Microsoft says NO to the F1 key

You may have read about Microsoft advising people to avoid the F1 key. People who like to take jabs at MS have seized on the opportunity to point out that the Redmond Emperor Has No Clothes. Of course, you read this blog, so you knew that already.

As MS explains in Security Advisory 981169, if you’re running Windows XP and you use Internet Explorer, you’re vulnerable to getting infected if you press the F1 key to run help files offered up on the Internet.

You don’t have to worry about it. You’ve already upgraded to Windows 7. And you never, ever, ever use Internet Explorer. Right?

Forget the F1 key. Get Firefox or Chrome.