Internet Explorer 7

[Mobo]

Microsoft's upcoming Internet Explorer 7 will run on other operating systems besides Windows XP SP2, the company's official IE blog revealed Monday, but Windows 2000 remains off the list.

In mid-February, chairman Bill Gates promised a new version of IE before Longhorn ships, and said the new browser -- which will concentrate on delivering additional security against such threats as phishing -- would roll into beta this summer. At that time, only Windows XP SP2 was mentioned as a supported OS.

According to the posting on the blog, IE 7 will also work on the 64-bit edition of XP (with the long title of "Windows XP Professional x64 Edition") and the upcoming Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1).

About Windows 2000 support, Microsoft hasn't budged from its previous position. "We have heard the requests for support of Windows 2000, but have nothing to announce at this time."

On a related subject, the blog also made clear that a new version of Outlook Express, Microsoft's for-free basic e-mail client, would not appear with IE7. "There are no plans to ship the new version of Outlook Express before the next release of Windows," stated the blog.

The next edition of Windows will be Longhorn, which isn't expected until 2006 at the earliest.

[southernlady]

Speaking of "Windows XP Professional x64 Edition", I downloaded and tried it...worked fairly well except I couldn't find a way to use my Palm and I NEED my *BRAIN*, LOL. It also doesn't support the drivers for the iPaq's etc. So I uninstalled it and went back to my normal version of XP Pro.

Anyway, here is some more info on that program:
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Newsgroup Support for Windows x64 Editions
AMD64 Ecosystem

But IE7 should prove interesting. Liz

[Mobo]

As for IE7,We may have to start a poll on how many days after release before the first vulnerability pops up..

[southernlady]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>Operating system: All of em[/b][/quote]

I noticed this in your profile...are you using the x64 bit?

And sure, start the poll...we may as well! Liz

[Mobo]

well not all of em I guess. I dont have 3.1 or 64 bit yet.. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif[/img]

[southernlady]

You really ought to try the x64 bit if you have the right motherboard. I wish I had access to Longhorn but I have yet to successfully get it downloaded from Winbeta. Liz

[700mb80min]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>As for IE7,We may have to start a poll on how many days after release before the first vulnerability pops up..
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....days ? you are too kind . [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[Raistlfiren]

Hahaha soo true, though I can't say a whole lot about that. I still like Internet Explorer. So far it has treated me well... I mean there are a few things, like different vulnerabilities, but I have yet too have a major problem. I do have Mozilla Firefox, but I am having too many problems with it! I may just stick with Internet Explorer... Though I only stick with mozilla for one main reason, tabbed browsing. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] That is one feature I love.
Raistlin