Frequently Asked Questions for the IE7 Beta 2 Preview

2006-01-31

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—IEBlog Editor, 22 August 2012

Hi, I'm Al Billings. I'm a project manager on the Internet Explorer team. I haven't posted before but you have probably seen comments from me from time to time on the blog. I'm involved in the regular work with it. Today, we have been getting a lot of questions in comments on our blog posts in response to the release of the IE7 Beta 2 Preview. I wanted to try to wrap most of these up in one post so people don't have to hunt for answers to common questions.

Questions

Where can I read more details on what is in the IE7 Beta 2 Preview?

We will be doing a series of blog posts in the upcoming days highlighting the new features in the IE7 Beta 2 Preview with quite a bit of detail. These will answer a lot of questions about how the new features work.

The Internet Explorer Developer Center contains additional information for this preview release, including a series of articles on Security and Compatibility in IE7.

In addition to these, we have release notes for the preview available at https://msdn.microsoft.com/ie/releasenotes/ which detail the changes at a high level, list known issues and discuss installation and uninstallation of the preview release.
What operating systems does the preview work on?

This release is only for Windows XP Service Pack 2 for x86 processors as detailed on the Beta 2 Direct Page. Other versions of Windows are not supported for this preview. We expect to offer IE7 for x64 and Windows 2003 Server SP1 in a future preview.

The preview has also only been released for English but can be installed on localized versions of Windows.
If I installed IE7 Beta 1, can I just install the Beta 2 Preview on top of it?

No, the Beta 2 Preview will not let you install on top of Beta 1. If you are currently running the first Beta, it must be uninstalled first. Beta 1 can be removed by accessing Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs -> Show Updates and finding it in the list there. Once you uninstall it, you can install the Beta 2 Preview.
Can I run the preview and IE6 at the same time?

No, the preview is a system upgrade that replaces IE6 on your computer with the preview code.

As Chris Wilson pointed out, "'IE' is actually a collection of system components - networking, browser hosting, core HTML rendering, printing, etc. When we install a new version of IE, we're installing it for all applications that use these system components - including the tiny iexplore.exe itself." Because of this, we do not support the various hacks that allow side by side running of IE6 and the IE7 Beta 2 Preview. Running with these could cause issues with the stability of a system.
I can't seem to get Windows Genuine Advantage to work for installation. What can I do?

Please go to https://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/ww/windows/default.mspx and try the steps listed there.
Our installer for the preview used WGA and this cannot be bypassed. The Windows Genuine Advantage team wants to be sure that Windows users can install their software so they really do want to know about any issues that you may run into using WGA.
How do I uninstall the preview?

To uninstall Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview and return to Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP
1. Click “Start,” and then click “Control Panel.”
2. Click “Add or Remove Programs.”
3. Check “Show Updates” at the top of the dialog box.
4. Scroll down the list to “Windows XP – Software Updates,” select “Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2Preview,” and then click "Change/Remove." If "Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview" does not exist, run %windir%$NtUninstallie7bet2p$spuninstspuninst.exe. You need to have "view hidden folders" enabled. %windir% is your Windows installation directory, which is normally 'C:Windows' on most systems.
I am getting an error stating that msfeeds.dll cannot be found. What do I do?

Some anti-spyware and anti-virus software is known to interfere with IE7’s ability to install. We do not recommend disabling these programs and if the steps below don’t help you, we recommend that you wait until a future release in which we hope to have addressed the problem. Please don’t hesitate to send feedback (via newsgroups, email, or the feedback reporting tool) and let us know which software programs are causing this problem so we can be sure to follow up with them.

The most common cause is permissions being set to read only for certain entries in the Windows registry. This has been discussed in microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general newsgroup (accessible through the web here) by Stephen Anacker. He gave this workaround for the problem:

This happened because the permissions on a registry key has been changed. On install we archive all the keys which involves both reading and writing to the keys. Some application has changed the permissions on the .tif and .tiff registry keys to not allow administrator full control over the key. What we need to do is change the permissions to allow the administrator to right and archive the key. This is the workaround, it involves changing registry keys so do this at your own risk.
1. Reboot your system to make sure any changes made by previous installation attempts are completely rolled back
2. Go to Start then "Run" type "regedit" in the run box and enter.
3. In regedit expand HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT in the left pane and the scroll down to the entry ".tif"
4. Right click on the entry in the left pane, select "permissions..."
5. In the permissions box select the "administrators" group.
6. Click on the "Advanced" button at the lower right.
7. Select administrators and click edit.
8. In the next dialogue check to allow box for "full control".
9. Repeat this with the .tiff key
10. Save and close.
11. Install IE7
Where can I report issues or give feedback?

