I installed IE8 into a new WinXP SP3 install that doesn't have any MS Office
products.

I noticed that the "Language bar" was activated in the Taskbar.

I installed IE8 into another WinXP SP3 with MS Office 2003 (but without
installing the "Alternative User Input".) and, now it has Ctfmon.exe, which
it didn't have prior to installing IE8.

I don't care for Ctfmon.exe; so, I had to manually deactivate it using:
Step 3 of FAQs about Ctfmon.exe
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282599

since I can't recall installing the "Alternative User Input", is Ctfmon.exe
included with IE8?