Disable Ie

[mattesca]

Hey. I use AOL with DSL, and I get no pop ups from AOL. But when I am surfing a lot of times pop ups come from IE. Is there anyway to disable IE, or any other suggestions?

[slim150]

honestly, i would stop using aol's browser anyway, and use firefox or IE with google toolbar / some popup blocker, but i bet the pop ups are from spyware anyway so they aren't pop ups from surfing. So i would also get a spyware remover adaware and spyware blaster

[shn]

I wouldn't recommend removing ie unless you know for sure you won't need it. But you can remove it with xp lite.

http://www.litepc.com/xplite.html

[bigdawgfoxx]

His computer runs so slow with IE...You have to use AOL for it to be very fast at all..its wierd.

[slim150]

do not remove it tho

[The_Hunter]

You have to be desperate to have Aol. Internet explorer has pop-up blocker which works fine.

[sparsely]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@19 July 2004 - 17:05
His computer runs so slow with IE...You have to use AOL for it to be very fast at all..its wierd.
who are you talking about ?

[mattesca]

I wouldnt remove it, I want to disable it at times and enable it at other times

Is there a way????

[supersonic]

From ad/remove programs choose "ad/remove windows components" and from that uncheck the radio button beside IE icon and go next. IE will disapear, but will not completely uninstall. Use at ur peril.

[mattesca]

so if i check it again will it reappear???

[lynx]

Originally posted by mattesca@21 July 2004 - 14:57
so if i check it again will it reappear???
Yes, and it only removes it from your desktop/start menu, it doesn't disable it so you will still get the popups.

Edit: oh, and the popup blocker doesn't work if they are caused by an activex control, get rid of the spy/adware with spybot and ad-aware.

[mattesca]

ight thanks