IE7

[james w. morgan]

It is inconceivable to me how the mother and father of the computer age,
Microsoft, the largest maker of software in the world, can continue to
release software that does not work. Did you know that the XP platform now
has over 90 patches and fix's with, I'm sure, more to come. And we can not
get a disk with all of them on it. That shows they expect more to come. This
is my third go-round with IE 7 and it still doesn't work. Makes you wonder if
this is a result of outsourceing, doesn't it? James W. Morgan

 

[Bill in Co.]

Well, I don't know why you installed IE7 in the first place - much less all
the patches. Was there a *good* reason for doing that? (I sure don't
see any).
Bottom line: I think it's just safer, and more prudent, to stick with the
tried and true (JMHO).

 

[pcbutts1]

Wrong! Mac's have way more patches then windows. If you have a problem with
yours then get a better computer and stop loading all that junk. IE7 works
just fine.

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[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Please stick to one (1) of your ongoing threads in IE General newsgroup
(where you've revealed much more about your machine than you have in this
thread):
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...er.general/browse_frm/thread/4d19d0ff26263db8

 

[GHalleck]

It is inconceivable to me how the mother and father of the computer age,
Microsoft, the largest maker of software in the world, can continue to
release software that does not work. Did you know that the XP platform now
has over 90 patches and fix's with, I'm sure, more to come. And we can not
get a disk with all of them on it. That shows they expect more to come. This
is my third go-round with IE 7 and it still doesn't work. Makes you wonder if
this is a result of outsourceing, doesn't it? James W. Morgan

This is nothing new and "patching" has been around for at least 30 or
40 years. Even in the days of main frames when a large reel of tape
would show up. Or we would be programming in assembly (machine code)
and making our own patches. And I can still remember the days when IBM
would issue its monthly diskette with patches and we would be carting
these around in plastic boxes. The important thing is knowing what patch
to use and when as well as when to leave things alone.

(BTW, I know one major organization that regrets installing IE7 for
the simple reason that it is imcompatible with a production software
it uses. How would you like to re-install XP in about 300 machines?
I would rather wish the software vendor wrote a patch instead.)

 

[Big Al]

Wrong! Mac's have way more patches then windows. If you have a problem
with yours then get a better computer and stop loading all that junk.
IE7 works just fine.

Yes, I'd like to know what he feels is wrong with IE7.
I have it loaded on 3 pcs and have no issues yet.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

If installing IE7 caused these problems and it was properly installed,
there'd be no need to reinstall WinXP: Just uninstall IE7 via Add/Remove
Programs.

 

[GHalleck]

If installing IE7 caused these problems and it was properly installed,
there'd be no need to reinstall WinXP: Just uninstall IE7 via Add/Remove
Programs.

I would do a "rollback" but I don't have the details why this group
found it necessary to re-install XP. It could have been due to some
pecularity of the key application and some dependence on IE6.

 

[Bill in Co.]

But that's assuming the rollback to IE6 will be successful. Is that often
the case? (I'm just asking, as that's a pretty extensive rollback)

 

[PD43]

But that's assuming the rollback to IE6 will be successful. Is that often
the case? (I'm just asking, as that's a pretty extensive rollback)

Actually, it works quite well.

I did it once... don't remember why. OH YEAH... I had problems with
it when trying to do tabs. They wouldn't work, so I went with
Firefox.

Came to find out that an old program I had running in the background
messed up the tabs function.

Firefox is now gone (it had some bad memory leak problems anyway) and
IE7 is functioning properly.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

If IE7 was installed properly and then uninstalled properly, the system
should be returned to IE6 without any issues.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

It is inconceivable to me how the mother and father of the computer age,
Microsoft, the largest maker of software in the world, can continue to
release software that does not work. Did you know that the XP platform now
has over 90 patches and fix's with, I'm sure, more to come. And we can not
get a disk with all of them on it. That shows they expect more to come.
This
is my third go-round with IE 7 and it still doesn't work. Makes you wonder
if
this is a result of outsourceing, doesn't it? James W. Morgan

No updates means that an OS is dead in the water, that there is no
development effort related to it.

The current updates will all be rolled into SP3 and then you can get a
single disk with them. You can slipstream that to your XP CD. Later
updates can be downloaded and burned to CD via the Windows Catalog site.

Perhaps if you provided some details as to your IE problems, assistance
could be offered. There isn't really anything to go on at this point.

-pk