> (these > "features" are now so deeply integrated in the OS that you cant remove > it without destroying half of the system..I wonder if they put the html > rendering engine of IE in the windows kernel....). Don't fall for this M$ propaganda. IE, Media Player and the rest are JUST Windows applications. They can be removed. The *only* thing that *might* suffer is the on-line help if it uses HTML or video. These features could just as easily use another browser or player as long as M$ documents the interface they use. In fact, I believe that they are required to offer a stripped version of Windows for OEMs in Europe (or somewhere) because of a court case they just lost.