Our IE team just posted the message to their blog that IE7 will be released on XP this month. Therefore it would make a lot of sense for you to get ready - especially everything that is Internet facing was to work as we will release IE 7 through Microsoft Update and Automatic Update a few weeks after it's availability
Read yourself: http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/10/06/IE7-Is-Coming-This-Month_2E002E002E00_Are-you-Ready_3F00_.aspx
Roger
Internet Explorer 7 represents a much improved browser when compared to IE 6. In beta testing this over