Beware of IE7

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its_my_dime

At least for some (including me), IE 7 has not worked. See
microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general.

This program clearly has more than its fair share of problems.

The newsgroup has not been helpful in dealing with issues.

The microsoft phone help number is so busy that they ask you to call back
later.

Most (but not all) have been able to uninstall it (through the control
panel) and return to IE 6.

While it may well work for you without any difficulty, be aware that this
upgrade clearly needs a great deal more work and waiting may be the best
course.
 
its_my_dime said:
At least for some (including me), IE 7 has not worked. See
microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general.

This program clearly has more than its fair share of problems.

The newsgroup has not been helpful in dealing with issues.

The microsoft phone help number is so busy that they ask you to call back
later.

Most (but not all) have been able to uninstall it (through the control
panel) and return to IE 6.

While it may well work for you without any difficulty, be aware that this
upgrade clearly needs a great deal more work and waiting may be the best
course.
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Nowadays it seems prudent to wait and see on anything new from Microsoft.

Alias
 
Suggested reading before installing IE7:

Release Notes
http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie/releasenotes/default.aspx

Sandi's notes on "IE7 Gold", including Installation Tips
http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2006/10/18/182724.aspx

IEBlog : IE7 Installation and Anti-Malware Applications
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/10/11/IE7-Installation-and-Anti_2D00_Malware-Applications.aspx

What's New in Internet Explorer 7
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/essentials/whatsnew/whatsnew_70_sdk.asp?frame=true
 
Waiting may be tricky for a lot of folks. Last I heard, MS was going to
"push" it out via automatic updates as a critical update.

-Frank
 
its_my_dime (hold the .spam) said:
This program clearly has more than its fair share of problems.
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Not for me. I've been using it since the first public beta release and
can't be happier.

I dumped Firefox as soon as I installed it. Firefox had huge
memory-leak issues on my machine and usually wound up using about 160K
of my 256K of RAM after only a couple of days... which then froze my
machine.

Probably wouldn't happen on my new one with a gig of RAM, but I've no
reason to turn back.
 
AMEN!!

I downloaded, installed, etc. BUT I've lost my ability to scroll using
either the ms mouse scroll wheel or pageup/down. I also seem to have frozen
my desktop icons -- I can't move them around on the desktop......

Any ideas.

BTW, go to the control panel to remove IE7. Then use the original disk/CD
amd the control panel to reinstall IE6.

THEY BLEW IT!!!!!
 
Hi Guys
I am useing IE7 with no problems so far,have had it installed now for about
6 weeks. I uninstalled it yesterday by add remove programs and it reverted
back to IE6,no problems.
I now just installed the latest IE7 and all is going well so far.
Wish yall luck
 
Kayman said:
Suggested reading before installing IE7:

Release Notes
http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie/releasenotes/default.aspx

Sandi's notes on "IE7 Gold", including Installation Tips
http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2006/10/18/182724.aspx

IEBlog : IE7 Installation and Anti-Malware Applications
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/10/11/IE7-Installation-and-Anti_2D00_Malware-Applications.aspx

What's New in Internet Explorer 7
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/essentials/whatsnew/whatsnew_70_sdk.asp?frame=true
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UNBELIEVABLE!!

I just read Sandi's notes. There is, in my opinion, no
excuse...repeat....no excuse...to have to go thru all of this just to
install an IE upgrade. Come on, Microsoft. Get it fixed!!
 
Hi,

My 2 cents,

Please disable auto-start option for all programs and especially for
anti-virus program - not just disable before installation but disable it
from auto-start since IE will reboot the system and conflict may start from
that point.

Hope this helps.
 
Frankster said:
Waiting may be tricky for a lot of folks. Last I heard, MS was going to
"push" it out via automatic updates as a critical update.

-Frank
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It'll be a banner day for repair techs.

Alias
 
its_my_dime said:
I just read Sandi's notes. There is, in my opinion, no
excuse...repeat....no excuse...to have to go thru all of this just to
install an IE upgrade. Come on, Microsoft. Get it fixed!!
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Umm it's NOT an upgrade.....
 
Gordon said:
Possibly ;-) but it's not an upgrade from IE6, it's a completely NEW
application....
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Funny, it has the name, IE, similar icon, it's called an upgrade all
over the Net and, usually, 7 comes after 6. Silly me, how on earth could
I think that IE7 is an upgrade to IE6?

Alias
 
Gordon said:
Possibly ;-) but it's not an upgrade from IE6, it's a completely NEW
application....
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Which, of course, will mean it's a totally
new codebase, full of mistakes. Just great.

The average user will NOT make the distinction between
"upgrade" and "completely new application" and will be
caught totally unaware when it borks his/her system. My guess
would be that as usual, nowhere on the MS site that the average
user would go (MSDN pages are NOT places the average
user ever wanders) is it explained that this is so.

MS rolled out betas of Windows Media Player this way,
WITHOUT making it VERY CLEAR that they were
BETA, and took a lot of heat on it, but did NOT significantly
change their M.O., apparently. They just push it as the
latest & greatest thing you GOTTA have.

IE, by its very nature, gets its hooks into all the deep, dark
corners of your OS. The potential for screwing up is high.

The users become the beta testers once again for an application
that is labeled as a gold release.

Perhaps pissed-off folks will jump to 3rd party browsers.

That would be a good thing.
 
Possibly ;-) but it's not an upgrade from IE6, it's a completely NEW
application....
Click to expand...

Microsoft's website cheerfully implores us to "Upgrade With Confidence" to
IE7.
 
Per Frankster:
Last I heard, MS was going to
"push" it out via automatic updates as a critical update.
Click to expand...

Why would they do that? Fixing some sort of major security exposure?
 
(PeteCresswell) said:
Per Frankster:

Why would they do that? Fixing some sort of major security exposure?
Click to expand...

From the MS website... (basically, security)

-Frank

--------------
Internet Explorer 7 provides security through a robust new architecture,
security features that help defend against malicious software (also known as
malware), and new ways to better protect against the theft of personal data
from fraudulent websites, a practice known as phishing. Click on the
features to learn more.
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