Msn Explorer

pug_in_a_bed

Hello all

Does anyone use MSN explorer on their pc at all?

it was on my new pc when i bought it so i use it and i quite like it. I was thinking of upgrading to MSN Premium as there is a 2 month free trial although it is not very clear, i think maybe you have to be in it for 12 months before you can cancel and you just get 12 for the price of ten.

ANYHOO; now what with all the upgrades of msn messenger etc , a lot of which cause msn explorer not to work properly unless you pay for the biggun, i want to go back to good old internet explorer, trouble is how do i do this?

do i need to deactivate msn explorer or delete it, as when i try and use IE instead, pages dont load properly, get little error messages saying, 'done but with errors', pictures with red crosses and such.

Suggestions welcomed.

Toxteth_OGrady

If you want to remove MSN Exp go to Start -> Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs -> Add/Remove Windows Compents, uncheck MSN Explorer and Apply.

:cool:

TOG

pug_in_a_bed

thanks
do you think by removing it IE will operate normally?

Toxteth_OGrady

Should do.

As far as the little red crosses are concerned just go into Internet Options in IE and ensure 'Show Images' is checked.

:cool:

TOG

LongDongDave

smam21 wrote:

thanks
do you think by removing it IE will operate normally?

If it doesn't, you'll have to got into the Registry and remove any references. Click on Start--> Run--> type "regedit". Can mess up your system if you're not careful :-(

esuhl

If you have any problems using MSN Messenger, you could try Trillian. It works on MSN, Yahoo, AIM, ICQ and IRC at the same time.

alexj2002

Or you could try out Mozilla Firefox which is simular (but superior) to IE, and is free. https://www.mozilla.org if you're interested.

pug_in_a_bed

alexj2002 wrote:

Or you could try out Mozilla Firefox which is simular (but superior) to IE, and is free. https://www.mozilla.org if you're interested.

i'm quite interested in firefox actually. how does it work: do i need to unistall IE itself to use it? or just select it as default browser? will it work ok with McAffe and so on?

thanks for this useful info and link

Chippy_Minton

smam21 wrote:

i'm quite interested in firefox actually. how does it work: do i need to unistall IE itself to use it? or just select it as default browser? will it work ok with McAffe and so on?

No you don't need to uninstall IE, they work quite happily side-by-side. In fact some sites don't work with Firefox (FF) so you still need IE and other parts of Windows depend on IE so you can't uninstall it anyway. FF will ask you if you want to use it as the default browser the first time you run it. Try it out - it's much better than IE

Edinburghlass_2

Have a read at this thread here regarding Firefox, lots of great tips on extra downloads if you decide to go with Firefox.