As of now Windows 7 is more secure than Windows 10

[waysidesc]

Just now, adrynalyne said:

Windows 7 does not remove internet explorer. It removes shortcuts. 

no.

 

i can show you for myself if you wish.

 

removing it removes the executable and unregisters protocol handlers.

[adrynalyne]

2 hours ago, waysidesc said:

no.

 

i can show you for myself if you wish.

 

removing it removes the executable and unregisters protocol handlers.

I’ll concede it works that way now. It didn’t used to and it’s been years since I have run 7. However, it’s leaving ~37MB of DLLs and executables behind. So it’s still very much there, just not directly launchable. 

[Forum staff Moderator]

This topic was automatically locked because it did not receive any replies for a year. If you want to have this topic reopened

• please contact any staff moderator or
• report the first post of the topic with the reason why it should be reopened.

Thank you.