Re: IE 7 - malware?
- From: nass <nass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:20:01 -0700
"Old Enough" wrote:
On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:22:01 -0400, "Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
In news:u68eb398kig3lqse5rqfmr836hi1kskubq@xxxxxxx,Thanks, Nepatsfan!
Old Enough <ab@xxxxx> wrote:
I have a HP 1315 all-in-one printer-scanner-copier.
Really good piece of equipment - works great.
The main control panel is "HP Director", which allows me to
scan
pictures and documents, make copies, edit graphics and
photographs,
etc.
A day or two ago, when I tried to load HP Director, the panel
did not
appear on the desktop. Pushing Ctrl-Alt-Delete showed that
the
program had in fact loaded, but there was no way I could get
the
desktop panel to come up.
I un-installed and re-installed the program - twice. No joy.
Googling the situation, I was lead to believe that this might
be
caused by the upgrading of Internet Explorer to v. 7.
Basically, I don't use IE, but there seems to be no
reasonable method
of getting rid of it. But that's not the question here.
Also, since I do some (very little) web design, I use IE at
times just
to check my work.
OK - I reverted back to IE v. 6. My HP program once again
works like
a charm.
Question: What does one call programs that (partially)
disable other
legitimate programs? Malware? Something else? What would
cause IE v.
7 to fall in that category?
Thanks for any insights!
_________________________________
Old Enough
to know I don't know a thing ....
Like a number of products, the version of HP Director that came
with your all-in-one is not compatible with IE7. HP has
released a patch to fix this issue. You can download it here;
Critical update to resolve an issue with HP Director after
installing Internet Explorer 7
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=oj-46104-1&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=374568&os=228&lang=en
Note: There's a workaround if you don't want to install the
patch.
HP All-in-Ones, Printers, Scanners and Cameras - The HP
Director Software Does Not Display After Installing Internet
Explorer 7
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?lc=en&cc=us&docname=c00802504
Good luck
Nepatsfan
I still have a nagging question, though.
Why should updates to Internet Explorer (partially) disable or
interfere with other existing programs, and why should it be up to
owners of such other programs to write patches or otherwise adapt
themselves to a newer Microsoft program?
I guess itgoes to show that when you're big and powerful you don't
have to consider anyone else, and you can do what you want - the heck
with anyone else.
BTW, Nepatsfan, you seem like a knowledgeable and helpful person.
Do you know if there's a way to totally remove Internet Explorer from
a computer without screwing up any part of the Windows XP OS?
Thanks!
_________________________________
Old Enough
to know I don't know a thing ....
Well Old, this issue is very deep and complicated to discuss here. Before
telling you on how to remove it bear in Mind you will need it for updates for
your Operating system, also some websites/application will only use IE?.
How to remove it, but not completely here is goes:
Click Start >> Control panel >> Add/Remove windows programs then click on
Add & Remove components to open its window.
On the Add/remove windows Components Uncheck the Check Box for Internet
explorer.
HTH.
nass
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