Unbranding IE

I have a pal who got an ISP disk and thought he needed to install it to
access the internet. Now he has a branded IE and it's a real mess. I
sort of think that I may have to remove IE6 SP1 but maybe it can be
"unbranded"? If you want to know how bad it is the disk is dated
06/2004 and it installed Netscape 4.79 on his pc. Is this one of these
hopeless situations, should I just uninstall and reinstall IE 6?

John

Mike
Sat Feb 05 20:42:07 CST 2005

John,

I'm quite confused, are you saying that the disk from his ISP both branded
IE6 and installed Netscape? Nevertheless removing unwanted branding is
quite trivial and should not require the removal and reinstallation of
IE6. Branding simply involves the addition of a few entries to the
registry together with the addition of a few small bmp files to, usually,
the system folder.

One method of removing branding from Internet Explorer is as follows:
Start | Run and type in the box:
rundll32.exe iedkcs32.dll,Clear
and the click OK
also
rundll32.exe iedkcs32.dll, BrandCleanInstallStubs
and click OK.

See also MS KB - "How to Change the Internet Explorer Window Title"
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=176497).
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP
mike.maltby@gmail.com


John John <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

> I have a pal who got an ISP disk and thought he needed to install it
> to access the internet. Now he has a branded IE and it's a real
> mess. I sort of think that I may have to remove IE6 SP1 but maybe it
> can be "unbranded"? If you want to know how bad it is the disk is
> dated 06/2004 and it installed Netscape 4.79 on his pc. Is this one
> of these hopeless situations, should I just uninstall and reinstall
> IE 6?

Alan
Sat Feb 05 20:45:39 CST 2005

How to remove branding.
To remove all Internet Explorer branding, follow these steps:
1. Click Start.
2. Click Run.
3. Type

rundll32.exe iedkcs32.dll,Clear

and then click OK.

4. Restart Internet Explorer.

...Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, John John
<audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

>I have a pal who got an ISP disk and thought he needed to install it to
>access the internet. Now he has a branded IE and it's a real mess. I
>sort of think that I may have to remove IE6 SP1 but maybe it can be
>"unbranded"?

John
Sat Feb 05 21:55:36 CST 2005

Thank you so much Alan.

Regards;

John

Alan Edwards wrote:

> How to remove branding.
> To remove all Internet Explorer branding, follow these steps:
> 1. Click Start.
> 2. Click Run.
> 3. Type
>
> rundll32.exe iedkcs32.dll,Clear
>
> and then click OK.
>
> 4. Restart Internet Explorer.
>
> ...Alan
>

John
Sat Feb 05 21:54:07 CST 2005

Thanks Mike. Yes, it branded IE and took over the IE search engines
like a BHO, and ALSO installed Netscape 4.79! To boot I think it broke
OE! Absolutely retarded! His wife picked up this cd from Aliant
district office in Campbellton, NB less than a week or two ago! In a
brand spanking new box that is printed with new Aliant logos and artwork
that are less than one year old! The logo/artwork on the box is the
same that is on the cover of the February 2005-2006 telephone directory
#34101. They're my ISP provider too, small place here only one real ISP
provider. Anyhow I sent them a web form feedback from their support
page, along with my account ID and this is the autoreply I got:

"Your email message was blocked.

Message: xxxxxxxxxx.00000001.mml
From: xxxxxxxx@nbnet.nb.ca
To: ReferenceNumberFeedback@aliant.ca
Subject: Internet / Products and Services ( Ref #: xxxxxxxxxxx)

Aliant's Content Filtering Device: Content Security (Inbound) : Block
Unacceptable Language
Script Offensive Language (Basic) Triggered in Body
Expression: f*ck* Triggered 1 times weighting 5
Script Offensive Language (Extensive) Triggered in Body
Expression: puck* Triggered 1 times weighting 60

It believes it may contain unacceptable language, or inappropriate
material. Please remove any inappropriate language and send it again."

I guess it must've been the puck line. Some of them Canucks miss hockey
quite a bit.

John


Mike M wrote:

> John,
>
> I'm quite confused, are you saying that the disk from his ISP both
> branded IE6 and installed Netscape? Nevertheless removing unwanted
> branding is quite trivial and should not require the removal and
> reinstallation of IE6. Branding simply involves the addition of a few
> entries to the registry together with the addition of a few small bmp
> files to, usually, the system folder.
>
> One method of removing branding from Internet Explorer is as follows:
> Start | Run and type in the box:
> rundll32.exe iedkcs32.dll,Clear
> and the click OK
> also
> rundll32.exe iedkcs32.dll, BrandCleanInstallStubs
> and click OK.
>
> See also MS KB - "How to Change the Internet Explorer Window Title"
> (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=176497).