Microsoft Unveils 'Non-Security' Update For IE

Microsoft Tuesday updated Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 SP1, but denied that the changes were security related.

"The update is labeled as 'non-security' given that it does not include any new updates that affect the security of IE," said a company spokesman Tuesday afternoon.

With the update in place, IE 6 won't run some ActiveX controls until they've been explicitly enabled by the user. Last December, Microsoft posted a note to Web site and ActiveX developers warning them that the change was coming. In that note, the Redmond, Wash.-based developer said that controls loaded by the APPLET, EMBED, or OBJECT elements would be disabled unless the user turned them on.