Secondly, most USB speakers come with an option to run a cable from your sound-card output to an input on the speaker or its subwoofer. Install that cable and reboot. I see that Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 5.5. But the upgrade does include a bunch of security patches and bug fixes. If you have the time to download about 20 megs, it's free.
Software traditionally comes in three main phases.
It is released to a few testers to see how they like it.