We want to hear your feedback on this release. Jason Watters posted a blog entry on how to send us feedback here. Jason says:

You can post any questions or problems you have to the microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general newsgroup, either through a newsgroup reader or on the Microsoft Discussion Groups site.

We also have two ways for you to submit detailed bug reports to us if the newsgroup isn’t your style. The first way to report issues directly to us is by sending email to IETell@microsoft.com. To better equip us to investigate your issue, please include a detailed description of the problem and steps to reproduce the problem (e.g. for site issues, a URL to the website and if possible a screenshot of rendering issues). General machine configuration and installed toolbars or extensions can also be useful as well, and (if you know) whether the problem occurs in IE 6.0.

Also, please send your report from a valid email address so we can follow up with you if needed. We can’t commit to responding to each and every email we get, but all issues reported will be examined by the IE team in an effort to improve IE7.

The second way to report issues directly to us is the Microsoft Beta Client Tool, which is a client-side tool you will need to install. Although it may look specific to Windows Vista, it can be used for submitting IE7 bugs. On the first page of the tool, just make sure you choose "This install ‘is an Internet Explorer 7 update on Windows XP’" and set Area to ‘Internet Explorer’.

I hope that this has been helpful to people in answering questions.

- Al Billings

Comments

Anonymous
January 31, 2006
"Our installer for the preview used WGA and this cannot be bypassed."

The WGA did not work for me - message: technical problems - but I was able to install IE7. (I use an original OEM version of XP delivered with my notebook.)

If I uninstall the preview do I have to install IE6 again?
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
If you uninstall the preview, it reverts you back to your pre-preview state.

- Al Billings [MSFT]
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
Are you guys getting errors on MSFT Partner Program Site?

https://partners.microsoft.com/partnerprogram/PartnerMembershipCenter.aspx

Thanks.
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
Yes I am having issues with the partner site.
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
IE 7 Beta 2 is awesome!
Quick Tab rocks!
Great work IE team.
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
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Anonymous
January 31, 2006
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Anonymous
January 31, 2006
Honestly, it's truly shamful how far off IE7 is from completing the Acid2 test:

http://www.teezeh.info/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/Virtual%20PCSchnappschuss001.png
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
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Anonymous
January 31, 2006
Microsoft has released the second beta of its IE7 browser. Also provided is a Web developer checklist for testing your sites and code. If you plan on evaluating the new release, I also recommend consulting the IE7 blog FAQ.

Via WASP.
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
Thanks for clearing up a few of those questions.
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
All I can say is it's about time. And it actually runs decent. Albeit a few bugs here and there, but wow.
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
Can the icon be fixed in the Start Menu to be consistent with the Internet Explorer icon elsewhere?

thanks
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
Seth,

You could not run IE6 side by side with IE5.5, IE5, or IE5. This is not a change. IE versions are full system upgrades.

Al Billings [MSFT]
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
Bobby G.,

We've written about the Acid2 test before. It is not a compliance test but is, instead, a wish list. We've been clear that we were not going to pass this test since we were first asked about this. The author of the test is well aware of this.

- Al Billings [MSFT]
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
Real devs don't whine. So much for web devs.
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
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Anonymous
January 31, 2006
For the advanced users amongst us (and those that don't mind quirky software). Get it from here. Note:...
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
No way. Forget it. If there is no way to run IE7 Beta AND the existing bodgy IE6, we will certainly be putting a "Do NOT use IE7 on our website ... go use an open source alternative" notice on the front web page. We have no way we can buy that many machines to test our systems in two versions. We'd be happy to encourage this long overdue revision, but what a shame MS can't build a standalone. Perhaps it's a deliberate strategy, and maybe that will work on the general population, but for now, just watch the "No IE7 support on this site" banners appear.
What a pity the opportunity has been lost.
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
About 5. WGA: I wasnot able to validate IE neither, then I have found out, that my firewall is blocking something and when I allow it, validation worked. Just my 2 cents. ;)
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
There is weird bug, within the installer procedures.
The case is this -
While i was trying to uninstal, the Beta 1 build which i was using, until now - the IE Beta 1 selection, is removing itself ok, from the Add/Remove window, but stil nothing happens - beta 1 i still there, and i can't install Beta 2.
Guess the problem is comming from me, not closing the active windows of IE 7 Beta 1, and then perhaps the uninstal procedure for IE7 Beta 1 is failing somehow ..

