Scott,
> I'm incredibly frustrated by the lack of information easily
> available about the new IE update for windows. I was informed
> by IE that there's a new version, but I could find -no-
> information about what changes were made.
[...]
> Does anyone have any information on what changes this most
> recent version effects?
Try this:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q319182
James Aylard