You may have a horked install of IE7. I suggest reading the following
link...
http://www.ie-vista.com/known_issues.html#pre-install
...and then uninstalling and reinstalling IE7 per Sandi's tips, and using
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx as the installation source,
not Automatic/Windows Update.
Also see:
IEBlog : IE7 Installation and Anti-Malware Applications
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/10/11/IE7-Installation-and-Anti_2D00_Malware-Applications.aspx
What's New in Internet Explorer 7
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/essentials/whatsnew/whatsnew_70_sdk.asp?frame=true
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
Post by KenGravestrying to install IE7.0 on XP Professinal. Looks like it installs but keep
getting "Updates are ready for your computer" Also IE7 icon does not appear
but Help About shows 7.0.5730.11 as version