Re: Another XP SP3 Question

From: http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/d/8/cd8cc719-7d5a-40d3-a802-e4057aa8c631/relnotes.htm

"If you have installed Windows Internet Explorer® 7 or a beta version of Internet Explorer 8, and then install Windows XP SP3, you cannot uninstall Internet Explorer.

To avoid this, ensure Internet Explorer 7 or a beta version of Internet Explorer 8 is not installed before installing Windows XP SP3.

If you have already encountered this issue, uninstall Windows XP SP3, uninstall Internet Explorer, and then reinstall Windows XP SP3."

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OULcFY$rIHA.5096@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Source, please, Colin?

I'm not challenging you, just asking for clarification and documentaion. I see no mention of this in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936929 or http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950717, and the IE Blog entry about IE and WinXP SP3 doesn't mention it either: http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/05/05/ie-and-xpsp3.aspx
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~PA Bear


Colin Barnhorst wrote:
The release notes recommend uninstalling IE7 before upgrading to SP3 anyway
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