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if it was a single problem in IE but it isnt, it is numerous flaws and exploits int he browser and the OS... but since they are wrapped up together one affects the other...
That's true. But all in all, MS is another victim of surprisingly fast Internet development. A few of their technologies, which were even good ones, proved to be ineffective and unable to cope with such a large exponential growth or hard to maintain.
On the other hand, putting a browser at base of your system made helped to make HTML and Internet so popular.
I think MS got perfectly aware that they had a maintenance problem for their technologies at least 2-3 years ago. They're improving (whether it's enough, it's of course questionable).
However, auto-patching seemed to help, given that many computers now have access to the Internet. The dark side of auto-patching (as someone noticed) is having your software to stop working all of sudden for unknown reasons. This could be ok for home users, but it's dramatic for business users...
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i prefer a clean reinstall instead of patching.....
and I am on a dialup connection... well almost... cellphone.... takes about 15-20min to download but i can live with that....
"This should make people who bash for a single IE problem a bit upset "
if it was a single problem in IE but it isnt, it is numerous flaws and exploits int he browser and the OS... but since they are wrapped up together one affects the other...