Oh computer buffs...

[epiclesis]

I suggest you delete Windows along with it.

this is the wisest information i've ever seen you give.


i'm with him. use linux....

 

[lionroar0]

Some website don't work or don't do well with ei. Keep it with a desktop icon just incase you come across some of those web sites and need to use ie.


Peace

 

[TheListener]

Some website don't work or don't do well with ei. Keep it with a desktop icon just incase you come across some of those web sites and need to use ie.


Peace

Usually banks and other 'serious' websites insist on IE.

 

[King of the Nations]

“windows components wizard” is not the option – it’s title of the window (written on the blue bar on top of the window). Ill go through steps again (this applies to Windows XP):

• Open “Control Panel”
• Double-click on “Add/Remove Programs” icon
• Window titled “Add or Remove programs” opens
• This window has two parts: larger part is main list which contains programs installed on your computer, smaller part are four buttons (3 similar pictures of small computers and one picture of four-colored circle ) that are vertically positioned in the left part of this window
• Button you need is third from the top and contains text “Add/Remove Windows Components” – click that button once
• After you’ve clicked that button, new window will open and he will be TITLED “Windows Components Wizard” – there is no option with this name, it’s a window title
• In this window you will see a list with checkboxes in front of each item
• Scroll the list if you need to find an item named “Internet Explorer”
• Click on the checkbox in front “Internet Explorer” item to remove checkmark
• Click on the “Next” button that is in lower part of this window.
• Removing process will begin
• When its done you will have an option to click “Finish” button – do that
• Process of removing is complete

nestoj
God helps

Gotcha. Tried that. Disconnected from the net. Reconnected and presto....IE is gone from the left side of the Start menu where it used to be....but IE launched anyway.



Do I have to restart my computer?

Greg

 

[King of the Nations]

Here ya go, 6 answers at codeguru already:

Answer 1: Go to Tools Menu, Select Options. Under Main tab, check the bottom corner. You will see a Check Now button. Click on that button and select Yes. That should make FireFox your default Browser.

Strike one.

Tried that. The box is checked. It isn't making a difference.

Answer 2: As Shuja has pointed out, you can set Firefox to your default browser. No matter what, you can't delete Internet Explorer. It is built into Windows since Windows 95. Explorer.exe is the same thing as Internet Explorer.exe with a few minor variations.

Yeah, I'm starting to get that impression...

Answer 3: As a matter of fact, as pointed out in the post above this. Explorer.exe does work as Internet Explorer too. Just open the Explorer and in the address bar type www.google.com and you will see that the explorer turns into an internet explorer.

..................................

Answer 4:It depends on the file extension. I have a few sites that open IE windows, even though I've used Fx as the default for a few years.

File extension for what??

Answer 5:Hey David. I did notice that behavior few times and was surprised to see that the sites open in IE rather than FF.

Great......Now what???

Answer 6:Might be .htm extensions. Doesn't really bother me.

Bothers ME!!

For those who were enquiring, I connect to the internet by clicking on the "connect" button on my dial-up....thingie....(Hey - No one has ever accused me of being technologically astute, ok? )

It dials up, and connects to the internet and then IE pops up with my home page....

???

Greg

 

[King of the Nations]

Usually banks and other 'serious' websites insist on IE.

Mine doesn't. Cause mine's cool. (And yours isn't.)



Greg

 

[King of the Nations]

Sorry. I'm tired...



Greg

 

[TheListener]

Maybe if you reinstall firefox, get the new version or something, then try opening a page in that when you aren't connected to the internet. That might prompt firefox to do something?

 

[King of the Nations]

this is the wisest information i've ever seen you give.


i'm with him. use linux....

Hey, by the way, Steph...

What's this stuff about a lease?

Epic lease is.....? What?? Whose lease? Lease for what?

















Greg

 

[stray bullet]

Your post is neither helpful nor funny.

Now you're just being a hypocrite

 

[epiclesis]

Hey, by the way, Steph...

What's this stuff about a lease?

Epic lease is.....? What?? Whose lease? Lease for what?

















