Sorry, can't find WLOC group, so am posting here...

For the last few days, I am getting a yellow WLOC icon, with a message
telling me that I am missing critical updates from MS. When I go to the
site, it tells me I need to update to IE 7 with security pack (I think
pack....darn it, I forgot now). Anyway, after reading all of the terrible
problem posts with IE7, I thought I would wait to download IE7.

Is the download something that I really need to do? Is the security "thing"
with IE7 an important security thing, even if I still have IE6?

Thanks!
Village Idiot

Hello VI,

Here is the URL:

http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsO....aspx?SiteID=2
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"village idiot" wrote:

> Sorry, can't find WLOC group, so am posting here...
>
> For the last few days, I am getting a yellow WLOC icon, with a message
> telling me that I am missing critical updates from MS. When I go to the
> site, it tells me I need to update to IE 7 with security pack (I think
> pack....darn it, I forgot now). Anyway, after reading all of the terrible
> problem posts with IE7, I thought I would wait to download IE7.
>
> Is the download something that I really need to do? Is the security "thing"
> with IE7 an important security thing, even if I still have IE6?
>
> Thanks!
> Village Idiot

Thanks Engel........

btw....... what is the silver icon next to your name?

"Engel" wrote:

> Hello VI,
>
> Here is the URL:
>
> http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsO....aspx?SiteID=2
> --
>
>
> "village idiot" wrote:
>
> > Sorry, can't find WLOC group, so am posting here...
> >
> > For the last few days, I am getting a yellow WLOC icon, with a message
> > telling me that I am missing critical updates from MS. When I go to the
> > site, it tells me I need to update to IE 7 with security pack (I think
> > pack....darn it, I forgot now). Anyway, after reading all of the terrible
> > problem posts with IE7, I thought I would wait to download IE7.
> >
> > Is the download something that I really need to do? Is the security "thing"
> > with IE7 an important security thing, even if I still have IE6?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Village Idiot

Hi VI,

You are most welcome.

The icon, is an Award given by Microsoft as an active participant in the
Community.

There are 3 different levels that community contributors can achieve;
Bronze, Silver, and Gold. You can identify the level a contributor has
achieved by the icon that is shown next to the author name in the thread pane
(in an expanded thread) and in the message pane; no icon, a Bronze medal, a
Silver medal, a Gold medal, or an MVP icon.

VI, if Mcrosoft Updates offer the update to IE 7, is because is consider as
a Critical Update (for your safety) is up to you to installed or not.
Myself right now I have the offer in stand by. In the page of updates, in
the left colummn, you can HIDE the update and is no offer to you any more, I
put the update in HIDDEN because the yellow shield was on top of me, but in a
few weeks I 'm planning in reinstallar Windows and after that I think is the
best way to go installing ALL the CRITICAL updates.

VI, if you keep your system updated and clean of any malware, I don't think
you will have problems with the installation and use. Also read the posting
in this NG about the experience and solutions for a few people who found
troubles with the imigration.

Keep this URL as a reference, in case you need help.

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...lications.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/08/24/714977.aspx

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b/926716/en-us

Good luck and happy surfing. BTW has is your keyboard?

(¯`·._.·Eиgel·._.·´¯)
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"village idiot" wrote:

> Thanks Engel........
>
> btw....... what is the silver icon next to your name?
>
> "Engel" wrote:
>
> > Hello VI,
> >
> > Here is the URL:
> >
> > http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsO....aspx?SiteID=2
> > --
> >
> >
> > "village idiot" wrote:
> >
> > > Sorry, can't find WLOC group, so am posting here...
> > >
> > > For the last few days, I am getting a yellow WLOC icon, with a message
> > > telling me that I am missing critical updates from MS. When I go to the
> > > site, it tells me I need to update to IE 7 with security pack (I think
> > > pack....darn it, I forgot now). Anyway, after reading all of the terrible
> > > problem posts with IE7, I thought I would wait to download IE7.
> > >
> > > Is the download something that I really need to do? Is the security "thing"
> > > with IE7 an important security thing, even if I still have IE6?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > Village Idiot

Hi VI;

