Soldato
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Anyone not capable of getting a browser onto their PC shouldn't be installing Windows by themselves tbh.
Windows 7 without a browser? Get one here...
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Anyone not capable of getting a browser onto their PC shouldn't be installing Windows by themselves tbh.
folks who buy the boxed windows probably wont have too much difficulty working around this.
normal punters will probably only get w7 with a new pc, and the retailed will no doubt load up a browser.
doesnt bother me at all, saves me from disabling IE
normal punters will probably only get w7 with a new pc, and the retailed will no doubt load up a browser.
doesnt bother me at all, saves me from disabling IE
That's the law of unintended consquences in action. Actions by a state or state like entity nearly always fall foul of this law, that's why state interference in anything should be kept to a minimum.
Indeed, why this is even being discussed is truly unbelievable.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8168235.stm
Apparently they want to implement the give the user a choice during installation/first run method.
Apparently they want to implement the give the user a choice during installation/first run method.
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I still don't get why windowssupdate won't offer IE8.
If it offers .net, and silverlight and other things that are not included in base release, why not IE also.
If it offers .net, and silverlight and other things that are not included in base release, why not IE also.
Judging by the top left of the box, we have to supply our own. Although the asterisk after the wording may reveal more details.
I really hope the asterisk then goes on to say something along the lines of "Due to EU regulations we are not allowed to supply IE8 as part of your operating system..."
That would go down well in an already anti EU country like the UK.
Here's a slightly safer way
Start \ All Programs \ Accessories \ Command Prompt
ftp ftp.mozilla.org
username: anonymous
password: whateveryoulike
binary
cd /pub/firefox/releases/latest/win32/en-GB
mget *.exe
Not that it really matters any more now that the -E editions have been canned, but may be useful on a spyware ridden system where IE is mostly disabled. I suspect if they had come out then Mozilla, Opera etc. would make their FTP sites a little easier to use.
Start \ All Programs \ Accessories \ Command Prompt
ftp ftp.mozilla.org
username: anonymous
password: whateveryoulike
binary
cd /pub/firefox/releases/latest/win32/en-GB
mget *.exe
Not that it really matters any more now that the -E editions have been canned, but may be useful on a spyware ridden system where IE is mostly disabled. I suspect if they had come out then Mozilla, Opera etc. would make their FTP sites a little easier to use.
I think Microsoft realised that including no web browser could harm their market share MORE than including a ballot screen.
95% of people are still going to click IE anyway because it says "Microsoft" and that is what it says when they turn on their computer
It's handy to know for the future (or would be if -E hadn't been canned) because one day someone, possibly someone on this very forum, who is still using XP is going to have their grandmother ask them to fix their Windows 7 PC a year down the line, they'll pop over to visit and decide on a wipe and a reinstall, it'll come back up, no browser, and they haven't got their USB stick with them, or it doesn't have firefox on it, suddenly they're faced with a trip home just to download a bloody browser.
Then they'll remember this thread and either follow the tip, or ring their mate who does have a browser and get the instructions over the phone.
This is, however, entirely hypothetical now as we are getting IE after all.
Then they'll remember this thread and either follow the tip, or ring their mate who does have a browser and get the instructions over the phone.
This is, however, entirely hypothetical now as we are getting IE after all.
Meh, just read that they've scrapped Windows 7 E and they're shipping the normal edition worldwide. I was quite looking forward to IE8 not being installed at all. Does Windows 7 allow you to completely uninstall IE?
I trust people who pre-ordered for £90/£80 will still get their full retail copy?
I trust people who pre-ordered for £90/£80 will still get their full retail copy?
Define completely uninstall IE? Windows 7 E was missing IE, but Trident (the rendering engine) was still there as it's available as a windows API. You can remove all traces of IE from your system now, but you can't remove Trident, just as you can't remove GDI...
Uninstall IE as in make it the same as Windows 7 E. Is it just a case of uninstalling it from the control panel in Windows 7? I'm aware the engine will remain.
If the license keys for the full version work also for the E version, then you could just download the original Windows 7 E MS MSDN DVD ISO image from the internet and use that.