ged said:
I downloaded the Network Installation version of SP2, as recommended
here. If I install it, will it also install IE7 - automatically, or
do I have a choice?
No, it will not install IE7, automatically or otherwise. There is no choice,
since SP2 is completely separate from IE7.
After all I've read about IE7 here and elsewhere,
I certainly DON'T WANT IT! Thanks for your help!
Your choice, of course, but I think you'd be making a serious mistake by not
installing IE7. I have two points to make about this:
1. Whenever a new version of *anything* comes out, you always read about
people having problems with it. But realize two things:
a. If you're reading about problems *here*, this where people come
with
their problems, not with their successes. You get a very distorted
view
of what's going on in the real world here; as someone once said,
"hang
around a transmission shop and you will think that all cars have
transmission problems."
b. Most problems, by far, that people report here--whether or not they
are
IE7-related--have nothing to do with defects in the software. They
result
from people's ignorance, from bad or inadequate hardware, from old
drivers, from viruses, from spyware, and so on. And except for very
rare
situations, they always get a fix for their problems, and in most
cases, that
fix is a very simple one to implement.
2. Notwithstanding the above, whenever you install anything new, there is
always some risk. Whether to install it or not is your choice, but
personally I see no reason not to. Recognize that much of what's new in IE7
is security-related, so if you don't install it, your security exposure is
increased. There's *some* risk either way, but my view is the risk is
considerably greater if you *don't* install it.
I've installed IE7 on all three of my own machines and on those of several
others. I have experienced *no* IE7-related problems on any of them.
