IE and Windows XP Service Pack 3

Article
05/05/2008

Hi.

My name is Jane Maliouta and I am the Deployment PM for IE8. You might remember my recent blog on Installing IE8. Today I am here to tell you about Windows XP SP3 (XPSP3) and how it’ll work with the various released versions of Internet Explorer.

Windows XP SP3 contains some new updates, and a number of bug fixes and security improvements. You can learn more about XPSP3 features by reading the white paper located here. We expect XPSP3 will be publicly available shortly and want you to have this information prior to its final release to the web.

Internet Explorer 6 Users

XPSP3 will continue to ship with IE6 and contains a roll-up of the latest security updates for IE6. If you are still running Internet Explorer 6, then XPSP3 will be offered to you via Windows Update as a high priority update. You can safely install XPSP3 and will have an updated version of IE6 with all your personal preferences, such as home pages and favorites, still intact.

If you are currently running IE7 or IE8 on Windows XP SP2 (XPSP2) and you are thinking of upgrading to XPSP3, read on.

Internet Explorer 7 Users

If you are currently running IE7 on XPSP2, Windows Update will offer you XPSP3 as a high priority update. If you choose to install XPSP3, Internet Explorer 7 will remain on your system after the install is complete. Your preferences will be retained. However, you will no longer be able to uninstall IE7. If you go to Control Panel->Add/Remove Programs, the Remove option will be grayed out.

This behavior is by design and here is why. When we install IE7 on Windows XP SP2, we backup the existing IE6 files in an uninstall directory. Those IE6 files are the ones that shipped on XPSP2 plus all the security updates you’ve installed while using IE6. Windows XP SP3 contains a newer version of the Internet Explorer 6 files. If you have XPSP3 on your system and uninstall IE7, your system would revert to the backed up (older) version of the IE6 files rather than the newer XPSP3 version. You would end up in a mixed file state in Windows where most files would be the upgraded XPSP3, except for the IE6 files restored when uninstalling IE7. This state is not supported and is very bug prone. To ensure a reliable user experience, we prevent this broken state by disabling the ability to uninstall Internet Explorer 7.

If you must uninstall IE7 after you have upgraded to XPSP3, then you have to first uninstall XPSP3, and then uninstall IE7. After this series of uninstalls, you will be reverted back to a XPSP2, and a stable version of IE6, so feel free to upgrade to XPSP3 again.

If you install IE7 after you install XPSP3, then you will be able to uninstall IE7 at any point and be reverted to the newer IE6 version that ships in XPSP3. The restriction on uninstalling only applies to when you install a Windows Service Pack release on top of a standalone IE release.

Keeping this in mind, you might want to uninstall IE7, upgrade to XPSP3 and then install IE7 again so you can uninstall IE7 in the future if need be.

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 Users

Installing IE8 Beta1 on Windows XP SP3 is fully supported, so go ahead and upgrade your computers to XPSP3 and then install IE8 Beta 1 to try out our new features. You will be able to uninstall IE8 Beta 1 at any point to revert back to either IE7 or IE6 depending on what you were using before.

However, if you already have IE8 Beta 1 installed on XPSP2, Windows XP SP3 will not be offered to you via Windows Update. This is because after you update your system to XPSP3, you will no longer be able to uninstall IE8 Beta 1 and the Remove option will be grayed out under the Add/Remove programs in Control Panel. The reason is the same as in IE7 case described above. Since people are more likely to uninstall beta software, we strongly recommend uninstalling IE8 Beta 1 prior to upgrading to Windows XP SP3 to eliminate any deployment issues and install IE8 Beta 1 after XPSP3 is on your machine.

