WHY? is IE 7 and urgent update?

Why is IE 7 considered a Urgent update? Yeah you can hide it and I have! BUT
I want to know why it is considered urgent, important maybe, but not urgent!
Also does it automatically download to clients? If not isn't this a break
from the logic of URGENT updates. It feels like MS trying to shove a crappy
product down the consumers throat again. I would love to hear from MS on
these, I know I'm not the only one irritated by this.

Loved IE 6, IE 7 missed the boat by a long shot. The UI is screwy and you
can't move or modify the toolbars and where is the history button?
I am a new fan of FoxFire due to IE 7. Looking to move the company over to
it, it loads pages faster too!

It is starting to feel like the old MS lately.

-JHB

Can't help you with the Urgency question, but regarding the tool bars: they
are movable as well as modifyable. Took me a moment, too, to figure it out.
But all you have to do is right-click anywhere in the free space of the
toolbars, and uncheck "Lock the toolbars". Then you can move and modify as
much as you want to. Once you're happy, just lock them again.

The history button is now on a lower level so to speak. Click on the
Favorites star on the left, next to the first tab. The menu bar that is
revealed shows the history button. Hope this helps...

It's a High Priority update, not urgent nor Critical. It will not
install without User Intervention. If you don't want, don't accept it.
Plain and simple.
http://www.microsoft.com/security/glossary.mspx#h

> high priority update
> A classification used on the Windows Update Web site and by the Windows Update Service
> to *recommend* Microsoft software updates and drivers that help protect against the latest
> publicly known security threats and reliability issues. All software updates and drivers
> that can be installed by turning on Automatic Updates on your computer are classified as
> high priority. These can also be installed by visiting the Windows Update Web site.


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JHB wrote:

> Why is IE 7 considered a Urgent update? Yeah you can hide it and I have! BUT
> I want to know why it is considered urgent, important maybe, but not urgent!
> Also does it automatically download to clients? If not isn't this a break
> from the logic of URGENT updates. It feels like MS trying to shove a crappy
> product down the consumers throat again. I would love to hear from MS on
> these, I know I'm not the only one irritated by this.
>
> Loved IE 6, IE 7 missed the boat by a long shot. The UI is screwy and you
> can't move or modify the toolbars and where is the history button?
> I am a new fan of FoxFire due to IE 7. Looking to move the company over to
> it, it loads pages faster too!
>
> It is starting to feel like the old MS lately.
>
> -JHB

MowGreen [MVP] wrote:
> It's a High Priority update, not urgent nor Critical. It will not
> install without User Intervention. If you don't want, don't accept it.
> Plain and simple.
> http://www.microsoft.com/security/glossary.mspx#h

It's high priority only if your priorities are totally screwed up!

Alias
>
>> high priority update
>> A classification used on the Windows Update Web site and by the
>> Windows Update Service
>> to *recommend* Microsoft software updates and drivers that help
>> protect against the latest
>> publicly known security threats and reliability issues. All software
>> updates and drivers
>> that can be installed by turning on Automatic Updates on your computer
>> are classified as
>> high priority. These can also be installed by visiting the Windows
>> Update Web site.
>
>
> MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
> ===============
> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ===============
>
> JHB wrote:
>
>> Why is IE 7 considered a Urgent update? Yeah you can hide it and I
>> have! BUT I want to know why it is considered urgent, important maybe,
>> but not urgent! Also does it automatically download to clients? If
>> not isn't this a break from the logic of URGENT updates. It feels
>> like MS trying to shove a crappy product down the consumers throat
>> again. I would love to hear from MS on these, I know I'm not the only
>> one irritated by this.
>> Loved IE 6, IE 7 missed the boat by a long shot. The UI is screwy and
>> you can't move or modify the toolbars and where is the history button?
>> I am a new fan of FoxFire due to IE 7. Looking to move the company
>> over to it, it loads pages faster too!
>>
>> It is starting to feel like the old MS lately.
>>
>> -JHB