Greg

google is your friend.

 

[winsome]

For those who were enquiring, I connect to the internet by clicking on the "connect" button on my dial-up....thingie....(Hey - No one has ever accused me of being technologically astute, ok? )

It dials up, and connects to the internet and then IE pops up with my home page....

???

Greg

"dial up thingie" sigh!

Two questions.:

1. What version of WIndows are you using (assuming it is Windows)?

2. Is this dial up "thingie" an icon on your desk top?
If it is an icon (and you are running WIndows) can click the right mouse button while pointing to the icon and select properties from the popup menu and tell us what it says under properties. I'm just wondering if your thingie is actually a shortcut which starts IE.

 

[nestoj]

What is this site that IE is trying to open when you connect?

Has all this began after you've installed some application? If "yes" what's a name of that application?

I’m beginning to suspect something, but that would require checking your “startup” folder,
files loaded from “win.ini” file, “run” key in registry, and a search for, and deleting, “welcome.exe” file – all of this I DO NOT recommend to be done by yourself.

 

[nestoj]

Add to my previous post:

I’m not aware of any way, trough system settings, to automatically start IE when you establish dial-up connection. You can set automatic dialing when you start IE, but not the other way around. Only way to do what you describe is by using some residential program that would constantly monitor state of your connection, and, once it detects your connection is established, call “IExplore.exe” with parameters that would direct him to certain address.

This is common for certain malware applications, and, from what I’ve herd, some e-banking and ISP software (if the page of your bank is being automatically opened then you know it’s you banking software doing this, if it’s your ISP page then they are responsible, if it’s something else then we hit it in the head).

Range of actions that you can take is drastically influenced by whether problem is coming from malware or from e-banking/ISP software.

If it’s first case then you can perform actions from my previous post as a temporary solution while you find some good Anti Vir/Spyware/Trojan tools.

If it’s a second case, you can weep until, by some miracle, your bank/ISP changes it’s software for something that doesn’t behave this way.

Tell me which case works for you.

nestoj
God helps

 

[King of the Nations]

google is your friend.

*King searches Google diligently for "epic lease"..............doesn't find what he's looking for.........tries "epoch lease".............finds something about a man renting an apartment for ages and ages..........*





Greg

 

[King of the Nations]

"dial up thingie" sigh!

Two questions.:

1. What version of WIndows are you using (assuming it is Windows)?

What version of Windows......

Uh, XP.......I believe......

2. Is this dial up "thingie" an icon on your desk top?

Sho' nough.

If it is an icon (and you are running WIndows) can click the right mouse button while pointing to the icon and select properties from the popup menu and tell us what it says under properties. I'm just wondering if your thingie is actually a shortcut which starts IE.

[/quote]

The thingie says "Power Connect Internet Dialer". It's the icon I got with the dial-up service I have.

What specifically under properties are you looking for?

Greg

 

[King of the Nations]

Add to my previous post:

I’m not aware of any way, trough system settings, to automatically start IE when you establish dial-up connection. You can set automatic dialing when you start IE, but not the other way around. Only way to do what you describe is by using some residential program that would constantly monitor state of your connection, and, once it detects your connection is established, call “IExplore.exe” with parameters that would direct him to certain address.

This is common for certain malware applications, and, from what I’ve herd, some e-banking and ISP software (if the page of your bank is being automatically opened then you know it’s you banking software doing this, if it’s your ISP page then they are responsible, if it’s something else then we hit it in the head).

Range of actions that you can take is drastically influenced by whether problem is coming from malware or from e-banking/ISP software.

If it’s first case then you can perform actions from my previous post as a temporary solution while you find some good Anti Vir/Spyware/Trojan tools.

If it’s a second case, you can weep until, by some miracle, your bank/ISP changes it’s software for something that doesn’t behave this way.

Tell me which case works for you.

This tell you anything........




?

Greg

 

[nestoj]

This tell you anything........




?

Greg

Sorry to hear/see that.


Perhaps you have a option to control this trough your banking/ISP software settings - they should have some kind of properties control.
nestoj
God helps