There are one or two (oldish) apps I have that on installation open IE explicitly. I suspect Microsoft include it so as not to break these types of application.So it is...my mistakeCould have sworn I'd read that it was no longer part of Windows due to it being superceded by Edge...not to mention that it's woefully insecure. I don't see the logic in including it in Windows...but not installing it with Windows
You can uninstall it through add/remove windows features. Microsoft recommend doing that as as you say, it’s inherently insecure.So it is...my mistake
The reason it's still there is for backwards compatibility purposes if some websites do not work on Microsoft Edge (those that still use ActiveX for example). Microsoft are particularly good at maintaining backwards compatibility in general, the whole Windows design is built on backwards compatibility (in the main) and that's why it's still there.
Point is the flaw exists just from having it installed, you don’t even have to be actively using it:The reason it's still there is for backwards compatibility purposes if some websites do not work on Microsoft Edge (those that still use ActiveX for example). Microsoft are particularly good at maintaining backwards compatibility in general, the whole Windows design is built on backwards compatibility (in the main) and that's why it's still there.
I agree you'd have to be nuts to use it, but I'm happy to have it sitting there for those odd few occasions when otherwise your experience will be broken.
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Didn't know that, but I do know that you can't uninstall it, all you can do is turn it off.Point is the flaw exists just from having it installed, you don’t even have to be actively using it:
Warning: Internet Explorer Just Became A Silent But Serious Threat To Every Windows User
More than a billion PCs have Internet Explorer on them, and a new security flaw lets hackers spy on you and steal your data -- even if you never use the outdated web browser.
Microsoft recently rerouted the remaining “ie” links to edge also:
Microsoft to Force Internet Explorer URLs to Microsoft Edge - WinBuzzer
Internet Explorer users wanting to open over 1,500 URLs will see the webpage automatically opened in Microsoft Edge.
That's very true, it's still installed and installation path present in c:/program files x86, not sure exactly what disconnecting it does at the OS level from "add remove windows features"
Me neither but I'll see whether I can find out. In any case I've taken your advice and turned it off.
Go to the ASUS website, locate your motherboard and download the chipset driver from there. Install that, but nothing else until you've thoroughly tested it.
So you're saying it's just Windows and drivers, no other software at all? If so, then it's some sort of hardware issue I think. I would RMA it and point PCS at this thread.
See whether you can find a way to make it fail. It will be worth your time, because if PCS cannot reproduce it on their bench they can't fix it. Anything you can do to help them actually see the problem will be worth it.
I do appreciate the difficulty, but I'm sure you realise that if PCS can't make it fail on their test bench they can't tell what's wrong and can't fix it. The whole RMA process will thus be a waste of your time.
The only hardware that would relate would be possibly the GPU, nothing else would have any impact on just those browsers.
