No Internet Explorer in Windows 7 version for Europe
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Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversMicrosoft is planning on shipping a version of Windows 7 to Europe that will not include Internet Explorer.
According to News.com, Microsoft’s newest proposal is to offer a version of Windows 7 which strips out Internet Explorer (IE) 8. Not hides it — like is currently possible via a “remove features” capability. The Softies are proposing to sell a separate version, designated Windows 7 E which doesn’t include a browser in it at all.
Sources close to Microsoft confirmed that Microsoft has been notifying PC makers of its intention to field Windows 7 E in the European Union as a way to comply with antitrust regulations there.
Microsoft added the “Remove IE” switch to Windows 7 a few months ago. IE was just one of a number of “removable” features in the Release Candidate build of Windows 7, which Microsoft made available to testers in late April. The full list of user-removable Windows 7 features (in addition to ones that already may be “deselected” in Vista) include:
* Windows Media Player
* Windows Media Center
* Windows DVD Maker
* Internet Explorer 8
* Windows Search
* Handwriting Recognition (through the Tablet PC Components option)
* Windows Gadget Platform
* Fax and Scan
* XPS Viewer and Services (including the Virtual Print Driver)
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Comments(8)
for god sake that crap is gone !, windows vista and xp both had many many freeze problems
with that piece of shit program. i never had 1 freeze moment with firefox!.
how will they download ie or other without internet browser?
thanks eurpean union! thanks!
honestly, i don't like ie. however, i do like it being there if i need it, or firefox
craps out on me. how am i to get online to get a browser...without a browser?!
download the browser in another pc (without win7) and then install it in your win 7 pc.
agree this is silly, and this wont stop them fining ms for something else, they need the
money for there plane trips and big over the top meetings and jobs for more pen pushers,
and hating anything that is not made in europe.
crazy!
what will do the people after buy win 7 and install into a clear disk without
ie?
how think this people about a solution for give possibility to download some
browser?
this people don't have a mind.
"download the browser in another pc (without win7) and then install it in your win 7
pc."
this isn't a seriouse solution!!!!
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By Michel on 12.06.2009 - 00:06