From: Jan Panteltje on
On a sunny day (Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:27:06 -0500) it happened "Tim Williams"
<tmoranwms(a)charter.net> wrote in <hqq0tg$2o4$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>:

>It can also be disabled. Ironically, I already disabled mine, and some time
>between June last year and now, it disappeared.
>http://myweb.msoe.edu/williamstm/Images/Desktop.gif
>Weird, it wasn't renamed "Internet Exploder" at the time. Although Windows
>Exploder was.
>
>Tim

I just burned my xp disk
From: Tim Williams on
"Tim Williams" <tmoranwms(a)charter.net> wrote in message
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> It can also be disabled. Ironically, I already disabled mine, and some
> time between June last year and now, it disappeared.

By which I mean, all settings relating to it disappeared. The icon is no
longer available on Desktop Settings or TweakUI.

Turns out under Add/Remove Programs, Set Program Access and Defaults, IE was
disabled. Now it shows up in TweakUI.

Tim

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From: Tim Williams on
"Jan Panteltje" <pNaonStpealmtje(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I just burned my xp disk

I just pooted...


From: Jan Panteltje on
On a sunny day (Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:49:17 -0500) it happened "Tim Williams"
<tmoranwms(a)charter.net> wrote in <hqq272$b8n$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>:

>"Jan Panteltje" <pNaonStpealmtje(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:hqq1oi$bss$1(a)news.albasani.net...
>> I just burned my xp disk
>
>I just pooted...

xp users do all sorts of things it seems.
From: Jim Thompson on
On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:56:26 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

[snip]
>
>Stupid Windows won't allow me to hide the ugly icon. Or to change the
>icon to something more appropriate. Microsoft writes garbage.
>
[snip]

Is that Windows 7 ??

I certainly can hide it with Windows XP.

...Jim Thompson
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