IE 9.0.2 Available via Windows Update
The August 2011 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer is now available via Windows Update. This security update resolves five vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer that were disclosed in coordination with Microsoft and two publicly disclosed vulnerabilities.
The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user visits a malicious, specially crafted Web page using IE. Users who run without administrative rights are more secure in general and should be less impacted than other users; you can read more about this security principle in many places. This security update is rated Critical for IE6, 7, 8, and 9 on Windows clients; for more information about the ratings, the vulnerabilities, and technical details about the fixes please see the full bulletin.
Most customers have enabled automatic updating and do not need to take any action. We recommend that customers who have not enabled automatic updating, enable it (Start Menu, type “Windows Update”). We recommend that administrators, enterprise installations, and end users who want to install this security update manually, apply the update immediately using update management software or by checking for updates using the Microsoft Update service.
—Tyson Storey, Program Manager, Internet Explorer
Comments
Anonymous
August 09, 2011
Great job! Btw, what’s the ETA on built-in spell-checker in Internet Explorer? Has it qualified as a feature-to-be-considered yet?Anonymous
August 09, 2011
Spellchecking is always a feature-to-be-considered.Anonymous
August 09, 2011
@@Fiona, how about the IETeam. Do they acknowledge it as a feature? I don't think it should takes too much effort to deploy it in IE, since they already have shown its closest match in Office 360 (the one you can find on SkyDrive). I don’t doubt the ability of IETeam, but those creepy marketing strategies have put IE far behind the front row.. sighAnonymous
August 09, 2011
+9,223,372,036,854,775,807 to the built-in spell checker suggestion. As a non-native English speaker it's really useful - and Word 2010 has a really good spell checker, no need to re-create one.Anonymous
August 09, 2011
connect.microsoft.com/.../spellcheckerAnonymous
August 09, 2011
Genuine question, why don't you support text-shadow via a vendor prefix? -ms-text-shadow would be good until the w3c standardizes this.Anonymous
August 09, 2011
Spellchecker plaa plaa plaa... Believe that they have already indicated that it may be a possible feature, but not yet!Anonymous
August 09, 2011
Please for the love of {Insert Deity of choice}! Add a Spell Checker to IE! - It's embarrassing that IE is the only browser that makes its users look like fools because it doesn't offer a basic spell checker. Its 17 flippin' lines of open source Python code to add a spell checker!!! just add it for crying out loud! It's beyond pathetic that IE doesn't have one yet.Anonymous
August 09, 2011
Who cares about spell checker, spelling is learnt at school. What people (well, me and myself, that counts as multiple, right?) really want is mouse gestures. Yes yes, there's one available for IE8 but it doesn't work in IE9. I love this new versioning scheme, by the way. So much easier than the dozen or so digits in the pre-IE9 era.Anonymous
August 09, 2011
@Ee: Spelling is learned (you said "learnt"...how ironic) at school, yes, but only for your native language. Mine is French, and while I speak French very well, there are a lot of words that are slightly different from French to English (e.g. "Dictionnaire" <=> "Dictionary"). A spell checker in a non-native language is really useful.Anonymous
August 09, 2011
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August 09, 2011
A spellchecker should be part of the operating system so that every application developer can use it in his application.Anonymous
August 09, 2011
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August 09, 2011
There's no point asking for text-shadow or a spellchecker in a minor security update, though. Wait until we get to see a glimpse of IE10.Anonymous
August 09, 2011
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August 09, 2011
Whoa - people still use IE? New versions are still relevant? Haha, who knew.Anonymous
August 09, 2011
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August 09, 2011
Text-shadow: www.quirksmode.org/.../textshadow.html (just checked on FF6b and IE10pp2) It turns out; IE is the only browser not supporting text-shadow so far.Anonymous
August 09, 2011
Spell checkers you can download easily for free at http://www.speckie.com or at http://www.ie7pro.comAnonymous
August 10, 2011
guys just to remind you that the topic is: "August 2011 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer"
Ee +++ ;)
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August 10, 2011
