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		TedDoesntTalk on Oct 2, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Conspiracy to Kill IE6 (2019) As I recall, in the US at least, Microsoft was not forced to unbundle IE from Windows. It was still the default browser and pre-installed.

psd1 on Oct 2, 2021 [–]

In the UK, for a while at least, IE was pre-installed in desktop versions but would give you a browser choice on first run. I haven't installed Windows for a while. I don't think the server versions ever had that choice screen.

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