Internet Explorer 7 was only released last week. If you installed it
over a month ago, you installed a beta version of it. Probably called
"Release Candidate".
In case you want to know what happened...
- you have set automatic updates to ask you before installing or
downloading. To change the setting to fully automatic, go to Control
Panel, Automatic Updates and select the first choice (in bold). That
choice is set by default, so you must have changed it at some point in
time.
- as you had installed a beta version of IE7, it had to be installed
before the final version of IE7 could be installed. That meant that
after the removal, your system was back to IE6.
- The window that asked you to restart did say automatic updates in the
dialog window and kept popping up. That was an update that is related to
IE7, but not the setup program for IE7 (that is a different window and
has a Restart button as well after it's done). When you clicked Restart
Now and then proceeded to kill tasks, you effectively killed the IE7
setup program.
Hence your computer ended up in a state where the beta of IE7 had been
removed, but the final version had not been installed, because you
didn't give the setup program the chance to.
If you want IE7 back, download it from
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...s/default.mspx

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"Mark A. Sam" wrote in message
:

What's a beta? I wasn't informed that version 7 is a beta. I was available
on the Microsoft site as the new version. No beta involved.

"Leythos" wrote in message
.. .
In article ,
says...
I think Microsoft need some updating of personnel, starting with Bill
Gates
and continuing until the last programmer is booted. Keep the cleaning
crew
and the cafeteria staff.

let's get this in perspective:

1) You installed a BETA product
2) You complain when you are using your computer and it alerts you that
it's about to install updates while you are using your computer
3) The update is for a BETA product
4) Your BETA test machine doesn't perform properly

What part of BETA don't you understand - if you are not prepared to deal
with problems then don't run BETA software.

If you are prepared to deal with problems associated with BETA software
you should have posts your statements as "I've tried to install IE7 BETA
update and I'm having problems".

Your first paragraph makes you appear to be trolling.

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