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August 10, 2011
You realise you can search using the address bar?Anonymous
August 11, 2011
That doesn't always work right and its not like we need such a ridiculously long address bar if we use tabs on a seperate row, I think the seperate search bar of IE8 was much easier to use.Anonymous
August 11, 2011
Where can i find it in spanish?Anonymous
August 12, 2011
Jayp, I can't switch between multiple search providers using the search bar. For instance, to look up a word in Wiktionary, in IE8 I press Ctrl-E, enter the query, press Ctrl-Down, WW, Enter. Then, if I am curious about the word's etymology, I press Ctrl-E, Ctrl-Down, E. It is an efficient workflow that for me easily outweights the rendering advances made in IE9.Anonymous
August 12, 2011
Never felt any need to switch from bing :) but just installed "ask jeeves" to check this. [Ctrl]-[E] highlights the address bar, and puts in a question mark. I type the word "test" without quotes and press [ctrl]-[down] just once to highlight my two installed search providers. Press left/right arrow to highlight whichever one isn't enabled, then press [enter], and I immediately get search suggestions from that provider. To search on the exact word then requires just one more [enter]. I couldn't find a search provider addin for wiktionary (maybe they have one on their website?), and the only dictionary addins I could find were accelerators, but maybe you could still upgrade to ie9? I don't tend to use the keyboard beyond [ctrl]-[a]/[c]/[v] and [delete], so I expect some other people might have quicker methods. (Failed to post this once... Hopefully won't turn into a double post)Anonymous
August 12, 2011
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August 12, 2011
@Don Reba, did you really tried the CTRL+E then CTRL+UP/DOWN then CTRL+LEFT/RIGHT shortcuts?? It certainly works in IE9! Also, when the query is replace by the complete URL press the magnifying glass button in the search bar or simply press CTRL+E to get back the query string. @IE-team, please provide the option to make the search bar separated from the address bar in future release (especially when the tabs are set to show in the separate rows).Anonymous
August 12, 2011
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August 12, 2011
guess you need to report this bug on connect.microsoft.com/.../feedbackAnonymous
August 13, 2011
1.) Spell Checker built in - absolute must - no exceptions! 2.) HTML5 form elements - seriously! its almost 2012 people! get on this! 3.) If you seriously want people to use WinPhone7 you need to upgrade IE on that device (or allow the install of Safari/Chrome/Opera/Firefox or another modern browser. IE on the WinPhone7 scores a whopping "25" on the HTMl5Test... 25!!! not 250.... not 200, not 175, not 150 or even 100... 25!! (Twenty-Five)!! - The browser is the #1 requirement of a smart phone and WinPhone7 doesn't have one - Epic Fail. 4.) Did I mention adding a Spell Checker to IE? - I'm absolutely appalled that this feature has been missing from IE since day 1, it shows a complete lack of interest in providing software to end users that they need, and shows massive dis-respect to the community for not addressing an issue that has been more discussed and reported 100's if not 1,000's of times. Former IE user.Anonymous
August 13, 2011
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August 13, 2011
If Internet Explorer was OPEN SOURCE then Internet Explorer would be a very fast webbrowser... but sadly Stupid MICROSOFT won't let Internet Explorer be open source..Anonymous
August 13, 2011
@Luigi: Um, how would open source suddenly make IE much more faster than it is? I don't think making the code open source would make it much more faster...Besides, there isn't that much difference between the browsers speedwise anymore.Anonymous
August 13, 2011
> Also, when the query is replace by the complete URL press the magnifying glass button in the search bar or simply press CTRL+E to get back the query string. Really? I don't recall this working in the beta. That takes care of half of my complaint. > 1.) Spell Checker built in - absolute must - no exceptions! I don't see why this is an issue. You should really know how to spell in any case, and an occasional typo is not a big deal.Anonymous
August 13, 2011
IE9 beta? R u sure? It was outdated somewhere in December 2010 with the release of RC.. You really need to upgrade to RTM then comment on this stuff..Anonymous
August 13, 2011
Every major webbrowser is providing spell-checker feature. Its not an issue its a must-have feature. Now, if you are convinced, vote up to bump this feature-request at Connect: http://bit.ly/qEoBt2Anonymous
August 13, 2011
right now the vote count is 36!Anonymous
August 13, 2011
