XP-antispy which was at
http://www.xp-antispy.de/
Can be used to get rid of the most offending features.

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"Steve" wrote in message
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I'd dearly love to get rid of Internet Explorer and Outlook Express.
I know there's a software product that does the job, but I don't want to
pay that much out. Can it be done manually?
Cheers.