Thanks,

Jane Maliouta
Program Manager

Comments

Anonymous
May 05, 2008
Hello :) What about when we slipstream IE7 to a Windows XP CD already containing SP3.. Is the currently IE7 ( build 13 ) available in Microsoft downloads the right build to slipstream in a Windows XP SP3 CD or a newer build will be available for Windows XP SP3? Thank you :)
Anonymous
May 05, 2008
Keeping this in mind, you might want to uninstall IE7, upgrade to XPSP3 and then install IE7 again so you can uninstall IE7 in the future if need be. I will be doing this. Don't forget to backup your search providers, search urls and other settings (security, context menu extensions) as re-installing IE7 (I think) will clobber these settings under the HKCU keys.
Anonymous
May 05, 2008
@Bruno, Bruno, we don't support slipstreaming IE7 into Windows XP SP3 image. @ Rob ^_^, Re-installing IE7 will preserve your user preferences under HKCU except for the Security settings. If you have lowered your URL Zone settings, we'll revert you to the default URL zone settings so that you are more secure. If you have increased your URL Zone setting from th default, we will preserve the more secure settings. Thanks, Jane
Anonymous
May 05, 2008
Too late, I already installed SP3 on top of IE8. Ugh this means I have to uninstall SP3 and IE8 and then install SP3 and then IE8. Gross! Wish I had known this before.
Anonymous
May 05, 2008
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Anonymous
May 05, 2008
最近做上了微软官方社区XP版面的版主后，发现大家问得最多的问题就是XP SP3和IE8，看来我们的技术爱好者对于新技术还是很关心的，今天早上看到了篇IE官方Blog上的文章，说明了当从XP SP2升级到SP3后，IE的版本问题以及相关卸载的问题。
Anonymous
May 05, 2008
PingBack from http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/IE-and-Windows-XP-Service-Pack-3.__13395.aspx
Anonymous
May 05, 2008
spuninst.exe can help. Although unsupported I guess, but you will be able to uninstall whatever version of IE you had installed. Browse to %windir%ie[version here]spuninst directory and run the application from there.
Anonymous
May 05, 2008
If it's just a case of uninstalling and reinstalling, the XPSP3 installer could have done this automatically? That would spare users like me from jumping through a series of pointless and confusing hoops. It's nice to have an article explaining what we should do to make it work. But inconveniencing millions of developers due to a dumb service pack installer is lesser treatment than we deserve, imho.
Anonymous
May 05, 2008
Hmmm... Upgrading to XPSP3 with IE7 looks a bit complicated to me (the description of dependences with old IE6 files). Maybe I'll move to IE8 Beta first before upgrading Windows.
Anonymous
May 05, 2008
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Anonymous
May 05, 2008
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Anonymous
May 05, 2008
I will try IE 8 after installing SP3 :D
Anonymous
May 05, 2008
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Anonymous
May 05, 2008
Oh no! Please, please, please, replace IE6 with IE7! You guys have done such things many times before. Nobody would complain (though you never care about complains). Finally you have possibility to do relatively RIGHT thing and again you f**k it up!
Anonymous
May 05, 2008
Thanks for this explanation! Best Regards, Arian!
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
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May 06, 2008
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Anonymous
May 06, 2008
Juan et al: There are many business that have applications and services that are tied to IE 6 and its quirks. And it takes time to update these applications and services. Which is why many corporations still haven't fully upgraded to IE7. Microsoft needs to serve these customers and has allowed IE6 to continue even when IE 7 is already out and IE 8 is under development.
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
> XPSP3 will continue to ship with IE6 That's very disappointing indeed. This was a huge opportunity to get rid of a significant install base of IE6. Companies have now had well over a year to migrate Intranet applications to ensure that IE6-specific quirks can be moved out.
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
If they can't pull them self together to fix there IE6 bound software why should they be able to find the time to install SP3, IE7 is also a critical update after all :/
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
I already installed SP3 on top of IE8. I don't want to unless IE8 unless future betas would require uninstalling. Would that be required? Please say no!
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
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Anonymous
May 06, 2008
One more scenario. I have SP2 with IE8 install and I do a windows repair with a SP3-slipstreamed CD? How will that play out? How about SP3 with IE8 in the first place?
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
Its a JOKE!!! Maybe you could ship IE7 with SP3 BY DEFAULT... AND an option to install IE6... so it solves the problems with old and stupid companies systems
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
So to put it simply.

You use IE6 - SP3 will apply cumulative security roll-up if you have not already done so, maybe with some additional updates.
You use IE7 - SP3 will "bake it in" and uninstalling back to IE6 will no longer be possible. 2a. So, if you may want to uninstall IE7, then you must uninstall before applying SP3 and re-install after, but this is an unlikely scenario if you have been using IE7 without issues.
You use IE8 beta - SP3 will "bake in" that version, which is a very bad idea, so uninstalling the beta would be smart. It is surprising that MS did not "bury" IE6 with this update, maybe it is reasonable to expect IE6 to become unsupported not long after IE8 is RTM, in order to prevent the need to support 3 versions.

