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Move to the latest IE, or suck it: January’s cold comfort for Microsoft hangouts

Chika

Re: Another enhanced user experience!

*sigh* Not helping.

We know that XP users are out there using the Internet. We also know that users of XP, Vista and so on may find themselves locked into a particular browser for all sorts of reasons and moving to Linux Mint (please note that Linux is NOT Mint) is no more a solution than moving to any other Linux distro, moving to a Mac or even just moving to a more recent version of Windows.

As far as it goes, the A/C has the right of it in that all you really need to do is to remove the icon. It is possible to remove Internet Explorer entirely but if you never use it, chances are that you won't suffer because of it.

If, however, you really wish to get rid of it, there are a number of pages around that go into detail about this sort of thing. Since it is usually installed as a Windows Feature in many of the more recent versions, it can be switched off from the Control Panel though updated machines may need the updates removed as well. However, what it will do to the system depends on what you use the system for and what might rely on IE.

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