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I think people are missing what Steve is really talking about. It's really all about the browser control (I think it's shdocvw.dll). While it might be easy to remove the external parts of IE from Windows that file is too important. Not only does the browser control displays everything for the OS but many applications funnel through the browser control. It's the heart of IE and the heart of Windows. To get rid of it would require a massive rewrite of the Windows UI and many applications. If you keep it you really haven't gotten rid of IE.