Quote Originally Posted by Eastcoasthandle View Post
From my understanding IE is integrated into XP, Vista, etc. So you cannot uninstall it. That was the whole problem in a nutshell.

You can read more about what you can do if you don't want IE8 for example, here. This will IMO make Win7 E a sought after OS as it should mean that IE will no longer be integrated in the OS.
IE stopped being integrated into Windows with Vista, hence why if you type in a web address in an explorer window on Vista, it no longer magically turns into a web browser - like it did with XP and earlier.