IE 7

[Don Schmidt]

I don't know how the rest of you feel but IE 7 is the Ebola of software.
Killed my HP ScanJet 8200, screwed up Word and my pdf program. Solution:
There is no solution; it's format the drive and reinstall everything.

BTW, HP is working on a fix to make the ScanJet work.

Me, I'm going back to IE 6. My daughter tells me to change to Firefox.

Thank goodness beer isn't just a breakfast drink anymore.

Time to reformat,

ciao,

Don
Vancouver, USA

 

[Michael D. Alligood]

Does anyone have a clue as to why IE 7.0 is causing this issue or other
issues that seem to be blamed on IE 7.0. I have installed IE 7.0 on my 4
personal computer and about 100+ client computers without one issue. Are
these issues just a fluke. Can someone provide insight (or proof) that
IE 7 is the cause for all these problems when downloaded and installed.
I am not saying that it may not be the cause; I just have not ran into
ANY issues when installing it on 100+ variety computers.

 

[Malke]

I don't know how the rest of you feel but IE 7 is the Ebola of
software.
Killed my HP ScanJet 8200, screwed up Word and my pdf program.
Solution: There is no solution; it's format the drive and reinstall
everything.

BTW, HP is working on a fix to make the ScanJet work.

Me, I'm going back to IE 6. My daughter tells me to change to
Firefox.

You should post your question or comment in the IE7 newsgroup where it
will be seen by the right people. The IE7 newsgroup is:

microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

Malke

 

[GTS]

That's an interesting question. I appreciate seeing your feedback on the
success rate you've seen. I haven't run into any problems yet in
installations on a small number of computers for evaluations and plan to do
a large volume of installations for clients next week. My suspicion is that
a lot of the reported problems may involve home computers that are loaded
with malware and other problems. This seems very similar to SP2, where I
encountered only a few minor problems in hundreds of installations, but
poorly maintained or malware loaded home computers updated by users had
many. On the other hand, the unnecessary and generally problematic
integration of the browser into the OS does create some potential for
conflicts and problems.
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[Leythos]

Does anyone have a clue as to why IE 7.0 is causing this issue or other
issues that seem to be blamed on IE 7.0. I have installed IE 7.0 on my 4
personal computer and about 100+ client computers without one issue. Are
these issues just a fluke. Can someone provide insight (or proof) that
IE 7 is the cause for all these problems when downloaded and installed.
I am not saying that it may not be the cause; I just have not ran into
ANY issues when installing it on 100+ variety computers.

If the machines didn't have a problem before IE7, and do now, then it's
clearly simple that IE7 is the fault. IE7 is not just an browser update,
it's a large change, and many vendors hook into the browsers controls,
and that's changed in IE7.

We've use the IE7 blocker to block the downloading of IE7 on more than
2000 clients machines and 200+ servers until it's been approved by all
vendors for use with their products.

If you, as an IT Professional, install IE7 without first verifying that
all software/hardware vendors have approved their applications/devices
for use with IE7 installed, then you've done a great disservice to your
clients.