On Jan 24, 2008, at 7:01 PM, Bil Corry wrote:
Microsoft Corp. 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.
<http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/141472/warning_an_ie7_autoupdate_is_coming_soon.html
Arstechnica has some insights on this:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080123-the-ie7-auto-rollout-fact-and-fiction.html
"News is spreading that on February 12, Internet Explorer 7 will be
flagged for "automatic installation" through Windows update. Microsoft
has published a knowledgebase article detailing the push, but there's
plenty of misinformation out there stemming from flawed understandings
of what the article actually says. In short, the Windows world isn't
about to be forced to upgrade to IE7"
--
Mika Tuupola
http://www.appelsiini.net/
