{"id":24,"date":"2009-03-06T13:46:45","date_gmt":"2009-03-06T13:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.gavtaylor.co.uk\/?p=24"},"modified":"2009-03-06T13:46:45","modified_gmt":"2009-03-06T13:46:45","slug":"windows-7-test-build-turns-off-internet-explorer-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gavtaylor.uk\/blog\/windows-7-test-build-turns-off-internet-explorer-8","title":{"rendered":"Windows 7 test build &#8216;turns off&#8217; Internet Explorer 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"body\">\n<p>Microsoft\u2019s latest test build of Windows 7 comes loaded with an option to delete Internet Explorer 8&#8217;s executable file &#8211; making it unusable on the OS.<\/p>\n<p>The company has added its IE8 web browser as a component that can be toggled on and off via the operating system\u2019s \u201cWindows Features\u201d dialog box.<\/p>\n<p>According to testers, who are currently playing with build 7048 of Windows 7, IE8 is a new addition to the control panel\u2019s list of customisable options.<\/p>\n<p>However, the feature does not uninstall the browser in the latest build. Instead it simply deletes the &#8220;iexplore.exe&#8221; file. All other components of IE8 remain intact on the OS.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aeroxp.org\/2009\/03\/ie8-functionally-removable\/\" target=\"_blank\">AeroXperience<\/a> removal of the browser&#8217;s executable file takes two reboots and a config step to complete the process.<\/p>\n<p>Many are speculating that Microsoft has added the IE8 \u201cturn off\u201d feature to the upcoming Windows 7 in an effort to satisfy Brussels\u2019 anti-trust regulators.<\/p>\n<p>In January the executive body of the European Union issued preliminary findings in which it said MS had violated European competition law by including Internet Explorer with Windows.<\/p>\n<p>However, Microsoft, which is becoming increasingly good at writing long-winded blog posts about Windows 7 that are bereft of detail, is remaining characteristically tight-lipped about IE8\u2019s inclusion on the Windows Features list. \u00ae<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2009\/03\/05\/windows_7_turn_off_ie8\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2009\/03\/05\/windows_7_turn_off_ie8\/<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft\u2019s latest test build of Windows 7 comes loaded with an option to delete Internet Explorer 8&#8217;s executable file &#8211; making it unusable on the OS. The company has added its IE8 web browser as a component that can be toggled on and off via the operating system\u2019s \u201cWindows Features\u201d dialog box. According to testers, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[41],"tags":[58,30,303,59],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gavtaylor.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gavtaylor.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gavtaylor.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gavtaylor.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gavtaylor.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gavtaylor.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28,"href":"https:\/\/gavtaylor.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gavtaylor.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gavtaylor.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gavtaylor.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}