Completely removing IE and Media Player

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You can remove the applications: Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player
themselves, and the folders within "Program Files" in which they reside.

This will not impact greatly on Windows.

However, this is far from actually "uninstalling" the two applications, as
99% of their functionality is carried by system files contained within your
"system32" folder and cannot be removed as they share many of their
resources with the rest of Windows.

If you want to change to a different Internet Browser and/or Media Player -
download another version of one or the other or both, then change the
default Browser / Player in :

"Control Panel" > "Add or remove Programs" > "Set Program Access and
Defaults" (tab)

...or type the following into the "Run" box :

"%SystemRoot%\system32\control.exe appwiz.cpl,,3"

....to change what programs are used / called by the system by "default" for
items including ; your "Internet Browser" and "Media Player".

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
 
You can remove the applications: Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player
themselves, and the folders within "Program Files" in which they reside.

This will not impact greatly on Windows.

However, this is far from actually "uninstalling" the two applications, as
99% of their functionality is carried by system files contained within your
"system32" folder and cannot be removed as they share many of their
resources with the rest of Windows.

If you want to change to a different Internet Browser and/or Media Player-
download another version of one or the other or both, then change the
default Browser / Player in :

"Control Panel" > "Add or remove Programs" > "Set Program Access and
Defaults" (tab)

..or type the following into the "Run" box :

"%SystemRoot%\system32\control.exe appwiz.cpl,,3"

...to change what programs are used / called by the system by "default" for
items including ; your "Internet Browser"  and "Media Player".

==

Cheers,    Tim Meddick,    Peckham, London.    :-)







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OK Thanks. I dont want to use a different browser or media player.

Its going to be for a secure system that has no browser or media
player.
 
Its going to be for a secure system that has no browser or media
player.
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The do not connect the computer to the Internet and problem solved. You cannot get
more secure then that

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On Nov 3, 2:47 pm, "Tim Meddick" <[email protected]> wrote:
 
The do not connect the computer to the Internet and problem solved. You cannot get
more secure then that

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On Nov 3, 2:47 pm, "Tim Meddick" <[email protected]> wrote:
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Unfortunately, this is not good enough. Need to not have IE or MP.
 
Unfortunately, this is not good enough. Need to not have IE or MP.
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There is an option in Add/remove programs > Add/remove windows
components, to go through a list and unselect both IE and WMP. However,
it seems your most thorough bet for removing IE and WMP would be a 'roll
your own' nlite windows install:

http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html

You most likely will never be able to completely remove all aspects of
IE, because MS integrated it (and some of it's functionality) into the
windows kernel. Using nlite is probably as close as you can get. Good
luck.
 
There is an option in Add/remove programs > Add/remove windows
components, to go through a list and unselect both IE and WMP.  However,
it seems your most thorough bet for removing IE and WMP would be a 'roll
your own' nlite windows install:

http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html

You most likely will never be able to completely remove all aspects of
IE, because MS integrated it (and some of it's functionality) into the
windows kernel.  Using nlite is probably as close as you can get.  Good
luck.
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I would do what Tim said.

<You can remove the applications: Internet Explorer and Windows Media
Player
<themselves, and the folders within "Program Files" in which they
reside.

and

I would recommend these for extra security.

Disable these servies:

Background Intelligent Transfer Service,Automatic Updates, and Remote
Desktop Help Session Manager

Be aware of what stops working if you do the above.

Andy
 
As you say yourself- they ARE both an integral part of the Windows OS and
most of the software's files reside in C:\WINDOWS\system32.

Only the bare "bones" and the application files themselves (accounting for
about 1% of the software) reside in their respective folders within
"C:\Program Files".

However, it concerns me that you are quoting the "Add or Remove Programs"
control panel as a way of "Uninstalling", I can only suppose you mean
"Windows Media Player".

It will do nothing more than "roll-back" the "Windows Media Player" that
one had installed over the default one that came bundled with XP!

It will certainly *not* do anything like remove WMP from the system, as I
think we have all established that this cannot be done.

I noticed your reference to "xp-lite" - it is, I think, very unfortunate
that there is nothing like the third-party utility "98-Lite!" for Windows
XP. With the "98-Lite!" software, it was possible to remove Internet
Explorer completely from (as the name suggests) Windows 98.

In doing so, the "footprint" of Win98 was halved, which just goes to show
how much of Windows, back then as today, is wound up with Internet
Explorer....

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'"
 
I would think that the first services you would disable (via services.msc)
would be ;

Server
Remote Registry
Net.Tcp Port Sharing Service
TCP/IP NetBios Helper

Also, to "disable" the system user accounts ;

Help Assistant
SUPPORT_388945a0

....along with the services you suggested.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




There is an option in Add/remove programs > Add/remove windows
components, to go through a list and unselect both IE and WMP. However,
it seems your most thorough bet for removing IE and WMP would be a 'roll
your own' nlite windows install:

http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html

You most likely will never be able to completely remove all aspects of
IE, because MS integrated it (and some of it's functionality) into the
windows kernel. Using nlite is probably as close as you can get. Good
luck.
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I would do what Tim said.

