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Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 Installation on Windows XP SP3 Irreversible

I have a vista partition, and after seeing IE7 I'm glad I'm still on IE6 on my other partition, and I don't quite get why people are testing IE, how do they keep hoping it gets better? Amazing what the mind can do in that regard.
Just get a 3rd party browser and stop messing about with IE.
 
Let's all be grateful of programs like nLite that allow MS Internet Explorer to be removed from the OS installation image...
 
largon said:
Let's all be grateful of programs like nLite that allow MS Internet Explorer to be removed from the OS installation image...
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...so you could install another browser from a storage medium or a network share.
 
btarunr said:
...so you could install another browser from a storage medium or a network share.
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Nah, just put the installer for another browser right on the disk while using nLite to strip IE out.
 
Wile E said:
Nah, just put the installer for another browser right on the disk while using nLite to strip IE out.
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Install disk still amounts to storage medium :)
 
btarunr said:
Install disk still amounts to storage medium :)
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Right, but you don't need to download it from anywhere, it's right there on the disk. Not only that, but I'm pretty sure you can actually integrate FF right into the install using nLite, as the default browser.
 
Yes it looks possible. A reghax0r would know. Firefox should be somehow slipstreamed in the same way updates are. It's the same as integrating any application....in the same way some copies of Windows used to come with ~50 MB of AOL / Compuserve crap.
 
What about programs who always open links in IE, regardless of default browser?
 
It seems Windows detects other browsers (atleast Opera & FF) if IE is unavailable. If not, one can set the default browser in "Controlr Panel" -> "Add or Remove Programs" -> "Set Program Access and Defaults -tab".
 
It's the same looking dull, can't change anything browser. I think microsoft needs to smarten up & follow Firefox's lead.
 
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