Fred Vorck's Windows Repository
This site is known mainly for showing users how to do these things:
There are lots of resources here, however. Pick what you want to do!
View updated hotfix lists for Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP3, and 2003 SP2
Hack SETUPAPI.DLL so you can modify Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 setup files
Click here if you only want to use HFSLIP
You can ask questions about and get support for HFSLIP in this forum.
Tutorial (all the bullets below are in one process)
Shut off Windows File Protection ... Hacking a DLL and NOT hacking a DLL
Download the fileset (for those who already know the whole process)
Download some software that I recommend and use myself
History, Credits, and Why I'm Done
Tell me I'm wrong! But first, check to see if any of the following apply to you!
Contacting me
If it's just greetings, go ahead! I love getting that kind of mail!
If you need a question answered, please give a good try at figuring out what you need to before asking. If you're stumped, well, then, okay, e-mail me. It's not that I'm a jerk or anything, I just keep busy, that's all. My e-mail address is "fred" at this domain.
1a. If you have not read the process, save it. Maybe you want to tell me that this can't be done, or will make a system unstable, or will make a user unable to update their machine (lol), or will disable Add/Remove Programs (hahaha!), or disable HTML Help, etc. I've answered every criticism like this already, years ago, in blogs, forums, and on Usenet. Also, please know that you are most likely an imbecile. Why? Because you didn't bother to read. Reading the site keeps people from making you look foolish in public forums when you post things like "you can't remove IE! It's integrated!"
1b. If you are with the press, please read the whole process and save yourself from getting pwned in the comments section of your article or your negative blog entry.
2. Please keep it related to Windows 2000. No Windows XP or 2003 questions, please. Sure, I can answer them, but I never did much with XP and I can't necessarily check out a scenario. I don't even keep it in a virtual PC, I hate it that much.
3. Please try to avoid asking me weird questions. Examples: "I have developed my own experimental TCP/IP stack, and when I use it with your files, I am unable to browse." Or "I want DirectX totally removed, how do I do that?" By all means, don't limit yourself, but there are scenarios that I don't cover because I don't think they're very useful. It's difficult for me to train you how to fight IE integration if you insist on tying one hand behind your back. If you insist on doing something really weird, chances are I won't have the time, patience, or interest to answer your bizarre scenario.
4. To find out what a certain file does, look it up here.
Miscellaneous
The hard-won Wikipedia entry. There's a long story behind this, but the important thing is that an IE removal section exists now. Note that in the discussion page, some kid is apparently unaware that bundling IE with Windows was a HUGE issue in Federal Court in the 90's.
"The guy at the keyboard of a Windows Vista box, using Microsoft Office at work and Windows Media Player at home, is not the customer, he is the product. The customers are Dell, AOL, media licensing conglomerates, and so on." Tackhead, posted on Slashdot
"Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning."
Bill Gates, admitting he never listens to his customers
 |
Because it's XP-specific and doesn't fit anywhere else, here is my Dog Destroyer for Windows XP (also kills Zip folders). Run it, and bye bye Search Dog. This isn't a Registry hack. This is permanent. (Source) |
For search engines only...
Remove internet explorer
Remove internet explorer