Dave T. wrote:
Paul Calcagno wrote:
Propman, my WU showed a few weeks ago that I could choose to install
IE-8 which I've declined by un checking it. It also now shows that I
have a 350 MB file called KB948465 (called Windows Service Pack 2)
available but with no internal details.

"propman" wrote in message
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Paul Calcagno wrote:
I've just been offered Windows SP2 via my Windows Update manager. My
history on this computer is excellent with regards to updates so I'm
inclined to have this update installed. Everything regarding updates
is current except for IE-8.

My one reservation is that I've declined to update IE-8 in the
recent past as I'm a Firefox user and I've seen all the traffic
about how cloggy IE has been for some.

I tried finding out if Vista SP2 includes IE-8 but am having no
luck. Can someone tell me if Vista SP2 includes IE-8? And if so, is
there a way to download SP2 but choose not to have IE-8 included.

Thanks much in advance............................Paul C.


Have you checked "Control Panel - Windows Updates - View Available
updates"?

Mine shows IE8 available; the "upgrade" can be toggled off though.


Also, FWIW, mine only shows a SP2 available for "The 2007 Microsoft®
Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2)"; it doesn't show that a system SP
is available.


SP2 is indeed released. It came to me yesterday via WU, and IE8 is NOT
part of SP2. I installed IE8 and SP2 (separately) in my x64 machine
without a problem.

Dave T.


Double checked the MS website today and found out there is indeed a
second Vista SP....for some reason it's not being listed on either of
the two Vista systems (different manufacturers plus different Vista
version installs) I have here, even after implementing a manual "View
Available Updates". Maybe it's a Canadian buglet..... ;-)

Thanks for the reply. :-)