I haven't read your entire discouse the MS Explorer 4.0 situation, but I have the following to add from my IS org. It seems that it isn't a complete hard drive erase that you would find if you downloaded Explorer 4.0, but it would reformat your hard drive completely, and unsuspectedly. This avaricious plan/tactic on the part of MS seems unmitigated, but not surprizing. Anyway, I just bought a new Presario, and shortly thereafter, CPQ, but we haven't been advised of this by CPQ.
As received from IS ......
>
> Good morning....
>
> You probably have received copies of the this warning from other
> sources.... This is to emphasize the importance of NOT installing
> Internet Explorer (IE 4.0) on your work machine by downloading it from
> Microsoft .... and a caution as to installing it on your home machine.
> From all of the descriptions that I have seen/heard.... IE 4.0
> basically reconfigures your operating system, putting IE 4.0 in
> control of all of your applications... And as the following
> states.... once it is done, it cannot be undone, short of reformatting
> the hard drive of your PC.
>
>
> Internet Explorer 4.0 Installation
>
> As many of you know, Internet Explorer 4.0 has been made available on
> the World Wide Web by Microsoft for general use. This application
> changes your Windows 95 Operating System in many ways which will make
> supporting your workstation more difficult. It is likely that your
> computer will require reinstallation of all software if Internet
> Explorer 4.0 is installed. IE 4.0 cannot be uninstalled!
>
> You are being requested to NOT install this version of Internet
> Explorer on X computers. It is not approved within X and is therefore not supported.
>
> Please direct any questions you have to your local computing support
> group or to the Service Response Center.
>
> DO NOT INSTALL THIS !
>
> DO NOT INSTALL THIS ! |
