Re: Is MSIE dead as a browser - if Microsoft does not patch it then it is as far as I am concerned!

From: Greg R (webworm12_at_yes.hotmail.com)
Date: 06/26/04 

Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 09:24:00 -0500

You keep forgeting about older machines people run including me.
I use 98se and windows xp. Microsoft does not consider it critical
for older oses. (Strange they consider it critical for nt bassed
systems)

Greg

>On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 18:19:56 +0800, "Sandi - Microsoft MVP" <sandi_hardmeier@mvps.org> wrote:

>You're running XP. XP SP2 is not affected by the vulnerability so the
>comments you see that the problem 'will not be patched' are obviously
>erroneous.
>
>Also, the only reason this problem occurred is because those who are
>responsible for the web servers either didn't patch their systems, or
>patched and didn't reboot.

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