i'll check all that stuff out

..bar the clip round the ear. he just joined the army

oh, he's a marine, that explains everything

seamus

Chucky wrote:

There would be a way to delete it but you would need a machine running two operating systems. You simply load up one OS and then delete the IE files belonging to the other OS.

Removing the files isn't the big problem. IE is so heavily embedded in the OS, that you'll notice plenty of applications suddenly start to die, particularly if they have to access internet/network resources. That's even if they never actually open IE itself.