Tomorrow is Patch Tuesday at Microsoft, and the Washington Post's Brian Krebs says it's likely that
among the patches we'll see tomorrow will be Internet Explorer 7. That would mean that everybody who has Windows Update set to automatically install patches will reboot to find a brand new IE on their desktop. Microsoft has declined to comment, but has confirmed that IE7 would be shipping this month. Patch Tuesday seems like the obvious opportunity. Krebs also says that one of IE7's most-touted features, its security "containment wall," won't be present in the Windows XP version of the browser.
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Subscribe to commentsRyan WagnerOct 9th 2006 6:21PM
Actually it *probably* won't be released tomorrow for two reasons:
1)The IE blog said that it would be available via Automatic Updates a few weeks after it is released.
2)The IE blog just said that on Thursday there will be the last chat session before IE7 is released...which rules out any possibility for a release tomorrow.
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/10/09/Last-Expert-Zone-Chat-Before-We-Ship-IE.aspx
Hope that helps!
-Ryan
NateTheGreatOct 9th 2006 7:09PM
Haha what are you doing here Ryan! I read "which rules out any possibility for a release tomorrow." and was like.. Where have a I heard that before.. :P
Bruce Morgan [MSFT]Oct 9th 2006 11:54PM
I'd like to correct two misconceptions in the post above. First, the Washington Post blog is incorrect - IE7 won't be released tomorrow. That was speculation on that author's part.
And second, IE7's distribution via Automatic Updates won't be silent - no one will reboot to find an IE7 they didn't expect. See http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/26/678149.aspx for more details.
Thanks
StephenOct 9th 2006 11:54PM
But, you can prevent the installation of IE7 by using the toolkit released by MS. Why, you ask? Because your corporate web application may not work right and man, 200 end users griping about how the web app doesnt work because they were all click happy (silent install or not) doesn't make for a good week.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4516A6F7-5D44-482B-9DBD-869B4A90159C&displaylang=en
MoshOct 10th 2006 7:04AM
Some enterprises have been told not likely to hit distribution until December at the earliest.