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Windows Forum / Internet Explorer / General Topics / June 2008Have I got the latest build of IE7?
Hi I have IE 7.0.5730.11IC. Is this the latest build? I can't find anywhere on the MS website that tells me. When I go to Windows Update it just offers options for Windows and Office updates, not for IE. Yet it's a long time since I installed IE7, and I've never updated it, so I would find it very surprising if I have the latest build. The reason it's important is that a web application I'm developing displays incorrectly in IE7 (but correctly in all other browsers) but it displays correctly in IE7 on the software vendors' machines, so I want to eliminate the possibility that the problem is due to my having an out of date build. The software vendor's build is 7.00.5730.1100, apparently, and it is far from obvious from the numbering whether their build is more or less recent that mine - good old Microsoft, they don't like to make anything straightforward, do they! Dave You can type into google IE8! It's the newest "BETA" version! Also you can go into the "tools" tab and click on " Internet Options" then go to the "Advanced" tab look under "Browsing" and check the box for "Automatically check for Internet Explorer updates". Hope this helps! > Hi > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Dave Hi lividjak | You can type into google IE8! It's the newest "BETA" version! No it's only IE7 I'm interested in. | Also you can go | into the "tools" tab and click on " Internet Options" then go to the | "Advanced" tab look under "Browsing" and check the box for "Automatically | check for Internet Explorer updates". Hope this helps! I've just tried doing that but so far nothing has happened - is there any way of forcing it to check now? Dave Sorry that wasn't any help! Have you tried going to microsoft.com and have the site check for updates? Also you can go into your control panel and look in Security Center and make sure your automatic updates are turned on! > Hi lividjak > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Dave I don't want automatic Windows updates, I only want to update IE7, if there is an update, not Windows or Office - and I don't even know how to check whether I have the latest build of IE7. As I said in my original post, when I go to Windows Update on the Microsoft website, it only offers options for Windows and Office updates, not for IE. I can't find anywhere on the Microsoft website that lets you check whether your IE build is up to date. Dave | Sorry that wasn't any help! Have you tried going to microsoft.com and have | the site check for updates? Also you can go into your control panel and look [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] | > | > Dave >I don't want automatic Windows updates, I only want to update IE7, if there > is an update, not Windows or Office - and I don't even know how to check > whether I have the latest build of IE7. In IE do Help-About. What version does it say? See my original post, as stated there it's IE 7.0.5730.11IC Dave | >I don't want automatic Windows updates, I only want to update IE7, if there | > is an update, not Windows or Office - and I don't even know how to check | > whether I have the latest build of IE7. | | In IE do Help-About. What version does it say? If Microsoft/Windows Update doesn't offer you an update, your copy of Internet Explorer is up to date. It's that simple. Why are you making yourself crazy? --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est > I don't want automatic Windows updates, I only want to update IE7, if there > is an update, not Windows or Office - and I don't even know how to check [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > | > > | > Dave Hi Leonard Because my build is IE 7.0.5730.11IC, whereas the build that the software vendor of the application I'm developing is 7.00.5730.1100, I see a bug in the application I'm developing in IE7, but on my software vendor's machines the bug does not appear - and the only difference in our configurations seems to be that we are using different builds of IE7 from each other. It's not at all obvious from the build numbers which is the most recent build, but as I installed my build over a year ago and have never updated it, I had suspected that theirs was likely to be more recent than mine. Can you or anyone confirm that my build number IE 7.0.5730.11IC is definitely more recent than their build number 7.00.5730.1100? Dave | If Microsoft/Windows Update doesn't offer you an update, your copy of | Internet Explorer is up to date. It's that simple. Why are you making [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] | > | > | > | > Dave > Hi Leonard > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > anyone confirm that my build number IE 7.0.5730.11IC is definitely more > recent than their build number 7.00.5730.1100? No. Those are the same build. If you uninstall IE7 and reinstall it you'll probably get 7.0.5730.13 (IC or 00). No difference I can detect.  SignatureFrank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM Do not reply with email Thanks Frank. Dave | > Hi Leonard | > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] | If you uninstall IE7 and reinstall it you'll probably get 7.0.5730.13 (IC or | 00). No difference I can detect. Could you do a web search? It took me less than a minute to find the information: "How to determine which version of Internet Explorer is installed" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q164539/ IC = Internet Content Provider, i.e., modified by a third party. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est > Hi Leonard > [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] > | > | > > | > | > Dave | "How to determine which version of Internet Explorer is installed" | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q164539/ | | IC = Internet Content Provider, i.e., modified by a third party. Thanks for the link. Dave > Hi Leonard > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > the bug does not appear - and the only difference in our configurations > seems to be that we are using different builds of IE7 from each other. A better comparison would be *all* of IE, not just the starting stub program. E.g. Run... (press Win-R and enter:) msinfo32.exe /category IEFileVersions Make sure the reports are in File order (e.g. click on that heading) and save both (using the Edit menu and new Notepad windows.) Take a diff of them (e.g. windiff or just fc). Now would you say the only difference in your configurations is that yours was created as an IEAK package? <eg> But that's not all that could be causing different symptoms anyway. E.g. what about your scripting support or add-ons? Are you sure that all those modules are identical too? ; ) > It's > not at all obvious from the build numbers which is the most recent build, > but as I installed my build over a year ago and have never updated it, I had > suspected that theirs was likely to be more recent than mine. Can you or > anyone confirm that my build number IE 7.0.5730.11IC is definitely more > recent than their build number 7.00.5730.1100? It may help if you gave us your problem symptoms instead of asking questions to support your guesses about what is causing them... ; } HTH Robert Aldwinckle --- > Dave > [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > | > | > > | > | > Dave Hi Robert | A better comparison would be *all* of IE, not just the starting stub program. | E.g. Run... (press Win-R and enter:) | | msinfo32.exe /category IEFileVersions But I don't know how one could go about getting mine to be the same as theirs if there was a difference in one or more of those files. | But that's not all that could be causing different symptoms anyway. | E.g. what about your scripting support or add-ons? Are you sure that | all those modules are identical too? ; ) I'd have thought that scripting support shouldn't affect this app as it's pure css, and contains no script. Not sure what add-ons could cause a pure css app to display incorrectly on one machine and correctly on another. It's very weird. Dave |
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