@jagged sac, yea.. i dont have the option not to auto update..... though i do have the option to update if it has not checked for an update. I dont know when it looks, i thought it was every start up but maybe its not..

a large number of corporate customers dont update, because software they use requires specific parts of nonstandard IE parts... where i work it has to be IE6 or tones of stuff just fails. 

Only use chrome now that it's out of beta it really rocks

lol... chrome?

I use Firefox and Explorer.

It can't replace FireFox. My FF is just too pimped out and going to Chrome feels like I've compromised far too much for a small speed increase (basically imperceptible).

Nope, I use it too.

sorry for the offtopic, but am i the only one who has noticed that FF has become increasingly unstable? even with no plug ins.. and leaking memory everywhere

FF2 early on had some stability issues but FF3 has been a rock.

If you're getting RAM leaks, check your add ons (if you ahve any) or update your Java.

I use Chrome almost exclusively.  First time I've used a non-MSIE browser for more than a week or two since IE4 beta came out inn 1997.  Firefox never impressed me ... Chrome is just so lightweight, yet fast - and actually works for the vast majority of sites.  It's all about the simple UI to me - I don't want freaking toolbars, menus etc - IE7 was an improvement over IE6 - but Chrome is better, and unfortunately from what I've seen of IE8 beta it's a step backwards (in terms of simplicity.)

no add ons due to stability issues (took them all of and clean installed it) and java is up to date... i dunno ff2 and 3 havent been good to me im thinking of downgrading to 1 if i can final a final version of it