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IE7 Coming Through on WSUS, Blocker Toolkit or Not
Published January 24th, 2008 in Browser Security, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 7
IE7 Coming Through On WSUS, Blocker Toolkit Or Not Larry Seltzer here, pointing you to this recent Knowledge Base article with Microsoft’s announcement that Internet Explorer 7 will be distributed through WSUS (Windows Software Update Services) on Feb. 12, 2008, which is the next Patch Tuesday. It will appear as an "Update Rollup."
The default configuration for WSUS is not to apply update rollups automatically. Note this, in contrast to some hysterical reporting using words such as "force" and "impending autoupgrade." So, unless you’ve changed that setting, you won’t get IE7 on your IE6 systems without approval. If you have made such a change on your WSUS, you’ll need to follow a procedure detailed in the KB article in order to skip this one. You might be thinking about 18 months ago, just prior to the release of IE7, when Microsoft released a facility called the Blocker Toolkit for admins to block auto-upgrade of IE7. Microsoft Windows - IE7 Coming Through on WSUS, Blocker Toolkit or Not - Ryan Naraine’s Security Watch
