Use Firefox and still infect IE.

[Cleo]

From what little I understand about Windows you can't since IE is also your file browser so without it you wouldn't get a desktop or anyway of browsing your hard drive.

From what I understand it is this integration of IE into the OS that allows some really cool stuff to be done, like what they did in the real estate database that makes it Windows IE only accessible, and the horrendous stuff like all the issues with virus and stuff.