Defender but NOT using IE at all, possible?

[Lars]

I have found IE tends to hog resources for my machine and in general want to
intercede in areas that are fine without its 'help'.
Will Defender FUNCTION PROPERLY without IE????

TIA

L

 

[Bill Sanderson]

IE is part of the OS. How are you planning to remove it? You can certainly
switch your browser preference to any other browser, and use the available
Windows tools to lock out access to IE as possible, without impacting
Windows Defender. You won't have the benefit of those checkpoints which are
IE specific.

 

[Stu]

Sorry to come in late Bill. Quote: "IE is part of the OS". There was a time
when we were left in no doubt about that from IE6 down to 3. Seems they were
inseparable by virtue of not being offered thru Add/Remove and God help the
guy who thought otherwise! Now, we see and option to remove thru the same
medium which could lead the uninitiated to suppose this is the case? Is that
why it defaults to IE6 from an IE7 uninstall? Are we really seeing a core
IE6 with IE7 bits `n` pieces added on or complete rewrite of code. Being a
very trusting guy - I would like to think the latter. What about IE8? On the
optimistic front, perhaps MS are being nice and flexible by making things
easier for the end user? I would like to think so.

Stu

 

[Bill Sanderson]

I can't accurately describe the current situation--not enough
info/background/knowledge. It does appear to me as though Microsoft is
moving away from that bald statement.

Which leaves me confused: Some (many) of the things web browsers do are
required functionality for portions of the OS, I believe--so if those parts
have a vulnerability and it needs fixing, what is the description of what is
being fixed? I have a sense this is changing, but I don't know how to
describe the current situation. IE still "comes with" Windows--but we
haven't seen the final version of Windows 7 yet, and the way things are
distributed and removable may well change.

Sorry to come in late Bill. Quote: "IE is part of the OS". There was a
time
when we were left in no doubt about that from IE6 down to 3. Seems they
were
inseparable by virtue of not being offered thru Add/Remove and God help
the
guy who thought otherwise! Now, we see and option to remove thru the same
medium which could lead the uninitiated to suppose this is the case? Is
that
why it defaults to IE6 from an IE7 uninstall? Are we really seeing a core
IE6 with IE7 bits `n` pieces added on or complete rewrite of code. Being a
very trusting guy - I would like to think the latter. What about IE8? On
the
optimistic front, perhaps MS are being nice and flexible by making things
easier for the end user? I would like to think so.

Stu

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