Anonymous
May 06, 2008
I do work at a place that still requires IE6 because if we use IE7, IE7 spike to 100% but IE6 doesn't have the issue. we're suppost to be migrating off the current system this fall. In a bit over a year, at least the IE team won't have to support IE 5.x as Win 2000 will loose it's extended support.
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
Why not simply update IE6 backup files along with installing SP3 when IE7 is alrdy installed... instead of giving us "customers" a headache ?
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
2 suggestions here: Option 1 When initializing XP SP3, prompt the following: Setup has detected that the IE7/8 is installed on this machine. What do you want setup to do? (o) Backup IE7/8, uninstall IE7/8, install SP3, and auto re-install IE7/8. (Recommended) ( ) Backup IE7/8, uninstall IE7/8, install SP3, patch the IE6 and without re-installing IE7/8. ( ) Install SP3 and leaving the uninstallation option not available for IE7/8. Option 2 Take IE7 as a compulsory patch to fix IE6 issues with XP SP3. If any technical users would like to do some testings that required IE6, use the virtual PC instead.
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
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Anonymous
May 06, 2008
I think this part is funny. What a funny way to deal with applicaitons. If you must uninstall IE7 after you have upgraded to XPSP3, then you have to first uninstall XPSP3, and then uninstall IE7. After this series of uninstalls, you will be reverted back to a XPSP2, and a stable version of IE6, so feel free to upgrade to XPSP3 again. If you install IE7 after you install XPSP3, then you will be able to uninstall IE7 at any point and be reverted to the newer IE6 version that ships in XPSP3. The restriction on uninstalling only applies to when you install a Windows Service Pack release on top of a standalone IE release. Keeping this in mind, you might want to uninstall IE7, upgrade to XPSP3 and then install IE7 again so you can uninstall IE7 in the future if need be.
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
NO! SP3 was the last great chance to effectively remove the curse of IE6 in the wild. All you had to do is make it install IE7 by default, with an option to keep IE6 for those who really need it. That would rid us of all those who just don't know or care what browser they use (probably most of whats left on IE6). Thanks for providing us with 2 to 3 more years of headaches.
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
@Tanveer I can only warn to use spuninst for IE7 after SP3 has been installed over Windows XP SP2 with IE7 installed. That will result in a undefined state and "may" raise security issues! See http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/showpost.aspx?postid=3129514&siteid=17 for your reference. Bye, Freudi
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
Kurzbeschreibung: Service Pack 3 (SP3) für Windows XP KB936929. Das SP3 enthält alle nach der Freigabe von SP2 und bis zur Fertigstellung des SP3 (am 14.04.2008) veröffentlichten Sicherheitsupdates. Zusätzlich enthalten sind viele optionales Updates,
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
@ Soum If you installed XPSP3 on top of IE8 Beta1, you will be able to upgrade to future IE8 betas but IE8 will be permanent at that point. You will not be able to uninstall it, even if you uninstall XPSP3.
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
@Soum Slipstreaming IE into XPSP3 is not supported. If you run Windows repair with XPSP3 slipstreamed, you will get XPSP3 with IE6. You can then install either IE7 or IE8. Either version will be removable after. Thanks, Jane.
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
There is a public Knowledge Base article that provides guidelines and information about repairing WinXP if IE7 is installed. It's located here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917964 The principles dicussed in this KB article, also apply to the XPSP3 scenario. We are working to update the article to include this information. Thanks, Jane
Anonymous
May 06, 2008

I applaud MS for not bundling IE7 in XPSP3 and still giving XP users choice. Not that I don't install IE7 immediately but since XP shipped with IE6, thanks for maintaining that choice. In fact, whenever Vista SP2 ships, please don't include IE8 in it.
I had IE7 installed on XPSP2. I've now installed SP3 from MSDN. Now I want KB889333 and KB933873 but they can't be installed on XPSP3. Gives an error saying the level of service pack is newer. So I guess MS will update these KBs to install on SP3? KB938127 (MS07-050) - a critical security KB also has the same issue!!!
Regarding the IE7/8 uninstall issue, aren't the IE6 files backed up to %Windir%IE7 on XP? So why simply why couldn't MS update the files backed up in %Windir%IE7 so that it could still be uninstalled?

