Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 Installation on Windows XP SP3 Irreversible

Wshlist · Aug 29, 2008

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.

largon · Aug 29, 2008

Let's all be grateful of programs like nLite that allow MS Internet Explorer to be removed from the OS installation image...

btarunr · Aug 29, 2008

largon said:
Let's all be grateful of programs like nLite that allow MS Internet Explorer to be removed from the OS installation image...

...so you could install another browser from a storage medium or a network share.

Wile E · Aug 29, 2008

btarunr said:
...so you could install another browser from a storage medium or a network share.

Nah, just put the installer for another browser right on the disk while using nLite to strip IE out.

btarunr · Aug 29, 2008

Wile E said:
Nah, just put the installer for another browser right on the disk while using nLite to strip IE out.

Install disk still amounts to storage medium

Wile E · Aug 29, 2008

btarunr said:
Install disk still amounts to storage medium

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.

btarunr · Aug 29, 2008

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.

blueskynis · Aug 30, 2008

What about programs who always open links in IE, regardless of default browser?

largon · Aug 30, 2008

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".

steelkane · Aug 31, 2008

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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Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 Installation on Windows XP SP3 Irreversible

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