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Windows Update to IE11
Is it wise to allow this update or should one skip it and stick with IE10? |
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On 12/11/2013 15:47:37, pjp wrote:
Is it wise to allow this update or should one skip it and stick with IE10? Thanks for asking the question, I'm waiting too. FireFox is my preferred choice of browser anyway but I do like to have the other popular ones to test my website. -- mick |
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"mick" wrote in message
... On 12/11/2013 15:47:37, pjp wrote: Is it wise to allow this update or should one skip it and stick with IE10? Thanks for asking the question, I'm waiting too. FireFox is my preferred choice of browser anyway but I do like to have the other popular ones to test my website. My experience is that anything newer than IE 8 causes blurry fonts in the email-reading pane of Windows Live Mail. Each time I have been offered an upgrade to IE, I have set it to "Hide" so it doesn't get installed accidentally if I install everything that is offered. Uninstalling newer versions of IE (if I accidentally install one) restores the non-blurry fonts, but it is a pain to have to do it. |
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"NY" wrote in message
... "mick" wrote in message ... On 12/11/2013 15:47:37, pjp wrote: Is it wise to allow this update or should one skip it and stick with IE10? Thanks for asking the question, I'm waiting too. FireFox is my preferred choice of browser anyway but I do like to have the other popular ones to test my website. My experience is that anything newer than IE 8 causes blurry fonts in the email-reading pane of Windows Live Mail. Each time I have been offered an upgrade to IE, I have set it to "Hide" so it doesn't get installed accidentally if I install everything that is offered. Uninstalling newer versions of IE (if I accidentally install one) restores the non-blurry fonts, but it is a pain to have to do it. I just installed it in my Win7HP 64 bit system and my fonts are fine in my Live Mail. They were fine with IE ver 10 also. Perhaps you could try reinstalling Windows Live Mail. Haven't checked it for speed, etc, but so far it is working fine. -- Buffalo |
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On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 11:13:08 -0700, "Buffalo" wrote:
"NY" wrote in message ... "mick" wrote in message ... On 12/11/2013 15:47:37, pjp wrote: Is it wise to allow this update or should one skip it and stick with IE10? Thanks for asking the question, I'm waiting too. FireFox is my preferred choice of browser anyway but I do like to have the other popular ones to test my website. My experience is that anything newer than IE 8 causes blurry fonts in the email-reading pane of Windows Live Mail. Each time I have been offered an upgrade to IE, I have set it to "Hide" so it doesn't get installed accidentally if I install everything that is offered. Uninstalling newer versions of IE (if I accidentally install one) restores the non-blurry fonts, but it is a pain to have to do it. I just installed it in my Win7HP 64 bit system and my fonts are fine in my Live Mail. They were fine with IE ver 10 also. Perhaps you could try reinstalling Windows Live Mail. Haven't checked it for speed, etc, but so far it is working fine. I did the regular updates today and IEv11 was not offered as an update? Where did you update it from? Any problem with Favorities/Cookies or anything like that after updating? Best reason(s) to update? |
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NY wrote:
"mick" wrote in message ... On 12/11/2013 15:47:37, pjp wrote: Is it wise to allow this update or should one skip it and stick with IE10? Thanks for asking the question, I'm waiting too. FireFox is my preferred choice of browser anyway but I do like to have the other popular ones to test my website. My experience is that anything newer than IE 8 causes blurry fonts in the email-reading pane of Windows Live Mail. Each time I have been offered an upgrade to IE, I have set it to "Hide" so it doesn't get installed accidentally if I install everything that is offered. Uninstalling newer versions of IE (if I accidentally install one) restores the non-blurry fonts, but it is a pain to have to do it. No issue with font visibility here with IE9, 10, 11 in Windows Live Mail on Win7 Pro 32 or 64 bit. WLM default fonts are Segoe UI for Proportional and Courier New for Fixed-width. Visibility issues when others are not experiencing them could be system related (Windows or video driver) or corruption in either WLM or Windows. One can hide IE11 when offered via Windows Updates. Note: For Win7 IE11 is being pushed as an Important Update. The current deployment is being throttled at MSFT's end - throttling is the reason why it is unchecked when viewed in Windows Updates. Throttling at MSFT's end at this time does not mean throttled forever. At some point in time in the future it **will** become a pre-checked item....and at that time if Windows Updates is configured to 'Automatically download and install' then IE11 will be automatically installed. Even if IE11 is currently hid it will continue to appear again in Windows Update with each future Internet Explorer update (Security, Cumulative). As long as throttling is the current state on MSFT's end, it will remain unchecked....as noted above if Windows Update is configured to automatically install then at some point in time in the future IE11 will be installed and automatically updated with whatever security or cumulative update is pushed down. If a more robust approach is necesssary to prevent IE11 from being offered/installed - MSFT provides a toolkit to block automatic delivery of IE11. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl....aspx?id=40722 IE11 is applicable and only available) for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 IE11 Blocker Toolkit is only applicable to Win7 SP1. -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 16:19:59 -0500, "...winston"
wrote: If a more robust approach is necesssary to prevent IE11 from being offered/installed - MSFT provides a toolkit to block automatic delivery of IE11. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl....aspx?id=40722 Thanks for the link. Myself, I use IE9. -- -gufus Thou Shalt NOT excessively annoy others or allow Thyself to become excessively annoyed |
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John wrote:
Thank you for all of that. Useful stuff. J. You're welcome. -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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On 12/11/2013 18:08:27, NY wrote:
"mick" wrote in message ... On 12/11/2013 15:47:37, pjp wrote: Is it wise to allow this update or should one skip it and stick with IE10? Thanks for asking the question, I'm waiting too. FireFox is my preferred choice of browser anyway but I do like to have the other popular ones to test my website. My experience is that anything newer than IE 8 causes blurry fonts in the email-reading pane of Windows Live Mail. Each time I have been offered an upgrade to IE, I have set it to "Hide" so it doesn't get installed accidentally if I install everything that is offered. Uninstalling newer versions of IE (if I accidentally install one) restores the non-blurry fonts, but it is a pain to have to do it. Windows Live Mail is not allowed anywhere near my computer and IMO should not be used on anyone else's either :-) -- mick |
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"mick" wrote in message ...
