If it's anything like windows 98, they literally do remove half of it. they disable half the options and don't install the executable. In fact it REALLY isn't as "integrated" as they'd like to have us believe. unregister a few DLLs... and no more IE. Of course a LOT of features, namely active desktop, relied on this, and it was in fact (IMO) the MAIN reason they wanted IE there- the desktop team thought it would be neat if anybody could customize their folders using javascript. If only they had thought of the repurcussions...

For the most PART- it's just a matter of knowing which DLLs to unregister and/or remove; they are removable (the necessary COMPONENTS of windows don't rely on the IE enhancements)Do you have any idea how they will work around the updates?I SUSPECT, there are at least couple of smart people in Europe, who'll check, if M$ complies to whatever agreement it was. Quote

Hmm, since IE is somewhat integrated into the OS, so I have some doubt about this statement.  Can you cite a reference?