Are you running 1.5 WLOC?... 1.1 apparently doesn't care for or about
IE7... sounds like me... haha

http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsO...89568&SiteID=2

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Regards, Dave


village idiot wrote:
> Thanks Engel........
>
> btw....... what is the silver icon next to your name?
>
> "Engel" wrote:
>
>> Hello VI,
>>
>> Here is the URL:
>>
>> http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsO....aspx?SiteID=2
>> --
>>
>>
>> "village idiot" wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry, can't find WLOC group, so am posting here...
>>>
>>> For the last few days, I am getting a yellow WLOC icon, with a message
>>> telling me that I am missing critical updates from MS. When I go to
>>> the site, it tells me I need to update to IE 7 with security pack (I
>>> think pack....darn it, I forgot now). Anyway, after reading all of
>>> the terrible problem posts with IE7, I thought I would wait to
>>> download IE7.
>>>
>>> Is the download something that I really need to do? Is the security
>>> "thing" with IE7 an important security thing, even if I still have IE6?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Village Idiot

Hi Village "expert" (Ms version for the other):
As it stands now I would wait a while before considering updating to IE7.
Look at the IE7 News Group posts and read some of the problems mentioned
there. If you're running IE6 then I suggest staying with it until MS corrects
some of the flaws in EI7. I, for one, have tried IE7 and pitched it because
it caused an error code every time I closed the program, changed fonts and
blurred images.
Fred.
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Fwall4


"village idiot" wrote:

> Sorry, can't find WLOC group, so am posting here...
>
> For the last few days, I am getting a yellow WLOC icon, with a message
> telling me that I am missing critical updates from MS. When I go to the
> site, it tells me I need to update to IE 7 with security pack (I think
> pack....darn it, I forgot now). Anyway, after reading all of the terrible
> problem posts with IE7, I thought I would wait to download IE7.
>
> Is the download something that I really need to do? Is the security "thing"
> with IE7 an important security thing, even if I still have IE6?
>
> Thanks!
> Village Idiot

Hi Dave............... my WLOC says that it is 1.1.1.....

"Dave M" wrote:

> Hi VI;
>
> Are you running 1.5 WLOC?... 1.1 apparently doesn't care for or about
> IE7... sounds like me... haha
>
> http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsO...89568&SiteID=2
>
> --
>
> Regards, Dave
>
>
> village idiot wrote:
> > Thanks Engel........
> >
> > btw....... what is the silver icon next to your name?
> >
> > "Engel" wrote:
> >
> >> Hello VI,
> >>
> >> Here is the URL:
> >>
> >> http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsO....aspx?SiteID=2
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >> "village idiot" wrote:
> >>
> >>> Sorry, can't find WLOC group, so am posting here...
> >>>
> >>> For the last few days, I am getting a yellow WLOC icon, with a message
> >>> telling me that I am missing critical updates from MS. When I go to
> >>> the site, it tells me I need to update to IE 7 with security pack (I
> >>> think pack....darn it, I forgot now). Anyway, after reading all of
> >>> the terrible problem posts with IE7, I thought I would wait to
> >>> download IE7.
> >>>
> >>> Is the download something that I really need to do? Is the security
> >>> "thing" with IE7 an important security thing, even if I still have IE6?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks!
> >>> Village Idiot
>
>
>

Thanks Engel. I will wait then on IE7, until I feel like checking it
out/learning something new.

Ahhhh........the keyboard. Got my old NEC keyboard out, and it works fine.
Thanks for asking.

Village Idiot

"Engel" wrote:

> Hi VI,
>
> You are most welcome.
>
> The icon, is an Award given by Microsoft as an active participant in the
> Community.
>
> There are 3 different levels that community contributors can achieve;
> Bronze, Silver, and Gold. You can identify the level a contributor has
> achieved by the icon that is shown next to the author name in the thread pane
> (in an expanded thread) and in the message pane; no icon, a Bronze medal, a
> Silver medal, a Gold medal, or an MVP icon.
>
> VI, if Mcrosoft Updates offer the update to IE 7, is because is consider as
> a Critical Update (for your safety) is up to you to installed or not.
> Myself right now I have the offer in stand by. In the page of updates, in
> the left colummn, you can HIDE the update and is no offer to you any more, I
> put the update in HIDDEN because the yellow shield was on top of me, but in a
> few weeks I 'm planning in reinstallar Windows and after that I think is the
> best way to go installing ALL the CRITICAL updates.
>
> VI, if you keep your system updated and clean of any malware, I don't think
> you will have problems with the installation and use. Also read the posting
> in this NG about the experience and solutions for a few people who found
> troubles with the imigration.
>
> Keep this URL as a reference, in case you need help.
>
> http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...lications.aspx
>
> http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/08/24/714977.aspx
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b/926716/en-us
>
> Good luck and happy surfing. BTW has is your keyboard?
>
> (¯`·._.·Eиgel·._.·´¯)
> --
>
> "village idiot" wrote:
>
> > Thanks Engel........
> >
> > btw....... what is the silver icon next to your name?
> >
> > "Engel" wrote:
> >
> > > Hello VI,
> > >
> > > Here is the URL:
> > >
> > > http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsO....aspx?SiteID=2
> > > --
> > >
> > >
> > > "village idiot" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Sorry, can't find WLOC group, so am posting here...
> > > >
> > > > For the last few days, I am getting a yellow WLOC icon, with a message
> > > > telling me that I am missing critical updates from MS. When I go to the
> > > > site, it tells me I need to update to IE 7 with security pack (I think
> > > > pack....darn it, I forgot now). Anyway, after reading all of the terrible
> > > > problem posts with IE7, I thought I would wait to download IE7.
> > > >
> > > > Is the download something that I really need to do? Is the security "thing"
> > > > with IE7 an important security thing, even if I still have IE6?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > > Village Idiot

