OT: Microsoft is really annoying!

[Jeff Massung]

So, I'm a Mac user, and I very often debate as to whether or not I want to
deal with these sorts of Windows issues over the Mac ones (yes, we Mac users
also have "issues" ;-)).

As for your issue, I think you can just go into the Internet Explorer
options and under advanced (iirc) is an option for "Check to see if IE is
your default browser". Just turn that off.

...or you could switch to Chrome/FireFox.

Jeff M.


On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Wilhelm Sanke <sanke at hrz.uni-kassel.de>wrote:

> Since this morning - after 2 automatic updates on my WindowsXP PC, which
> took place when I shut my computer down after the first session - I am
> constantly being pestered by the Microsoft Internet Explorer popping up when
> I connect to the net. When I close the Explorer with the dialog "Internet
> Explorer is your default web browser? Yes, No" (or similar) with the "no"
> button, it closes, but reappears after a while.
>
> This is a real nuisance!
>
>