[thelist] Stop Word, Excel, PDF loading into browser

AFAIK, you can retain the separation, its called custom install, turn off
Active Desktop ... even in win2k ....

sgd
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> 
> you'd think, but obviously that's not the case.  for example, 
> for those of
> you with windows 98 (or win95 and windows update), by default 
> it's setup so
> that the line between iexplore.exe (the browser) and 
> explorer.exe (windows
> explorer, the shell) is extremely vague.  if you type in the 
> address bar c:\
> or such, you browse your local system the exact same way as 
> if you'd opened
> up My Computer.  And vice versa - open My Computer and you 
> have buttons for
> Back and Forward, and can type a web address in the Address 
> Bar to go to an
> internet site.  this is all part of Microsoft's attempt to bring the
> Internet to the desktop.