Walker,

As far as I know, IE can be uninstalled just like any other program through the Add/Remove function.

As long as you have a new copy (there should be one on the Installation disk), then just find the setup.exe file
W95/98 and I think 2000 allow removal fairly easy. XP does list IE in the Add/Remove but I never tried it from that platform.

Some Installation (Recovery) disks allow restoration of PROGRAMS alone.

Good Luck,
techie