Microsoft issued an update today for IE8 on Windows 7 to address compatibiliy problems including crashes, hangs, memory leaks, and other stability problems. Most of these issues have already been fixed in IE8 RC1, but Microsoft had decided to provide a fix for these issues for users on Windows 7 Beta (Build 7000) as well since it can only run IE8 Beta.

This update will address many of the top crashes and hangs from the Windows 7 Beta, which includes those caused by Internet Explorer as well as 3^rd party components like Adobe Flash, Adobe Acrobat, and several others. We have also included fixes to enable printing PDF files and an architectural change which improves cookie management. This update does not contain other changes introduced between the Windows 7 Beta and Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1.

If you want to read up on how many crashes were being experienced on IE8 and how Microsoft dealt with these problems, you can read the official blog post on IEBlog.The update is being provided via Windows Update. You can also manually download the update using the links below:

32-bit Windows 7
64-bit Windows 7

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