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

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I think you should download separately and save, burn to CD, so you will
always have available. I do that for the major ones. Get from one of these
links and have your MacAfee and other applications disabled when installing.

Description of the Windows Internet Explorer 7 Installation and Availability
Update
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940767
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/ie/sysreq.mspx
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"OldRebel2" <OldRebel2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| 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]
| > ===============
| > *-343-* FDNY
| > Never Forgotten
| > ===============
| >
| >
| >
| > 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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