With WinXP being officially unsupported by Microsoft and new Internet Explorer vulnerabilities being discovered, you may want consider disabling Internet Explorer on all computers running Windows XP. If you do, see below for a handy script to basically kill the application.
Renaming the mshtml.dll is a method discussed more in depth here: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=157214
After running the script you will be promoted with this window, just click [ Cancel ]
fuie: disables Internet Explorer on WinXP, usually does as a security measure.
Options:
? - about, this screen
y - reply yes to warning, don't prompt
fix - undo the change, I want IE back
undo - same as fix
DISCLAIMER: USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDE AS-IS, WITH NO WARRANTIES OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
Renaming the mshtml.dll is a method discussed more in depth here: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=157214
After running the script you will be promoted with this window, just click [ Cancel ]
fuIE
name as such because I have used this expression many a times - fuie on urbandictionary
Options:
? - about, this screen
y - reply yes to warning, don't prompt
fix - undo the change, I want IE back
undo - same as fix
DISCLAIMER: USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDE AS-IS, WITH NO WARRANTIES OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
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| @echo off | |
| ver | find "XP" > nul | |
| if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto ver_xp | |
| goto warn_then_exit | |
| :ver_xp | |
| if "%1"=="?" goto about | |
| if "%1"=="y" goto run | |
| if "%1"=="Y" goto run | |
| if "%1"=="fix" goto fix | |
| if "%1"=="undo" goto fix | |
| set /p choice=Are you sure you want to break/disable Internet Explorer? ('y' to confirm): | |
| if %choice%==y goto run | |
| if %choice%==Y goto run | |
| goto exit | |
| :run | |
| if exist %WINDIR%\ServicePackFiles\i386\mshtml.dll rename %WINDIR%\ServicePackFiles\i386\mshtml.dll mshtml.dll.old | |
| if exist %WINDIR%\System32\dllcache\mshtml.dll rename %WINDIR%\System32\dllcache\mshtml.dll mshtml.dll.old | |
| if exist %WINDIR%\System32\mshtml.dll rename %WINDIR%\System32\mshtml.dll mshtml.dll.old | |
| echo fuIE | |
| goto exit | |
| :warn_then_exit | |
| echo This computer is not running Windows XP. | |
| echo This script is only recommended to break/disabled Internet Explorer on UNSUPPORTED WinXP. | |
| goto exit | |
| :fix | |
| if exist %WINDIR%\ServicePackFiles\i386\mshtml.dll.old rename %WINDIR%\ServicePackFiles\i386\mshtml.dll.old mshtml.dll | |
| if exist %WINDIR%\System32\dllcache\mshtml.dll.old rename %WINDIR%\System32\dllcache\mshtml.dll.old mshtml.dll | |
| if exist %WINDIR%\System32\mshtml.dll.old rename %WINDIR%\System32\mshtml.dll.old mshtml.dll | |
| echo Undone | |
| goto exit | |
| :about | |
| echo. | |
| echo fuie: disables Internet Explorer on WinXP, usually does as a security measure. | |
| echo. | |
| echo Options: | |
| echo ? - about, this screen | |
| echo y - reply yes to warning, don't prompt | |
| echo fix - undo the change, I want IE back | |
| echo undo - same as fix | |
| echo. | |
| echo DISCLAIMER: USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDE AS-IS, WITH NO WARRANTIES OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. | |
| echo. | |
| goto exit | |
| :exit |
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