In Major Shift, Microsoft Will Auto-Update IE

[Forgiven]

For those who prefer to use the "older" version of Internet Explorer, the IE Blocker Toolkit will block the automatic upgrade of your browser up to a newer version.


December 15, 2011

Microsoft announced this morning that it will begin auto-updating Internet Explorer (IE) users' PCs to the latest versions of the browser, a situation that will vary somewhat according to which Windows version they're using.

"In an evolution to our update model for Internet Explorer, we will be instituting auto updates for IE users across Windows XP, Vista, and 7 using Windows Update," Internet Explorer Senior Director Ryan Gavin told me earlier this week. "We'll start this process in January in Australia and Brazil and then gradually scale up and roll it out worldwide."

Today, IE 8 and IE 9 are offered through Windows Update as an Important update, Gavin noted, but the install process requires user interaction and often a PC reboot. So, many users skip the install or forget about it. With this coming change, IE installations will now be automatic and will occur with no user interaction.

Customers who have declined previous installs of IE 8 or IE 9 through Windows Update won't be automatically updated, Microsoft added. And consumers who wish to block any IE automatic updates can do so via an IE Blocker Toolkit. Versions are available today for IE 8 and IE 9, and Gavin told me one would be made available for IE 10 in the future as well.

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[YeuEmMaiMai]

i suppose we should have seen it coming considering how tighly IE is intergrated into the OS now....

[Forgiven]

The forced upgrades have begun and the people I know are not happy with the latest (irreversible) changes.


If you want to prevent the upgrade, don't delay installing the easy-to-use blocker tool kit.