Microsoft: IE6 vs. IE7 vs. IE7 in Vista
As in the case of the inhouse competition between Windows XP and Windows Vista, due to its prolonged support strategy, Microsoft is also one of its most fierce and stubborn competitors on the browser market.
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6.12.2007 Convert your firefox favorites and feeds into IE7 with "Firefox To IE7"
My friend blake, who runs windowscoding.com, has just posted this really useful application to his blog..
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30.7.2006 How to Run IE 7 without installing it
If you want to test IE7 without the risk of installing a beta software, here is a simple way to do it. This method does not install IE 7 the usual way- instead you just run it from the installer package and hence your system does not get littered with beta dlls all over the place.
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17.4.2006 7 Things to Try after Installing Windows 7
On October 22, 2009 Microsoft reached the final milestone of the Windows 7 release schedule, namely general availability.
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7.11.2009 Installing Windows 7 Milestone 1 Build 6519
Installing Windows 7 Milestone 1 Build 6519 provides an experience almost identical to that of Windows Vista with the exception of a quite different finish.
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20.6.2008 Installing Vista Beta 1 (x86) without DVD media
I know, I know - Everyone should have a DVD burner these days... but I don't. Here's a rough guide on getting Vista Beta 1 (x86) installed without the use of DVD media. I am not responsible for lost partitions, data, etc!
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Bypass WGA checks while installing .msi files
Microsoft has released a new Internet Explorer 7. The new version is IE 7 RC1. Also called Release Candidate 1.
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Microsoft Australia installing new PC's just to run Vista
I have just got off the phone with a Microsoft product support specialist in Australia who, when asked if he was using Vista, confirmed that they are installing Vista tomorrow - as the new computers to run it have recently arrived!
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Why installing Vista SP1 might fail via Windows Update
When you try to install Windows Vista SP1 via Windows Update you can get error: Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is not available for installation from Windows Update and is not offered by Automatic Updates.
windows - comments - 20.3.2008
Lessons learned from installing Windows 7, over 16 times
When the first Windows 7 beta (build 6801) was announced at PDC in late 2008, everyone was excited, myself included.
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Installing the Windows 7 Beta with Virtual PC 2007 SP1
Yesterday we made the Windows 7 Beta available for public download. Hopefully you’re as excited as I am that the beta is here! The Windows 7 Beta is already getting some rave reviews for its new features, performance, and stability. But it is a beta, and with that comes the potential risk that some things may not work as well as they will in the final release.
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Installing and Configuring Away Mode for Windows Media Center Edition 2005
Away mode is a new feature included in Update Rollup 2 for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 that allows the computer to appear off to the user while it continues to perform tasks that do not require user input.
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Could Not Find Valid System Volume Error When Installing Windows Server 2008 R2
When installing Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 with or without Hyper-V, Hyper-V Server 2008 or Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, and HPC Server 2008 or HPC Server 2008 R2, the Windows Server installation failed with “The computer could not find a valid system volume” error message.
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IE7 features
Internet Explorer 7: Now in beta testing for developers
The first stage of the beta process for Internet Explorer 7 has begun?developer testing! The latest version of the world?s most popular Web browser has been released for technical evaluation, feedback, and testing by software and Web site developers.
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The First Year of IE7
It’s been a little over a year since we released IE7 on Windows XP and for Windows Vista, so I thought it would be worthwhile to talk about where we are after the year.
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3.12.2007 IE7 Security features
All web browsers make security decisions based upon URIs. Many security features, from Security Zones to the JavaScript same-origin policy, depend on the browser being able to consistently evaluate URIs to determine their components, and to compare them to other URIs.
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IE7 getting the Google treatment
For those of you who have downloaded Windows Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview you might get a surprise when visiting the Google.com webpage.
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9.2.2006 Screenshots IE7 push
Microsoft will distribute Internet Explorer 7 as a high-priority update via Automatic Updates and the Windows Update and Microsoft Update sites shortly after the final version of Internet Explorer 7 is released (planned for the 4th quarter of 2006). I
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31.7.2006 Three million of IE7 in first 4 days
IEBLOG: In the first four days over three million of you have already downloaded the final release.
