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i'm nt gonna uninstall it, i just want to avoid to use IE...

IE is to much implemented into Windows to uninstall it easily .

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Originally posted by Sunshine
Im one that wanted to get rid of IE aswell but didnt cuz of msn messenger..now i also found that some things wont work in the browser i normally use (MyIE) i see IE as a addition to use when the regular one fails

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MyIE is based on IE and needs it to work properly I thought.

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Originally posted by ChromeX
@Choli: i have XP Pro without any SP, and my default browser is Mozilla 1.7 RC1, but the Messenger still continues to open the mail box in IE

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have you updated your Windows? Because normally it needs an SP or at least it is much safer and less buggy .

I don't believe there is a way to let msn messenger open your hotmail inbox with another browser than IE. If there is then it's not verry healthy for your Windows I think.

similar thread with more discussions about the default browser in MSN:
http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=20330

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Originally posted by Kryptonate
Originally posted by ChromeX
@Choli: i have XP Pro without any SP, and my default browser is Mozilla 1.7 RC1, but the Messenger still continues to open the mail box in IE

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have you updated your Windows? Because normally it needs an SP or at least it is much safer and less buggy

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yep, install SP1 and try again that  would solve the problem.
use your IE to go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and update it

or http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp

Updating Windows will NOT cause Messenger to open your mailbox in any browser other than IE. This is because, while links are passed to the default browser (just like opening an HTML file on your drive), Messenger uses IE directly to launch the mailbox i.e. you cannot change that behaviour without hacking the Messenger executable (highly dangerous and illegal) or hooking (difficult, but possible: take Plus! as an example).

EDIT: My XP PC is fully up-to-date. SP1 is just bugfixes and security updates, and while IE is a Windows compnent, Messenger is not, and is therefore not updated by Windows Update.

I said to update for security risks and to solve bugs, I agree it won't solve the problem but it might solve other problems he might have or just to make his computer more secure.

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Originally posted by raceprouk
SP1 is just bugfixes and security updates

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"just"? that's the idea behind SP's . And with all the attacks Windows gets it's highly advisable to update your Windows once and a while.

That's why I have Windows Update turned on.

Anyway, I have started another thread (which I hope will become a sticky) so that we don't keep getting people asking about this, unless they have something useful to provide (like a solution).
The thread is here: http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=24594

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Originally posted by Kryptonate

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Originally posted by Sunshine
Im one that wanted to get rid of IE aswell but didnt cuz of msn messenger..now i also found that some things wont work in the browser i normally use (MyIE) i see IE as a addition to use when the regular one fails

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MyIE is based on IE and needs it to work properly I thought.

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Thanks Kryptonate for telling me that..but this was merely an addition to what was said before...MyIE works fine (there are still some sites that require IE to work therefor i can't use MyIE on those an im glad i didnt get rid of IE..wich i couldnt get rid of in the first place cuz of msn messenger, i blocked IE in my firewall back then to test what effect it would have an unblocked it later on). I look at it as an addition now an im not bothered with it anymore (as i said in my post).

i cant update to SP!, i use a corporate (not a pirate) version of WinXP Pro and it could not be updated