MS is not talking to geeks when they say that.  IE and the File Explorer
have merged.  They provide the shell.  The actual web browser runs as a
seperate application.  
-- 
Jason D. Runyan
Mid-Range Systems Administrator
USDA NITC Kansas City

On Apr 18 08:08, Brian Densmore wrote:
> Ok. Normally I don't think about this stuff, but...
> 
> M$ says that IE is integrated into the OS right?
> Well, if IE is integrated into the OS, why, oh why, someone please tell
> me WHY ...
> does it take IE so FREAKING long to open up when you click on it?
> If IE is built into the OS all that has to happen to open IE is
> to draw some graphics on the screen and bring up the interface.
> 
> I'd really like to hear M$ answer on this. I really want to know.
> 
> Brian
> 
>  "Three OS's from corporate-kings in their towers of glass, 
> Seven from valley-lords where orchards used to grow, 
> Nine from dotcoms doomed to die, 
> one from the dark lord Gates on his dark throne 
> In the Land of Redmond where the Shadows lie. 
> one OS to rule them all, one OS to find them, 
> one OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them, 
> In the Land of Redmond where the Shadows lie."    john thrum
> 
>