Should I upgrade my Internet Explorer for Wondows XP?

Hello to all on the Forum HP... I have a question that I was hoping someone could help me with... I recently bought a HP Pavilion Media Center second hand m7480n and I am currently using Internet Explorer 6. I was contacted by Windows Update, regarding the Internet Explorer update to IE 7 and IE 8. I don't really know too much about computers, but I've heard conflicting reports on the IE 7 and IE 8, that has me very confused... Regarding updates, when you run or not... I heard good things for most on IE 7 and IE 8 on IE 6. that IE 7 and IE 8 are much more safe and secure for reasons of security when you browse the internet and other things too... To make things worse... I called the other day on the upgrade to HP support and they told me not to perform the upgrade and stick with IE 6.

Any help regarding my situtaion for updating my Internet Explorer would be greatly appreciated... Thank everyone in advance for their time and patience... Have a great day everyone.

Message edited by Nacster on 12/11/2009 17:26

IE 8 looks just a little different from IE 6 (from what I remember of IE6 ), but not so much that you will be overwhelmed. IE 8 is more secure and safer than IE 6.

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