Anonymous
May 06, 2008
@someone: What file version is your VGX.dll? Check http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-050.mspx to see if a fixed version was installed by the SP itself.
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
I have 2 systems. One was XPSP2+fully patched, then installed XPSP3 on that system VGX version is 7.0.6000.20628 (which is the version installed by MS07-050), so it is not SP3 which may have installed that version. On the other system, I did a slipstreamed clean install of XPSP3, then installed IE7. Now the version of Vgx.dll is 7.0.5730.13, so obviously MS07-050 is missing but it won't let me install KB938127 on XPSP3. Same thing for KB889333 and KB933873 but they're not security KBs. I think MS should do a IE7 SP1 alongside XPSP3 so any such issues are eliminated. The cumulative security updates only service a certain set of files, not all IE files.
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
Two questions... 1.) At what hour do patches on Windows Update become available on 'Patch Tuesday'? My time zone is Eastern (-0500). 2.) Has the maximum number of cookies after last year's update changed for IE8? I presume no though I figure why not ask for a clarification. Thanks!
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
¡Albricias y zapatetas! Ya es oficial. Tras un retraso de una semana sobre la fecha anunciada, la versión
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
Dear IETeam, Please release a new build of IE7 with the latest security updates included. If you install IE7 (7.0.5730.13) on XP SP3, then try to install IE7-WindowsXP-KB938127-x86-ENU.exe, it will fail and not update VGX.dll(7.0.5730.13 came with IE7's installer) to the version included in the KB938127 security update(7.0.6000.20628), leaving plenty of users vulnerable. Or release a revised version of IE7-WindowsXP-KB938127-x86-ENU.exe that would actually install on XP SP3.
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) is now available
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) und Internet Explorer Probleme
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
I'll probably go straight to SP3 without uninstalling IE7 first. I can't imagine any scenario where I'd want to downgrade to IE6 again. It's disappointing that you didn't default SP3 to install with IE7, but I understand why you didn't do that. As far as SP3 goes, I'm in no hurry. I'll wait it out for a couple weeks more or until Windows Update pushes it out to me. I don't want to be one of the early adopters that get burned when some unknown issue is discovered. These days I am pretty wary of anything Microsoft releases. Vista was (and still is) a disaster. It's way slower than XP and the computer is generally more complicated to use. I don't know how either of those things are a step forward.
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
When SP3 is released I will not be supporting/testing for IE 6 anymore.. this is ridicules! Why would I want to keep IE 6?! It would be so nice if SP3 just shipped IE 7 with it.. This is a sad day for the webdeveloper community. Actually no I will not only not test for it I will also not support it and block it.. stupid IE 6!
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
Even I had ppl telling me on my blog about the unistalling of IE7 before going on to install service pack3
Anonymous
May 06, 2008
Vielen Dank für die ausführliche Antwort--- Sie hat für mich aber den Nachteil, dass meine englischen Kenntnisse nicht ausreichen, um eine Übersetzumg vorzunehmen. Können Sie einem Methusalem (82) helfen? Danke. JH
Anonymous
May 07, 2008
If IE7 had been part of SP3, I would have been so happy. What am I doing at work today? Fixing broken IE6 behaviour. I am typing this from a Virtual PC running IE6, just so I can test and eliminate these bugs. I am very much for discontinuing support for IE6 but I don't think we're quite ready here since the sites I am building are for corporate users who are more likely to still be stuck in the past. IE6 IS A SECURITY HAZARD. I don't see why people are still allowed to use it!
Anonymous
May 07, 2008
I want to repeat what has been commented by Tester on Tuesday, May 06, 2008 8:05 PM: Dear IETeam, Please release a new build of IE7 with the latest security updates included. If you install IE7 (7.0.5730.13) on XP SP3, then try to install IE7-WindowsXP-KB938127-x86-ENU.exe, it will fail and not update VGX.dll(7.0.5730.13 came with IE7's installer) to the version included in the KB938127 security update(7.0.6000.20628), leaving plenty of users vulnerable. Or release a revised version of IE7-WindowsXP-KB938127-x86-ENU.exe that would actually install on XP SP3. This is critical as if users use the current IE7 installation source he'll be exposed to critical vulnerability at first and even can't get patched after updated.