On 12/11/2013 18:08:27, NY wrote: "mick" wrote in message ... On 12/11/2013 15:47:37, pjp wrote: Is it wise to allow this update or should one skip it and stick with IE10? Thanks for asking the question, I'm waiting too. FireFox is my preferred choice of browser anyway but I do like to have the other popular ones to test my website. My experience is that anything newer than IE 8 causes blurry fonts in the email-reading pane of Windows Live Mail. Each time I have been offered an upgrade to IE, I have set it to "Hide" so it doesn't get installed accidentally if I install everything that is offered. Uninstalling newer versions of IE (if I accidentally install one) restores the non-blurry fonts, but it is a pain to have to do it. Windows Live Mail is not allowed anywhere near my computer and IMO should not be used on anyone else's either :-) Why is that? I am using it and Thunderbird. What are your reasons? -- Buffalo |
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On 12/11/2013 22:24:47, Buffalo wrote:
"mick" wrote in message ... On 12/11/2013 18:08:27, NY wrote: "mick" wrote in message ... On 12/11/2013 15:47:37, pjp wrote: Is it wise to allow this update or should one skip it and stick with IE10? Thanks for asking the question, I'm waiting too. FireFox is my preferred choice of browser anyway but I do like to have the other popular ones to test my website. My experience is that anything newer than IE 8 causes blurry fonts in the email-reading pane of Windows Live Mail. Each time I have been offered an upgrade to IE, I have set it to "Hide" so it doesn't get installed accidentally if I install everything that is offered. Uninstalling newer versions of IE (if I accidentally install one) restores the non-blurry fonts, but it is a pain to have to do it. Windows Live Mail is not allowed anywhere near my computer and IMO should not be used on anyone else's either :-) Why is that? I am using it and Thunderbird. What are your reasons? Because so many people use it on newsgroups but do set it properly to do quoting. I get fed up with replies appearing in peoples signatures. Then there are times that personal email gets posted to newsgroups. Much better to have a dedicated email client and a separate dedicated news group reader. -- mick |
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On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 00:48:05 +0000, John wrote:
On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 18:08:27 -0000, "NY" wrote: "mick" wrote in message ... On 12/11/2013 15:47:37, pjp wrote: Is it wise to allow this update or should one skip it and stick with IE10? Thanks for asking the question, I'm waiting too. FireFox is my preferred choice of browser anyway but I do like to have the other popular ones to test my website. My experience is that anything newer than IE 8 causes blurry fonts in the email-reading pane of Windows Live Mail. Each time I have been offered an upgrade to IE, I have set it to "Hide" so it doesn't get installed accidentally if I install everything that is offered. Uninstalling newer versions of IE (if I accidentally install one) restores the non-blurry fonts, but it is a pain to have to do it. Can't you just change the font so you have a non-blurry one? Or does IE-eleven do it with *every* font? I wouldn't know as I've never even seen "WLM" but I'm curious. Thanks. J. It just occurred to me that it might be a problem with ClearType, a software technique to use strategic blurring to make type clearer (yeah, I know!). -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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On 12/11/2013 3:47 PM, pjp wrote:
Is it wise to allow this update or should one skip it and stick with IE10? The test version was badly broken - but they may have fixed it for the release. I'm waiting for more comments before it goes on here. -- Bob - Tetbury, Gloucestershire, UK There are two theories about arguing with women. Neither one works! |
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"Bob Henson" wrote in message ... On 12/11/2013 3:47 PM, pjp wrote: Is it wise to allow this update or should one skip it and stick with IE10? The test version was badly broken - but they may have fixed it for the release. I'm waiting for more comments before it goes on here. I tried it a few days ago. A couple of my financial sites balked. Told me my browser wasn't supported, or words to that effect. Removed IE 11. I'll wait until the world catches up! Chris |
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