IE7 is more secure than IE6, but you have done the most important part with
your patches. I see you went to SP3 which is good.
You would want to pursue any specific questions about IE7 in the IE General
newsgroup. (BTW. IE8 was released a few days ago, but I would give the dust
a little time to settle. You will see what I mean by viewing the newsgroup).
For Internet Explorer questions not pertaining to Outlook Express, please
post to one of the following:
IE General newsgroup, (For IE6 and IE7):
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...plorer.general
On the Web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...orer. general
I can offer you this though.
Sandi's Installation Tips = Steps #1-8, #10 & #11; take note of #12, then
STOP!
http://www.ie-vista.com/known_issues.html#pre-install
(ignore any references to Vista)
And I strongly recommend using
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/dow.../getitnow.mspx as the
installation source, not Automatic/Windows Update, or this Direct Download
link:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...0-081805b2f90b
Tip: Save the installer to your desktop, do not Run it.
Make *certain* that you check in at Windows Update immediately after
installing IE7 and install any critical updates offered. If Optional
Updates category offers Root Certificates update, I recommend installing it
to take full advantage of IE7's additional security.
IEBlog : IE7 Installation and Anti-Malware Applications
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...lications.aspx
What's New in Internet Explorer 7
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649487.aspx
Release Notes
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/Aa740486.aspx
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA
"JoeU2004" wrote in message
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"Bruce Hagen" wrote:
please check your clock's time and time zone settings.
You are posting in the future.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I knew that I was far behind in
WinXP patches. I had problems in the past when I tried to get updates.
But I did not realize that my GMT offset was not correctly reflecting DST.
The times of my posting looked correct when I viewed them. But I guess
that's to be expected (GIGO).
FYI, I did succeed in updating to the latest WinXP patches now. So thanks
for motivating me to try again.
Aside.... I did not take the IE7 update, though. I tend to shy away from
all things "7". I know that Excel 2007 is too much a departure from Excel
2003; many people have complained and reverted. However, I don't know
anything about IE7 v. IE6 in terms of backward compatibility of the user
interface. I will post an inquiry in a more appropriate NG, if I don't
find a constructive thread (or 10 ;-) already. Your insights would be
appreciated. You can post them there or as a response here (off-topic).
Anyway, that's why you see I am still using OE6. It has been updated.
But I don't know if addresses all of the security concerns that you allude
to.
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"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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FYI. Your message headers:
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869
indicate that you are running a very old and less secure version of OE. I
suggest visiting Windows Updates ASAP and at the very least, get the
critical updates.
Then, please check your clock's time and time zone settings. You are
posting in the future.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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If you can't do it with this, it can't be done.
OE-QuoteFix:
http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA
"JoeU2004" wrote in message
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When I post a reply to a newsgroup, the original message is included
with the following lead-in:
"Someone" wrote in message
...
I manually remove the text after "wrote" and append a colon (i.e.
"wrote:").
And I would like the lead-in to include the date of original message
being replied to.
Is there a way to do one or both of those automatically?