Service Pak 2 - IE7 Question...

[Terri]

When I started my computer this morning, I recd a Microsoft page instead of
my homepage that said to download IE7 Service Pak 2 for Windows XP. I am
running 7.0.5730.11 Update Version 0.
Is this a new service pak? Should I install it?
Thanks!

 

[HeyBub]

When I started my computer this morning, I recd a Microsoft page
instead of my homepage that said to download IE7 Service Pak 2 for
Windows XP. I am running 7.0.5730.11 Update Version 0.
Is this a new service pak? Should I install it?
Thanks!

There is no "IE7 Service Pak 2."

There is a Service PACK 2 for XP. There is IE7.

Are you absolutely, positively sure what you saw was a "Microsoft page?"

Could be a virus masquerading as Microsoft encouraging you to do something
wicked.

 

[Malke]

There is no "IE7 Service Pak 2."

There is a Service PACK 2 for XP. There is IE7.

Are you absolutely, positively sure what you saw was a "Microsoft page?"

Could be a virus masquerading as Microsoft encouraging you to do something
wicked.

There is a brand-new (as of yesterday) version of IE7. AFAIK it isn't
called "IE7 Service Pack 2" and I wouldn't expect a webpage to pop up
about it. We would need to know the exact url of the page from the OP.
My understanding is that the new build of IE7 will be rolled out during
Windows Updates per usual.


Malke

 

[PA Bear]

Go to this page: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/ie/getitnow.mspx

In the blue box towards the top, just about "take a tour," does it say "you
are using Internet Explorer 7"?
--
IE-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

 

[NoConsequence]

When I started my computer this morning, I recd a Microsoft page instead of
my homepage that said to download IE7 Service Pak 2 for Windows XP. I am
running 7.0.5730.11 Update Version 0.
Is this a new service pak?

For you, obviously.

Should I install it?

Up to you.

WHy ask here though? Ask in an IE7 group. This one is for XP.

 

[Lil' Dave]

There is a brand-new (as of yesterday) version of IE7. AFAIK it isn't
called "IE7 Service Pack 2" and I wouldn't expect a webpage to pop up
about it. We would need to know the exact url of the page from the OP. My
understanding is that the new build of IE7 will be rolled out during
Windows Updates per usual.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Guessing by your description, the newer version has already rolled out on
windows autoupdate. Previously, I declined to install IE 7.0 when it was
first available. Another notice of its availability came up on my PC this
past Monday. Nothing indicated its was newer version from the intial
notice. So, I thought windows update was brain-farting...
Dave