Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 4th Mar 2009 17:31 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
Details are scarce at the moment, but testers familiar with the recently leaked Windows 7 build 7048 confirm that Internet Explorer 8 is now an optional component in Windows 7. This is most likely a direct consequence of the EU investigation into the bundling of IE. Still, a few questions remain.
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2006-08-29
It removes the main IE executable and all the shortcuts. Afaik (and I haven't used Windows in a number of years now) you could already do that in Windows XP.
Edited 2009-03-04 19:54 UTC