Microsoft warns of IE7 lock-in with XP SP3

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: Tom Fairlie <tfairlie () frontiernet net>
> Date: May 9, 2008 9:22:09 AM EDT
> To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Microsoft warns of IE7 lock-in with XP SP3

> Dave,
>
> I guess what's old is what's new again. Egad!
>
> Tom Fairlie
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> Microsoft warns of IE7 lock-in with XP SP3
> Gregg Keizer
> May 06, 2008 (Computerworld) Microsoft Corp. has warned users  
> updating to Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) that they won't be able  
> to downgrade from Internet Explorer 7 to the older IE6 without  
> uninstalling the service pack.
>
> The warning first appeared in a post Monday to a company blog  
> written by the Internet Explorer development team. Microsoft  
> released Windows XP SP3 to Windows Update as an optional download   
> Tuesday.
>
> "If you choose to install XP SP3, Internet Explorer 7 will remain on  
> your system after the install is complete," said Jane Maliouta, an  
> IE program manager, in the blog entry. "Your preferences will be  
> retained. However, you will no longer be able to uninstall IE7. If  
> you go to Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, the Remove option will  
> be grayed out."
>
> The inability to downgrade to IE6 after installing XP SP3 was by  
> design, said Maliouta, because the service pack includes newer  
> versions of the old browser's files. If Microsoft had allowed users  
> to revert back to the pre-SP3 version of IE6 -- the one saved on  
> users' PCs when they upgraded to IE7, and what was used until now to  
> back out of the newer browser -- Windows would have ended up in a  
> "mixed file state," Maliouta said.
>
> [Rest here: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9083318]

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