On June 19, 2009, I posted the message below. I can now
report that, although I have not yet installed IE-8,
yesterday's updates included SP-2. It took 5 hours
(dial-up) to download, and another hour+ to install, but it
seems to be working fine.

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"CWLee" <cdubyalee@post.harvard.edu> wrote in message
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> (Running Vista Ultimate 64-bit, SP-1, IE-7, classic mode.)
>
> Based on previous posts here, I thought that by now MS's
> update service would have offered me SP-2. No sign of it.
> Has it been sent to everyone who should get it via
> automatic updates? I have not yet installed IE-8, but
> previous posts here suggest that IE-8 is not a
> prerequisite.
>
> Insight?
>
> --
> ----------
> CWLee
> Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
> cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas,
> and
> promote for performance, not preferences.
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