opening microsoft sites using other browsers and not default ie

[Z]

I was firefox which i find SOO much better then IE. I was kept IE just
in case but set firefox as my default browser. However when i select
links like windows update and many other 'Microsoft' links it always
uses IE. Is there a way to force it to use firefox unless IE is manually
opened?

Z

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Windows Update will only work with Internet Explorer,
as well as some other Microsoft links. You cannot change
this requirement.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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| I was firefox which i find SOO much better then IE. I was kept IE just
| in case but set firefox as my default browser. However when i select
| links like windows update and many other 'Microsoft' links it always
| uses IE. Is there a way to force it to use firefox unless IE is manually
| opened?
|
| Z

 

[Guest]

Mozilla Firefox 1.x:
Select "Tools | Options" from the main menu in Firefox.

Change to the "General" tab/section.

Check the "Firefox should check to see if it is the default browser when
starting" option.

Click "OK".

Close all Firefox windows (for best results, restart the system). Finally,
restart Firefox.

When the "Would you like to make [Firefox] your default browser?" prompt
appears, click "Yes" to make Firefox the default browser.

A

 

[Richard Urban [MVP]]

Even after all of that, Internet Explorer will still open when you need to
go to certain Microsoft sites. There is no way around this - as you should
know by now.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"

Mozilla Firefox 1.x:
Select "Tools | Options" from the main menu in Firefox.

Change to the "General" tab/section.

Check the "Firefox should check to see if it is the default browser when
starting" option.

Click "OK".

Close all Firefox windows (for best results, restart the system). Finally,
restart Firefox.

When the "Would you like to make [Firefox] your default browser?" prompt
appears, click "Yes" to make Firefox the default browser.

A

Windows Update will only work with Internet Explorer,
as well as some other Microsoft links. You cannot change
this requirement.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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:

| I was firefox which i find SOO much better then IE. I was kept IE just
| in case but set firefox as my default browser. However when i select
| links like windows update and many other 'Microsoft' links it always
| uses IE. Is there a way to force it to use firefox unless IE is
manually
| opened?
|
| Z

 

[DanS]

Even after all of that, Internet Explorer will still open when you
need to go to certain Microsoft sites. There is no way around this -
as you should know by now.

can you gove a certain microsoft site that does this ?

i'd like to try it since i had renamed IEXPLORE.exe months ago, and deleted
it from the prefetch, and haven't been to a M$ page that required IE to
access, other than UPDATE.MICROSOFT.COM that is.

i do admit that i don't go to a MS page THAT frequently, but where I have
been has all been working with Firefox.

 

[The Cuddly Curmudgeon]

can you gove a certain microsoft site that does this ?

Windows Update is the most notable.

 

[Jeff]

You will always need IE for Windows update because, among other things,
Windows Update requires you to allow ActiveX. One of Firefox's features is
to not permit ActiveX because of its dangers in taking over your PC, but
Windows Update needs it to install the updates.

So, even if you use Firefox for everything else, as I do, you need IE for
the Updates.