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Growing Little Guru
Microsoft wants to strong-arm us into abandoning IE 6 and embracing its latest browsers.
Starting Jan. 17, Microsoft began pushing out IE 8 and IE 9 to all customers through Windows Update.
It began in Brazil and Australia. As noted in Microsoft's Dec. 15, 2011, Exploring IE blog, the company's plan is a slow rollout of IE Versions 8 and 9 to all Windows XP, Vista, and Win7 users who have automatic Windows Updates turned on.
IE 9 has been offered to users as an optional update (prechecking the update box), but this is the first time a new version of IE has been set to automatically install. If you previously said no to IE 9 on Vista or Windows 7 (or IE 8 on Windows XP), Microsoft will continue to respect your wishes — neither of those browsers will automatically download to your machine.
Starting Jan. 17, Microsoft began pushing out IE 8 and IE 9 to all customers through Windows Update.
It began in Brazil and Australia. As noted in Microsoft's Dec. 15, 2011, Exploring IE blog, the company's plan is a slow rollout of IE Versions 8 and 9 to all Windows XP, Vista, and Win7 users who have automatic Windows Updates turned on.
IE 9 has been offered to users as an optional update (prechecking the update box), but this is the first time a new version of IE has been set to automatically install. If you previously said no to IE 9 on Vista or Windows 7 (or IE 8 on Windows XP), Microsoft will continue to respect your wishes — neither of those browsers will automatically download to your machine.
