IE pre-loads at Windows start-up, effectively. If browser start-up time bothers you, there is a fast start-up pre-load thing for Firefox. Personally I just load

IE pre-loads at Windows start-up, effectively. If browser start-up time bothers you, there is a fast start-up pre-load thing for Firefox. Personally I just load Chromium when I login and leave it open until the next restart, possibly weeks away.