*corporate IE is not integrated with Active Directory. IE settings can be controlled through group policies, and there are policies that can be applied to IE

*corporate IE is not integrated with Active Directory. IE settings can be controlled through group policies, and there are policies that can be applied to IE that MS bundles with Windows Server. Firefox and Chrome can be controlled in a similar manner through group policy by downloading the administrative templates from the respective organizations. On chrome you are not "hosed". All of the bookmarks are stored in a single file aptly named "bookmarks", just move the file to the new computer. Done. Firefox also stores your bookmarks in a single file. Just replace the file on the new computer and you're done. Surely copying a single file can't be more of a pain than copying many individual files. Nobody uses ActiveX on the web anymore, due to it's IE-only nature. Sure, websites still exist, but they have become rarer over the past half-decade. With your example: if you have a user that can't figure out how to click on a different browser icon on their desktop, this is nothing more than a user training issue.. or if you are that adamant that Chrome is a serious problem for you, just use group policy to prevent your users from installing it. I manage several thousand users, most use chrome, some use firefox, and internet explorer is also there for people that aren't familiar with other browsers, or need to access special (poorly designed) websites. All browsers are managed with group policy and bookmarks are managed with ease. User complaints are at zero because so far everyone has been able to tell the difference between the icons.