I installed IE8 through windows update in Vista and it asked me if I wanted to set it as the default browser. I clicked no and Firefox is still my default. If you use the full auto install it will make it the default browser. Of course, if you do the full auto install with any Microsoft product you deserve any pain that results.

Bill Gates seems to fit better in the Runelord universe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Runelords My guess is that he has at least several thousand endowments.