I have only just seen that this was automatically installed yesterday, is this the one that fixes it?

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 9 for Windows 7 (KB2744842)

Installation date: ‎22/‎09/‎2012 03:01

Installation status: Successful

Update type: Important

Security issues have been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise a system that is running Microsoft Internet Explorer and gain control over it. You can help protect your system by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

More information: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=255505

Help and Support: http://support.microsoft.com

It didn't tell me before that it was installed, I was going by a newsletter report.

I always used to take the inform then download route but then because of frequent trips away I forgot about them, so it's easier to put on auto except the non essentials.

I'm still interested if I.E.10 is available as I'm using Firefox more and more but would like a more stable I.E. as it still keeps freezing and restoring (sometimes) but FF has been fault free for ages.

I'm sure they said it would work for W7 as well as W8, and I am certainly not prepared for another changeover, I read that having stopped support for XP they are going to pull the plug on Vista very shortly but W7 ought to last as long as XP.

I'm not enamoured with touch screen, I have enough trouble with the touchscreen on my Windows Phone, let alone on a desktop, W8 is probably aimed at laptops and smaller.