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Microsoft to push IE8 as high priority update next week
Internet Explorer 8 is set to receive a significant market share bump next week as Microsoft begins pushing its latest browser to users who have Windows’ automatic-update feature turned on. The update process will be gradual and will appear listed as ‘high priority’ for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 users or as ‘important’ for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
Although the code will be downloaded automatically, users will have to opt in to have the browser installed. Administrators who want to deploy IE8 in their own time can also block the browser’s download entirely using its Bitlocker Toolkit released in January and get it manually here. Microsoft has already pushed the final version of Internet Explorer 8 via Auto Update to customers who had installed the beta version of its browser.
Although the code will be downloaded automatically, users will have to opt in to have the browser installed. Administrators who want to deploy IE8 in their own time can also block the browser’s download entirely using its Bitlocker Toolkit released in January and get it manually here. Microsoft has already pushed the final version of Internet Explorer 8 via Auto Update to customers who had installed the beta version of its browser.
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User Comments (4)
Post a comment| DarkCobra on April 13, 2009 6:55 PM | Yawn.
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| 9Nails on April 13, 2009 9:12 PM | Well, it doesn't stay crunchy in milk. (like my old favorite
Firefox.) But they did a good job with it. And at least I
can subscribe to Feeds in a similar fashion to Firefox's
Live Bookmarks. But it still has a few usability issues in
the interface design. It's better than the old version, but
today they need to be perfect.
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| windmill007 on April 14, 2009 7:04 AM | Ya I don't use IE but I think IE8 is a nice improvement. I
might actually use it once there is a Ad block program in
place.
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| peacefulchaos on April 14, 2009 12:38 PM | Thanks for the warning 
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