One of my coleagues already, installed the Beta 2 - it is great :)) Keep up the good work

So about my problem ? Any suggestions guys ??

:)
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
PingBack from http://www.qweos.net/blog/2006/02/01/internet-explorer-7-beta-2/
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January 31, 2006
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Anonymous
January 31, 2006
Very helpful list!

The many people with a CRT monitor have the problem that the fonts in IE and OE now look fuzzy, because ClearType is on by default in the preview.

Perhaps you could add a tip how to turn off ClearType in the Preview.
(Unfortunately, Outlook Express then still uses ClearType).

Thank you,
Roland
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
Maybe this will help running different versions of IE in Windows XP Pro:

http://www.positioniseverything.net/articles/multiIE.html
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
Standalone, or Stand Alone (out in the cold with no friends)

MS plans on spending millions on new marketing to help not look like big ugly company. How about treating web developers with some respect?

Standalone! Standalone! Standalone! Standalone! Standalone! Standalone! Standalone! Standalone!
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
"You could not run IE6 side by side with IE5.5, IE5, or IE5. This is not a change. IE versions are full system upgrades."

Al, how is this a valid response? Not being able to run IE6 with IE5.x prove my point even more. You can't install them side by side but you sure can run them. This site allows us to do that:

http://downloads.skyzyx.com/index.php?fpp=20&did=8

If this guy can create a quick workaround, why can't Microsoft? Sure, it's ugly but it allows developers to do our jobs. Imagine how much happier developers would be if you created a standalone version? Do you honestly think that having Virtual PC or multiple computers just for testing is productive compared to being able to run multiple versions on the same machine?

I'm saying that you SHOULDN'T make IE "full system upgrades." This only makes our jobs difficult. You say you're listening to us but you continue to ignore one of the biggest issues.

Seth
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
PingBack from http://www.thinklemon.com/weblog/2006/02/01/internet-explorer-7-beta-2-preview-available/
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
By using this technique for Beta1

http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2005/12/28/434132.aspx

I've managed to get IE7B2 running side by side with IE6, with one (major!) caveat:

IE7 works fine the first time I launch it with that batch file, and IE6 works afterwards, but if I try and then launch IE7 a 2nd time it closes immediately...

I'm not expecting any help from MS on this subject, but I'm sure one of you developers will know what's going wrong!

cheers guys
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
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Anonymous
January 31, 2006
<p>The release of Explorer 7 beta 2 has raised some questions, especially about maintaining the various
IE versions you may have on your computer. Basically the beta overwrites IE 6, and <a href="http://labs.insert-title.com/labs/Multiple-IEs-in-Windows_article795.aspx"
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
I have a machine running IE5, 5.5, 6 and now IE7 beta 2 with no problems. It's easy and it works - it's just not supported.

Cookies do not function correctly on 5 and 5.5 (I have not tried 7 yet) but otherwsie everything is great.

I used the link posted by devver above
SB
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
The usual iexplore.exe.local workaround seems to work fine:
http://labs.insert-title.com/labs/Multiple-IEs-in-Windows_article795.aspx

Unzipping the IE6 standalone file at:

http://downloads.skyzyx.com/index.php?
fpp=20&did=8&fid=10
(assuming you trust that site) then just running iexplore.exe seems to work fine.
Anonymous
January 31, 2006
I don't understand why an added feed does not update on rendering it from the feeds bookmarks section. On default, it's set to update only once a day, is this not too little?
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
Is there a site that describes how to write extensions for new IE 7? For example, if I wanted to add sidebar extension, like History?

Thank you,

Alex
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
Hi guys, great release,

But can someone please tell me why my cookies aren't being saved and i'm having to log onto various sites (such as forums) and windows live beta every time i go to them, when with IE6 they would remember my log in. Is there anyway to get around this?
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
I agree with Jan above. The feeds in IE7 do not update automatically when they're clicked on. I discovered I had to right-click on Refresh for a particular feed, and then click on the feed again before I got a current listing. Bad, bad, bad. Please fix.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
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Anonymous
February 01, 2006
When will ie7 (if not already) come with the active x lockdown
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
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Anonymous
February 01, 2006
Any thoughts/ suggestions on how to remove the IE 7 .beta 1 from Windows Vista?

