On 05/11/2014 06:31 PM, ...winston wrote:
Caver1 wrote, On 5/11/2014 8:58 AM:

"Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows
8.1, and Windows RT 8.1 include functionality that allows
users to remove all the visible entry points to Internet Explorer and
to set another browser as the default. Once access is removed and
another browser is chosen as the default, all Internet Explorer icons
and menu entries will be removed and Windows will no longer
automatically launch Internet Explorer. However, it remains possible for
apps and end users to directly invoke and launch Internet Explorer."
is quoted from here;
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...t-Explorer-off


And look here;
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...puter-defaults


The information in the first link has a link to the second link.



That link only provides details on turning off Printing and Document
Services (3 of the 5 are off by default) - disabling the other two
Internet Printing and Fax and Scan doesn't turn off or disable IE.

Really. I didn't know that. I couldn't figure out why my
printer/scanner wouldn't work.

Likewise changing Program defaults doesn't turn off or disable IE.


Really? You really think so. This is a direct quote from the second
link. Copy and paste. It is included in the second quote below;

"In Set Program Access and Computer Defaults, you can make an app
inaccessible without uninstalling it"

Either your eyes are bad or you went somewhere else. I just clicked on
that link again to triple check that it was good and it is. There is no
mention of Printing and Document Services at that link.
This is a copy and paste from that link;

"How to turn Internet Explorer off

Depending on which version of Windows you're using, there are two ways
that you can remove access to Internet Explorer.
Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows
8.1, and Windows RT 8.1 users

Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows
8.1, and Windows RT 8.1 include functionality that allows users to
remove all the visible entry points to Internet Explorer and to set
another browser as the default. Once access is removed and another
browser is chosen as the default, all Internet Explorer icons and menu
entries will be removed and Windows will no longer automatically launch
Internet Explorer."

The second link tells you how to do it. No mention of what you stated above.
again a direct copy and paste from the second link;


"Set program access and computer defaults
Applies to Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1
In Set Program Access and Computer Defaults, you can make an app
inaccessible without uninstalling it. You can also set default apps for
some common activities that will apply to all accounts on the PC.

To start, open the Set Program access and computer defaults page:

Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search.
(If you're using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the
screen, move the mouse pointer down, and then click Search.)

Enter control panel in the search box, and then tap or click
Control Panel.

Under View by:, select Large Icons, and then tap or click Default
Programs.

Tap or click Set program access and computer defaults.

Set program access

If you want to make a program inaccessible without uninstalling it, you
can set it so it doesn't appear where programs are typically listed.

On the Set Program access and computer defaults page, under Choose
a configuration, tap or click Custom.

Clear the Enable access to this program check box next to the
programs you want to make inaccessible, and then tap or click OK.

Notes

You can make a program accessible again by reselecting the check box.

Changes you make to program access will be applied to all users on
this PC.

Some non-Microsoft programs might continue to show icons even if
you clear the check box for that program.

On the Set Program access and computer defaults page, under Choose
a configuration, select one of the following:"

If changing settings in Program defaults wont do anything why is it even
there? And why was IE still shown as the default there after I set and
rechecked that Firefox was default. Why was IE still shown as default
after it was disabled? By the time that I was looking there I was trying
to find a reason why my problem was happening. That's why I went and
took all file associations that were still linked to IE away from it
after it was disabled. Those files had to be associated with something
now that IE was disabled.

With evidence from the quotes from the links above, and your statements
of what you found, I believe that you never went to either one of them.

--
Caver1