XPost: alt.windows-xp, microsoft.public.windowsxp.general   
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   BillW50 formulated the question :   
   > In news:xNQhrVBA8aQTFwQF@g3ohx.demon.co.uk,   
   > Ian Jackson typed:   
   >> Only a couple of weeks ago, I did a virgin install of XP Home with   
   >> SP1a, and then all the subsequent updates (SP2, SP3, and probably   
   >> around 200 individual ones). IIRC, you couldn't install SP3 until you   
   >> had upgraded IE6 to IE8.   
   >   
   > I don't recall my SP3 machines having to be updated to IE8? Although that was   
   > years ago and maybe things has changed. I don't use my SP3 machines too   
   > often, but maybe I should fire one of them up and see if it has IE8 or not.   
      
   I've had SP3 since it was released. In fact, I don't believe they had   
   an IE8 when it was released (memory fading) :-)  Used IE6 up until this   
   January when I attempted to run the 2013 TaxFree software and was   
   notified that I needed IE8 in order to run it (that's when I installed   
   IE8)   
      
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