What version of IE are we talking about ?

Olav.



Dave Powell, MMfab wrote:

> As I write this, Techspot's lead story is
> "Microsoft warns world of critical security flaw"  regarding a dire 
> flaw in I.E.
> and the 2nd is
> "Internet Explorer market share continues to fall"
>
> I hope the irony isn't too much for you.  But read on if you can stand 
> a little more....
>
> ... M$oft recommends disabling an active-x control, mentioning  "Our 
> investigation has shown that there are no by-design uses for this 
> ActiveX Control in Internet Explorer...".  So why was it even there ?
> Anyway, I downloaded their emergency fix (using Firefox 3.5) and ran 
> it. Its terms and conditions seemed a bit strict for an emergency fix.
>
>> From the page where I downloaded it  "Note If you are not on the 
>> computer 
>
> that has the problem, you can save the automatic fix to a flash drive 
> or to a CD so that you can run it on the computer that has the problem."
>
> But from the terms & conditions themselves   "You may make one backup 
> copy of the software. You may use it only to reinstall the software", 
> "You may uninstall the software and install it on another device for 
> your use. You may not do so to share this license between devices.", 
> and the ever-popular "You can recover from Microsoft and its suppliers 
> only direct damages up to U.S. $5.00."
>
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