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25.10.2006 Microsoft Update now works with IE7
When
Internet Explorer 7 Beta released to testers it left testers with a broken Windows Update that wouldn't load properly, disabling the ability to update Windows with critical patches that have been released since the end of July. This seems to of been fixed and on my PC it even redirects to Microsoft Update before my chosen homepage is loaded.
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IE7 Beta 2 now available in multiple languages
After endless nights and countless slices of pizza, the IE team is proud to announce the availability of Arabic, Finnish, and German versions of IE7 Beta 2 in addition to the English versions we released a week and a half ago.
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8.5.2006 IE7 Beta 3 now available in multiple languages
The IE team is proud to announce the availability of Arabic, Finnish, German and Japanese versions of IE7 Beta 3 in addition to the English versions we released a week and a half ago.
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12.7.2006 IE7 Release Candidate builds are on the way
Todd from IEBlog yesterday posted on his MSDN blog about the future of IE7 as well as some tidbits about when to expect release candidate and final builds. You can find this information in the comments section
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4.8.2006 IE7 Issues Fixed On Forums
On the Bink.nu Forums, we use a component called FreeTextBox for users to enter their posts. Aparently, there was a small bug that prevented people from posting in IE7. I have updated the script files, and we are all fixed.
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9.8.2006On the Bink. IE7 - WMP11 Launch News
According to a new Vista-related press release on Microsoft's site, Windows Media Player 11 will be released to the public on October 24th.
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13.10.2006 Microsoft Planning Life After IE7
You won't have to wait another five years to see a new browser from Microsoft.
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16.10.2006 Microsoft's Response to IE7 vulnerability
Official Statement: Microsoft is aware of public reports of a vulnerability in Outlook Express which is currently under investigation.
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20.10.2006 Attackers take aim at IE7 flaw
Microsoft is warning users to avoid suspicious websites and emails after attacks were reported on an unpatched flaw in Internet Explorer 7.
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29.10.2007 Microsoft outlines IE7 security plans
Microsoft is tightening up the way its Internet Explorer browser handles HTTPS for version 7, which is used to secure online transactions, in an attempt to give people more protection online.
In a posting on the Microsoft Internet Explorer blog, IE program manager Eric Lawrence said that IE7 would support the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol by default.
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Security Updates for IE7 and Vista Beta 1 Available Now
Security updates for Internet Explorer 7 Beta 1 and Internet Explorer in Windows Vista Beta 1 are now available from the Windows Vista/IE 7 beta downloads page on the Connect site. Direct links to these updates are also provided below. These security updates resolve a vulnerability in IE 7 Beta 1 and IE in Windows Vista Beta 1 that has already been addressed for released/supported versions of Internet Explorer by Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-052.
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Installing Branded IE7 on Windows XP SP3
Jane Maliouta: Last week, I blogged about installing Windows XP SP3 and how it affects different versions of Internet Explorer (See my earlier blog
post
here). Today I will be discussing installing branded/custom
versions of IE7 on machines with Windows XP SP3 installed. This post is primarily aimed towards folks who use the
Internet Explorer
Administration Kit 7 (IEAK7) to create custom IE7 packages, like Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and web developers. If you ever installed the
IEAK7, built a custom version of IE7 or distributed a version of IE7 to others, this post is for you.
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13.05.2008Interview: Microsoft Exec
Talks IE7, RSS
Following a decision to
release a standalone version
of IE7, browser development at
Microsoft has come fast and
furious. BetaNews this week
sat down with Gary Schare,
Director of IE Product
Management, to discuss the
changes coming in IE7,
Firefox's growth, and how
Microsoft will bring RSS to
the mainstream...
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18.02.2006Microsoft Announces IE7+ for
Vista
In order to differentiate
between Internet Explorer 7 on
Windows XP and Vista,
Microsoft on Friday announced
"IE7+." The special
branding is designed to
highlight the additional
features IE7 will receive in
Vista, including Protected
Mode, parental controls, and
improved network diagnostics...
