If you do the "Custom Install" for your updates, it will give you the option
to check or uncheck the box for IE7 installation.
To allow for this, in Windows XP, go to Control Panel and then select the
Automatic Updates link. There, you can deselect "Automatic Updates" and
choose one of the less aggressive options. This will give you more control
over how and when updates are performed.
I have "Download updates for me, but let me choose when to install them"
selected.
-- Josh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mika Tuupola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <jquery-en@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 10:57 AM
Subject: [jQuery] Re: Feb 12 IE6 Forced Update
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/