"village idiot" wrote:
> Anyway, after reading all of the terrible
> problem posts with IE7, I thought I would wait to download IE7.
>
> Is the download something that I really need to do?

My recommendation is probably worthless in comparison to the excellent
advice these other folk can give - but for what it's worth, I, too, have
'hidden' the update for IE7 until such a time when I feel confident that it
won't mess things up. There are some very conflicting reports about IE7 and I
can't unravel them to make any clear sense.

What has to be balanced is the risk of a security issue due to sticking with
IE6 for a while longer, against the risk of my computer getting into a mess
that I don't have the necessary skills to recover from. The risk of the
latter is much greater for people like me, than for the knowledgeable folk
who mostly post here, and I think that's partly why different decisions are
being made about this.

Engle can you tell me how someone like myself can earn this type of award
too?
What is involved and how can I apply.
"Engel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:76204789-C250-4E92-BD50-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi VI,
>
> You are most welcome.
>
> The icon, is an Award given by Microsoft as an active participant in the
> Community.
>
> There are 3 different levels that community contributors can achieve;
> Bronze, Silver, and Gold. You can identify the level a contributor has
> achieved by the icon that is shown next to the author name in the thread
> pane
> (in an expanded thread) and in the message pane; no icon, a Bronze medal,
> a
> Silver medal, a Gold medal, or an MVP icon.
>
> VI, if Mcrosoft Updates offer the update to IE 7, is because is consider
> as
> a Critical Update (for your safety) is up to you to installed or not.
> Myself right now I have the offer in stand by. In the page of updates, in
> the left colummn, you can HIDE the update and is no offer to you any more,
> I
> put the update in HIDDEN because the yellow shield was on top of me, but
> in a
> few weeks I 'm planning in reinstallar Windows and after that I think is
> the
> best way to go installing ALL the CRITICAL updates.
>
> VI, if you keep your system updated and clean of any malware, I don't
> think
> you will have problems with the installation and use. Also read the
> posting
> in this NG about the experience and solutions for a few people who found
> troubles with the imigration.
>
> Keep this URL as a reference, in case you need help.
>
> http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...lications.aspx
>
> http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/08/24/714977.aspx
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b/926716/en-us
>
> Good luck and happy surfing. BTW has is your keyboard?
>
> (¯`·._.·E?gel·._.·´¯)
> --
>
> "village idiot" wrote:
>
>> Thanks Engel........
>>
>> btw....... what is the silver icon next to your name?
>>
>> "Engel" wrote:
>>
>> > Hello VI,
>> >
>> > Here is the URL:
>> >
>> > http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsO....aspx?SiteID=2
>> > --
>> >
>> >
>> > "village idiot" wrote:
>> >
>> > > Sorry, can't find WLOC group, so am posting here...
>> > >
>> > > For the last few days, I am getting a yellow WLOC icon, with a
>> > > message
>> > > telling me that I am missing critical updates from MS. When I go to
>> > > the
>> > > site, it tells me I need to update to IE 7 with security pack (I
>> > > think
>> > > pack....darn it, I forgot now). Anyway, after reading all of the
>> > > terrible
>> > > problem posts with IE7, I thought I would wait to download IE7.
>> > >
>> > > Is the download something that I really need to do? Is the security
>> > > "thing"
>> > > with IE7 an important security thing, even if I still have IE6?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks!
>> > > Village Idiot