In addition to the facts as laid out by Frank, you also *need IE to access
and download from Windows Updates*. There are workarounds, but not one
whereby you can get WU to scan your PC for necessary updates.
If you disable Active Scripting, and ActiveX (or at least set them to
prompt) in IE, you will have eliminated 90% of the problems which makes
people choose browsers such as Firefox. Firefox does not enable features
like ActiveX and the like. Therein lies its main security.
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"Sher in Michigan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:03a101c4901c$42ae9c00$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Can I successfully purge every bit of Internet Explorer
> from my system and not ever need it again? Or do other
> softwares rely upon it? I do not use Outlook of any type.
>
> Is it possible to remove this browser permanently? Even
> from registry.
>
> Do replacement browsers have the same troubles as IE?
>
> If IE does not appear on my Add & Remove Programs list so
> where is it's UNINSTALL feature?
>
> Thanks from M!ch!gan