http://bit.ly/qEoBt2 is reactivated by the OP! Please vote up by clicking "I can too" under Active. ~Cheers..Anonymous
August 13, 2011
Question: This issue was resolved in IE9 www.martinezdelizarrondo.com/.../textarea In IE10 pp2, when we refresh the page the updated textbox value is reverted. Does it regress or the Refresh mechanism for temporary UI for previews is different than one in IE9 RTM? Should we call it an issue?Anonymous
August 14, 2011
Vote count is now 39. This doesn't include votes on the 44! duplicates filed! Please Microsoft - add a Spell Checker built in already. It would be amazingly sad to see IE10 ship without one.Anonymous
August 14, 2011
Actually I take that back - fix this blog software first! Then fix the lack of a spell checker. 8 attempts to post a comment on this blog is ridiculous! There's 100's of free blogging software tools out there that are better than what you are using - please pick one and implement it. I shouldn't have to save my posts in Notepad before submitting because I know that Community Server will very likely eat my post the first 2-3 times!Anonymous
August 14, 2011
When will IE finally be able to display all favicons flawlessly like Firefox or Chrome?Anonymous
August 14, 2011
@6205 - Only when IE finally wakes up and realizes that uncompressed *.ico files are not how the Web should load favicons, and only when they fully support *.gif, *.png (and full alpha transparency), and only when IE finally fixes the regression they made when they removed them from the addressbar dropdown list. Maybe Microsoft can hire some good programmers from Google or Mozilla and get things done properly for once - maybe then IE version 12 might be an awesome browser with full support for all standard web technologies across the board.Anonymous
August 15, 2011
@Steve - can you visit here blogs.msdn.com/.../contact.aspx and send me info regarding the comment submission failures? What browser, what content, etc. If you're having that serious a set of submission problems, I'd like to understand it more. Thanks, Sean.Anonymous
August 15, 2011
I have submitted you the feedback. Please check it out!Anonymous
August 15, 2011
For record, here is the feedback: !! This issue as been submitted in IE blog comments several times !! When a user tries to submit a comment, while NOT logged in with Live ID, the page refreshes itself without the comment submitted (and without the get params: CommentPosted=true#commentmessage). This happens if you stay on the page for longer than 15 minutes (15 is not the minimum it could be 5minutes not sure, but 15 is long enough to reproduce it!)Anonymous
August 16, 2011
IE you guys don't care if i switch to Firefox would you? i might cause well It says themes and a way to tweak the UI to our likings and in IE we can't do that..Anonymous
August 16, 2011
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August 16, 2011
Got reply from Sean: Thanks for responding Michael. The cache on the page is 15 minutes so it’s likely timed with that. I’ll see what we can do to reproduce this on our development environment and get a fix in place. Thanks again. SeanAnonymous
August 16, 2011
@Sean Jenkins - I too sent a comment your way disclosing the "not-news-to-anyone-on-the-ie-blog" that posting comments here is extremely hit and miss. A quick google for "Community server" sucks on the IE blog returns 200+ results. (see here: tiny.cc/communityserversuckage ) I realize it wasn't your choice 2 years ago to be stuck with this, but yes it is a real problem and it is nothing new. (in fact this is the 2nd time I've posted this comment (as the first was lost))Anonymous
August 16, 2011
bbc.com doenot play nice with ie9. Tried every configuration. Buggy even in compatibility mode.Anonymous
August 17, 2011
@Sean Jenkins, wouldn't it be great if you simply implement the TELLIGENT blogging suite for MSDN-BLOGS as they are handling windowsteamblog quite nicely!!Anonymous
August 17, 2011
@Gord 15 Aug 2011 6:11 AM link: blogs.msdn.com/.../ie-9-0-2-available-via-windows-update.aspx You are of couerse wrong and authors of some websites went apparently long way to be incompatible in this little matter. Ico format (more like special container similar to AVI or MKV) supports PNG: blogs.msdn.com/.../10079192.aspx So I would say that IE support PNG favicon as well, you just use same file type as before.Anonymous
August 18, 2011
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August 19, 2011
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August 19, 2011
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August 19, 2011
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August 21, 2011
IE9 is a great browser - however - there are mnay sites taht have issues with IE9. Is it the site or IE9 - soem admins say it is IE9 that is not fully compatible not their website - we as users suffer.