Any program that called IE directly, though, would bring it right up, as if the block was not there, and a lot of programs did do that, since IE was virtually guaranteed to be on all Windows systems, and would render everything in a known (but nonstandard) way. On client systems, follow these steps to disable Internet Explorer by using Windows Features in Control Panel: Select Windows logo key R. I already had something else set as the default browser, so anything that simply called the default already pulled up Mozilla or Firefox (I do not remember which I was using at the time). It was a deeply cynical ploy that MS engaged in in order to corner the browser market, and now that IE is all but dead and MS is an also-ran in the browser market, Windows users are still paying the price for Microsoft’s anticompetitive plot, in terms of legacy technical debt.Īfter the eventual settlement between the US government and MS, I tried the IE blocking thing in XP, and it hardly had any effect at all. It’s better just to have an OS that does not have a browser embedded so deeply. What to Know In Windows 10 to Vista: Settings > select Apps or Programs > Apps
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