If some kind soul running IE7 on XP Pro SP2 with NIS 2008 could try this
scenario,
I would be most greatful.  There's nothing hard or dangerous, just
observation...

Laptop running XP SP2 and IE7, all fully patched, wireless to hub.
Email and Newsgroup access perfectly normal, (in fact I am posting this from
the same machine) but IE7 tells me there's NO INTERNET CONNECTION and it
can't find the web page!

Months back, I didn't approve the Update Rollup for IE7 for XP on my WSUS
server.  Now, I'm ready to approve it and roll it out but it's telling me"The
selected update has expired and cannot be approved for installation or
detection.  It is recommended you decline this update."

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.
public.internetexplorer.general
where do i find Internet Explorer Privacy Preferences  
. under TOOLS menu .
Internet Explorer Privacy Preferences

I have a new pc, and have Windows Vista. All has been going fine, receiving
and sending emails with no problem. Now, for no apparent reason, I cannot
download emails into my Windows Mail. I can send emails, and I can see emails
on my webmail page, but despite following some ...

I have read many posts about this site or that one having invalid
certificates.  The responses seem to focus on the individual site not having
purchased a valid certificate, etc.  My problem is that several sites that
worked fine 48 hours ago now give me the infamous "Invalid ...

Every time I try to enter an email address online for confirmation emails
like hotel, airfare it says "please enter a valid email" I have tried almost
every email address I can think of and it is still not going through. Any
suggestions?

I do i reset the pop up counter to 0?

For quite some time I (after backing up from IE7 and trying to find an
IE6) have not been able to run IE6. When I invoke it, ir churns away for
quite some time and ultimately ends up giving me the main Help screen
for my laptop (SONY).

It is VERY annoying yto not return to the calling tab when closing a tab.
When closing a tab that was opened from another tab, the user needs to be
returned to the original tab. My new tabs, for example, open to the left of
the originating tab, but when I close that new tab, I ...

Yesterday, 15th August, an auto-update was installed on my laptop. Upon
rebooting, I found that IE7 would not work. Whenever I attempt to connect I
am presented with a screen stating that there are problems with the
connection.

I can't access the page www.dodea.edu.  I have check my security protocals on
the internet options page.  I have tried navigating to the page indirectly,
nothing seems to work.  I did not have this problem with the previous version
of IE.  Do you have any suggestions.

Everytime i go to a website it contains the same information that it did the
last time that I was on it.  I must always refresh it maually.  I have been
through the internet options tabs but cannot find a way to change this.
What can I do?

Is there a link that will allow me to re-download explorer....

I have tried installing Google.co.uk as my default search provider in the
search box, but after a day or so it reverts back to google.com. This
happens even if I leave or delete the google com address.
Is there any way of making co.uk stick?