Tried add/remove programs, couldn't get the IE uninstall available.

I would like to load IE 7 Beta 2 on it.

Any help is appreciated!
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
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Anonymous
February 01, 2006
overflow:visible doesn't seem to work anymore on textareas, even with height:auto. How to make it work ? That was a cool feature in IE6.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
Seth, have you thought about those of us who make use of the IE html engine but in an application rather than the browser? You want side-by-side just so you can open iexplore.exe 6.0 vs 7.0. I don't do that, because I have html applications that are not run in a browser. How exactly does "side-by-side" here work for me? This is not the .Net framework; there's no concept of side-by-side binaries for DLLs that are named the same. Even if they were named differently, the html app is expecting to use classes that are named the same. Without overwriting the binaries, there's no way to distinguish between the two. If you used the underlying engine for Safari or Mozilla (not the browser itself) to create HTML apps, you'd run into exactly the same problem. Not everyone works in the browser only; the system is designed to be more flexible (and less, at the same time) than that.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
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February 01, 2006
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Anonymous
February 01, 2006
snooks: no, we'd simply have had to wait longer for good browsers to be released.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
I noticed that opening Acrobat Reader in Internet Explorer 7 forces the classic menu toolbar to be visible. This is not necessary at all.

I btw don't like it when a word document is loaded in Internet Explorer. There are no word buttons, not even a button to save the document to disk and open it in Microsoft word.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
I get this error when i try to start IE 7 Beta 2:

Signature Error:
AppName: iexplore.exe AppVer: 7.0.5296.0 ModName: ieframe.dll
ModVer: 7.0.5296.0 Offset: 00081b62

Any solution for this?
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
If there are problems with my site but it works perfectly in Firefox and IE6 is this something I should fix or are there still css changes to come.
The main issue for me seems to be when specifying a width style to an a or input tag

Thanks

Adrian
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February 01, 2006
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Anonymous
February 01, 2006

Is there a preliminary release date for IE7?

(like a roadmap),

it was said earlier that IE7 was intended to be released same time as Longhorn (q4 2006) but I got the impression it was moved forward,

any latest rumors/hints on when?

thanks
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
my msn messenger 7.0 does not work with internet explorer 7 beta 2.wat do i do?it used to work with ie6.plz help,till that time im changing bak to ie6.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
Some call Acid2 a "wishlist" and others call it a "compliance test for CSS web standards." By simply writing Acid2 off completely as a silly wishlist, IE7's goal is obviously to be nothing short of mediocre. Let's try to get inpired here people... You can pass it if you actually "try" to make an effort.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
Here Here to Yet Another Web Developer above.

I expect that with no public bug tracking IE7 will be right back where IE6 is now. Hundreds of bugs, documented on thousands of seperate sites, with no clear plan to address any of them.

That is not the browser experience I want for development.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
Srikanth,

The IE7 Beta 2 Preview will not run on Vista. It is only for Windows XP SP2.

Al Billings [MSFT]
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
Yet Another Web Developer,

We have heard the requests made by a number for a public bug tracking database. We do not have one at this time but you have been heard. If we do create one, it will be announced but no decisions have been made at time as it would be quite a change for us (and I do agree that it is possibly a good change) and would require a lot of work on our part to do correctly.

- Al Billings [MSFT]
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
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Anonymous
February 01, 2006
I really like the beta 2 its great i like the rss feature and the tab browsing.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
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Anonymous
February 01, 2006
I'm running IE7 beta1, beta2 asks me to uninstall beta1. When i go to uninstall beta1 it says that some programs might not work correctly. Will installing beta 2 make these programs work again?
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
Базовые вопросы: возможность установки параллельно с IE6, поддержка, обновления.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
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Anonymous
February 01, 2006
In the advanced prefs, the radio buttons for "searching" via the address field have no default setting. Also, once a radio button is selected, the only way to go back is to reset all your settings. If one of the choices is the default setting, this is not obvious and should be. You also might have considered copying Opera on their highly useful address field feature set. Instead of forcing a search which is surprising to most users, instead navigate the user by adding ".com" as well as the protocol prefix. Navigate is what the user wants to do when they edit the address field wouldn't you think? A search feature in the address bar is incredibly silly when there are plenty of search features readily available throughout.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
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Anonymous
February 01, 2006
Two things that worked really well for me when using tabs via MSN's tool bars that I found to be missing in IE7's tabs.

