From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on
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The Browser Choice update cannot be uninstalled.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002

Ed O'Brien wrote:
> Windows Vista Home Premium
>
> I used to know but forget... Can someone tell me where Windows stores
> newly
> installed updates?
>
> I want to uninstall the damned browser choice notice now being presented
> every time I boot.
>
> I just wish that unelected, corrupt bunch of crooks in the EU Commission
> would butt out. It was they who forced Microsoft to punish us this way.
> Although it would also have been sensible for Microsoft to add a 'Do Not
> Show Again' button.
>
> TIA

From: Ed O'Brien on
Thanks. Found that out the hard way.... Does anyone know why Microsoft chose
to lock this useless device into our computers. I know they had to show it,
but why forever?


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:ef9lZI9tKHA.4220(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> [Adding Windows Update newsgroup to the crosspost.]
>
> The Browser Choice update cannot be uninstalled.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>
> Ed O'Brien wrote:
>> Windows Vista Home Premium
>>
>> I used to know but forget... Can someone tell me where Windows stores
>> newly
>> installed updates?
>>
>> I want to uninstall the damned browser choice notice now being presented
>> every time I boot.
>>
>> I just wish that unelected, corrupt bunch of crooks in the EU Commission
>> would butt out. It was they who forced Microsoft to punish us this way.
>> Although it would also have been sensible for Microsoft to add a 'Do Not
>> Show Again' button.
>>
>> TIA
>

From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on
Get your facts straight (and maybe read a newspaper every now and then): MS
did NOT choose to do this on its own.

Windows 7 and Browser Choice in Europe (31 July-09)
http://microsoftontheissues.com/cs/blogs/mscorp/archive/2009/07/31/windows-7-and-browser-choice-in-europe.aspx

EU ends Microsoft antitrust probe; Accepts browser choice (16 Dec-09)
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=28590

The Browser Choice Screen for Europe: What to Expect, When to Expect It (19
Feb-10)
http://microsoftontheissues.com/cs/blogs/mscorp/archive/2010/02/19/the-browser-choice-screen-for-europe-what-to-expect-when-to-expect-it.aspx
--
~PA Bear


Ed O'Brien wrote:
> Thanks. Found that out the hard way.... Does anyone know why Microsoft
> chose
> to lock this useless device into our computers. I know they had to show
> it,
> but why forever?
>
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ef9lZI9tKHA.4220(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> [Adding Windows Update newsgroup to the crosspost.]
>>
>> The Browser Choice update cannot be uninstalled.
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>>
>> Ed O'Brien wrote:
>>> Windows Vista Home Premium
>>>
>>> I used to know but forget... Can someone tell me where Windows stores
>>> newly
>>> installed updates?
>>>
>>> I want to uninstall the damned browser choice notice now being presented
>>> every time I boot.
>>>
>>> I just wish that unelected, corrupt bunch of crooks in the EU Commission
>>> would butt out. It was they who forced Microsoft to punish us this way.
>>> Although it would also have been sensible for Microsoft to add a 'Do Not
>>> Show Again' button.
>>>
>>> TIA

From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on
<plonk>

Ed O'Brien wrote:
> Another bad mannered prat...! ...
From: Jean Rosenfeld on
I have automatic updates off and check MS Update manually. I carefully
avoided downloading that one. On MS update it does have a hide check box.


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:ef9lZI9tKHA.4220(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> [Adding Windows Update newsgroup to the crosspost.]
>
> The Browser Choice update cannot be uninstalled.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>
> Ed O'Brien wrote:
>> Windows Vista Home Premium
>>
>> I used to know but forget... Can someone tell me where Windows stores
>> newly
>> installed updates?
>>
>> I want to uninstall the damned browser choice notice now being presented
>> every time I boot.
>>
>> I just wish that unelected, corrupt bunch of crooks in the EU Commission
>> would butt out. It was they who forced Microsoft to punish us this way.
>> Although it would also have been sensible for Microsoft to add a 'Do Not
>> Show Again' button.
>>
>> TIA
>


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