I am trying to uninstall Internet Explorer 7 from Vista- it is not listed in my add/remove list?

9 responses so far ↓

• 1 Osman J // Apr 22, 2008

  You can't uninstall it, as it's needed for Windows Update

• 2 yap_jp // Apr 22, 2008

  Don't uninstall IE7, it's part of Windows Vista, you may make the system unstable

• 3 Rahul G // Apr 22, 2008

  Hi I suggest you download Tuneup utilities from http://www.tune-up.com// and use TuneUp Shredder..

• 4 Harrison H // Apr 22, 2008

  that's because it is a part of your operating system NOT a removable component. There is NO reason to uninstall IE7. You can run more than one browser at a time and you should always have IE as ONE of your tools. I recommend Firefox. I use it as my primary, but IE is an invaluable tool. Firefox does NOT render everypage. Opera is OK, Safari is sucky.

• 5 JosF // Apr 22, 2008

  I would say that you would better not Un-install it as it is a part of your OS. And if you still want to uninstall it goto control panel >add or remove programs>Add/remove windows components ,then they will show a list of windows programs installed on your computer. From that you can remove uninstall Explorer

• 6 luiz127 // Dec 9, 2008

  i’d go with harrison as IE is an industry standard. all sites wirk in IE. download the IEtab extension for firefox and if a site doesn’t render, you can switch to the IE engine in firefox. very handy

• 7 8Ball // Jan 19, 2009

  well they are right about it being part of the OS and its near impossible to remove on Vista Home Premium. Once downgraded to IE7 you wont even see IE7 in the uninstall list or in the updates list as it is needed for the security updates (which you need to help prevent hacks into your system). On another note, IE is very unstable and prone to crashing as is every program that is written for windows period. You can however disable IE from working by going to your proxy settings in internet options and using 0.0.0.0 as your proxy site. This will disable IE from being used. BTW microsoft made IE part of the OS as a means of trying to continue their monopoly on the digital industry. My personal opinion is that windows is the worst OS period, but is need for many programs. A way around this is to use a linux based OS which is all open source and can be downloaded for free on any open source website. This negates the need to use IE at all, but you wont be able to use most windows based programs, such as video games. Another way around that is to dual boot with windows and a linux OS. As for linux, you can download any drivers need for your hardware, and has many open source programs comparable to many of the windows based programs. Most of which come with compatibility packs so you can format saves into a format windows can understand. As for the web browsers, Harrison is retarded, Safari is by far the best of all the browsers on the market. Its 5 times faster than Firefox, 10 times faster than Opera, and about 15 times faster than IE, and is less prone to crashing. (BTW if you haven’t notice in other forums, microsoft has people who come to these to promote their systems) so i wouldn’t bother listening to someone who has been paid to come here and tell you these things. ” Safari is sucky.” hint hint…works for bill gates…Safari is a Mac program which is why he’s saying it sucks. Yeah btw, Mac is 10 times more reliable than any windows OS and same goes for linux OS’s since….duh Mac is linux. Hard to hack, virus’s are obsolete, and will never have to be reinstalled unlike its counterpart windows which you generally have to reinstall the OS every 6 months due to registry erros. Oh another thing, and this is directly to anyone who works for mircrosoft, next time you come out with an OS, TEST THE SHIT BEFORE YOU PUT IT ON THE MARKET, THE CUSTOMERS ARE NOT YOUR TESTERS!!!! OR MAKE A SIMPLER CODE AND ACTUALLY CHECK FOR BUGS, NOT JUST THROW IT OUT FOR IT TO SCREW UP OUR SYSTEMS AND HAVE TO COME TO YOU TO FIX IT!!!! WE ARE NO LONGER YOUR SLAVES IN THIS MARKET!!!!!

• 8 ken harrison // Mar 8, 2009

  first of all as a home user i have 2 computers one is for the internet and unstable use. this due to all the crap out their. the secound is for stable use. it is xp without all the bloat ware.microsoft does have a internal version of vista 64 pro that has the ability to remove components. this one used by their codders so to streamline updates and fixes. makes so they only have to debug some code not the entire crap load. i like to have my stable machine without the internet and all the other blotware because without it 90% of current hacking and crapware spam and viruses cannot activate unless exployer and certain other code is present. its like makeing bread without yeast or the on switch for a oven. their still their but thecannot rise.

• 9 PRASHANT +91-9027055855 // Mar 26, 2009

  Are you fully up to date with both Windows Updates and Firefox updates?

  You can’t remove IE7 as it’s an integral part of Vista. Vista allows IE7 to relinquish control, but I guess you didn’t check out Mozilla’s website:

  Mozilla Firefox’s main page has this to say:

  Windows Vista Support: Windows Vista is generally supported with the following caveats.

  Windows & Windows Vista
  If the browser is installed in a non-default location, software updates may fail. You can reinstall the software to the default location, or to a non-default location as long as the install folder is named “Mozilla Firefox”. Alternatively, you can start Firefox by right-clicking on its icon and selecting “Run as administrator” from the menu.
  When you launch the browser after it has downloaded a software update, you may get a dialog asking to permit “updater.exe” to run. If you do not allow this operation, the software update will fail.
  Firefox can not yet be set as the default browser on Vista. See this bug for more information*.
  When installing as a restricted-access user on a shared machine into a location that you can write to, there may still be negative side effects (default browser/other keys not being set correctly). When installing as a restricted access user do not attempt to install over an existing installation in a restricted-access/shared location as this may destroy that installation.
  Firefox may hang when closing after viewing a PDF file in some older versions of the Adobe Acrobat Reader plug in. If you experience this, make sure you are using the newest version of the plug in.
  The Update directory on Windows Vista is located under the user’s directory, in AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Updates\.
  Other known issues with Windows Vista can be found in the Vista tracking bug.

  *Bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=352424

  Firefox Main Page: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox…senotes/#vista

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