First, I can't seem to get my Favorite tabs to appear in the order I have them sorted. When a set of tabs are automatically opened via Favorites, they are in alphabetical order.

Second, when a new tab is opened from the current tab, I like it how MSN's tabs opens the new tab immediately after the current tab and not place it at the end of all tabs.

Thanks.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
I enjoy the open communication you have with developers so far. Your responses are most helpful. Keep it up!

Simple Suggestions:
1. Give the user the ability to reorder the tabs via dragging it into place.
2. Double click a tab to close, instead of searching for the "x".
3. Allow an option for a new tab to be created and have focus when entering in a new URL into the address bar.

Wish List:
1. Standards compliancy closer to the current open source alternatives. (I know... I know... I've read the previous responses from MS.) However, any improvement in this area is a step in the right direction for IE.
2. Developer tools (similar to the tools currently available for IE 6)

Thanks again, keep up the good work!
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
PingBack from http://matthew.delmarters.com/weblog/internet_explorer_7_beta_2_released/
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
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Anonymous
February 01, 2006
PingBack from http://www.leonelson.com/blog/2006/02/removing-internet-explorer-beta-2-preview-2.html
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
PingBack from http://www.leonelson.com/blog/2006/02/removing-internet-explorer-beta-2-preview.html
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
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Anonymous
February 01, 2006
Jon, I disagree about double-clicking tabs. many users are so trained to double click anything in Windows, this would cause problems. They don't know when they should single click or double click. It's VERY poor practice to make double clicks do something "destructive" when a single click wouldn't.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
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Anonymous
February 01, 2006
not sure if this has already been asked, at least in this thread... but out of curiosity, what are the chances of IE7 having a nice script debugger included?

probably the two biggest things i like and use the most in FF is the javascript console and the Find function.

sorry if it's a repeat.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
"I'm a project manager on the Internet Explorer team"
...I've read that somewhere... how many PM are there for IE?
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
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Anonymous
February 01, 2006
"Is there a site that describes how to write extensions for new IE 7? For example, if I wanted to add sidebar extension, like History?"

I'm interested as well, on what changes there are between writing extensions for previous IE versions and IE7. I'm assuming that existing Explorer Bands and Comm Bands (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/Shell/programmersguide/shell_adv/bands.asp) will continue to work in IE7, but I'd guess that they won't be within the Favorites Center panel but will be a separate pane, and tab-specific. Will there be a new method of creating bars that can plug into the Favorites Center?
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
Is there any possibility of getting Internet Explorer 7 to pass the standards compliance tests found at the following url:

http://www.hixie.ch/tests/evil/mixed/
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
All I can say is congratulations to the IE team! IE6 has become a running joke, but IE7 has managed to prise me away from my precious Firefox for an afternoon. With the exception of the disappearing toolbar, the interface is nice too - although it looks like it was 'inspired' by Flock.

The feed reading is my favourite feature so far - all we need now is for transparent PNGs to work properly (seriously, how hard is it to do?) and other such stuff that will no doubt be fixed before the actual release.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
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Anonymous
February 01, 2006
@David: "all we need now is for transparent PNGs to work properly"

These should be working fine for you-- we are working on one known issue for transparent PNGs in floating DIVs.

Please provide a repro case for the problem you've encountered.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
PingBack from http://www.nousab.org/index.php/internet-explorer-7-beta-2
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
Why do you guys feel the need to publish PingBacks in the comments?
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
Please provide some UNinstall tools/files for those of us that cannot uninstall IE7B2P. System Restores have been cleaned, uninstallers deleted and the Add/Remove option doesn't work. I love IE7B2P but just wanted a preview and now can't get back to IE6.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
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Anonymous
February 01, 2006
Reinstalling Windows XP SP2 (upgrade vs. new install) does NOT restore IE6. Please provide UNinstall tools/files.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
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Anonymous
February 01, 2006
In my case, I had to enable full control on .gif, .png, giffile, pngfile, and jpegfile to get past the msfeeds.dll error. I imagine the final version might change these permissions automatically.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
Firefox has a great add-in support for an add-blocking tool. Is there a similar feature for IE (without the spyware)?
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
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Anonymous
February 01, 2006
Wow, looks like that Seth guy didn't get that this was a beta. Right on Seth, Right on.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
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Anonymous
February 01, 2006
Please fix the transparency for PNG like you promised! http://entropymine.com/jason/testbed/pngtrans/
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
I had a problem after install that wouldnt let me play tiger woods golf online. the start page would give a server error. I had to get rid of the beta version of explorer to play the golf game online.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
Will upcoming releases of the beta be released to the public, or is this build 5296 it for us? I know there will be an upcoming consumer focused version, but let me get to the point.

