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IE7 coming at you (whether you like it or not)
With its February 12, 2008, Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft has decided, for security reasons, to push out Internet Explorer 7, even to businesses that have previously blocked the automatic upgrade.
According to this Microsoft knowledge base article the software giant will release the Windows Internet Explorer 7 Installation and Availability update to Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) marked as an Update Rollup package. Microsoft says for business customers who have "set WSUS to 'auto-approve' Update Rollup packages (this is not the default configuration), Windows Internet Explorer 7 will be automatically approved for installation." Microsoft introduced the delay feature to give companies a chance to test the browser.
In particular, Microsoft says companies that need to take action before February 12 include those that:
Use WSUS 3.0 to manage updates in their organization Have Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)-based computers or Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1)-based computers that have Internet Explorer 6 installed Do not want to upgrade Internet Explorer 6 machines to Windows Internet Explorer 7 at this time Have configured WSUS to auto-approve Update Rollups for installation
The knowledge base article cited above provides step-by-step instructions for companies wishing to continue to block the automatic installation of Internet Explorer 7.
This February rollup package does not apply to Windows Vista users since that operating system shipped with Internet Explorer 7.
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compared Firefox, Camino, and Safari. Besides IE7 is also also
crashing and buggy. I think it is the worst application to come out
of Redmond. Hope IE8 is better and almost out the door, then I will
just skip IE 7 all together and go straight to IE8 (kind of like how
many people are skipping Vista and waiting for Windows 7).
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/pc_ie_intro
IE6 never crashed, but IE7 crashes far too often.
IE7 is a decent product, and IE6 sucks.