Go to start - Programs - startup and remove IE if it is there.


hth
DDS

"cr" <cr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have my Win XP computer set to automatically notify me of updates.
>
> On a number of occasions in the past 3 months or so, including earlier
> this
> week, the updates have add Internet Explorer to my boot sequence, causing
> it
> to load when I boot into Windows. I do not want this.
>
> How can I:
> 1. remove the existing instances of IE from my boot sequence; and
> 2. ensure that this does not happen again?
>
> Thank you.