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sus_007 on May 13, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Internet Explorer zero-day

One can also simply disable IE by going through Windows' Turn On/Off Windows Features menu. I wonder why do they not do it by default if they want their users to use Edge ahead of any alternatives.

sanlyx on May 13, 2018 | [–]

Because third-party software, specially old third party software, still uses mshtml and disabling Internet Explorer also gets rid of mshtml IIRC

copperx on May 13, 2018 | [–]

For most "why does Windows xxx?", the answer is Enterprise. I bet there are many IE-only Intranet websites in the Enterprise world.

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