I am so glad I got rid of IE7 a while back. It was messing up my 'puter big time, even with its updated form

I tried the IE8 and axed it immediately it did weird things to my OE and other stuff.

I have IE6 back again and only use it for some applications that seem not to like Firefox

but

after years of being a loyal IE user....Firefox has become my default browser now.

I hope everyone does this safety patch tho, even tho Microsoft are saying they are only aware of the vulnerability with IE7....better safe.........

hehe - I decided to make a copy of the whole thread instead of only the first post.

there was only 1 post when i copied it. moi wasn't online yet.

you can blow mine up jo. push dat button!

Firefox is great, although it doesn't work with everything out there, it is 98% friendly...

the other 2% I'd go with IE.

I have to be honest...if one can upgrade to IE 7, it's better that they do that than staying with IE6

reason is that IE 6 has MORE vulnerabilities than IE 7

usually, when the patches are corrected, they'll be OK...

IE 7 has taken it's lessons from Firefox so it is actually emulating the firefox browser...meaning it is following the leader...

you know, monkey see, monkey do? (Every pun intended...)

anyways, I am sure more experts will chime in and agree/disagree....LOL

Ok , oops I didn't see that you had done one already.

<-----monkey hands bomb to jo

Firefox is my main browser and I only use IE if a site requires it.
I do have IE7 - but haven't used Outlook Express for years, so i don't know about any conflicts or problems betwenn the IE 7 & OE.

I use the Thunderbird email program {ffree rom Mozilla also}
It does have built in security features and spam/junk settings unlike OE. {unless they upgraded it in the last few years}

If interested - more info-
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/