By George Norman - Software News Editor
Added on 30 Jun 2009(507 Views)




Starting with the 25th of August, the current year, Microsoft will make Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) available as an “update rollup” via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). IT professionals who manage an organization’s desktops need to prepare for this ahead of time. All organizations that use WSUS and have it set to auto-approve update rollup packages will have IE8 automatically installed on machines running IE6 and IE7 – after the WSUS administrator accepts IE8’s EULA (End User License Agreement) of course.

“For those of you who manage your organization’s desktops using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Internet Explorer 8 will be made available via this technology starting August 25, 2009. Internet Explorer 8 will be made available as an “Update rollup” and will be applicable to all supported languages. If your organization uses WSUS and has it configured to auto-approve Update rollup packages, upon acceptance of the Internet Explorer 8 End User License Agreement (EULA) by the WSUS administrator, Internet Explorer 8 will install automatically on computers running Internet Explorer 6 or 7 on supported operating system,” explained Lead Program Manager with Internet Explorer, Eric Hebenstreit.


What you need to do is take control over how and when the browser is deployed and in order to do so you just need to follow two simple steps:

Step 1. Turn off the WSUS “update rollup” auto-approve feature before August 25th. Then approve the updates manually.
Step 2. Sync the WSUS server -> do not accept the IE8 update packages -> re-enable automatic approval for “update rollups” if you normally auto-approve update rollup packages.

Please note that other IE8 updates will be made available via Windows Server Update Services in the future. In this category we list cumulative security updates for IE8 and IE8 Compatibility View List; these updates will be released via WSUS as they become available.

In related news, IE8 can now finally say that it provides support for a total of 63 languages (details here).





Don't forget to:

RSS



Via: blogs.msdn.com

Tags: Microsoft, Internet Explorer 8, IE 8, WSUS, Windows Server Update Services

Link to this article:



Add comment:
Name(Required)
Email(Required - Never shown)
Website(Optional)
Comment(Required):

Insert the following code:
Software News
Wolfram Alpha App 1.1 with Better Specialized Keyboards
The team behind computational knowledge engine Wolfram Alpha announced the release of an iPhone specific app last year, in October. The one thing that people complained about at the time...
09 Feb 2010
Linus Shows Nexus One Some Love, Google Shows Nexus One Users Some Love
Linus Torvalds, the father of Linux, says that when he got the original Google Phone, the G1, he was unimpressed. At the time Google gave him the device – that what I meant by “he got the G1”. Linus, who says...
09 Feb 2010
Google Superbowl Ad Draws Attention to the Need for Privacy
Back in January, on International Data Privacy Day, Mountain View-based search engine giant drew attention to its guiding privacy principles. In case you’re not familiar with...
09 Feb 2010
Free Software Alert: EASEUS Partition Master Professional Edition 5.0.1
The latest release of EASEUS Partition Master Professional Edition is version 5.0.1, and the company that developed the software is now giving it away for free. But you need to hurry up. This is a time limited offer...
09 Feb 2010
MSN Games and Windows Live Messenger Welcome FarmVille
The short description of FarmVille is this: “FarmVille is a game where you can farm with your friends.” Basically you get a plot of land and you have to plant crops, harvest them, make money to buy...
09 Feb 2010
Bill Cosby Is Not Dead, Just the Victim of Malware Spreaders
It’s the Kanye West and Johnny Depp story all over again. People with malicious intent have started a rumor that popular comedian and actor Bill Cosby, 72, died of natural causes, in his chair at home....
09 Feb 2010
Recommended Tools
Top Downloads