Windows 7 public beta comes preinstalled with Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 which is an older build than a latest version of Internet Explorer 8 RC 1 which was released on 26th January. Unfortunately it was not for windows 7, the reason of keeping IE 8 RC 1 away from windows 7 is microsoft wanted to have feedback from users on IE 8 Beta 2 compatibility and reliability on windows 7.
Now based on these feedbacks, Microsoft has detected various reliability problems such as system crashes, memory leaks, etc encountered by users and to fix these issues Microsoft has released an update KB962921 for Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 in Windows 7.
The Update KB962921 Resolves the following issue
1. When Internet Explorer 8 is installed with Adobe Flash Player 10, Internet Explorer may become unresponsive.
2. You experience a Print dialog box that is unusable when you try to print an Adobe PDF document.
3. After a crash, Internet Explorer 8 becomes unresponsive, and you must restart the computer to resolve the problem.
4. Internet Explorer 8 may crash when you visit some Web sites.
5. Internet Explorer 8 may crash when you resize the browser window.
6. Internet Explorer 8 does not seem to remember information that was stored in cookies on the computer.
7. Popular third-party extensions cause crashes in Internet Explorer 8.
8. Previously blocked third-party extensions are no longer blocked after you upgrade to Internet Explorer 8.
This update helps to improve compatibility and reliability of Interne Explorer 8 on Windows 7.
