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No IE In Windows 7?!?! - Seph will be happy

Discussion in 'Computers & Modding' started by branraf, Jun 13, 2009.

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  1. branraf

    branraf Well-Known Member

    branraf, Jun 13, 2009
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  2. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    this has nothing to do with them losing. This is the EU deciding that bundling IE with windows is anti-competitive and banning them from doing it.
     
    Loonylion, Jun 13, 2009
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  3. branraf

    branraf Well-Known Member

    Haha, microsoft can't be happy then, it isn't really hard to download IE anyway, i just want to know who actually will download it compared to the other browsers out there.
     
    branraf, Jun 13, 2009
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  4. sexywogboy

    sexywogboy Well-Known Member

    People that have thought that IE is the only internet browser :D


    And don't worry, there are plenty that still believe that IE is still the only browser. I only just showed my mum recently that there is a better way to browse the net.

    Even before I started using PC's fulltime, I thought IE was the the only way to access the net.

    I wouldn't be suprised if there were members here that believe Internet Explorer is the only way to access the net.
     
    sexywogboy, Jun 13, 2009
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  5. waylonn

    waylonn Well-Known Member

    and how the hell are we supposed to download Firefox without downloading IE??
     
    waylonn, Jun 13, 2009
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  6. sexywogboy

    sexywogboy Well-Known Member

    I guess via a disc or by a friend that has downloaded from their PC.
     
    sexywogboy, Jun 13, 2009
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  7. waylonn

    waylonn Well-Known Member

    and If it's your first computer, or when you don't have friends? :p
     
    waylonn, Jun 13, 2009
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  8. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    dos ftp or wget.
     
    Loonylion, Jun 13, 2009
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  9. timmy1991

    timmy1991 Well-Known Member

    I don't see what everyones problem with IE is.... i kinda like it... firefox gives me too many problems

    maybe it will come built with another web browser besides IE
     
    timmy1991, Jun 13, 2009
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  10. cjdogger

    cjdogger Guest

    With start up there should be an option to download one of the popular internet browsers to your computer, perhaps Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome and you can pick which one you want.
     
    cjdogger, Jun 13, 2009
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  11. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    that was suggested by someone in the EU.
    It's highly insecure, doesn't display pages properly and ignores web standards. It's an absolute pain in the arse to make websites work properly on it for this reason.
     
    Loonylion, Jun 13, 2009
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  12. MadmanNero

    MadmanNero Well-Known Member

    I dropped IE and started using Google Chrome
     
    MadmanNero, Jun 15, 2009
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  13. cjdogger

    cjdogger Guest

    Oh, so somebody is on the same wavelength as me for once >:|
     
    cjdogger, Jun 15, 2009
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  14. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    just because someone suggested it does not mean anyone took them seriously. We'll see what happens. Personally I wouldnt be surprised if europeans get a crippled version of windows as a result.
     
    Loonylion, Jun 15, 2009
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  15. casper1910

    casper1910 Well-Known Member

    Meh I prefer Fire Fox anyday over IE
     
    casper1910, Jun 15, 2009
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  16. branraf

    branraf Well-Known Member

    Actually i have to agree there. Isn't IE built into Windows instead of just being an extension or whatever it's called. So removing it, i believe will cause a bit of a problem "/
     
    branraf, Jun 15, 2009
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  17. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    yes, it's heavily integrated and removing it will be a major undertaking, especially if they don't want to cripple anything. Having said that, the deep integration is actually the source of more than a few major security flaws in windows (or at least makes them more serious than they need to be), so this isn't necessarily a bad move.
     
    Loonylion, Jun 15, 2009
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  18. silverstriker77

    silverstriker77 Active Member

    no IE no Problem.. b'coz IE is not secure, and you can use chrome,safari,mozila,firefox that's safe than IE
     
    silverstriker77, Jun 15, 2009
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  19. cjdogger

    cjdogger Guest

    Well if I don't like the change i'll just drag over all my files from this computer to the new one 'guv
     
    cjdogger, Jun 15, 2009
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  20. Seph

    Seph Administrator Staff Member

    As much as I dislike IE I think this is too damn stupid, Microsoft have made a product that a lot of people use, and for that sole reason it's anti-competitive. It's like with everything else in Europe, success is forbidden; tax is extremely high on the last money earned, and now if you become too big they feed you this crap. By the same measure explorer and minesweeper should be removed, people obviously aren't going to download other explorer programs or minesweeper games when they come bundled with Windows!
     
    Seph, Jun 15, 2009
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