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This damn IE!
Nightshift:
Hey, thanks for the responses!
Just a few quick replies:
The Auditor:
I switched to Netscape after reading the article by The Riddler (Really Hidden Files!) How is Netscape spyware? Does it behave the same as IE in the background? I'll d/l and then uninstall IE6, perhaps this will solve the error messages (it just makes me feel so....soiled, that's all). Edit: After re-reading your post I think you meant for me to install IE but just don't use it. Being somewhat paranoid about almost anything MS puts out; do I need to worry what IE will be doing in the background while I am onlie with another browswer? Thoughts on this?
Re the format: Yeah, that's low on the list right now.
calum:
I'll try Mozilla after I've gotten rid of IE. Interestingly enough, there is a folder named Mozilla in Windows\Application Data. That is where my browser cache from Netscape ends up.
Re the format: Try it first? Ya think?
Doctor
Thanks for the informative post. After going over the info in the others I'm begining to think that IE has to remain a part of Windows even if I'm not using it. Re scrapping Windows: I've been concidering that almost since day one. I bought my system used and it has Windows ME as the OS (feel sorry for me), I have concidered Linux; but still need to educate myself more about installing, configuring etc. This site and the forum seem like a good place to start. Lotsa info here!
Any input on Macintosh?
Thanks again for the input.
Nightshift:
Triple Post!
Sorry! :eek:
[ November 14, 2002: Message edited by: Nightshift ]
Calum:
re: your mozilla data, yes newer versions of netscape are based on mozilla. They are made by AOL, and the extra development and marketing is funded by including some spyware code, as far as i hear. i think this is similar to the realplayer thing where people's browsing habits get sent back. You might be able to sort this out via your firewall but i'm not sure. anyway, mozilla doesn't have any of that crap.
as for getting rid of IE, it is a waste of time trying to install a newer version and then uninstall it. Microsoft does not make an uninstaller for IE, and they do not officially admit that it can be uninstalled. here is a third party application which i used to use on my WinME set up to remove IE, and it works very well. The system is a bit unstable after you have uninstalled IE *HOWEVER* i have never been able to say for certain that it is ANY more unstable than it was beforehand anyway.
honestly the solution is to get linux now. the only way you'll get knowledge is from direct experience. You can get Mandrake Linux 9.0 Standard Edition for US$30 with 30 days of support and a 35 page quick installation guide included, and i promise it is so easy to install that a cuddly toy could do it. Why waste time with windows?
[ November 14, 2002: Message edited by: [calum@localhost]$ ]
Nightshift:
Triple Post!
Not only embarrassing, but proof of Newbiehood!
(see, everything is useful in some way)
:rolleyes:
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Nightshift:
quote:Originally posted by [calum@localhost]$:
......the extra development and marketing is funded by including some spyware code, as far as i hear. i think this is similar to the realplayer thing where people's browsing habits get sent back. You might be able to sort this out via your firewall but i'm not sure. anyway, mozilla doesn't have any of that crap.
I'm using LavaSoft Ad-Aware to check for spyware on my system. It says I'm clean, but who really knows...
as for getting rid of IE, it is a waste of time trying to install a newer version and then uninstall it. Microsoft does not make an uninstaller for IE, and they do not officially admit that it can be uninstalled. here is a third party application which i used to use on my WinME set up to remove IE, and it works very well. The system is a bit unstable after you have uninstalled IE *HOWEVER* i have never been able to say for certain that it is ANY more unstable than it was beforehand anyway.
Think I'll just leave IE where it is, don't think I could stand it if this OS was anymore unstable
honestly the solution is to get linux now. the only way you'll get knowledge is from direct experience. You can get Mandrake Linux 9.0 Standard Edition for US$30 with 30 days of support and a 35 page quick installation guide included, and i promise it is so easy to install that a cuddly toy could do it. Why waste time with windows?
Great! I still have my old Teddy Bear. (knew i was keeping him for something)
[ November 14, 2002: Message edited by: [calum@localhost]$ ]
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