Scroll down to the bottom of the Add/Remove Programs list again and write
down the last four (4) updates & their install dates that look like the
following:

Security Update for Windows XP (KB123456)

Also confirm that Automatic Updates is enabled.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org


Rainbow Services wrote:
> I had been using IE6 when it started acting funky the other day. I
> couldn't
> get IE6 back properly, so I did the update so I could get something to
> work
> with, and I only got that by using Netscape to get there. Actually, I
> kind
> of like Netscape better, BUT they are not responsive and I can't even get
> signed into their message boards WITH my CORRECT password. :(
>
> Anyway, I really do not want to go back to IE6 unless I have major
> problems
> with IE7. I like the tabs feature--I just wish the toolbar was more
> versatile so I could lay it out like IE6 with the address bar on the
> bottom.
>
> I have IE7 version 20061107.210142 and NO updates--the updates would not
> install. I have to go. I'll be back.
>
> IE6 is not listed, but IE7 is listed in the add/remove programs in the
> control panel. Netscape is, though. I noticed that when I found the exe
> file for what I thought was IE6, all of the folders and filenames were
> blue
> rather than black like everything else.
>
>
> "PA Bear" wrote:
>
>> The most recent Cumulative Security Update for IE7 was released 2 months
>> ago on 13 February 2007:
>>
>> MS07-016: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928090
>>
>> Open Add/Remove Programs > Make sure "Show Updates" is checked (top,
>> right)
>> > Scroll down and tell me if the following is listed:
>>
>> Security Update for Windows Internet Explorer 7 (KB928090)
>>
>> If it's listed, tell me the Installed date shown.
>>
>>>>> I'm beginning to not like IE7 and wasn't planning on updating but it
>>>>> came up
>>>>> with another update on the Windows Update screen and I did not have an
>>>>> option to deselect IE7.
>>
>> You can have Automatic Updates configured to Notify Only setting (you
>> must
>> approve the download and the install of all updates):
>>
>> How to configure and use Automatic Updates in WinXP:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306525
>>
>> You can uninstall IE7 (which automatically returns you to IE6), if you
>> want. If you decide to do so, please post back for instructions.
>> --
>> ~PA Bear
>>
>> Rainbow Services wrote:
>>> I'm using auto updates. It was the last one that popped up just this
>>> morning. It had a KB # with it, but I don't remember what it was. It
>>> kept
>>> popping up all morning to install, and I would try and it kept saying it
>>> was
>>> unsuccessful. Finally, it went away and hasn't come back, but it
>>> probably
>>> will when I reboot my ccmputer again.
>>>
>>> "PA Bear" wrote:
>>>
>>>> /Which/ Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows
>>>> XP?
>>>>
>>>> Are you trying to install it manually or are you using Automatic
>>>> Updates?
>>>> --
>>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>>>> AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Rainbow Services wrote:
>>>>> Every time I try to download the above update, I get an error message
>>>>> saying
>>>>> it was unable to install it. What gives? I have everything on
>>>>> automatic.
>>>>> The other day I was using IE7 and clicked on favorites to bring up a
>>>>> website, and it did nothing. It appeared to have frozen in that it
>>>>> wasn't
>>>>> going anywhere, but I was able to X out of IE7. When I tried to come
>>>>> into
>>>>> IE7, it wouldn't finish loading the screens. I also have Netscape 8.1
>>>>> on
>>>>> my computer for times like this, and had to use it to try to get IE7
>>>>> back.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm beginning to not like IE7 and wasn't planning on updating but it
>>>>> came
>>>>> up
>>>>> with another update on the Windows Update screen and I did not have an
>>>>> option to deselect IE7.