Microsoft has released a new update for Windows 7 users for Internet Explorer 8.
The update – dubbed a compatibility and reliability update – addresses a few issues people were having. A list of fixes include:
- When Internet Explorer 8 is installed with Adobe Flash Player 10, Internet Explorer may become unresponsive.
- You experience a Print dialog box that is unusable when you try to print an Adobe PDF document.
- After a crash, Internet Explorer 8 becomes unresponsive and you must restart the computer to resolve
the problem. - Internet Explorer 8 may crash when you visit some Web sites.
- Internet Explorer 8 may crash when you resize the browser window.
- Internet Explorer 8 does not seem to remember information that was stored in cookies on the computer.
- Popular third-party extensions cause crashes in Internet Explorer 8.
- Previously blocked third-party extensions are no longer blocked after you upgrade to Internet Explorer 8.
The update will be pushed out to Windows 7 users via Automatic Updates or can be manually downloaded from Windows Update.