Re: IE7 is missing from WU and MU websites???

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Hello Paul,

If I'm remembering correctly, there were many, many people running XP back a
year ago who were really pissed that Microsoft had foisted IE7 upon them as
part of Automatic updates.

Back then, in both the XP and IE newsgroups, the question that LOTS of
people were asking was how they could go back to IE6 and never have to worry
about getting IE7 again?

I'm not sure if that's the reason that Microsoft removed IE7 from the AU
list of available updates.

Alan

"OldRebel2" <OldRebel2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:EA431321-19E1-4849-B1B1-FFF9632D5CC6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Whatever their reason, it has greatly disadvanged those of us who have
genuine Windows and like to install all high priority updates before
installing any 3rd party software. I won't open my browser to any other
website without security software installed except Windows Updates and the
MSN member center to download the dial up software. Now I have to figure
out
how to install IE7 successfully with McAfee (McCrappy) installed and
interfering. PITA.
--
Regards,

Paul B. aka "OldRebel"


"MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:

Perhaps this is why :
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2007/10/04/internet-explorer-7-update.aspx

Because Microsoft takes its commitment to help protect the entire
Windows ecosystem
seriously, we're updating the IE7 installation experience to make it
available as broadly
as possible to all Windows users. With today's "Installation and
Availability Update,"
Internet Explorer 7 installation will no longer require Windows Genuine
Advantage
validation and will be available to all Windows XP users.

It's being UN-WGA'ed. By 'available to all Windows XP users', does that
mean XP RTM and SP1 ?
BTW, it is available here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/default.mspx

Still no system requirements readily found on that page, either.


MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
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Ottmar Freudenberger wrote:

"OldRebel2" <OldRebel2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb:


I reformatted Friday and when I went to get updates for XP SP2, there
were 84
high priority updates, but IE7 was NOT among them.


Yup, soon after the "re-release" of IE7 on October 4th (see
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2007/10/04/internet-explorer-7-update.aspx)
IE7 vanished from Windows/Microsoft/AutoUpdate and is still not offered
from there at the moment. Me thinks that's a temporary "issue" and we
will
see IE7 there more or less soon and as silent as it vanished.

Bye,
Freudi



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