If security issues get founds and major bugs found, will we (the public) get updates to fix those (perhaps) major issues? Or is this pretty much it until IE 7 hits the official -- thus supported -- release?
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
"Perhaps it's a deliberate strategy, and maybe that will work on the general population, but for now, just watch the "No IE7 support on this site" banners appear. "

If you want to do that, that's fine. You can also deal with people like myself who will then close your website and never return. If losing business fits into your model, then more power to you. I don't like web developers telling me what browser I must use. I am the customer, you need to earn my business. And by telling me that my browser choice is no good, you will not be doing so.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
Please support the Alt key to open a link in a new tab. MSN tabs supports this and it's a great feature.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
@Xepol:
"You don't use it, we all find it annoying, GET RID OF CLICK. "

It's an audio cue for the sight impaired. It's annoying yes, but it could be much worse than just a simple click. Obviously you know how to turn it off, so just do so.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
I think it's about time now that IE supported said features. Not like I'll be using IE, cause Mozilla/Netscape/etc. have had these features for years now, and besides, IE can't run my operating system(s) of choice.

Also, if you are removing shell intregration, does this mean the current shell is broken?
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
@Mike: "Please fix the transparency for PNG like you promised"

These all show is correct on my build of IE7. Do you see as different results?

@John: "Please support the Alt key to open a link in a new tab."

CTRL+Click will open your page in a new tab.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
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Anonymous
February 01, 2006
"@Mike: "Please fix the transparency for PNG like you promised"

These all show is correct on my build of IE7. Do you see as different results? "

EricLaw, I'm going to guess he was referring to the gamma test section of the page, http://entropymine.com/jason/testbed/alphagamma that seems to fail pretty miserably in IE7!
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
PingBack from http://cwagner.gezeiten.org/wordpress/2006-02-02/internet/internet-explorer-7-beta-2-preview/
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Anonymous
February 01, 2006
Cannot get this thing to install, ever. Fails 50% through with a completely useless error message. Never had beta 1 installed either.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
PingBack from http://blog.23corner.com/2006/02/02/1226/
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
Every time IE7 tries to load a page the 'Dial up connection' window pops up for a second. Sometimes it repeadly pops up and disappears until the page is fully loaded. Is this one of IE7's exciting new features?
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
Thanks
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
WGA is broken -- "unable to validate at this time due to a technical error". When it's not working, you need to allow paying customers to go ahead anyway.
Anonymous
February 01, 2006
So, let me get this right. For those of us who don't happen to have a spare PC with windows XP knocking about we're going to have to continually install and uninstall IE7. That's not really doing a great deal to get web developers on your side is it. :/
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February 01, 2006
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Anonymous
February 01, 2006
In addition to my earlier post, I forgot to include:

Declarations:
max-height
max-width
min-height
min-width

If none of these will be fixed before release, that's going to be very disappointing.
Anonymous
February 02, 2006
Am I the only one with the msfeeds.dll problem. :(

And the work around does not work at all. :(
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February 02, 2006
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Anonymous
February 02, 2006
Can't get external links(from email program, OE or Thunderbird)to open in new tabs. Only opens new browser window. Set Firefox back to default browser, and external links would not work in Firefox. Uninstalled IE7 Beta2 and Firefox works fine and external links open in tabs in Firefox.
Anonymous
February 02, 2006
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Anonymous
February 02, 2006
i can't seem to view any rss feeds -- not even the one on this site. is there a option that i need to set/unset? web sites i've visited seem to render fine. just can't view feeds. error msg below.

