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Microsoft puts forth fix for IE patch problem
Did you run last week's round of Microsoft updates? Is your Internet Explorer version 6 crashing more frequently since then?
Microsoft last week issued a critical update for it's namesake browser, only to find out recently the fix is causing user's Internet Explorer to terminate while browsing websites. The unforeseen issues are fixed by either uninstalling the patch, or a cryptic registry hack.
Experts are unsure what is causing the issue. Some Internet newsgroups are inferring that anti-virus software is causing the issue. However an InfoWorld article has deduced that the issue is tied to sites that use secure login methods on a non-secure page (such as Microsoft Passport).
IT shops are being advised to put off auto-updating computers with the new round of patches for obvious reasons.
If you haven't already done so, it might be high time to give the parents the gift of Mozilla Firefox on your trip home for Christmas.

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michael said 5:42PM on 12-20-2007
Who in their right mind uses IE6?
They really ought to try IE7 instead. It works tons better, and the built-in RSS feeder, and the tabbed browsing is like practically the best compared to other browsers. Plus, it's super secure. Never had any vulnerabilities using it.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/ie/getitnow.mspx
And if you somehow can't get IE7, then get Opera, the next best browser. Super fast and efficient. http://www.opera.com/
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RP said 11:40PM on 12-20-2007
IE... how quaint. :-)
IE7 fixes many things, and finally adds tabs.
But I still can't get used to IE7's funky UI. Why they ever thought the menu should go *below* the address bar is beyond me. Totally non-standard UI, from MICROSOFT, of all people! Even with the registry hack, the menu is at the top, but under it are any toolbars, then the address bar. Again, really ugly. What's going on in Redmond?
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Dave A. said 1:30AM on 12-21-2007
I believe their thought was along the lines of making stuff look more like Vista than XP, but I still won't use IE7 or Vista.
The menu bar has been right below the title bar for over 15 years and they're changing it. I really want to hurt whoever it was that came up with that design change. That and the "Ribbon" for Office 2007.
James said 10:24AM on 12-21-2007
Y'know, I thought it was insane to auto-hide the menu bar by default, but when I think about it, in Firefox (my browser of choice for several years now), I never actually use the menu for anything. Not once for the past several months. Everything I ever do is a button on the toolbar, a mouse click, or a keyboard shortcut.
I still turn off menu auto-hide when I'm forced to use IE, but maybe it wasn't such a bad idea after all...
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