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Couldn't agree more. His point #3, about IE being integrated "deep" into OS is absurd: IE isn't integrated into anything, in fact IE is just two DLLs, which all
by tx 18y ago
Couldn't agree more. His point #3, about IE being integrated "deep" into OS is absurd: IE isn't integrated into anything, in fact IE is just two DLLs, which allows them to "merge" iexplore.exe and explorer.exe, very similar to how conqueror works on KDE.
Even windows registry, the source of many issues, has nothing to do with security, since critical portions of it are read-only to a non-privileged user.
- Zev 18y agoTry deleting iexplore.exe on windows xp. Then reboot and go delete it again. It might not be "integrated" into windows, but its hard to get rid of without modifying an XP install cd.
- tx 18y agoThis feature has nothing to do with IE. It's called something like "system file protection" (can't recall exact term). Nearly everything in System32 is protected by this: Windows keeps shadow copies of those files: their attempt at fixing "default administrator" legacy - how else can OS protect itself if installed on FAT32?
- Zev 18y agoIf IE isn't important to Windows, why does it need to be protected by this feature?