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Microsoft warns businesses of impending autoupdate to IE7
Published January 21st, 2008 in Browser Security, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 7
Microsoft has warned corporate administrators that it will push a new version of Internet Explorer 7 their way next month, and it has posted guidelines on how to ward off the automatic update if admins want to keep the older IE6 browser on their companies’ machines. The IE7 upgrade scheduled to roll out via WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) on Feb.
12 was announced last October, when Microsoft said it would no longer require users to prove they owned a legitimate copy of Windows XP before they were allowed to download the newer browser. Microsoft explained that the move was prompted by security concerns. "Because Microsoft takes its commitment to help protect the entire Windows ecosystem seriously, we’re updating the IE7 installation experience to make it available as broadly as possible to all Windows users," said Steve Reynolds, an IE program manager, on a Microsoft company blog in early October. "Internet Explorer 7 installation will no longer require Windows Genuine Advantage validation and will be available to all Windows XP users." Microsoft warns businesses of impending autoupdate to IE7 | InfoWorld | News | 2008-01-17 | By Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
