Microsoft Allows Users to Remove Software

PCEverything writes: Microsoft finally allows users to remove software that they include on your system when you buy their operating system. In response to the EU's protests and the US's anti-trust suits they are finally allowing users to remove key programs like Internet Explorer and Media Player from their system by placing an icon in the Control Panel.

[Speed-Racer]

Haha it;s about time they gave us some choice. I never use IE.

[SupaPlaya]

everything is possible.

Although having it out of the box is convenient for the general, not so computer savvy users.

Hopefully this will also force MS to make IE better in terms of performance (have you seen the Javascript rendering speed comparison between the browsers?) and security.

[Zeus Lee]

And there it is.

[Speed-Racer]

Tjey would never remove it completely

[The Lazy One]

if it were completely uninstalled a lot of the features in windows simply wouldn't function.

[heyheyhey]

@The Lazy One

wtf are you talking about?

how would deleting IE malfunction features in Windows? it's just a browser

[The Lazy One]

parts of IE are actually used in a lot of places in the windows system.

http://www.ghacks.net/2009/...

"Users should keep in mind that the Internet Explorer rendering engine is being used for various integral parts of the operating system and that it most likely would require a rewrite to untie it completely."

[AuToFiRE]

IE is actually used to browse your computer, without it you cannot check folders, and that is one reason why i never used IE, if a hacker gets into internet explorer, they have complete control over your computer, if a hacker gets control of FF, they only have control of FF, but whatever, i use Linux so nautilus is the file browser and FF is the web browser

[Godmars290]

Then what's the point?

If they're still there, they're still using system resources even when idle, *STILL* acting as a backdoor for hackers and viruses, what's the point?

Why the f*ck couldn't MS do the job right and make programs that you'd want to use instead of concentrating on making you have to use them.

[DARKKNIGHT]

BECAUSE, its not an apple.

[Qorious]

Yay! IE8 and WM11 FTL!!!

[evilmonkey501]

It just lets you think you did. Any software that can reinstall itself after you've uninstalled it has never really been uninstalled at all...

[ChrisCrazy82897]

Im a Google Chrome Fan, I love it. IE freezes for absolutely no apparent reason to much for me, and FireFox is to close to the likes of IE in looks etc.

Media Player 11 Is excellent, Itunes is a joke

[No FanS Land]

Love firefox and iTunes is an effing joke just like you said. Hate it but SH!T, I have an iPod!

[ChaoticStupid]

MS never forced anyone to use their product. You always had the choice of uninstalling any program on your PC. First thing I do when I get a new one is take out all the garbage I don't need and then defrag the HD, then I add my games and programs I want.

[pippoppow]

MS, when will you learn the word respect. It's one shameful thing after another with this company.

[maverick1191]

abit sneaky tbh by MS that telling you can delete it but really you cant it just looks that way