Tech With Ric » remove http://techwithric.com Nothing else but tech! Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:25:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How to Disable or Enable Internet Explorer in Windows 7 http://techwithric.com/how-to-disable-or-enable-internet-explorer-in-windows-7 http://techwithric.com/how-to-disable-or-enable-internet-explorer-in-windows-7#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:56:57 +0000 Richie Sajan http://techwithric.com/?p=29 no-ie-supportAlthough we might have struggled a lot in the days of Windows XP and Vista to disable Internet Explorer, Windows 7 has added a nifty feature that allows a user to quickly disable it. Now, why would you want to disable IE? Well if, like most of the people out there, you are using a third-party browser like FireFox or Chrome, there is no need of IE, and you might as well uninstall it. Find out how you can disable IE in Windows 7.

Follow these tips to quickly remove IE from Windows 7:

  1. Go to Start, and then click on Control Panel

    2. Select Control Panel from Start

  2. Click on System and Security

    3. Click on system and security

  3. From the left pane, click on Programs

    4. Click on programs

  4. Now in the main menu click on Turn Windows features on or off

    5. Click on Turn Windows features on or off

  5. In the new windows that opens, uncheck Internet Explorer (usually on the third line)

    6. Uncheck Internet Explorer

  6. Now click on OK. A warning will be displayed, just click on Yes. You may be asked to reboot your system. Just do it, and now you have IE uninstalled from your Windows 7 system!

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An alternative method is to open Start Menu (by clicking on the Start icon in the bottom-left of your screen), and search for Turn Windows features on or off. Click on the very first optin/result and follow from step 5 above.

Easy wasn’t it!

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