Does Win update take care of IE6?

I noticed on a Dell alert that there was some security update for Internet
Explorer. The instructions were somewhat confusing.

I opened IE6 on WinXP-pro PC and looked on the Help and Tools menu, it had a
selection for "Windows Update"... this looks like the regular Win Update
process...does it take care of IE6 updates or are they separate?

My IE6 says in the "About" that it's Ver 6.0.2900, 128-bit, SP2. Is there
any history anywhere as to what updates have been applied...or is that in
the regular Windows "View installation History" area?

Thanks,
George

windows xp updates are not to be confused with Internet Explorer updates,
however, they compliment one another., and are found in the same place, the
Windows Update Site. You have the most current version of IE, which is
Sp1...and that SP2..well, although for example, I have not yet installed
Windows SP2, there are updates that I have installed that are integrated
for the potential use of SP2. You can check your update installation
history from within the Windows Update Site, look on the left side, and in
that pane you will see a installation history, all you update, whether
Windows , Internet Explorer, or whatever, will be listed there...even the
ones that were not successful. Then, in your add/remove programs, you will
find hot fixes, etc, that you have installed listed there. Then, in the
'about IE' on your IE as well as the info you posted, updates are listed
too.

"George" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I noticed on a Dell alert that there was some security update for Internet
> Explorer. The instructions were somewhat confusing.
>
> I opened IE6 on WinXP-pro PC and looked on the Help and Tools menu, it had
a
> selection for "Windows Update"... this looks like the regular Win Update
> process...does it take care of IE6 updates or are they separate?
>
> My IE6 says in the "About" that it's Ver 6.0.2900, 128-bit, SP2. Is there
> any history anywhere as to what updates have been applied...or is that in
> the regular Windows "View installation History" area?
>
> Thanks,
> George
>
>

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 18:18:48 -0500, "George" <> wrote:

>I opened IE6 on WinXP-pro PC and looked on the Help and Tools menu, it had a
>selection for "Windows Update"... this looks like the regular Win Update
>process...does it take care of IE6 updates or are they separate?

It takes care of both.

>My IE6 says in the "About" that it's Ver 6.0.2900, 128-bit, SP2. Is there
>any history anywhere as to what updates have been applied...or is that in
>the regular Windows "View installation History" area?

The "View Installation History" on the Windows Update site will only
show what was installed from there.
I'd suggest getting the free BelArc Advisor <http://www.belarc.com/>,
it will not only show you what updates are installed, but which ones
need to be reinstalled, if any, along with a lot of other good
information about your system.

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