The browser is what you use to access the internet. IE is a browser. As is Netscape, Opera, Mozilla, Firefox, and others.
Outlook Express is an email program used by Windows.
Explorer is what Microsoft uses to view the contents of a drive. It is located in Start, (All) Programs, Explorer.
AOL is designed for the person who has no idea what a computer is or does. Those who graduate to understanding what I mentioned above will dump AOHell. It is the most intrusive and proprietary (this should read predatory) software ever invented.
With AOL you cannot use any other browser or email program, and therefore miss the benefits of learning.
Hope this helps,
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I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image. - - Stephen W. Hawking
Can anyone explain just what a "Browser" is as well as "Outlook Express" and "Explorer"? I mean, AOL seems to do all the work for me with no reference to any of these, and yet in reading all I can find I know I am missing something I should be aware of. Thanks.

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