[pchelpers] Re: google search window

Hi Billy

> Personally I never like to upgrade anything from Microsoft till it's 
> been around quite sometime.  I understood from groups like this, and various 
> other tech websites, that al was not good with IE7.

Basically you should understand that there's a big difference between 
upgrading (i.e. new versions with new gimmicks and bells and whistles 
that are almost always unnecessary) and updating (fixing problems by 
getting hotfixes for or newer releases of the same versions). You should 
especially understand the big difference between non-critical and 
critical (i.e. security) updates. For example, Word 97 is as good as 
Word 2007, but it's a very bad idea using any version of Word without 
the updates provided for that version.

You're right that MS has a tendency to send out even critical updates 
that don't work or break your computer or have security holes that 
require new critical updates. That doesn't mean you shouldn't get all 
critical updates; the only choice you really have is to wait a few days 
to make sure the worst problems have been ironed out. IE 7 was a 
critical update, so i'm always quite shocked when i hear about people 
who didn't get it yet.

Basically, it's very easy to tell which are critical updates and which 
aren't by going to Microsoft Update http://update.microsoft.com and 
Microsoft Office Update http://office.microsoft.com/ and getting all 
critical updates (now stupidly renamed high-priority updates in the MS 
tradition of keeping customers confused).

I don't think there ever were any real problems with IE7, only with 
people trying to install it and SP2 on infected computers.

http://www.local.nu/HelpDesk/index.php/Windows_Internet_Explorer_7

> If issues have been settled, I just may do that, and for myself I may add, 
> but can you confirm that IE7 is sound now?

I use it very rarely because it's not nearly as safe as Firefox, but i 
haven't had any problems using it and don't remember hearing of any by 
others. Well, the changed UI and menus and stuff are of course the usual 
totally unnecessary and frustrating pain MS likes to annoy its customers 
with, but i haven't heard about technical problems in IE7.




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