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Is it possible to accidentally remove IE from Windows XP? My friend
wrote and claims that she did. She says when she tries to start IE, it
says "cannot find server Microsoft IE'. I'm sorry, she lives far away
and isn't as computer literate as we are.

I have read that it's impossible to remove IE from Windows.

"Richard Fangnail" <> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to accidentally remove IE from Windows XP?

No- unless teh user had an Admin account, and clicked on a rather obvious
link to a script


My friend
> wrote and claims that she did.

The are mistaken

She says when she tries to start IE, it
> says "cannot find server Microsoft IE'.

Cannot Find Server is an IE error message - it means that IE can;t see the
other end of the copnnection

try this - assuming the system is Windows XP SP2
Close all programs
click on Start | Run
type

NETSH WINSOCK RESET

Click OK - and then reboot the system

then try IE again

> I'm sorry, she lives far away
> and isn't as computer literate as we are.
>
> I have read that it's impossible to remove IE from Windows.
>


It's not impossible - but it's more and more difficult


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In news: oups.com,
Richard Fangnail spewed forth:
> Is it possible to accidentally remove IE from Windows XP? My friend
> wrote and claims that she did. She says when she tries to start IE,
> it says "cannot find server Microsoft IE'. I'm sorry, she lives far
> away and isn't as computer literate as we are.
>
> I have read that it's impossible to remove IE from Windows.

No, you can't remove IE from Windows XP. But it CAN be damaged.

Ask her what happens if she types a web address (www.msn.com or similar) in
the address bar in My Computer. (If the address bar isn't showing, she
should right-click on the menu bar to the right of "Help", and click on
"Address bar" in the pop-up menu.)

--
Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.

She has Netscape and says it works okay. I wonder what she could have
done so that IE can't find any sites. I'm sorry, it's so hard to
diagnose from far away.

Noel Paton wrote:
> "Richard Fangnail" <> wrote in message
> She says when she tries to start IE, it
> > says "cannot find server Microsoft IE'.
>
> Cannot Find Server is an IE error message - it means that IE can;t see the
> other end of the copnnection
>
> Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Richard Fangnail" <> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to accidentally remove IE from Windows XP? My friend
> wrote and claims that she did. She says when she tries to start IE, it
> says "cannot find server Microsoft IE'. I'm sorry, she lives far away
> and isn't as computer literate as we are.
>
> I have read that it's impossible to remove IE from Windows.



Even it IE is deleted...it will return due to XP's protection of necessary
system files...
but obviously something was damaged...
Have them try a system restore
>

"Richard Fangnail" <> wrote in message
news: oups.com...
> Is it possible to accidentally remove IE from Windows XP? My friend
> wrote and claims that she did. She says when she tries to start IE, it
> says "cannot find server Microsoft IE'. I'm sorry, she lives far away
> and isn't as computer literate as we are.
>
> I have read that it's impossible to remove IE from Windows.
>

Hopefully she did remove it, there are much better browsers available.

In article < .com>,
Richard Fangnail <> wrote:

> Is it possible to accidentally remove IE from Windows XP? My friend
> wrote and claims that she did. She says when she tries to start IE, it
> says "cannot find server Microsoft IE'. I'm sorry, she lives far away
> and isn't as computer literate as we are.
>
> I have read that it's impossible to remove IE from Windows.
>
It's not that it's impossible -- Microsoft just wrote it to share
libraries with system tools, so removing all IE parts would be
technically damaging to the OS.
It's just a browser - they could easily (very very very easily) have
just written it to use the same libraries in a different location, and
then it would be as removable as any program.

All that seems to be going on here is that she has set the browser to
use an invalid start page. I don't know where it is stored in her
version of Windows, but it could be the control panels, internet
settings, and the browser settins itself.

She needs to launch the program and then open those settings and change
them to use something valid for a start page -- anything is fine.
I like to set it to clusty.com or ask.com -- both good search engines.

On Sun, 21 May 2006 15:38:03 -0700, Richard Fangnail wrote:

> Subject: Re: Removing IE from Windows XP service pack 2?
> From: "Richard Fangnail" <>
> Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk
> Date: 21 May 2006 15:38:03 -0700
>
> She has Netscape and says it works okay. I wonder what she could have
> done so that IE can't find any sites. I'm sorry, it's so hard to diagnose
> from far away.

Make sure there is nothing checked in IE / Tools / Internet Options /
Connections / Lan Settings unless her service provider has a proxy server.

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Pierre Salinger Memorial Hook, Line & Sinker, June 2004