not really IE or more specific MSHTML is integrated into system (shell needs it) and as of winblows 8, its mandatory for metro-crap to me anything that is so tight integrated into system = ticking bomb I don't even enjoy having .net 2 integrated, yet it has to be coz of DWM but what happens when security hole is found within .net 2 ? they won't support it coz its out of real use, its ancient