Microsoft has finally released Internet Explorer 7 even though their main page hasn’t HAS been updated. That means we still don’t have an official list of changes but the build number is 7.0.5730.11 and weighs in at 15MB.
If you are running a previous version, such as IE 7 RC1, on Windows XP you will not have to uninstall that in order to upgrade to this version. Internet Explorer will automatically take care of that for you.
I haven’t seen any information or download links regarding a Vista compatible version which is a little unusual. When Microsoft announces the release hopefully they will give us some insight whether to expect an upgrade for those of us running pre-release versions of Vista. I can’t really say that it matters too much for me because I hardly use IE anyway. 
Direct Download Links:
IE 7 - Windows XP 32-Bit
IE 7 - Windows Server 2003 32-Bit
IE 7 - Windows XP/Server 2003 64-Bit
IE 7 - Windows Server 2003 Itanium
News Source: JCXP.net
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I only use IE when I HAVE to. Basically, this means for certain Microsoft pages.
However the release notes advise:
Wonder which would take less time all the restarts or removing the previous build?
IMHO, there should NOT be download for Windows Vista, because Windows Vista already have IE7 inside.
By the way, Vista have ANOTHER version of IE7, which is called “IE7 +”.
Edit:
Ryan, your blog is a little buggy, because it erases sometimes some symbols. In my previous post the last word should be “IE7 PLUS”, but your blog erased the “plus” symbol.
Hmm, not sure what happened to the plus sign but I added back into your post.
Anyhow, Microsoft decided awhile back to not distribute “IE7 ” with Vista so even though it may be a little different it is not called IE7 anymore.
I think you’re right that they won’t be making a Vista compatible version available even though they should for those of us testing it. Otherwise that means we could be open to unnecessary security holes even though they have a fixed version available. Not that it matters to me much because I’m still using Firefox and Opera.
Was this because of anti-trust violation pressures from the EU?
No, the official Internet Explorer blog (which appears to be down right now) said:
I had to pull up the page through the Google Cache in order to get that quote.
Ryan,
Look into your previous post:
Here should be the “plus” symbol, but it was replaced with “space” symbol.
That is very weird but I just went and did a little research and I guess that is something intentional that Wordpress does. It is assuming that the plus sign is part of HTML code so it try to converts it. If I want the plus sign to appear I am supposed to use the HTML character code for it.
The “plus” sign ISN’T a part if HTML. It is probably a bug of WordPress.
I´m just wondering why the IE7 can be downloaded from yahoo a few hours before than directly from MS….
A lot of people were left wondering that as well and I’m sure it was some sort of miscommunication. Maybe Microsoft gave them a time to post it but didn’t state a time zone or something?