IE and Windows XP Service Pack 3

There's not a whole lot of new info here, but I know there continue to be questions about IE 7 and Windows XP SP3, so here we go... A post from the IE Blog:

XPSP3 will continue to ship with IE6 and contains a roll-up of the latest security updates for IE6. If you are still running Internet Explorer 6, then XPSP3 will be offered to you via Windows Update as a high priority update. You can safely install XPSP3 and will have an updated version of IE6 with all your personal preferences, such as home pages and favorites, still intact.

If you are currently running IE7 on XPSP2, Windows Update will offer you XPSP3 as a high priority update. If you choose to install XPSP3, Internet Explorer 7 will remain on your system after the install is complete.

Thanks Brett!

Discuss this Article 2

jvd897
on May 5, 2008
Using Paul's direct download link, I installed SP3 on top of the IE8 beta. Even that seems to be working fine.
Waethorn
on May 5, 2008
So basically, IE is left to whatever major version it's in pre-SP3 (except for SP2, which can be considered a major update - one of the key security components of SP2), but IE6 will just be updated with the latest fixes. In essence, it is updated, but not UPGRADED. However, it is not said if any IE7 fixes are included in SP3. Microsoft has released some IE7 post-RTM fixes though.

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