Comments on: Windows’ Desktop Cleanup Wizards: Remove Internet Explorer shortcut (picture included)

By: baby

baby — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 04:58:48 +0000

You know, the exact same message popped up on my desktop wizard a few weeks ago and I went ahead and deleted the Internet Explorer icon. For one, I did it just so that I could get the sheer enjoyment of deleting that thing from my desktop so that I no longer had to look at it. I would have done it earlier if I had thought of it because I like to keep my computer screen as cleaned out as possible. If nothing else it’s nice that another browser has taken up residence on my Microsoft desktop other than the Microsoft version. Every time I fire up my computer I get a little self-satisfied smile for that very same reason. Now, at least I know that there are others like me smiling over the irony of the situation.

By: GT500

GT500 — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:13:50 +0000

sid, it’s called automatic updates.

There’s also AutoPatcher and WindizUpdate.

By: sid

sid — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:38:40 +0000

i realy like that screenshot, but i wonder, how he got his windows upgraded and up-to-date? using firefox ie-Tab extension? or he didnt do it at all [bad thing]

By: Steve Barker

Steve Barker — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:23:51 +0000

Madis

True, but I quite enjoy arguing - Useually know more than our system admin staff!!!

By: Kelson

Kelson — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:36:51 +0000

Re: ClearType, it always bugs me when someone takes a screenshot with subpixel hinting turned on. Especially when the hinting is optimized for LCD displays and I’m looking at it on my CRT at work.

By: Madis

Madis — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:17:06 +0000

@Steve Barker:
It’s easier to leave the icon on the desktop than argue with them

By: Investor

Investor — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:14:12 +0000

Daniel, I’m glad screenshot from Kestrel would look (quite) different… skin, UI ?…

By: Steve Barker

Steve Barker — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:05:40 +0000

I am stuck with XP/Explorer at work, and had this appear on the Desktop Cleanup Wizard - I launch explorer from our intranet - I have deleted the icon several times, but it keeps re-apearing because according to the company that administers the system I am, “Tampering with the integrity of the desktop, by creating a desktop substandard to the one they are paid to maintain”!

By: GT500

GT500 — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:46:56 +0000

I don’t even have Internet Explorer icons on my desktop. At least not on my Windows desktops (XP or Vista). I do have 3 IE icons on my Linux desktop (5.5, 6.0, 7.0), but those are there for compatibility testing when I’m doing XHTML/CSS design.

By: David Naylor

David Naylor — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:40:17 +0000

That is teh funnie.

By: Daniel Goldman

Daniel Goldman — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:34:27 +0000

Investor, that screenshot is not mine. It’s from one another Opera employee.

I, btw, use both Opera 9.22 and Opera 9.5. My email, IRC, RSS, etc. are still in Opera 9.22.

By: Investor

Investor — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:29:56 +0000

“… This screenshot cracked me up this morning… ”

Thought you used Opera 9.50

By: Shreyas

Shreyas — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:23:25 +0000

Ha ha ha. I like it, ‘Last Used: Never’. It’s good that windows recognised its own product to be worth trash.

By: Chuck Monroe

Chuck Monroe — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:20:22 +0000

Good point

By: IceArdor

IceArdor — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:58:14 +0000

Don’t make ClearType a default feature. When I installed IE7, it had ClearType turned on by default. If I had an LCD it would have been fine, but I have a CRT. It blurred the text, making my eyes strained really hard to read any website.