Why are there 3 Internet Explorers?

I have a laptop with 64-bit Home Premium. I noticed that there are 3 IEs.
There's "regular" IE, 64-bit IE & IE without add-ons. Please explain the
differences between the 3. Is one of the 3 the most secure against viruses, &
spyware & stuff?

Thank you.
David

 

"pc nerd" <pcnerd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FE40C794-21B9-4570-B6EF-0FB610D931AB@microsoft.com...
>I have a laptop with 64-bit Home Premium. I noticed that there are 3 IEs.
> There's "regular" IE, 64-bit IE & IE without add-ons. Please explain the
> differences between the 3. Is one of the 3 the most secure against
> viruses, &
> spyware & stuff?
>
> Thank you.
> David

Regular = 32bit
64bit = 64bit
Without Add-ons = no add-ons (good for troubleshooting IE hanging issues -
often caused by incompatible add-ons)

-Frank

 

pc nerd <pcnerd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have a laptop with 64-bit Home Premium. I noticed that there are 3 IEs.
>There's "regular" IE, 64-bit IE & IE without add-ons. Please explain the
>differences between the 3. Is one of the 3 the most secure against viruses, &
>spyware & stuff?
>
>Thank you.
>David

WHY do you think there are three?? If you are playing around looking
in all of your directories/folders, you might THINK there are three,
when there is only one.

ONLY one.

 

Obviously on your 64bit OS use 64-bit, unless problems.

P.S.
You don't need IE w/o addons if your IE is version8 because there's an
option in IE8 allowing to start w/o addins. Fewer items in Startmenu -
cleaner/more efficient, in fact I delete duplicates/etc junk in Start menu,
always.
But keep IE w/o addins shortcut if your version is lower than 8, because IE7
and downwards need a few clicks to make it run stripped down w/o addins.

 

> Obviously on your 64bit OS use 64-bit, unless problems.
I'm trying out the 64-bit version of IE on my 64-bit version of Home
Premium. The pages seem to load faster. Very interesting!

"JEWboy" wrote:

> Obviously on your 64bit OS use 64-bit, unless problems.
>
> P.S.
> You don't need IE w/o addons if your IE is version8 because there's an
> option in IE8 allowing to start w/o addins. Fewer items in Startmenu -
> cleaner/more efficient, in fact I delete duplicates/etc junk in Start menu,
> always.
> But keep IE w/o addins shortcut if your version is lower than 8, because IE7
> and downwards need a few clicks to make it run stripped down w/o addins.
>
>

 

well yes... code is compiled for 64-bit binary words, hence faster
You can bet 128-but computers will be even faster... unless it chokes on its
own complexity and crosstalk between bitlines within a tightly packed
address + data bus.

 

JEWboy wrote:
> well yes... code is compiled for 64-bit binary words, hence faster
> You can bet 128-but computers will be even faster... unless it chokes on
> its own complexity and crosstalk between bitlines within a tightly
> packed address + data bus.


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