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How do I turn off Internet explorer?

Jul 23, 2005 7:49AM PDT

I am running XP Professional on my Dell PC. It's only a year old, and have recently downloaded the netscape 8 browser. Every time I turn my PC on, I get lot's of pop-ups, and have been told by many friends to turn off internet explorer, because it does not have the pop up blockers built in like Netscape 8 , and the Firefox browsers. Please Help!!!

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it should have a pop up blocker
Jul 23, 2005 9:04AM PDT

the newest version does, so i dont think its related to that. download ad aware and scan for ad ware and do virus scans.

konny

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maybe he means turn of messanger service?
Jul 23, 2005 1:58PM PDT

or make netscape default?

if either of these are what your going for just ask
and as for turning of IE, it's built into Windows
you can't "turn it off"
but you should do spyware scans if your getting a lot of pop-ups and ads

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It sounds like Messenger to me. . .
Jul 24, 2005 12:22AM PDT

What you describe is exactly what can happen with Messenger. Out of the blue, even with no browsers open, you will get pop-ups on your screen.

Go to my site below, scroll down to the Free Software link, and download one or both of two Messenger utilities. One will disable messenger "Mesenger Disable", the other will uninstall it, "Shoot the Messenger". If you like Messenger (I hate it) just disable it as it can be reenabled later. I recommend uninstalling it.

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you mean Windows Messanger?
Jul 24, 2005 7:16AM PDT

the IM client?
no i was talking about the netsend messanger program

go into start > Run > msconfig
click services
and then disable messanger

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RE:
Jul 25, 2005 3:37AM PDT

Ok, Thanks for your help.

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if he is talking about IE
Jul 27, 2005 11:37AM PDT

go to start, and look near the top, there should be an icon called "Set Program Acess and Defaults" If its not there, seach for it. From there you can change what browser you'd like to use.
-Ibrahim