FYI Windows XP Pro is the basic operating system in Windows XP MCE(2005).
The Google Toolbar is the cause that you still have version 7.0.5730.11 and
you need to uninstall it then if you have already have uninstalled the
Google Updater. One or the other or both can apparently cause thus problem.
ColTom2" wrote in said:
Please my prior posting Subj: Latest Version Build IE7, dated 6.8.2008
8:07PM and subsequent threads a few lines down.
A link to a Google Groups copy of the thread would be easier to follow.
Was
http://tinyurl.com/6nd226 the one you are talking about? If so, I
noticed there that you *did* divulge that you are using Windows XP
Media Center Edition (MCE). That is probably why you have a version
different than what I can get for Windows XP Pro.
From what you have said I'd almost bet you that you have Google Earth
installed and have made updates to it. In running the updates you
most likely did not know that Google installed Google Updater which
has prevented you from getting any Windows Updates since your IE7
version 7.0.5730.11. You currently have what is know as a "Branded
IE7".
Don't have Google Earth. Don't have Google Updater. Don't use a branded
version IE (which comes from either the install CD for Windows or
downloaded only from Microsoft). Don't see how any of these would mask
out entries from the Windows Update web page.
Your analysis in the other post to which you refer is inconclusive. It
doesn't provide that Google said:
If this is the case then read my last posting and it will tell you how
to update from Build 11 to Build 13 and start getting IE7 updates
again.
Please let me know if you do have Google Earth installed etc.
I do have the Google Toolbar installed (but with the tracking options
enabled so their links don't back through their servers and with
bookmarks disabled to prevent connecting to them in an attempt to
synchronize my local bookmarks with those stored on their service).
However, after installing anything Google, I always get rid of their
updater. They try to install it with all their apps but it is required
for those apps to run.
As a test, I started IE7 in its no add-ons mode which disables all
add-ons. However, Microsoft is so enamored with ActiveX that it is
required to use their update site. That means that I need to leave
add-ons enabled so their AX control (the old one or one they want to
download) will execute. So I disabled all Google add-ons in IE7 and
tried the Windows Update site again. I could then do a Custom scan for
updates. No further updates were offered, so according to their update
scan, I have the latest version available for the OS and service pack
level that I'm using.
You are running the MCE version of Windows XP. I'm running the Pro
version of Windows XP. It is common for different versions of the same
program to be available in different versions of the OS. Some versions
of IE aren't even installable in older versions of Windows; for
example, I believe that IE6 is the last version you can install in
Windows 98. It is very possible that the latest version of IE7
available for Windows Vista is later than the latest version of IE7
available for any version of Windows XP at any service pack level.
I have another license of Windows XP Pro SP-3 (fully updates) in a
virtual machine (VMWare Server). It also has the 5730.11 version. I
used the Microsoft download link that you provided in your other post,
which goes to:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...8a30-081805b2f90b&displaylang=en#RelatedLinks
After the install of that download, IE7 then its version got bumped up
the minor update to 7.0.5730.13. So the Windows Update site is not yet
profferring the .13 minor update. I've read that some users are having
problems with the .13 minor update: Adobe Flash and WordPress cause IE7
7.0.5730.13 to crash, and old security patches won't install (but it is
unclear if that is an SP-3 or IE7 7.0.5730.13 issue). I'll wait until
Microsoft chooses to add the .13 update to the WU page, so I reverted my
VM back to its snapshot that has the .11 minor version.
So what must-have changes are in the .13 version versus the .11 version?
I haven't yet found a changelog that tells me what .13 changed from .11.
From Googling around, the only changes that I see mention (but these are
not Microsoft sites for that info):
o WGA Removed
o The menu bar is now visible by default
o The Internet Explorer 7 online tour has updated how-toÿs. Also, the
´first-run¡ experience includes a new overview
o Weÿve included a new MSI installer that simplifies deployment for IT
administrators in enterprises
WGA is laughably easy to disable. No update for IE7 was needed for
that. Took me maybe 8 seconds to figure out how to get the Menubar to
show up after installing IE7. Oh joy, more boob fluff: a tour, like
that's so important. If the MSI installer had such an update, it should
be offered separately of IE <any version>. Before the .13 update to
IE7, msiexec.exe reported its version was 3.01.4001.5512. After the .13
update, it still reported the same version.