<You can remove the applications: Internet Explorer and Windows Media
Player
<themselves, and the folders within "Program Files" in which they
reside.

and

I would recommend these for extra security.

Disable these servies:

Background Intelligent Transfer Service,Automatic Updates, and Remote
Desktop Help Session Manager

Be aware of what stops working if you do the above.

Andy
 
I would think that the first services you would disable (via services.msc)
would be ;

Server
Remote Registry
Net.Tcp Port Sharing Service
TCP/IP NetBios Helper

Also, to "disable" the system user accounts ;

Help Assistant
SUPPORT_388945a0

...along with the services you suggested.
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Thanks Tim.

XP Home doesn't have Remote Registry and TCP/IP NetBios Helper started
with Vista.

I am going to turn off Server and TCP/IP....

Andy
 
V.sorry, I have XP Pro SP3........

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




I would think that the first services you would disable (via
services.msc)
would be ;

Server
Remote Registry
Net.Tcp Port Sharing Service
TCP/IP NetBios Helper

Also, to "disable" the system user accounts ;

Help Assistant
SUPPORT_388945a0

...along with the services you suggested.
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Thanks Tim.

XP Home doesn't have Remote Registry and TCP/IP NetBios Helper started
with Vista.

I am going to turn off Server and TCP/IP....

Andy
 
As you say yourself- they ARE both an integral part of the Windows OS
and most of the software's files reside in C:\WINDOWS\system32.

Only the bare "bones" and the application files themselves (accounting
for about 1% of the software) reside in their respective folders within
"C:\Program Files".

However, it concerns me that you are quoting the "Add or Remove
Programs" control panel as a way of "Uninstalling", I can only suppose
you mean "Windows Media Player".
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I never said that this would uninstall anything, I merely pointed out
that it is there.

I noticed your reference to "xp-lite" - it is, I think, very unfortunate
that there is nothing like the third-party utility "98-Lite!" for
Windows XP. With the "98-Lite!" software, it was possible to remove
Internet Explorer completely from (as the name suggests) Windows 98.

In doing so, the "footprint" of Win98 was halved, which just goes to
show how much of Windows, back then as today, is wound up with Internet
Explorer....
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No, I never referenced xplite, I referenced nLite. Did you even go to
the link and read it before giving a response? If you did, you would
have read:

"Have you ever wanted to remove Windows components like Media Player,
Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, MSN Explorer, Messenger...
How about not even to install them with Windows ?

nLite is a tool for pre-installation Windows configuration and component
removal at your choice. Optional bootable image ready for burning on
media or testing in virtual machines.
With nLite you will be able to have Windows installation which on
install does not include, or even contain on media, the unwanted
components."
 
Oh dear - I got a bit mixed up there, just read the word "lite" - didn't
think anyone would have dared come up with such a thing for an OS as
complex as XP or above!!

However, you contradict yourself a few times - nlite can or can't remove IE
and WMP from the OS? I say it would be virtually impossible to take either
out of XP to any meaningful extent.

In that regard, the only time such a thing *was* possible was in W98 with
98lite.exe that could remove IE5 from that OS completely....

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'"
 
Oh dear - I got a bit mixed up there, just read the word "lite" - didn't
think anyone would have dared come up with such a thing for an OS as
complex as XP or above!!

However, you contradict yourself a few times -
How?

nlite can or can't remove IE and WMP from the OS?
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Again, either read the website or read the quote I posted from their
website. You really do make yourself seem incredibly lazy that you
can't be bothered to read something that would have answered this very
question for you.
 
Reformat Windows and install Linux is the only Way to completely remove IE
and Media Player!
 
Doofus: removing IE cripples the O/S.

Tim Meddick said:
Oh dear - I got a bit mixed up there, just read the word "lite" - didn't
think anyone would have dared come up with such a thing for an OS as
complex as XP or above!!

However, you contradict yourself a few times - nlite can or can't remove
IE and WMP from the OS? I say it would be virtually impossible to take
either out of XP to any meaningful extent.

In that regard, the only time such a thing *was* possible was in W98 with
98lite.exe that could remove IE5 from that OS completely....

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'"
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Is there any way to do this?
I want to completely remove it.
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1. Windows Media Player is easily uninstalled the usual way.
If not listed in / Add and remove Programs/ you can just locate
all the /Media Player/ folders (one for each user) and delete them,
and /Program Files/Windows Media Player as well.

2. IE is partly integral to WindowsXP (e.g. must be used to
update the OS) so it is unwise to attempt removal. You can
just leave it on the hard drive and make Firefox your default browser.
 
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