Comcast Internet Explorer

killaer · 04-14-2007, 06:55 AM

Well, this is a very minor problem, maybe not a porblem at all, but here goes

I just installed a new cable modem, and with it came a bunch of stupid comcast crap. I uninstalled most of it that I don't need, but when I start up internet explorer. It's got a little comcast logo on the upper right side of IE, and it says "Windows Internet Explorer provided by Comcast"
Now, usually this wouldn't bother me, but this kind of tells me that they might have installed something stupid that does this. Is there any way to remove this? Just get my old plain internet explorer back? Minor problem, but whatever.

I was also wondering on a side note if this new modem from comcast would effect my internet speed...especially in games, do different modems effect your latency, etc?

Well thanks in advance for the help :)

geek73 · 04-14-2007, 07:05 AM

Howdy Killer..

You can uninstall everything Comcast installed now. You need to do it only once then delete everything..

I did it with yahoo dsl. And this way when you open up internet exlporer you wont see the comcast logo

Also you can go into yor start menu and right click on Internet explrer and send another shortcut to the desktop and use that one..Make sure you change the homepage as well, you can change it back but change it to google then run cleanup from below reboot and all should be well

http://www.stevengould.org/downloads...CleanUp452.exe

killaer · 04-14-2007, 07:20 AM

Hm...when I get IE on my desktop in a shortcut it still shows the comcast thing.

geek73 · 04-14-2007, 07:53 AM

Did you uninstall everything from comcast? And use cleanup

**johnwill** · 04-14-2007, 09:54 AM

If a vendor has replaced the normal Internet Explorer spinning logo with their own, it is very easy to set it back to the default without editing the registry directly.

1. Close IE
2. Go to Start / Run
3. Enter in rundll32 iedkcs32.dll,Clear
4. Now start up your browser and the spinning logo will be back to the default.

**Chode** · 04-18-2007, 04:23 PM

Just a tiny utility to remove Internet Explorer "provided by" messages. From Rob Pegoraro's Fast Forward cloumn in the Washington Post: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/ispunbrand.htm

**johnwill** · 04-19-2007, 11:55 AM

Well, the previous solution could be put into a one line batch file, that's pretty "tiny".

mistytoe · 02-12-2009, 02:45 AM

rundll32 iedkcs32.dll,Clear in the start run command worked perfectly you rock and this site rocks!!!!

**johnwill** · 02-12-2009, 11:01 AM

Glad it was of use.

04-14-2007, 06:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
killaer Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 84 OS: XP	Comcast Internet Explorer Well, this is a very minor problem, maybe not a porblem at all, but here goes I just installed a new cable modem, and with it came a bunch of stupid comcast crap. I uninstalled most of it that I don't need, but when I start up internet explorer. It's got a little comcast logo on the upper right side of IE, and it says "Windows Internet Explorer provided by Comcast" Now, usually this wouldn't bother me, but this kind of tells me that they might have installed something stupid that does this. Is there any way to remove this? Just get my old plain internet explorer back? Minor problem, but whatever. I was also wondering on a side note if this new modem from comcast would effect my internet speed...especially in games, do different modems effect your latency, etc? Well thanks in advance for the help :)

04-14-2007, 07:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
geek73 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 694 OS: SuSe Linux My System	Re: Comcast Internet Explorer Howdy Killer.. You can uninstall everything Comcast installed now. You need to do it only once then delete everything.. I did it with yahoo dsl. And this way when you open up internet exlporer you wont see the comcast logo Also you can go into yor start menu and right click on Internet explrer and send another shortcut to the desktop and use that one..Make sure you change the homepage as well, you can change it back but change it to google then run cleanup from below reboot and all should be well http://www.stevengould.org/downloads...CleanUp452.exe __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Last edited by geek73; 04-14-2007 at 07:08 AM.

04-14-2007, 07:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
killaer Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 84 OS: XP	Re: Comcast Internet Explorer Hm...when I get IE on my desktop in a shortcut it still shows the comcast thing.

04-14-2007, 07:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
geek73 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 694 OS: SuSe Linux My System	Re: Comcast Internet Explorer Did you uninstall everything from comcast? And use cleanup __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

04-14-2007, 09:54 AM	#5 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,607 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Comcast Internet Explorer If a vendor has replaced the normal Internet Explorer spinning logo with their own, it is very easy to set it back to the default without editing the registry directly. 1. Close IE 2. Go to Start / Run 3. Enter in rundll32 iedkcs32.dll,Clear 4. Now start up your browser and the spinning logo will be back to the default. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

04-18-2007, 04:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
Chode TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,280 OS: Windows XP Pro	Re: Comcast Internet Explorer Just a tiny utility to remove Internet Explorer "provided by" messages. From Rob Pegoraro's Fast Forward cloumn in the Washington Post: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/ispunbrand.htm __________________ Sweet!

04-19-2007, 11:55 AM	#7 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,607 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Comcast Internet Explorer Well, the previous solution could be put into a one line batch file, that's pretty "tiny". __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

02-12-2009, 02:45 AM	#8 (permalink)
mistytoe Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Re: Comcast Internet Explorer rundll32 iedkcs32.dll,Clear in the start run command worked perfectly you rock and this site rocks!!!!

02-12-2009, 11:01 AM	#9 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,607 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Comcast Internet Explorer Glad it was of use. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience