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Technology Stocks : Microsoft - The Evil empire -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TLindt who wrote (368)	12/2/1997 5:37:00 AM
From: Rich Goldsmith	Respond to of 1600

TLindt, How did you delete Express the first time? Did you use the Add/Remove dialog box, then the Windows Setting tab (middle one) to get to Express? I use Outlook Express for my email, Netscape 3.something as the default browser (anybody know how to set up Communicator to be the default?), and IE4 at home, Express, Netscape, Communicator, and IE3 at work. Know your frustration, I still haven't reloaded NT4 on one of my home machines after the last debacle. Regards, Rich

To: TLindt who wrote (368)	12/2/1997 9:16:00 AM
From: Robert Winchell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1600

Anybody.....Please Help Me. Easy there, big fella. I'd be more than happy to help you out, since I've done this a bunch of times. What are you trying to do exactly? You keep saying "that didn't get it". Get what? Do you want IE gone and Netscape to be your default browser and mail client?

To: TLindt who wrote (368)	12/2/1997 1:34:00 PM
From: Kal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1600

TLindt, good to see you around. Well, out of all seriousness, you might want to contact MS (you won't get help), or tell your story to the DOJ or some consumer agency (I'm serious). After all, this is what the DOJ is after: MS is limiting the consumer's choice, ie there is no easy way to simply UNinstall their crap, and their crap messes the setup of systems they infest. I't like a virus (ahem, HIV or Ebola). Dangerous. This is exactly the reason that pisses me too. You lose your choices, and it is a one way street. I use Norton Utilities registry tracker to capture changes. I don't know if IE 3 modifies anything permanently in the OS's kernel or some other vital files. If you can't solve the problem.. there is the cure all solution.. yes.. reinstall windows. (my average is twice a year, what's yours?) good luck Tom.