IE7 opens/closes immediately, firefox crashes in 10 mins.

He wants to get rid of enough of it so he can install IE6.

That is all fine and dandy but you cannot remove IE. It just isn't possible without some kind of third party app that I would be leery of using. It is possible to rid yourself of IE during install using a program called nlite (XP) or vlite (Vista) to create a custom install disk.

It appears at one time Microsoft had a KB on how to remove IE6 but it seems to have disappeared. I did find this though:


I have no idea if it will work or not.

Do you know the password for the administrator account? If not, reset it.
start run compmgmt.msc, local users and groups, users, highlight administrator, action, set password.

OK, thanks guys, let me mess with it a little more. Grinch, you're in Martinsburg??

Grinch, I don't have that uninstall folder in Program Files\Internet Explorer. Don, I know my password for the Admin account.

Login as admin if your account is restricting you.

I don't know if this would be helpful but there's XPLITE that is created to remove IE from an already installed OS... so you wouldn't have to reinstall.

Also, can't you go to Control Panel and Add/Remove Programs and remove IE7 from there?

You'll still have the IE, but you'll be able to install any other version that you like over it.

No, I just like putting random cities in my profile.

I live a stones throw away from the Wal-Mart by the mall.

It won't let me uninstall it from there. It just appears in the list.

No, I just like putting random cities in my profile.

I live a stones throw away from the Wal-Mart by the mall.[/quote]

Lol, ok ok... I asked for that! I've downloaded the xplite thing, now what exactly should I do with it?