Maester Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en Windows XP users who install the operating system's third service pack will not be able to roll back their versions of Internet Explorer, Microsoft's deployment manager for Internet Explorer 8 has warned. Writing on the MSDN website, Jane Maliouta said people who are trying out Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) and want to roll back to IE6 would need to complete that downgrade before installing XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), otherwise that option would be impossible in future. The same applies to those trialling the beta version of IE8 with a view to using IE7 or IE6 in future. "If you are currently running IE7 on XP SP2, Windows Update will offer you XP SP3 as a high-priority update," wrote Maliouta on Monday. "If you choose to install XP SP3, IE7 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." Maliouta went on to claim that the decision to prevent these sorts of downgrades was "by design". "When we install IE7 on Windows XP SP2, we back up the existing IE6 files in an uninstall directory," Maliouta wrote. "Those IE6 files are the ones that shipped on XP SP2, plus all the security updates you've installed while using IE6. Windows XP SP3 contains a newer version of the IE6 files. If you have XP SP3 on your system and uninstall IE7, your system would revert to the backed-up (older) version of the IE6 files, rather than the newer XP SP3 version." "You would end up in a mixed file state in Windows, where most files would be the upgraded XP SP3, 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 IE7." In the case of those trying out IE8 Beta 1 on XP SP2, XP SP3 will not be offered via Windows Update. Maliouta said this was to dissuade users from finding themselves locked into a beta form of the browser, because the "remove" option would be unavailable after upgrading to XP SP3. "Since people are more likely to uninstall beta software, we strongly recommend uninstalling IE8 Beta 1 prior to upgrading to Windows XP SP3, to eliminate any deployment issues, and installing IE8 Beta 1 after XP SP3 is on your machine," Maliouta added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dread_sweet Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Or, just dont get SP3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOTA:X Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 IE6 sucks. IE7 is an improvement if you don't use Firefox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL O' Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 you should all try Opera.. yeah the name sucks but the browser kicks ass has a feature called speed dail which will list up two nine webpages on one page.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugin Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Been there done that, never turning back, Firefox ftw. Or IE for that matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadWarrior Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Just to put one in for those that got a hate on for IE. That's what I currently use. I used to use Opera, have tried FF, and personally still find IE7 to suite me just fine. Anyone remember back in the days when NutScrape(NetScape) used to be the bad-browser on the block? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Man Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 my question is this... is the stupid thing released yet or not? Last time I knew I was in my old clan 2 years ago and we were talking about this patch... I thought it was released with the vista patch but apparently not... ~Dan~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wth Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Yeah XP SP3 been out for some time.Been running it since it went public and had no problems with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duality Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 SP3 runs just fine. No issues at my end. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHS Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 All windows software is shit, I use Linux as my default OS, and only use XP for gaming... And in my opinion, if your version of windows is working. Do NOT apply patches from Microsoft! There all crap and they always screw up your machine in one way or another with there badly coded security patches too. My IE is stuck on ICQ as my homepage and i cant change it as the IE registry is corrupt. ;) Ye, windows :jam: Can you tell i am being sarcastic? :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackDaw Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 All windows software is shit, I use Linux as my default OS, and only use XP for gaming... And in my opinion, if your version of windows is working. Do NOT apply patches from Microsoft! There all crap and they always screw up your machine in one way or another with there badly coded security patches too. My IE is stuck on ICQ as my homepage and i cant change it as the IE registry is corrupt. ;) Ye, windows :jam: Can you tell i am being sarcastic? :rolleyes: Those settings are userdependent, so just create a new useraccount use that to log on, get the right part of the registry and apply it to your own account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Man Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 dl link for the actual patch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugin Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 I guess this will work: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Overview Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Man Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 yeah isnt that just an overview of what xp sp3 includes though? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugin Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Ugh I used that link to download it myself, and now I cant find it :P Hang on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHS Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 http://www.download.com/Windows-XP-Service...89.html?dl-blog :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benway Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 better dont try (disable autoupdate) sp3 on AMD CPUs. syslocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=BLACKWOLF= Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 If it ain't broke, don't fix it :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maester Posted September 17, 2008 Author Share Posted September 17, 2008 Strange works fine on my AMD processors dunno hope everyone got it working Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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