Internet Explorer cannot display this feed

This feed download was interrupted.
This is possibly due to a server error or an interrupted Internet connection.
Anonymous
February 02, 2006
i can't seem to view any rss feeds -- not even the one on this site. is there a option that i need to set/unset? web sites i've visited seem to render fine. just can't view feeds. error msg below.

Internet Explorer cannot display this feed

This feed download was interrupted.
This is possibly due to a server error or an interrupted Internet connection.
Anonymous
February 02, 2006
Great beta so far I think. We are using GPOs to control of the IE settings and I noticed the new "Some settings are managed by your system administrator" text on the Security options tab.

But how can we override the disabling of security settings if that is necessary? Is there some information of the updated GPOs that will be available for IE 7.0? Thanks much!
Anonymous
February 02, 2006
Will there be better handling of Proxy WPAD scripts and integration of Sun Java?

I assume the Beta 2 Preview issues with "Automatically detect settings" will be fixed, but even today there seems to be confusion on how to get Sun JRE working with authenicated ISA setup..
Anonymous
February 02, 2006
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February 02, 2006
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Anonymous
February 02, 2006
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Anonymous
February 02, 2006
The style sheets work completly differently with <!DOCTYPE in the HTML no matter even if no type is defined. Without <!DOCTYPE the CSS seem to work more like IE5 than anything else.
Anonymous
February 03, 2006
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Anonymous
February 03, 2006
Here are a collection of useful links for those people who wants to
evaluate IE 7 Beta 2 Preview. Take...
Anonymous
February 04, 2006
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Anonymous
February 04, 2006
When I try to uninstall, I can't see it in Add/Remove Programs, so tried the run string that Al pointed us to. I get a message that I need to log on as the user that did the install. !?!

Any idea how I can do this, as it's me?

Thanks for any help,
Anonymous
February 04, 2006
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Anonymous
February 04, 2006
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Anonymous
February 05, 2006
I am getting an IE scripting error with my visual studio.net help. Could this be related to IE7 beta that I recently installed?
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February 05, 2006
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Anonymous
February 05, 2006
Nathan you just saved my live. Was close to reinstalling xp.

Thank you so much! :)
Anonymous
February 05, 2006
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Anonymous
February 05, 2006
Hey guys does anyone know how to get smilies working, they appear but are not animated????
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February 05, 2006
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Anonymous
February 06, 2006
You really MUST MUST MUST provide a way of running IE6 and 7 alongside each other.

'I'm Just Sayin .... hope you're listenin' got it right - IE users will get a worse browsing experience if developers find it difficult to test on both versions. Who benefits? Mozilla/FF/Opera etc...

Think again, guys.
Anonymous
February 06, 2006
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Anonymous
February 06, 2006
The new RSS viewer is overwriting XSL...
Example: http://feeds.feedburner.com/JohnBattellesSearchblog

feedburner.com uses XSL and CSS to make Their feeds look nice,

but then IE7 says: NO, you must use Our layout.
Anonymous
February 06, 2006
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Anonymous
February 06, 2006
HELP!!! i cannot unstall ie7 beta 1 because the user account i installed it in doesn't exist anymore cos i deleted it!! i need to uninstall it asap so i can start using ie7 beta 2!! PLZ HELP ASAP!!
Anonymous
February 06, 2006
http://www.positioniseverything.net/articles/multiIE.html

Pat told me about that link yesterday, about running multiple versions of IE side by side. Looks good, although MS should be providing this support themselves.

Not providing this support just plays into the hands of otehr browser manufacturers.
Anonymous
February 06, 2006
Is there amy way to install IE7b2 if I haven't any connection to Internet? My developer PC absolutely offline for several "third" reasons...
Anonymous
February 08, 2006
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Anonymous
February 08, 2006
"Every time IE7 tries to load a page the 'Dial up connection' window pops up for a second. Sometimes it repeadly pops up and disappears until the page is fully loaded. Is this one of IE7's exciting new features? "

I have the same bug. Every 2 seconds or so my adsl connection window pops up, and then dissapears.. This is quite disturbing.. Please address.
Anonymous
February 08, 2006
When I installed IE 7 beta 2 and restarted the computer, it would crash after getting to the user logon screen. This also happened when booting into safemood.

I have since done a repair install of windows xp sp2.

I'm unable to run, re-install, or uninstall IE 7 PB 2. It does not show up in add remove programs with updates shown and the folder $NtUninstallie7bet2p$ (the uninstall folder) does not exist.

