[driftdiver]

The article says MS is looking to do an out of cycle update.

So yes, IE updates are separate from the OS. Remember when they were forced to unbundle them?

[Cringing Negativism Network]

I’m currently on Ubuntu (I have a copy of 8.1 but am currently still using Ubuntu IRL)

So this is not an actual XP issue then, it is an independent issue with the browser.

[dayglored]

> So yes, IE updates are separate from the OS.

Okay, you're on an XP system, and XP updates are unavailable. Please tell me how you get an update for your unsupported version of IE?

AFAIK, and this is the key: THE FACT THAT YOU'RE RUNNING XP MAKES YOU INELIGIBLE FOR ANY UPDATES, including IE updates.

If you know different, please post a link to the Microsoft page that says so. I'd sure like to have that link to give to my family and friends who are still running XP and will be calling me for help.