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    IE7 for XP Pro SP2?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Tranquility, Oct 5, 2007.

  1. Tranquility

    Tranquility Notebook Consultant

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    I picked up a new used laptop with XP Pro SP2 preinstalled. I activate it, jump to Windows Update, and fire away with all the Priority Updates. 80+ updates install with no error messages. After rebooting and playing around I notice I don't have IE7. I open Add/Remove programs and the update packages don't appear. "What the heck," I think. "Did my update routine get botched?"

    Continuing on, I find that Windows Explorer shows ~750MB of additional used disk space that is so typical of Microsoft's ~50MB of downloads. :rolleyes: The Windows folder contains all the update uninstall packages as if the updates succeeded. The Windows>Software Distribution>Downloads folder is loaded with update packages. So I start thinking; "Maybe IE7 isn't available for XP Pro." I go back to Windows Update and check my update history and sure enough, there is no IE7 in the history. I checked Priority and Optional updates and IE7 is nowhere to be found?

    What's up?
     
    Tranquility, Oct 5, 2007
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  2. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    You have to download it from the all updates section or from MS's homepage under ''popular downloads''.
     
    Thomas, Oct 5, 2007
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  3. Tranquility

    Tranquility Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks, Thomas.
     
    Tranquility, Oct 5, 2007
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  4. swarmer

    swarmer beep beep

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    Yeah. I have IE7 on XP Pro SP2, and it works fine. I recommend Firefox, but IE7 works fine... you just have to download and install it.
     
    swarmer, Oct 5, 2007
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  5. R4000

    R4000 Notebook Virtuoso

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    I have noticed on XP reinstalls that you have to have a fully-patched IE6 before Windows Update offers the upgrade to IE7........
     
    R4000, Oct 6, 2007
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