Remove IE9?

This question has doubtlessly been asked before, but please bear with me.

The time it takes when Windows Update downloads and installs updates to
IE9 is rather annoying, since I do not use it anyway. My web browser is
Firefox.

The answer is probably just to uninstall IE9, but how do I go about that
please? I have Googled quite a lot, but the solutions all seem to involve
installing an earlier version. I don't want any versions of Internet
Explorer.

Surely this is easy, and I am missing something obvious, but what is it?

Thanks.

HoneyMonster wrote:
> This question has doubtlessly been asked before, but please bear with me.
>
> The time it takes when Windows Update downloads and installs updates to
> IE9 is rather annoying, since I do not use it anyway. My web browser is
> Firefox.
>
> The answer is probably just to uninstall IE9, but how do I go about that
> please? I have Googled quite a lot, but the solutions all seem to involve
> installing an earlier version. I don't want any versions of Internet
> Explorer.
>
> Surely this is easy, and I am missing something obvious, but what is it?

You can't get rid of IE altogether. The IE engine is an integral part of
the operating system. But you can get rid of IE9 and stop it from
reinstalling. To revert to IE8, look at the list of installed updates
and uninstall the IE9 update. It will then reappeear as an available
update every time you check for updates, but you can choose to hide it.
That is what I have done. I am running IE8.
--
Crash

"The future ain't what it used to be."
~ Yogi Berra ~

On 7/4/2011 8:11 PM, HoneyMonster wrote:
> This question has doubtlessly been asked before, but please bear with me.
>
> The time it takes when Windows Update downloads and installs updates to
> IE9 is rather annoying, since I do not use it anyway. My web browser is
> Firefox.
>
> The answer is probably just to uninstall IE9, but how do I go about that
> please? I have Googled quite a lot, but the solutions all seem to involve
> installing an earlier version. I don't want any versions of Internet
> Explorer.
>
> Surely this is easy, and I am missing something obvious, but what is it?
>
>

I suggest that you just leave it alone. IE9 and FF coexist on my
machines just fine. You should be happy you're getting updates on anything.

On Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:19:56 -0400, Dave \"Crash\" Dummy wrote:

> HoneyMonster wrote:
>> This question has doubtlessly been asked before, but please bear with
>> me.
>>
>> The time it takes when Windows Update downloads and installs updates to
>> IE9 is rather annoying, since I do not use it anyway. My web browser is
>> Firefox.
>>
>> The answer is probably just to uninstall IE9, but how do I go about
>> that please? I have Googled quite a lot, but the solutions all seem to
>> involve installing an earlier version. I don't want any versions of
>> Internet Explorer.
>>
>> Surely this is easy, and I am missing something obvious, but what is
>> it?
>
> You can't get rid of IE altogether. The IE engine is an integral part of
> the operating system. But you can get rid of IE9 and stop it from
> reinstalling. To revert to IE8, look at the list of installed updates
> and uninstall the IE9 update. It will then reappeear as an available
> update every time you check for updates, but you can choose to hide it.
> That is what I have done. I am running IE8.

Thanks for the response, but I don't want to revert to anything IE; I
just want to remove it. Surely that shouldn't be difficult?

On 7/4/2011 8:31 PM, HoneyMonster wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:19:56 -0400, Dave \"Crash\" Dummy wrote:
>
>> HoneyMonster wrote:
>>> This question has doubtlessly been asked before, but please bear with
>>> me.
>>>
>>> The time it takes when Windows Update downloads and installs updates to
>>> IE9 is rather annoying, since I do not use it anyway. My web browser is
>>> Firefox.
>>>
>>> The answer is probably just to uninstall IE9, but how do I go about
>>> that please? I have Googled quite a lot, but the solutions all seem to
>>> involve installing an earlier version. I don't want any versions of
>>> Internet Explorer.
>>>
>>> Surely this is easy, and I am missing something obvious, but what is
>>> it?
>>
>> You can't get rid of IE altogether. The IE engine is an integral part of
>> the operating system. But you can get rid of IE9 and stop it from
>> reinstalling. To revert to IE8, look at the list of installed updates
>> and uninstall the IE9 update. It will then reappeear as an available
>> update every time you check for updates, but you can choose to hide it.
>> That is what I have done. I am running IE8.
>
> Thanks for the response, but I don't want to revert to anything IE; I
> just want to remove it. Surely that shouldn't be difficult?

Yeah go ahead an take down the O/S while you're at it.

On Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:26:43 -0400, Big Steel wrote:

> On 7/4/2011 8:11 PM, HoneyMonster wrote:
>> This question has doubtlessly been asked before, but please bear with
>> me.
>>
>> The time it takes when Windows Update downloads and installs updates to
>> IE9 is rather annoying, since I do not use it anyway. My web browser is
>> Firefox.
>>
>> The answer is probably just to uninstall IE9, but how do I go about
>> that please? I have Googled quite a lot, but the solutions all seem to
>> involve installing an earlier version. I don't want any versions of
>> Internet Explorer.
>>
>> Surely this is easy, and I am missing something obvious, but what is
>> it?
>>
>>
>>
> I suggest that you just leave it alone. IE9 and FF coexist on my
> machines just fine. You should be happy you're getting updates on
> anything.

Thanks for the reply, but I'm afraid I don't follow. Why should I be
happy I am getting updates to a program I neither need nor use?

On 7/4/2011 8:36 PM, HoneyMonster wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:26:43 -0400, Big Steel wrote:
>
>> On 7/4/2011 8:11 PM, HoneyMonster wrote:
>>> This question has doubtlessly been asked before, but please bear with
>>> me.
>>>
>>> The time it takes when Windows Update downloads and installs updates to
>>> IE9 is rather annoying, since I do not use it anyway. My web browser is
>>> Firefox.
>>>
>>> The answer is probably just to uninstall IE9, but how do I go about
>>> that please? I have Googled quite a lot, but the solutions all seem to
>>> involve installing an earlier version. I don't want any versions of
>>> Internet Explorer.
>>>
>>> Surely this is easy, and I am missing something obvious, but what is
>>> it?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I suggest that you just leave it alone. IE9 and FF coexist on my
>> machines just fine. You should be happy you're getting updates on
>> anything.
>
> Thanks for the reply, but I'm afraid I don't follow. Why should I be
> happy I am getting updates to a program I neither need nor use?

I don't use FF that much either. I suggest you just leave well enough
alone. If it's not broke, then don't fix it.

On Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:39:20 -0400, Big Steel wrote:

> On 7/4/2011 8:36 PM, HoneyMonster wrote:
>> On Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:26:43 -0400, Big Steel wrote:
>>
>>> On 7/4/2011 8:11 PM, HoneyMonster wrote:
>>>> This question has doubtlessly been asked before, but please bear with
>>>> me.
>>>>
>>>> The time it takes when Windows Update downloads and installs updates
>>>> to IE9 is rather annoying, since I do not use it anyway. My web
>>>> browser is Firefox.
>>>>
>>>> The answer is probably just to uninstall IE9, but how do I go about
>>>> that please? I have Googled quite a lot, but the solutions all seem
>>>> to involve installing an earlier version. I don't want any versions
>>>> of Internet Explorer.
>>>>
>>>> Surely this is easy, and I am missing something obvious, but what is
>>>> it?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I suggest that you just leave it alone. IE9 and FF coexist on my
>>> machines just fine. You should be happy you're getting updates on
>>> anything.
>>
>> Thanks for the reply, but I'm afraid I don't follow. Why should I be
>> happy I am getting updates to a program I neither need nor use?
>
> I don't use FF that much either. I suggest you just leave well enough
> alone. If it's not broke, then don't fix it.

Sorry, but I am still lost. I use Firefox regularly, and just want to
remove Internet Explorer. Why is that difficult?

On 04/07/2011 8:11 PM, HoneyMonster wrote:
> This question has doubtlessly been asked before, but please bear with me.
>
> The time it takes when Windows Update downloads and installs updates to
> IE9 is rather annoying, since I do not use it anyway. My web browser is
> Firefox.

Just set your Windows update to not automatically download stuff. Then
you can just pick and choose what to download. If it's an IE9 patch,
then ignore it, and tell Update not to present you with those updates again.

Yousuf Khan

"HoneyMonster" <> wrote in message
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> This question has doubtlessly been asked before, but please bear with
> me.
>
> The time it takes when Windows Update downloads and installs updates to
> IE9 is rather annoying, since I do not use it anyway. My web browser is
> Firefox.
>
> The answer is probably just to uninstall IE9, but how do I go about that
> please? I have Googled quite a lot, but the solutions all seem to
> involve
> installing an earlier version. I don't want any versions of Internet
> Explorer.
>
> Surely this is easy, and I am missing something obvious, but what is it?
>
> Thanks.
>


How do I install or uninstall Internet Explorer 9?
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...net-explorer-9

You will always have IE8 on your machine as it is a part of your operating
system. You can remove access to it in the Control Panel | Add/Remove
Programs | Add/Remove Windows Components and uncheck IE.

Now reboot and then go to Windows Updates. Select the Custom option to
check for updates and then check the box for IE9 to Do not show me this
again.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Oct. 1, 2004 ~ Sept. 30, 2010
Imperial Beach, CA