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| 206909 | 2004-01-12 07:42:00 | Hi all I'm about to buy a new laptop (any I should stay away from?) I've heard that most virus's attach through IE. Can I remove IE and Outlook and install say... Mozilla? Thanks Dave |
DaveNZ (4458) | ||
| 206910 | 2004-01-12 07:46:00 | AFAIK, You cant.... Windows just isnt built that way. | Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 206911 | 2004-01-12 07:48:00 | Easier to install Mozilla - or whatever you like - and don't use IE. Will not do any harm leaving it in - and not easy to remove - allthough possible. Bye |
Peter H (220) | ||
| 206912 | 2004-01-12 08:00:00 | Depends on what OS you going to have on the new laptop, if it is win XP then(I think) you can remove IE & OE, even if you cant, you will have to keep IE/OE & your OS up to date with the windows updates & SP's. | stu140103 (137) | ||
| 206913 | 2004-01-12 10:10:00 | As part of their settlement with the US DOJ, they have added an option to hide IE which is about all you can do. You will be fine as long as you avoid using IE, and other apps that use it (eg outlook, etc). |
bmason (508) | ||
| 206914 | 2004-01-12 10:30:00 | I run XP home.I use Firebird yet still have IE,which now sits in the program files.I use IE now and again,mainly to remind myself how fast F/B is.I`ve had no issues since doing this.OE stays put, simply because I rarely use it. | albatross (343) | ||
| 206915 | 2004-01-12 11:12:00 | You may well find the need every so often to fire up IE as some pages don't work well with Mozilla. And no this aint a limitation of mozilla but a case of MS having their own standards.... |
metla (154) | ||
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