Older tool-bars and other IE add-ons seem to be the main reason IE7 upgrades fail.

The link below has a list of tool-bars with known problems and the link contains lots of other tips for getting IE7 installed correctly.

Link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie/releasenotes/default.aspx

New Internet browsers seem to be like buses wait for ages then they all come at once.

I use the beta version of Firefox 2.0 as my primary internet browser mainly for in-browser spell checking and security reasons.

I haven’t decided if I want to switch back to IE7. I think I do but only on Windows Vista.

IE7 on Windows Vista runs in protected mode which should make it very secure in deed.

Link: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

Well in advance of the Automatic Update Notification that my users will be seeing on Nov1st I had few users at my clients install and test against IE7.

There are a couple of machines that failed to install properly. They have rolled back to IE6, but this just backs up my concerns that on Nov1st there will be some causalities

Tips for installing

Disable Your Anti virus until after the install reboot.
Uninstall any existing browser plug ins like Google desktop, Google tool bar in fact any IE add-on

At the moment I would feel a lot better if this upgrade was not being notified to my client using Automatic Updates.

I predict a few IE7 killed my PC news stories.

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HP had 16.3% of the global market in the third quarter of 2006, compared with rival Dell’s 16.1%, Gartner said.

Very interesting. In this country you can buy HP from retail stores like Comet/Currys or online retailers like Dabs.com and finally from computer dealers.

With Dell you can only purchase Direct. If Dell were to get more into retail that would assure their place as the market leader.

In America Dell are experimenting with their own retail stores. Like Apple do. But one store at a time is not going to be enough.

It will be interesting to see who is market leader nine months from now. I say Dell, as lots of business people are waiting on the new Versions of Windows/Office before replacing older computers in the fleet.

Basically if your running a Windows 2000 PC, you are the candidate most likely to be using Window Vista in 2007

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6067262.stm

Its really hard to get excited by these free tools when I have access all the latest office software from Microsoft.

They shouldn’t be in direct completion anyway.

Now if Microsoft allowed you to upload a “web” version of the products you licensed and made it accessible to you on any internet connection in the world. That would be cool.

Microsoft’s own Office online strategy seems to have gone quiet. It doesn’t seem to have any buzz.

Link: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/