Re: OT--SP3?

you are comparing apples and oranges. i am talking about sp3 breaking
windows update for ie7. your article is talking about being able to
uninstall ie7.

"MZB" <moo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Chris:

Are you sure? I got this information, and it makes it sound like I am
better off keeping IE 6.0 BEFORE installing SP3. Am I missing something?

Mel


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.

..

"Christopher Muto" <muto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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the only problem i have encountered with windows xp sp3 is that is it can
result in older windows updates from being applied. for example, if you
install ie7 after sp3 then you will not be able to update ie7 unless you
re-register the older windows update utility. so, if installing windows
from scratch, be sure to install ie7 and update it before installing
windows sp3. if you already have ie7 and all other updates applied then
this is not an issue.

"MZB" <moo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I've been hesitant to install this update as it appears to be a major
one and I don't want things to get screwed up.

Is there any reason to do the update or not to do it?

Mel







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