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27.05.2006Firefox 2.0 vs. IE7 in Vista: How Close?
Whatever Firefox 2.0 is, it
isn't "sweeping," and
nowhere does that fact become
more evident than in a Windows
Vista test environment. We
started up both IE7 and FF2 in
Vista, and were left
wondering, will Firefox users
be happy using their browser
in Vista without the
degree of changes they'd
experience with IE7?..
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26.10.2006Is there a new remote data execution exploit for IE7?
All that anyone knows for certain as of today is that there are some browsers that appear to be the victim of new attacks using a very old profile:
embedded binary code for graphic objects appearing in IE7 Web pages...
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11.12.2008Newest IE7 Patch Can Disable Browser
Microsoft on Thursday said it
was working to resolve a minor
problem caused by its latest
cumulative update for Internet
Explorer 7, which can prevent
the browser from opening
altogether. The issue occurs
when customers change the
default "Temporary
Internet Files" after
installing the patch...
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17.05.2007The First Year of IE7
It’s been a little over a year since we released IE7 on Windows XP and for Windows Vista, so I thought it would be worthwhile to talk about
where we are after the year.
According to internal Microsoft research based on data from
Visual Sciences Corporation, there are over 300 million users are experiencing the web with IE7. This makes IE7 the
second most popular browser after IE6. IE7 is already #1 in the US and UK, and we expect IE7 to surpass IE6 worldwide shortly.
Perhaps more
important than the overall numbers is the positive impact IE7 has made for our users. As you know, we focused a lot on improving security in IE7. We
believe IE 7 is the safest Microsoft browser released to date. According to a
vulnerability report published today, IE7 has fewer vulnerabilities than previous versions of IE over the same time
period. What’s more, the report showed that IE7 had both fewer fixed and unfixed vulnerabilities in the first year than the other browsers we
compared.
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03.12.2007Microsoft prepares IE7 Beta 3
for mid-August
The Hotfix is reporting a
Microsoft source has quietly
leaked that IE7 Beta 3 will be
availible to the public
sometime in mid-August of this
year. This goes hand-in-hand
with official MS reports that
they are indeed working on
Beta 3 at the moment.
One fix going in
Beta 3 will be will be to
revert back to an IE6 behavior
when using PHP pages. One IE7
tester noted that "when it
comes to compare the code in
the session variable and the
code in the post data,
they're different." Eric
Lawrence of Microsoft
responded with "for
compatibility reasons, we're
going to revert to IE6
behavior for IE7 Beta 3 to
prevent this exact issue" on
the subject.
In the past few weeks
Microsoft has made a few
references to IE7 Beta 3 on
their IE Blogs about bug fixes
and releases. IE7 Final is
set for a Winter 2006
release.
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02.06.20063 Million IE7 Downloads in 4 Days
Microsoft is heralding the
launch of Internet Explorer 7
as a success, announcing that
the new browser has been
downloaded three million times
in the first four days. Early
next month, customers will
begin receiving IE7
automatically, at which time
adoption numbers will likely
skyrocket...
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26.10.2006Neowin Asks: Who can't upgrade to IE7?
As most Neowin visitors know
by now, Windows Internet
Explorer 7 was released this
week. While there are probably
a few of you who will not
upgrade immediately because
you use another browser
(Firefox, Opera, etc) the
question of the day is... are
those, the people like you out
there who cannot
upgrade to IE7?
I
can't, at least not at work.
The private university I work
for has multiple programs that
simply will not function on
systems with IE7 installed on
them. As reflected in a letter
sent our by my boss to our
campus, "these vendors
continue to work toward
support, but it will likely be
January or February of 2007
before that support becomes
official."
While I
in no way blame Microsoft for
this -- these vendors, Cisco
being among them, have had
ample time to test the IE7
beta and RCs -- the fact of
the matter is our organization
cannot allow systems to be
upgraded on our campus, even
student machines (which
require a school issued Cisco
program to access our network,
that program breaks with
IE7.)