Anonymous
May 07, 2008
Ok whats the deal with OPACITY in IE8? Is it in?, out? or what? https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=331735 You can't just drop a feature from the browser without some sort of explanation as to why. Not only that. If you are going to drop it thats fine but LEAVE the OPACITY at 100%!
Anonymous
May 07, 2008
I see zero issues here, use Firefox
Anonymous
May 07, 2008
It is possible to release a version of SP3 with IE7 bundled, it is terrible to install IE7 afterward when I got N pc
Anonymous
May 07, 2008
mmm i dont think so, just yesterday i installed sp3 and i still have internet explorer 6
Anonymous
May 07, 2008
@KB938127 We are aware of the issue that KB938127 does not install on XPSP3. Microsoft is working on repacking this update to install on XPSP3. We will let you know as soon as the issue's been resolved. Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Jane.
Anonymous
May 07, 2008
Microsoft has warned users updating to Windows XP SP3 (Service Pack 3)  that they won't be able
Anonymous
May 07, 2008
That's why Firefox is better. And Linux freeware OS is even much better.. People/Companies didn't have to loose hundreds of thousands of dollars after Vista and then to hear Microsoft to announce its a complete failure. When I setup security on friends/families' computers, I tell them not to use IE at all and completely disallow everyone to use IE from Group policy.
Anonymous
May 07, 2008
Unlike some of the comments here, I'd just like to take a moment to thank Microsoft for not forcing IE 7 onto SP 3 users. IE 6 is the most popular browser used by visitors to my site (38%, vs 29% for 7) so it's good to hear that I'll still be able to develop and test against 6 when I update to SP 3. I have IE 7 installed in VMware, so I'm still testing there, however I'm running 6 on my "main system" because it's what most of my visitors are using. Thanks again for making things easier on developers by keeping 6 around.
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May 07, 2008
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May 07, 2008
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Anonymous
May 07, 2008
Windows XP SP3 is now available
Anonymous
May 07, 2008
It's really disappointing to see that IE7 isn't installed with SP3.. why do you still support it? I've been a web developer for more than 10 years and IE6 is still makes me use old techniques - and limiting use of more advanced CSS, etc... Seriously, instead of spending time improving our sites we spend time fixing it for IE6 :( Please... let's get rid of this archaic (insert your favorite word here)..
Anonymous
May 07, 2008
I don't agree, there are a lot of computers that still run Windows 98 (Yeah, I know, they shouldn't). And they run perfectly with IE6, not with IE8.
Anonymous
May 07, 2008
I think u guys should have released IE7 with SP3. At least it would have done less harm to businesses running on IE6 than Windows Vista did to businesses running on XP.
Anonymous
May 07, 2008
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Anonymous
May 07, 2008
"Whenever I see a post on the IE Blog that has a title like IE and XP SP 3 I hope to see "oh, and IE 6 users will be upgraded". How much pain would be relieved when IE 6 usage is minimal?" from Ajaxian
Anonymous
May 08, 2008
So Microsoft want to stop supporting Windows XP in a near future, but KEEP SHIPPING IE6 that came before XP?! Come on people IE6 is 7 years old, force users to upgrade NOW.
Anonymous
May 08, 2008
Perhaps, not including any IE browser and offering it as an update or download after SP3 is installed might have been a nice option? that way noone is forced to remove or change their current browser installation. I have a few machines that run IE6 and msore so IE7...with a fully patched and up-2-date XP SP2 whic has been running stable for over a year now. The browser should definitely be stand alone to any major release, and especially when the browser is as old as it is.
Anonymous
May 08, 2008
When it comes to IE 6 and IE 7 in windows xp sp3 and business's and government entities, it comes down to contracts between Microsoft and the one contracted with! If you try to force the entity you contracted with to move to IE7 or later you must include a clause of release from that contract. Microsoft isn't about to do that! Plain and simple. It's like credit card companies that want to raise your fixed interest rate under contract. You the credit card holder can opt out of the contract and cancel the card (You still have to pay the debit). So, IE 6 will be around for a while