Could someone zip and send me their %windir%$NtUninstallie7bet2p$ Folder? I'm at a total loss here! This is the only way I would be able to uninstall it I believe!

Here is my email address if someone is able to help:

a r i n . e m a i l <AT> G m a i l <DOT> c o m
Sorry about the spaces, I dont want my address getting spammed.
Anonymous
February 08, 2006
Personally, I'd like support for side-by-side. Force everything it needs into one big exe. :) But until then, we use VPC. One problem there is that our Mac developers can get IE 7 to work in VPC on that platform. Is this a know isssue?

As far as CSS is concerned, when implementing a spec that is unclear, please just go with what other browsers with any share of the market have done. We'd rather have IE be to spec, but when the spec doesn't help, go with what the Jones do, as that will make our lives easier.

I can't understand why people complain about the price of memory, and then expect changes in IE's build system because of that. It means you have two customers, and as such I hope MS prioritizes better than that.

You know, one way to have delt with all this stuff could have been to have two engines in IE -- IE6 for quirks mode and something like KHTML for strict mode. Not that I'm a big fan of KHTML... Please don't do a complete rewrite though -- it took Netscape over seven (?) years, and the destruction of the company before Firefox 1.5 came out. With its nice canvas and svg support.
Anonymous
February 08, 2006
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Anonymous
February 08, 2006
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Anonymous
February 09, 2006
Personally, I love IE 7, Would like to see it on real distribution soon.
Awsome!!! ^~^

I only have some problem as below:

1, McAfee, and is know problem, BUT my McAfee keep on compline that it have update and I can't update cause every time only pop up a blank application adn can't close, just kind of annoying.

2, I installed IE7BT2P on my desktop work fantastic only donno why when I install on my Laptop it can't load/open IE at all, it just pop up and goes away again. Even I saw a bit it still have IE Beta 1 i been uninstall totally already, who can assit me?

Thanks in advanced, good hope and wish in IE 7,
Rock it!
Anonymous
February 10, 2006
when i am on is asks me to connect when i am already connected what do i do?
Anonymous
February 11, 2006
Yea, not really a good idea to install IE7 and Live Messenger on the same machine. IE7 did some weird stuff with my default browser settings and causes messenger to crash for no reason when links are clicked.

About a few days ago, everything froze and I had to hard reset my poor laptop. After the machine boots up, it threw in a blue screen with errors in the registry. Trying to fix it with the recovery console didn't work out too well, so I had to install a new copy of Windows XP over it.

Unfortunately, my laptop is quite old and it came with a Windows XP SP1 CD. Here's the awesome part, I'll have to download SP 2 throught Windows Update that only works with IE 7 that doesn't work on SP 1.

Har har?

sigh looks like I'll actually have to go pay $2 to get a copy of the SP2 CD mailed in.
Anonymous
February 12, 2006
Well, gave up on mine today!

I had the same problem as others, the dial up connection kept flashing up. I tried setting it up to never dial a connection but the first time I tried it said it couldn't connect to the internet, if you hit retry it then connected. Also some programs wouldn't access the internet, Outlook was fine but Mailwasher wouldn't. Also Windows Update wouldn't recognise the internet connection. Maybe something to do with the ADSL connection. I tried uninstalling the modem and reinstalling it but it didn't solve the problem. Went back to IE6 and everything was fine
Anonymous
February 12, 2006
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Anonymous
February 15, 2006
Whats happened with label controls in ie 7????
I have a html table with label controls inside the cells, now they only display part of the text property yet the bgcolor is showing the label as full size??

Yet this all works in ie6???
Anonymous
February 16, 2006
Microsoft has finally removed Internet Explorer for Macintosh from its website. While at the same time Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 is available for download. Update I&#8217;ve downloaded IE7 and I&#8217;m looking forward to uninstall it next time
Anonymous
February 23, 2006
PingBack from http://www.kb3kai.com/david_stansbury/2006/02/23/ie7-outlook-express-problem-fixed/
Anonymous
March 21, 2006
(I get a lot of e-mails asking this question.)
Click Start -&gt; Control Panel -&gt; Add or Remove Programs...
Anonymous
October 12, 2006
I've found this quite puzzling. Some time back when I had IE7 Beta Preview in my machine, I was forced...
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