Nice going, Microsoft! 
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<< After issuing a warning Friday that Internet Explorer (IE) 5.01 Service Pack 1 (SP1) wasn't properly tested by Microsoft, I quickly received word from many readers that this release breaks the Help system in Office 2000 and Office 2000 SR1a on many systems. I haven't been able to nail down which systems, exactly, are immune from this bug, but it appears that certain Windows 98 systems aren't affected. Of those that wrote in, and in my own experience, all Windows 2000 systems are affected by this problem. "Help requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or greater," the warning reads when you try to run Office help after installing IE 5.01 SP1. "You can install the latest version of IE from www.Microsoft.com." (Yes, they use that capitalization). And while this problem doesn't come as any surprise necessarily, it's still disheartening to realize that this company isn't doing what it needs to do to ensure that bug fixes don't introduce bugs of their own. Therefore, it is with some reluctance that I must advise users against downloading and install IE 5.01 SP1, unless you're comfortable with a little Registry editing, as I've discovered the fix for this bug. Unfortunately for Windows 2000 users, upgrading to IE 5.01 SP1 is currently the only way to get Outlook Express and other non-browser components of IE upgraded to IE 5.5 levels, which is curious. The more heavily tested IE 5.5, which will be released later this week, should contain all of the fixes from IE 5.01 SP1, but Windows 2000 users will only be able to upgrade the Web browser with that release. None of the other IE components are upgraded in IE 5.5, if you're using Windows 2000. >>
Did I scoop the speedman on this one?
http://www.wininformant.com
<< After issuing a warning Friday that Internet Explorer (IE) 5.01 Service Pack 1 (SP1) wasn't properly tested by Microsoft, I quickly received word from many readers that this release breaks the Help system in Office 2000 and Office 2000 SR1a on many systems. I haven't been able to nail down which systems, exactly, are immune from this bug, but it appears that certain Windows 98 systems aren't affected. Of those that wrote in, and in my own experience, all Windows 2000 systems are affected by this problem. "Help requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or greater," the warning reads when you try to run Office help after installing IE 5.01 SP1. "You can install the latest version of IE from www.Microsoft.com." (Yes, they use that capitalization). And while this problem doesn't come as any surprise necessarily, it's still disheartening to realize that this company isn't doing what it needs to do to ensure that bug fixes don't introduce bugs of their own. Therefore, it is with some reluctance that I must advise users against downloading and install IE 5.01 SP1, unless you're comfortable with a little Registry editing, as I've discovered the fix for this bug. Unfortunately for Windows 2000 users, upgrading to IE 5.01 SP1 is currently the only way to get Outlook Express and other non-browser components of IE upgraded to IE 5.5 levels, which is curious. The more heavily tested IE 5.5, which will be released later this week, should contain all of the fixes from IE 5.01 SP1, but Windows 2000 users will only be able to upgrade the Web browser with that release. None of the other IE components are upgraded in IE 5.5, if you're using Windows 2000. >>
Did I scoop the speedman on this one?
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