Anonymous
May 08, 2008
My idea for this was to allow an option to install IE7 when going to SP3. There would be a screen like "Your Internet Explorer is out of date!" and then show the features of IE7 and such, with an option to install it (unchecked of corse).
Anonymous
May 08, 2008
Interesting, Microsoft did it again: now it IS completely ridiculous to slipstream SP3 to Windows XP installation if you intend using IE7 (which is rather natural if you are not government or other slowly-stepping entity, and most of downloaders will not be) because you will still have to install IE7 critical updates afterwards (and keep track of those), even thou SP3 does include those updates in it (which would install if u installed IE7 on SP2, and then do the SP3 installation). It just doesn't stop to amaze me how you guys make the same mistakes over and over again, even after a year of testing beta versions of this so-much-overdue product... what have you been doing all that time?
Anonymous
May 08, 2008
While the installation of the XP SP3 upgrade has went well for me and it should for most users. A service
Anonymous
May 08, 2008
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Anonymous
May 08, 2008
Se avete scelto di installare Internet Explorer 7, il browser di Microsoft non risulterà più disinstallabile dopo l'applicazione del Service Pack 3 per Windows XP, rilasciato pubblicamente poche ore fa. Lo spiega Jane Maliouta, manager del coloss...
Anonymous
May 09, 2008
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Anonymous
May 09, 2008
I'm a software pro, and I find this issue shocking behavior from what should be the best software team in the world. When I install a new version of software, I make sure to remove all vestiges of the old (both files and registry). I want my machine to run lean and clean. I installed SP3, unaware of this issue with IE7. Had I known, I would never have installed it, period. Now I am told that is should 1)uninstall SP3, 2) uninstall IE7, 3) reinstall SP3, 4) reinstall IE7? What is this, a circus act? Totally unprofessional, especially if you are aware that most uninstalls do not do a complete job of it. When IE8 comes out, there had better be a fix for this. I do not want 2 versions of the same software on my computer. The best minds in the industry couldn't come up with sleek solution to this? Unconscionable...
Anonymous
May 09, 2008
The XP SP3 installation upgrades have worked well for me on three systems and they should for most users
Anonymous
May 09, 2008
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Anonymous
May 10, 2008
Do not have Windows Internet explorer Icon on desktop in order to click on to the internet. Also not on the start panel
Anonymous
May 10, 2008
It looks like Microsoft's warning that you can't uninstall IE7 after you install Windows XP SP3 may apply conversely as well. If you do a fresh install of Windows XP SP3, the IE7 insta ...
Anonymous
May 11, 2008
I was thinking of uninstalling IE7 before the SP3 install and was wondering if all my favorites, etc. would remain in the remaining IE6. Where are these favorites and preferences stored for IE7 so they can be saved?
Anonymous
May 11, 2008
Thanks for warning me AFTER I upgraded.
Anonymous
May 11, 2008
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Anonymous
May 12, 2008
To N S: "People/Companies didn't have to loose hundreds of thousands of dollars after Vista and then to hear Microsoft to announce its a complete failure." That's new to me. What newspaper or reputable site [be specific]? Apple's web site doesn't count. :-) It's suicidal for any company to mention that their current product is a failure. To All: As someone mention already, if you are using a beta version on your only PC, good luck. Betas will contain plenty bugs and may crash. At this point, if you are at IE7 and have no issues, why would you go back to the less-secure IE6? If you have issues with IE7, why is it still installed?
Anonymous
May 12, 2008
Just wondering-- what the European monopolist-regulators might think of Microsoft "locking in" it's own browser, no matter the reason?
Anonymous
May 12, 2008
Hi all, Last week, I blogged about installing Windows XP SP3 and how it affects different versions of
Anonymous
May 12, 2008
@MikeOlson: Somehow i doubt the EU is reading this blog, and if they were, they probably wonder what you're talking about. this post has nothing to do with "locking in" anything, since it doesn't affect firefox,opera,safari, etc.
Anonymous
May 12, 2008
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Anonymous
May 12, 2008
