Windows Users Prepare for Automatic IE8 Update
Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) has already been pushed to IE8 Beta and RC1 users through Windows Automatic Updates, and now the Redmond software developer is announcing that the same process will be applied to users running previous versions of the browser on their machines. If you have Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) or Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) installed on your XP, Vista, Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 operating system, prepare to be upgraded to IE8 automatically.
“Last week, we released IE8 via Automatic Update to users still running pre-release versions of IE8 (Beta 2 or Release Candidate 1). The goal was to make sure users who chose to install IE8 have the latest up-to-date version. Starting on or about the third week of April, users still running IE6 or IE7 on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2008 will get will get a notification through Automatic Update about IE8. This rollout will start with a narrow audience and expand over time to the entire user base. On Windows XP and Server 2003, the update will be High-Priority. On Windows Vista and Server 2008 it will be Important,” explains Lead Program Manager, Eric Hebenstreit.
It must be said that if you do not want to upgrade to IE8, you need not install the software version on your machine. You will be prompted and asked whether you want to install IE8 on your machine or not; the software will be automatically downloaded, but it will not be automatically installed. It makes sense that Microsoft would provide this option since we already know that Windows 7 RC (Release Candidate) features the option to turn off multiple OS features, including IE8 (details here).
In related news, it must be said that on April 14th Microsoft will address a total of 8 security bulletins as part of the Patch Tuesday program; 5 of bulletins have been reated by the software developer as critical and allow for remote code execution (details here).
Tags: Microsoft, Internet Explorer, IE 8, Windows Automatic Updates
“Last week, we released IE8 via Automatic Update to users still running pre-release versions of IE8 (Beta 2 or Release Candidate 1). The goal was to make sure users who chose to install IE8 have the latest up-to-date version. Starting on or about the third week of April, users still running IE6 or IE7 on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2008 will get will get a notification through Automatic Update about IE8. This rollout will start with a narrow audience and expand over time to the entire user base. On Windows XP and Server 2003, the update will be High-Priority. On Windows Vista and Server 2008 it will be Important,” explains Lead Program Manager, Eric Hebenstreit.
Advertising
It must be said that if you do not want to upgrade to IE8, you need not install the software version on your machine. You will be prompted and asked whether you want to install IE8 on your machine or not; the software will be automatically downloaded, but it will not be automatically installed. It makes sense that Microsoft would provide this option since we already know that Windows 7 RC (Release Candidate) features the option to turn off multiple OS features, including IE8 (details here).
In related news, it must be said that on April 14th Microsoft will address a total of 8 security bulletins as part of the Patch Tuesday program; 5 of bulletins have been reated by the software developer as critical and allow for remote code execution (details here).
Tags: Microsoft, Internet Explorer, IE 8, Windows Automatic Updates
I Hope you LIKE this blog post! Thank you!
What do YOU have to say about this
blog comments powered by Disqus
Popular News
By George Norman on 28 May 2012
Mozilla introduced a new program meant to educate millions of people, the Mozilla Webmaker program.
By George Norman on 26 May 2012
Piriform updated its products, making CCleaner less annoying and Defraggler a lot faster.Related News
By George Norman on 19 Jan 2012
During the winter holidays, many of us took a well deserved vacation, relaxed and got to meet family members we hadn’t seen in a long time. The bad guys on the other hand, did not go on vacation
By George Norman on 04 Jan 2012
As 2011 came to a close, the team behind Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) was glad to announce that IE9 is the top browser on Windows 7. All versions of Google’s Chrome and all versions of Mozilla’s Firefox do not
By George Norman on 12 Apr 2012
The IE team announced that it released a new HTML5 game called 'Marshmallow People: Bored to Death'. 
By George Norman on 10 May 2012
Mozilla, the non-profit organization behind the Firefox web browser, is not pleased with the fact that MicrosoftAdvertising
Hot Software Updates
Top Downloads
2.
Opera5.
Trillian8.
AIM9.
Skype10.
Ad-Aware12.
Nero13.
Google Earth14.
Picasa15.
Winamp16.
iTunes17.
RealPlayer18.
uTorrent19.
eMule20.
WinRAR21.
BitComet22.
WinZip23.
Shareaza24.
CCleaner25.
Recuva26.
Tweak UI27.
CuteFTP Home29.
Adobe Reader30.
NewsPiperBecome A Fan!
Link To Us!
Windows Users Prepare for Automatic IE8 Update
HTML Linking Code
HTML Linking Code