IE Eradicator

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http://www.litepc.com/ieradicator.html - but *please* use google ;-)

By the way: Anybody knows an app, that can do the job of IE Eradicator an a
Windows 2000 sr2 system? (Removing Internet Explorer)
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No, but I suspect one could be created to implement some things
automatically, such setting all the security zones to high. Read this
and pay attention to the My Computer Zone which is invisible:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=182569

You can also try renaming MSHTML.DLL to MSHTML.OLD which kills the IE
HTML rendering engine. I tried this on my Win ME PC so if my grandkids
try to use IE the system defaults to Mozilla :) I'm a nasty old
grampaw.

BTW, I don't recommend using IERadicator on Win ME since too much
Windows functionality is destroyed. Dunno about 2K sp1. On Win 98
original I never noticed any loss of Windows features that I was
interested in using. I was able to d/l '98 critical patches without IE
and Windows Update just using Moz. But I don't think the 'ME critical
patches can be installed without IE.


Art
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Jes said:
By the way: Anybody knows an app, that can do the job of IE Eradicator
an a Windows 2000 sr2 system? (Removing Internet Explorer)

cheers
jes
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This tool will not remove IE from an existing Windows installation but
you can create your own Windows install CD with IE completely removed,
among other things. I've been running XP with all IE core files removed
without issue for some time now.
Good luck.

http://nuhi.msfn.org/index.html

Have you ever wanted to remove some Windows components like Media
Player, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, MSN Explorer, Messenger...

How about not to install them with Windows ?

Well I have. Certainly not the only one, people all over are doing it
even manually.

nLite is a GUI for permanent Windows component removal by your choice.
After removal there is an option to make bootable image ready for
burning on cd or testing in virtual machines. So that means that with
nLite you will be able to have Windows installation cd which on
installation doesn't install, or even contain on cd, unwanted components.

Maybe you won't believe it at first but it's not easy to not install
what you don't want when it comes to Windows. It involves many setup
files to be edited carefully without interfering with basic Windows
components.

After some thinking I decided to make generic removal tool with a GUI,
for an easy removal in order to run Windows faster and more reliable (I
sound like Windows setup). So that means nLite should work on every
Windows version.Now it supports Windows 2000, XP and 2003, Longhorn will
be added when it's released.
 
BTW, I don't recommend using IERadicator on Win ME since too much
Windows functionality is destroyed. Dunno about 2K sp1. On Win 98
original I never noticed any loss of Windows features that I was
interested in using. I was able to d/l '98 critical patches without IE
and Windows Update just using Moz.
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I ran ME very well after having used IEradicator. There was nothing missing
that I needed.

Unfortunately, my current ISP requires IE.
But I don't think the 'ME critical
patches can be installed without IE.
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If you're not using IE or OE, there isn't really a critical patch that you
need for ME.
 
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I ran ME very well after having used IEradicator. There was nothing missing
that I needed.
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Well, lessee. SFP (System File Protect), Portions of Windows Help,
System Restore and Windows Update. I can't recommend such devastation
to average users, sorry.
Unfortunately, my current ISP requires IE.


If you're not using IE or OE, there isn't really a critical patch that you
need for ME.
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There never was a TCP/IP stack overrun vulnerability and stuff like
that that were patched? Better be safe than sorry.


Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
 
What?! You mean it requires IE for any browsing?
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No, I use Firefox for browsing, but the connection to the ISP requires an
IE window open. Similar to AOL, which requires the AOL browser to be open.
 
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No, I use Firefox for browsing, but the connection to the ISP requires an
IE window open. Similar to AOL, which requires the AOL browser to be open.
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My former ISP also required IE. Their 'dialer' was based on a IE 'control', and
the dialer was needed (they used some sort of encrypted password transmission
(?)).

Solution: changed ISP.

[]s
 
My former ISP also required IE. Their 'dialer' was based on a IE
'control', and the dialer was needed (they used some sort of encrypted
password transmission (?)).

Solution: changed ISP.
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But I LIKE this ISP. IE is disallowed by the firewall in and out. The
dialer accomplishes it's task, and is relegated to "The page cannot be
displayed."

At this point, I can use any app I desire to connect to the Net through
their connection.
 
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