@ackerberg IE stores user preferences in HKCU registry location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER->Software->Microsoft->Internet Explorer. These settings are retained after IE7 or IE8 Beta1 is uninstalled. If you want to backup your settings, you can export Favorites, Feeds and cookies using File->Import/Export feature. Thanks, Jane.
Anonymous
May 12, 2008
Installing Branded IE7 on Windows XP Service Pack 3
Anonymous
May 12, 2008
I'm thinking the real reason why IE7 and Media Player 11 are not included with SP3 is because it breaks DOS/NDIS based unattended installs. IE7/MP11 have a lot of long file name (particularly the .mui files) that just don't play nice with DOS. Although I lead the company I work for to switch to WinPE instead of DOS-based solutions, others may not have done the same...
Anonymous
May 12, 2008
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Anonymous
May 13, 2008
After installing sp3 I would like to clear out all the backup files. What folder/directory and files are ok to delete. I know some $* folders can be removed, but which ones? I feel there should be a update cleanup wizard tool available with various options to clean out antiquated files. Can anyone be a help here? I'm happy with my system, don't want to roll back/uninstall & want my hard drive space back. Info: stable xpsp3 mp11 ie7
Anonymous
May 13, 2008
Mackque, why don't you let these backup files where they are. I don't really have problems with them.. If you want to them because of the long list in the software map, you can easily hide them with a radio button at the top.
Anonymous
May 13, 2008
How can be SP3 uninstalled???..in control panel add/remove , under the Main SP3 package I have written "impossible to remove the update"...no button "unistall" availablke whatsoever...
Anonymous
May 14, 2008
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May 14, 2008
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Anonymous
May 15, 2008
Microsoft blows, as always. You guys are saying that in order to uninstall IE7 I have to install SP3 first, then IE7, but when I do this, IE7 won't install. After installing SP3, I can't even install WMP11 . Wait, they didn't even include WMP11 in the SP3 release? How frackin stupid is microsoft?
Anonymous
May 15, 2008
The directory where SP3 unpackaged is c:windowsSoftwareDistributionDownload
Anonymous
May 15, 2008
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May 15, 2008
If we assume that this is the last service pack for Windows XP, is it possible to infer an end-of-life date for IE6? I really can't figure out what's going on at the official Support Lifecycle site (http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifesupsps/#Internet_Explorer), but it looks like it might not be until May of 2013. )-:
Anonymous
May 15, 2008
Hello Jane, Wondered if you can help here. After upgrading to XP SP3, I cannot add to favorites. What to do? Thanks, Jacob
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May 16, 2008
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May 17, 2008
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Anonymous
May 18, 2008
You'd better ask help on a computer forum. You can always uninstall the update, probably that will fix your issue.
Anonymous
May 19, 2008
I installed SVP 3 on an XP Home system (my boss's HP Pavillion laptop). Now his IE 7 does not work. It can only see his home page, but no other pages. We get a standard IE error when we try any other page. Is this a fix? I assume I can just delete the SVP 3 upgrade, am going to his house this afternoon. I hope that restores it to the prior system.
Anonymous
June 11, 2008
Perhaps it's just me, or maybe I missed something. I was a little excited about Service Pack 3, particularly
Anonymous
August 27, 2008
I am here to tell you how to upgrade to IE8 Beta 2. IE8 Beta 2 system requirements are the same as IE8
Anonymous
August 31, 2008
过去的一周大家谈论的焦点之一就是新发布的 IE 8 Beta 2 浏览器。关于 IE 8 Beta 2，驱动之家、cnBeta 等很多网站都转载了来自 MSDN IE Blog 八月份的一则声明，《 Windows
Anonymous
January 26, 2009
Hello all, Just like for previous beta releases, I am going to guide you through the upgrade steps for
Anonymous
January 26, 2009
こんにちは。五寳です。今朝のアナウンスに引き続き、 IEBlog とリリースノートから、RC1 を利用するにあたっての重要なポイントをまとめました。インストールにあたっての重要な変更点のまとめ
Anonymous
January 29, 2009
Обновление до IE8 RC1 Вот и вышел Internet Explorer RC1. Перед тем, как приступить к установке, рекомендую
Anonymous
May 29, 2009
We received an interesting question in yesterday's IE Expert Zone chat : now that Vista SP2 is out ,
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November 02, 2013
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November 02, 2013
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