August, me still.

 AA> I don't know about Win7, but in XP getting to IE is just two keystrokes
 AA> for me:  Start-button, + I.  If you park your more most frequent apps in
 AA> the Start menu, you just have to use the first letter of the app to
 AA> launch it.

	I just tried this in W-7 but it is not there. I will experiment more and
come back to you. Be patient please.

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