re: Pop up after removing Internet Explorer Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 1:26 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by gewg_ (4060 messages posted) |I must warn that I'm not familiar with IEradicator[...] | dhm | A truly radical approach--though **installing IE as a separate component** might be considered a nice idea. The rendering engine may be called by some (poorly-written) apps. There are other reasons to keep Internet Exploder around (in a neutered state). See link below. |I simply removed IE from my desktop and shoved it deep down in the accessory menus[...] | The wisest thing to do in the majority of cases. An entry in the software firewall's parameters which limits (forbids?) IE's access to the 'Net is also wise. |However, since M$ft does not give updates, even old updates after you load Win98, | "Automatic" (i.e. ActiveX) is the key word missing from that thought. |I actually have no sites to call with it. | Yup. There are few reasons to use Internet Exploder any more with W98. The notable one is **I really want to get my Windoze box infected**. |I'll go read about IEradicator. | Ripping Internet Exploder out by the roots is a radical step and will leave some folks in the lurch. http://search.yahoo.com/search? p="and+check+for+the+presence+of+iexplore+exe+on+install" +"some+apps+may+need+internet+exploder+for+html+rendering" (If you click within the results, I recommend the Cached link.) Written in response to: re: Pop up after removing Internet Explorer (dhm: Monday, June 25, 2007 at 11:30 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Pop up after removing Internet Explorer (Dan: Mon, Jun 25, 2007, 4:25 pm) re: Pop up after removing Internet Explorer (dhm: Mon, Jun 25, 2007, 11:30 pm) re: Pop up after removing Internet Explorer (gewg_: Tue, Jun 26, 2007, 1:26 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum