You're missing the point here, I only loaded it because I found it hard to believe windsman's statement that E version could not be updated to SP1. It can be updated and another 90MB was offered through Windows Update.
Oh My Bad Oz, In fact now i remember it was not the SP1 integration i can't do but it was the language pack installation which get me error each time i try. Sorry for misunderstood windsman
Hello anarchist9027, You're wondering why someone would want an 'E' or 'N' version. For me, for the 28 years I've been playing with computers, a rule of thumb has always been don't install something you don't need, don't want or won't use. I never use IE or WMP, so why put 300 - 400 mb of crap on my HD. I know I can turn them off, I'd just rather not have them there, period. Not a matter of right or wrong, just a matter of personal choice. That's what makes it a horse race. Thanks for the reply. I'm not much on posting on forums, so it's nice that an old pro read something I posted.
300 to 400 mb is way over exaggeration, but also as I have stated, besides those "Features" you don't want being turned off, Windows Loader is the only reason I could think of to use the normal version. Permanent activation beats 180 day fake re-activation any day in my book. That's my rule of thumb
Why not just ignore IE and use Firefox, Chrome, Opera or whatever browser you want? I turned off IE once but that affected something else, don't remember what, so I turned it back on. Now I just ignore it, except for that rare website that seems to need IE.