Are there
programs that you or your
company use that have forced
you to stay at IE6? Please
comment and share.
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20.10.2006IE7 Public Beta Due Early Next
Year
Those eager to get a taste of
the next Internet Explorer
release with tabs and RSS
support only need to wait a
couple more months. A public
beta of IE7 for Windows XP is
slated to arrive in the first
quarter of 2006, IE team head
Dean Hachamovitch confirmed on
Tuesday...
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07.12.2005IE7 Beta Breaks Google AdSense
Developers testing out the
latest version of Internet
Explorer 7 are discovering a
nasty flaw -- the browser
seems to be incompatible with
Google's AdSense advertising
service. Although the problem
seems limited to those running
IE7 Beta under Windows XP, it
still has some developers
worried...
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08.02.2006MS: IE7 Flaw Really in Outlook Express
Microsoft responded Thursday
to reports of the first
exploit affecting Internet
Explorer 7, which cropped up
less than 24 hours after the
browser's official launch.
Christopher Budd from
Microsoft's Security Response
Center says the flaw lies not
in IE7, but in an Outlook
Express component...
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20.10.2006IE7 Beta 2 Receives Mixed
Reviews
With promises of security,
stability and tabbed browsing,
Web users have been eagerly
anticipating Internet Explorer
7. Microsoft released Beta 2
this week with great fanfare,
but does IE7 deliver a
next-generation browsing
experience? Read on for a
selection of reviews from
BetaNews readers and tell us
what you think...
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28.04.2006Ballmer Dismisses Google's
IE7 Concerns
Microsoft's outspoken CEO
accused Google Thursday of
wanting special treatment,
saying the company is
attempting to force Microsoft
to change the way Internet
Explorer 7 does search. Google
has claimed that IE7 would
allow Microsoft to have an
unfair advantage by making its
search engine the default...
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12.05.2006Microsoft Releases Public IE7
Preview
Microsoft on Tuesday made
available for public download
a pre-Beta 2 release of
Internet Explorer 7, which is
designed to showcase features
the new browser will bring and
give developers time to play
with the latest technology.
IE7 notably adds a tabbed
interface and improves browser
security...
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31.01.2006Updated Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Images Available
VPC Hard Disk Image for testing websites with different IE versions on Windows XP SP2, Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista.
This
download page contains four separate VPC images, depending on what you want to test.
- IE6-XPSP3_VPC.exe contains a Windows
XP SP3 with IE6 VHD file
- IE7-XPSP2_VPC.exe contains a Windows XP SP2 with IE7 VHD file
- IE8B2-XPSP3_VPC.exe
contains a Windows XP SP3 with IE8 Beta 2 VHD file
- IE7-VIS1.exe+IE7-VIS2.rar+IE7-VIS3.rar contain a Vista Image with IE7 VHD
file.
Note: For The Vista image, you will need all three files, downloaded and in the same directory, then simply run
IE7-VIS1.exe.
This VPC image will expire in January, 2009.
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29.08.2008Secunia: Exploit Truly Does Affect IE7
This morning, in a detailed
response to Microsoft's
claims that a reported IE7
vulnerability actually affects
Outlook Express instead,
Secunia CTO Thomas Kristensen
held true to his company's
stance that the exploit is
attributable to Microsoft's
new Web browser, since it
provides the "attack
vector."..
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20.10.2006Microsoft Hits 100 Million IE7 Installs
Microsoft announced Friday it
has hit the 100 million
installation milestone for
Internet Explorer 7, a figure
that makes the new browser the
second most used behind IE6.
Web analytics firm
WebSideStory reports that 25
percent of all Web surfers in
the United States are now
running IE7...
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16.01.2007IE runonce website offline
Bink is reporting that the Microsoft website you are
redirected to after installing IE7 (or Windows Vista) that lets you set your
preferences like default search engine and start page, is offline. Users are presented with the following unfriendly message:
An HTTP error
occurred while getting:
http://runonce.msn.com/runonce2.aspxDetails: "connect timed out".
Someone had better tell them, this is almost like the time Microsoft forgot to update their
domain name!
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