"browser choice"
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Just fired up the flaptop and it seems to have updated itself and now I have an extra icon on my desktop that I did not put there.
Also the damn thing seems to want me to choose my browser, Well, I dont f
king want to, so it can fk off.
How do I stop thisery from pestering my head any more than it has already ?
Also the damn thing seems to want me to choose my browser, Well, I dont f
king want to, so it can fk off.How do I stop this
ery from pestering my head any more than it has already ?
The mrs said to just delete it but i suspect it would still be there lurking in the background ready to reboot and "remind" me to faff with it again, probably right in the middle of a meeting or when I am using the sodding thing to attempt to show flashy posh powerpoint stuff on one of those white screens to other mongs in suits.
I believe it's just Microsoft complying with a new court ruling to allow IE users to choose it or another browser. If you want to continue using IE then feel free but it's worth trying a couple of others.
To anyone else in that situation: if you're desperate to delete the icon and its application right-click the icon, select properties and 'find target'. That'll show you the .exe it calls. There might be an uninstall .exe in the folder. Since I don't use IE, I can't be more specific.
To anyone else in that situation: if you're desperate to delete the icon and its application right-click the icon, select properties and 'find target'. That'll show you the .exe it calls. There might be an uninstall .exe in the folder. Since I don't use IE, I can't be more specific.
Blame the government, or the European one. They insisted that Microsoft advertise the other browsers so they can compete in a free market. If I want another browser I'll go and d/l it myself. Dispite being dominant, why should they have to advertise the competition. I'm online far too much, browsing, gaming etc. and I'd never head of a few on that list of alternatives.
BTW, the list can scroll and from what I've heard, a couple of the browsers (I'd not heard of) are complaining you need to scroll across to select them and people don't realise.
I've stuck with IE, worked for me so far and have no real reason to change.
BTW, the list can scroll and from what I've heard, a couple of the browsers (I'd not heard of) are complaining you need to scroll across to select them and people don't realise.
I've stuck with IE, worked for me so far and have no real reason to change.
Getragdogleg said:
I detest the way I have to respond to something I did not want to even know about.
Its like bloody "sorn".
I deleted it.
We shall see what cockery it comes up with next.
Microsoft pretty much had to implement this after they got fined $1.4 billion! by the European Commission for the anti-competitive implementation of Internet Explorer.Its like bloody "sorn".
I deleted it.
We shall see what cockery it comes up with next.
bonsai said:
Getragdogleg said:
I detest the way I have to respond to something I did not want to even know about.
Its like bloody "sorn".
I deleted it.
We shall see what cockery it comes up with next.
Microsoft pretty much had to implement this after they got fined $1.4 billion! by the European Commission for the anti-competitive implementation of Internet Explorer.Its like bloody "sorn".
I deleted it.
We shall see what cockery it comes up with next.
If they STILL tried to hassle the rest of the world then i would fill the whole newly walled nation with water, preferably with lots of hungry crocodiles in it.
There's a thread somewhere on here that tells exactly how to stop this browser choice thing as it is not removable.
Also for people who haven't downloaded it yet, go into control panel-windows update-change settings (on left)-then in the top drop down menu select "check for updates but let me choose whether to download & install them". Then when it does turn up simply don't click on it & then you can click on "hide this update" which will basically make it disappear.
Also for people who haven't downloaded it yet, go into control panel-windows update-change settings (on left)-then in the top drop down menu select "check for updates but let me choose whether to download & install them". Then when it does turn up simply don't click on it & then you can click on "hide this update" which will basically make it disappear.
If Windows is pissing you off that much, then the rational course of action would be to use a different system. The mainstream alternatives are Mac OS X and Linux. More specialized (and maybe unsupported and/or obsolete) options include Solaris, Amiga OS, RISC OS, BeOS, etc. Not to mention other, older versions of Windows (which can be faster and cleaner).
Really, when I hear people getting so frustrated with their computer because of Windows, to the point of anger - why not choose to use something else? If it's a personal computer then you've got no excuse not to try something else - if it's provided by an employer then get the company's IT department to make it work for you rather than against you.
They are only tools, after all.
Really, when I hear people getting so frustrated with their computer because of Windows, to the point of anger - why not choose to use something else? If it's a personal computer then you've got no excuse not to try something else - if it's provided by an employer then get the company's IT department to make it work for you rather than against you.
They are only tools, after all.
cyberface said:
If Windows is pissing you off that much, then the rational course of action would be to use a different system. The mainstream alternatives are Mac OS X and Linux. More specialized (and maybe unsupported and/or obsolete) options include Solaris, Amiga OS, RISC OS, BeOS, etc. Not to mention other, older versions of Windows (which can be faster and cleaner).
Really, when I hear people getting so frustrated with their computer because of Windows, to the point of anger - why not choose to use something else? If it's a personal computer then you've got no excuse not to try something else - if it's provided by an employer then get the company's IT department to make it work for you rather than against you.
They are only tools, after all.
I cannot be bothered to waste more time installing another type of browser, then have to fight the oddities that the new programme will throw up, plus have to learn how it works, what clicky things do what.Really, when I hear people getting so frustrated with their computer because of Windows, to the point of anger - why not choose to use something else? If it's a personal computer then you've got no excuse not to try something else - if it's provided by an employer then get the company's IT department to make it work for you rather than against you.
They are only tools, after all.
Its the same reason I want my existing browser to work and be left alone. I do not have time or inclination to be forced to do something because someone else thinks I should and has mucked about with it.
As an aside, I tried to put a firefox on this flaptop and it caused lots of problems, I could not ever get youtube to work and the mediaplayer that I use to listen to all my stored music vanished, I lost all my bookmarks, if I look in the list of programmes I have on here I still have stuff that firefox put there that I cannot get rid of.
It took a mate 3 hours to unistall it and put the sodding thing back like it was before, I never got my bookmarks back. I do not have time to sit here and learn why I need to switch to a mac/firefox or whatever.
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