Thursday, July 27, 2006

Microsoft to deliver IE 7 through Automatic Updates

Microsoft will release the final version of Internet Explorer 7 in the forth quarter of 2006 through Autmatic updates. Since AU requires little user intervention, the software giant "will give users a chance to opt in or out of receiving the IE 7 release".

Although software delivered via AU usually is sent automatically without any interaction from the PC user, Microsoft will give users a chance to opt in or out of receiving the IE 7 release, Schare said. This is following the same tactic Microsoft used when it released Windows XP Service Pack 2, which included the previous version of IE, he said. When the IE 7 release comes up on a PC’s AU service, the service will ask users if they want to install it now, not install it at all or install it later. Read more...

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