Re: New Compaq with WIN95

["Erick Andrews" <eandrews@star.net>]

On Thu, 16 Apr 1998 12:02:05 -0400 (EDT), Linux Idiot wrote:

>Thought I'd share this with the list.  A friend of mine just bought a
>new Compaq Presario and ask me to help him set it up.  Well, once it
>boots, you see the IE icon, the IE channels menu bar, and of course it's
>using IE as the OS browser rather than the normal windows explorer.  I
>suggested he remove IE and use the standard windows explorer.  I told
>him I'd download Netscape for him.
>
>I noticed that IE is really slow compared to the windows explorer.  And
>before we had the chance to change from IE to the Win. explorer, the
>bloody thing locked up, when I tried to move up the directory tree in
>IE. That was enough for my friend, we removed IE then and there. 
>Curious thing though, when you remove IE, it asks you if you want to
>completely remove it or quit using it as the Win explorer.  I selected
>the second option, then went back and removed IE.
>
>I will say this, for this guy, who is a perfect novice, there's no way
>in the world he could have removed IE without my direction, or doing
>some substantial research.  It's just not that easy.  While I was there,
>I went ahead and removed MSN as well. :)
>
>-- 
>Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric@atlnet.com
>
>NT is secure.... as long as you don't remove the shrink wrap.
>Want to speed up your NT box real cheap?  Replace NT with Linux...
>
So is your recipe required?  In other words, do you have to quit using
it as the Win explorer FIRST, then completely remove it?  Is this
some "uninstall icon" procedure?  Can't you just remove the whole thing
right from the get-go?   And did you have to roll up your sleeves and
delete .exe's and .dll's and hack up the registry?

I ask because I want to understand these complexities for future calls to
duty.  (I'm only a simple OS/2 and Linux hacker where these "features"
do not exist.)

Erick